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Senator Lloyd Bentsen, 54. Last October his doctor noted "rhythmic twitch of the cheek, right corner of his mouth, associated with blinking of his eyes." Condition stopped when "patient was made aware" of it. No other medical problems...
Such an ability to record rhythmic and warmly insightful juxtapositions is the genius of Shahn's photographs. They differ considerably from most of the best photography done in America during his era; these are gay documents of a world that the more gravely-inclined have seen as lonely and tragic. The difference may betray a lack of seriousness that prevents Shahn's work from being ranked with truly great photographers like Evans. But serious analysis is only one photographic possibility; Shahn was simply interested in seeing things wonderfully...
...unsentimental romanticist, Solti works easily within the huge design of the Eroica. He treats the long first movement almost as an extended phrase. If he lacks something of the rhythmic intensity of Toscanini, Solti nevertheless fuses the conflicting elements of the symphony into a coherent whole with no sacrifice of tonal beauty. The sad serenity of the adagio of the Ninth Symphony surges to the famed choral movement with stunning emotional impact. Partisans will want to stick with some of the classic interpretations: Toscanini's Seventh, for instance, or the Erich Kleiber/Amsterdam Concertgebouw Fifth. But for consistent clarity, warmth...
...score of the piece is no less graphic than the sound, with bold, black triangles and squares on the staff and instructions like "highest possible pitch" and "fast non-rhythmic tremolo" replacing the more specific traditional indications. As a result, the performers allowed great liberties in giving shape to an enormous variety of sounds. Last Friday, James Yannatos led the HRO in a performance that was at the same time skillfully structured and frighteningly immediate in its impact. The build toward the major climaxes possessed the unerring sense of direction and the searing intensity of a great horror story...
...came up in the South, with a mind bent on singing. And like the 1920s blues singer, who was an imposing 200-pounder, Hopkins, 50, is a handsome ample woman. Rustling her voluminous, diaphanous blue caftan, she shimmies across the stage of Manhattan's Ambassador Theater in a rhythmic roll that more than matches her vocal size. Me and Bessie, Hopkins' nearly one-woman musical revue (she is backed up by two dancers), recalls the history of Bessie Smith, from tent singer to Empress of the Blues...