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...work is a collage inter-cutting various scenes of restless, frustrated, even comically absurd mobility—men on horses, novelty bicycles, surfboards, water-skis and racecars—clips of peep-show footage, air disasters, tight-rope walkers, and myriad other images, set to the sounds of Ottorino Respighi??s “The Pines of Rome.” Its narrative framework, to the extent that there is one, is fleeting. Conner takes pains to thwart any clear interpretation, but motifs of modern warfare, performitivity, the Freudian return to the womb, and the sex and death...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HFA Glances Back at Conner | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...Jimbo” F. Collins ’06, and extending a jovial welcome to the junior parents in the audience. A junior himself, Finne made a special shout-out to his own mother, setting the tone for the concert’s family-friendly atmosphere. Respighi??s “Pines of Rome,” led by assistant conductor S. Andrew “Drew” Schroeder, opened the program with a successful depiction of colorful themes that illustrated vivid scenes of pine groves. The orchestra admirably captured the spirit of this fresh and innovative...

Author: By Jennifer Y. Kan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Soloist Levin, HRO Delights Junior Parents | 3/6/2006 | See Source »

...about $900 to print. Current and past board members of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) said that over the summer, Summers told the group that he would narrate the tribute to Lincoln, which was written by Copland in 1942. The group had previously planned to perform Italian composer Ottorino Respighi??s 1924 tone poem “Pines of Rome” at its Oct. 29 concert, but HRO altered its plans after Summers said he would narrate the Copland composition. More than a month before the concert, in mid-September, Summers told HRO leaders that he would...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Summers Backs Out of Orchestra Event | 10/12/2005 | See Source »

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