Word: rachmaninoff
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...moved to another ball at the Smithsonian Museum of History and Technology, where Mr. Nixon's spirits seemed higher than usual. He gaily entertained the crowd with talk of his love of music. Waving his hands in imitation of a practiced conductor, he noted that he played Bach and Rachmaninoff late at night in the White House when trying to make "unimportant decisions." Relaxed and jovial, he asked the band to play something slow, and invited the assembled to "cut in on us." As he and Mrs. Nixon made their way toward a staircase, the President flashed a big smile...
CURRIER HOUSE SENIOR COMMON ROOM: Patricia Kopec and Jay Gottlieb perfrom music for viola and piano, viola solo, and piano solo by Milhaud, Fuchs, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Copland, Liszt, Brahms...
Edith Stearns performs piano works by Scarlatti. Brahms. Debussy and Rachmaninoff tonight at 8 at BU's School of Fine and Applied Arts Concert Hall...
...Wright's laudable conscientiousness stems from the unfortunate paucity of masterworks for his instrument: those who have little often appreciate most. And one suspects further that Messrs. Totenberg, Neikrug, and Shure would render quite satisfactory performances of any of the 'best-loved' solo repertoire for their respective instruments--Rachmaninoff, Paganini, Bruch, Bloch, Tchaikovsky....Thus it seems that the relevant question to be considered by performers, critic, and audience alike, is: what, by comparison, is a Brahms trio...
Brief Encounter. It's a middle-aged romance, and aside from the swelling Rachmaninoff on the soundtrack, it's a beauty. David Lean directed. Thursday, 10:30 p.m. CHANNEL...