Word: solos
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...become enfeebled by age or excess, far from it: at 67, Richard Starkey, a.k.a. Ringo Starr, the oldest member of the Beatles and - despite a notorious bout of overindulgence - one of the band's two survivors, seems unstoppable. His musical output is prodigious. Next month, Ringo releases his 16th solo studio album of songs written and sung by him, and underpinned by his unmistakable drumming. And he's also halfway through writing a musical, The Hole in the Fence, a meditation on childhood, with former Eurythmic Dave Stewart...
...artificial sounds of a synthesizer to produce a striking effect. The rigid movements of the men contrasted powerfully and sensually with the women’s grace. The ballet “Emeralds,” staged by Heather Watts, featured the choreography of George Balanchine and solo performance of Amanda C. Lynch ’10. Lynch danced with remarkable poise, making full use of the stage as a flute and harp played in the background. The dancers’ dark green attire, provided by the Cincinnati Ballet, were reminiscent of childish Halloween costumes and left much...
...rather shaky start. Both the arias of the third and sixth movements aptly portrayed Bach’s duet between Christ and the Soul. The sustained notes were especially rich and skillfully conveyed a spiritual sense of love and longing. The charming two-note slurs of the oboe solo in the fourth movement complemented the well-phrased vocal lines with grace. The cantata culminated in a grand finale as the full voices of the choir soared above the orchestra...
...Weitz's only previous solo directorial feature-film credit was the 2002 About a Boy, where he proved he was a confident shepherd of child actors. But he's not up to helming a superproduction like this. (At one point he dropped out of directing the film for that very reason.) Faithful to the novels' narrative if not their philosophy, his movie bustles through the plot twists and lightning characterizations as if it were its own Cliff Notes, rarely taking the time to acquaint the audience with Lyra's allies and enemies. Even a genre film has to relax...
This week, the Wu-Tang Clan found itself playing second fiddle to its best-known artist’s seventh solo album. Ghostface Killah, whose new album, “The Big Doe Rehab,” was slated to be released the same day as the Wu-Tang Clan’s latest disc apparently forced the Killa Bees to push their album back by one week so that it wouldn’t conflict with his initial sales. One can only hope that the best is yet to come, and that the Wu‘s much anticipated...