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Rather than basking in transient glamour, the Coens have focused on making films. And why not? They may be the most talented team working today. A string of successes including the wild "Raising Arizona," the brilliant "Miller's Crossing" and the endearing "Barton Fink" ended recently with a near miss, "The Hudsucker Proxy." After that film, which required a huge budget (by Coen standards) and lots of sound stage shooting, it is no wonder that they opted for a smaller film like "Fargo...
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...TAKE SEASONS FOR AN ORchestra to reflect the skills and tastes of a new conductor. Older players have to retire, and new section principals be appointed; in rehearsal, players must learn to deliver, say, a richer string sound or a brassier brass. That's why what is going on in San Francisco is creating such a buzz in the classical-music world. It has been just six months since Michael Tilson Thomas inherited the baton from the sober Swede Herbert Blomstedt, but already the San Francisco Symphony has undergone a transformation. Woodwinds dance merrily, the brass resonates nobly...
...orchestra seems more that of a primus inter pares than a Prussian autocrat from the old school. He talks frequently, calling up vivid images to illustrate his interpretative intention. "This is an old fiddler who can hardly pick up his instrument," he says during the rehearsal of a plaintive string passage in Mahler. "And then he gets stronger and stronger, and suddenly it all comes back!" When he's happy with the ways things are going, he lets the band know. "You make the music," he shouts. "I listen to it and adjust...
Following the Cornell loss, Harvard ran off a string of 13 consecutive victories, running its Ivy League opponents off the court with its trigger-happy, nationally-ranked, offensive attack...