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In fact, in many ways a jam session is what this concert resembled. Every member of the band was highlighted for ten minute solos, an opportunity for them to do what they do best, spontaneously unhindered. The best of these moments was Joe Perry's turn on guitar. He proved...
Unfortunately, the climax and finale of the piece did not expand the whole but only continued it in predictable progression. The horns seemed to disappear by the end of their solos, and the bells did not really blend into the full landscape of the climax. Mehta later proved that the...
But just when you get comfortable in familiar territory, the Edge's guitar solos puncture the melody with a buzzing machine whine that abruptly returns you to their techno motif. U2 obviously wants to make sure that no listener will mistake this album for their past works.
Jerry Bock's instantly hummable score gives them verve, simplicity and just enough pixilation. Typical of his understated craft is Vanilla Ice Cream. After the squabblers have made peace, still without sharing their secret, the love-struck leading lady solos. She alternates between a fizzy melody about the man she...
Finishing the concert, the BSO showed a stamina rarely seen in amateur orchestra with Ginastera's "Variaciones concertantes in 12 Movements." Variations ranged from plaintive cello and bass solos with harp accompaniment to sudden Stravinsky-like explosions of cacophony that contained both smooth and abrasive wind solos. Violin passages reminiscent...