Word: soloed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...makes this programming choice even more eccentric is the fact that all three soloists were professional musicians, imported especially for the occasion. It would be at least understandable if HRO had chosen the piece to spotlight three student musicians: the division of labor, and the relative simplicity of the solo parts, would make it ideal for students. Indeed, it should have been possible to find a student pianist, cellist and violinist who were more than equal to the task--concertmaster Salley Koo '97, for example, who was outstanding in the Shostakovich symphpony...
...present were filled with langorous longing for the delights of May. The high-pitched flute authentically evoked the ebullient song of the birds and the rushing whistle of a brook, despite the initial overpowering of the second violins. During the more "violinistic" spots where the warmth of the intended solo violin would have more richly depicted the sleepy scenes of shepherds napping and dogs baying, Ms. Robison courageously puffed away and made the leap of faith that her modern flute could pull it off as well. And pull...
Dragone loves birth and evolution metaphors; they are at the heart of Mystere, still the apex of Cirque sorcery. In Quidam's most enthralling solo turn, a red sash stretches like a birth canal from roof to floor, and Isabelle Vaudelle wriggles and pirouettes artfully in it, a child willing itself to be born. In the spirit of the best Cirque routines, this is wordless drama; it transforms motion into emotion...
...four-hour whirlwind of Baroque frenzy at the Museum of Fine Arts, audience members marvelled as dishy Dutch virtuoso Pieter Wispelwey became transfixed by the power of the polyphonic magic he was creating. Sharing his emotionally raw and whimsically timed rendering of the complete cycle of suites for solo cello, he invited all present to share in his sensual interpretation of these rich and technically brutal pieces...
...That Thing You Do! title tune, written by 28-year-old Adam Schlesinger: "There's a driving rhythm, and as it goes into the second chorus the entire crowd picks up on the beat. The singer steps back from the mike, the guitarist goes into a stumbling yet evocative solo, then it ends with a soul-satisfying bomp-bomp-bomp Waaaaangtwiddlelip!" The CD also has a song called I Need You (That Thing You Do), similar to the first tune but even more engaging. If released as a follow-up, it could have made the band two-hit Wonders. (Wait...