Word: royals
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...Sunday night to view the fourth installment of the 1997-'98 BankBoston Celebrity Series, now in its ninth year of bringing world-renowned artists to a city where culture begs to be seen, heard and adored. The Celebrity Series'latest import, Italian music director Daniele Gatti and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, proved itself worthy of adoration...
After such a physically and emotionally draining movement, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and its conductor alike seemed to rejoice in the relaxed, waltz-like pace of the gargantuan Scherzo. The introduction of bells and intricate spiccato/pizzicato sections augmented the diversity of texture in the third movement, whose screaming finale prompted Gatti to take a handkerchief from his packet and wipe his cheek before proceeding into the final two movements of Mahler's fifth symphony...
Daniele Gatti is currently finishing his first tour of the United States, which will culminate in a performance at the John F. Kennedy Center on Nov. 2. Aside from Schubert and Mahler, the Royal Philharmonic repertoire includes Schumann's Piano Concerto, Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 8, as well as Respighi's Fountains of Rome, a piece just recorded in the first installment of Gatti's contract with BMG's Conifer Classics label...
However, many of these objections have less to do with the politically symbolic institution of the monarchy itself. Instead, these objections are based on the character flaws of a particular individual who happened to be born into a royal family. Perhaps because of this--the scandals affecting the poor British Royal Family aside--for many countries, monarchies or constitutional monarchies are actually quite popular. It is interesting to observe that each monarchy or constitutional monarchy is successful in its own way. At the same time, we can see that these successful monarchs all play a delicate balancing act between representing...
...lacy, feminine clothes as a "happy hodgepodge" of pieces with "gentle flourishes"--not unlike what some generous souls say about PAUL MCCARTNEY's musical compositions. His latest, Standing Stone, took four years to write. It's a "symphonic poem" that also had its debut last week, at London's Royal Albert Hall. He too got standing ovations, although many critics branded the work dull. The album is currently No. 1 on the Billboard classical charts in the U.S. Happiest of all must be LINDA MCCARTNEY, for whom these were the first two public appearances since her recent bout with breast...