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...after one of the most remarkable recitals in the long history of New York's Carnegie Hall. Ever so gingerly Pianist Artur Rubinstein-at 89, four years older than Carnegie-was blowing his own horn. The huge hands (he can span a twelfth, which is an octave plus four white notes) were spread imploringly on the table. The gray-blue eyes gazed boyishly across the hotel room where his wife of 43 years, Aniela, his Nela, was reading on the sofa. In the inquiring way that some husbands have with wives they depend on, he was at once asking...
There has never been much that could get Rubinstein down for long. He goes on despite the fact that he can no longer see well enough to read a note of music or see the keys beneath his fingers. Age has been weakening his eyes in recent years, and for the last four months he has had only peripheral vision. He can see his wife's scarf by looking at her nose, but the center of his field of vision is a dark, impenetrable cloud. The prospects of his learning new music are nil. "I must rely entirely...
...defendants and permit the case of the ten to be remanded to the custody and protection of the United Nations Human Rights Charter, of which Iran is a signatory. Noam Chomsky Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn Congressman Michael Harrington Denise Levertov State Representative Elaine Noble John Roberts, ACLU Joshua Rubinstein, Amnesty International Ruth and George Wald Professor Howard Zinn Marjorie Swann, Executive Secretary, American Friends Service Committee
SCHUBERT: TRIOS, OP. 99 AND 100 (RCA, 2 LPs). Violinist Henryk Szeryng, Cellist Pierre Fournier and Pianist Artur Rubinstein put away their virtuoso ways to collaborate touchingly on two chamber music gems...
...Arthur Rubinstein: Love of Life, 4:15, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., weekend showing...