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...ensemble performs works by Samuel Barber, Hovhaness, Ravel and Bloch. Paine Hall, 8 p.m. $5 for students. Tickets are available at Holyoke Center Ticket Office and at the door...
...reality four different women. Masayuki Mori as the husband is excellent; his serpent-like look of contempt is unforgettable. Takashi Shimura as the woodcutter is the quiet core of strength and humanity in the film, almost the movie's moral center. The music, which was written to resemble Maurice Ravel's "Bolero," is notoriously distracting, but this is an unfortunate cultural accident. At the time the movie was made, the Ravel piece was unknown in Japan and so Kurosawa was being innovative, unaware of the parodic status to which the music had descended in the West...
Boston Symphony Orchestra. Performs works by Roussel, Britten and Ravel on Thursday, Nov. 4 at 8 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 5 at 1:30 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. Symphony Hall, 301 Mass Ave. Call 266-1492 for more information...
...really wonfrom us--what's really striking is how muchyounger she is than everybody else, and how no onethinks this particularly remarkable. The movie isfilled with wistful talk about discipline andmildly frenzied chamber music sessions; hard towatch if you can recognize that they're faking it,but the music (Ravel) is an unusual and beautifulenough choice to maintain the properly troubledmood throughout. Unfortunately, this music seemsintended to intensify or perhaps clarify what isotherwise spoken quite prosaically, and this is adifficult task. Stephane is given to uttering suchwinners as "I like watching you talk," "All booksare about love," and "Music...
...sounded very much like "Personal Jesus." I guess one can only write so much about "darkness," "religion" and "forbidden love" before they become repetitive. Perhaps for a couple of albums, those themes can be cutting edge and cool, but by the tenth album, they get more redundant than Maurice Ravel's "Bolero...