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...felt prettified her material). But Disney had the rights to the film, including the all-important songs. The two eventually got together in a collaboration for the theater history books: Disney, the studio that virtually reinvented the family musical, and Mackintosh, king of the modern megamusical, with a string of hits including Cats, Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera and Miss Saigon...
...when both the offense and defense put forth strong showings, Harvard’s efforts were marred by an ugly string of penalties. In what head coach Tim Murphy called the worst game of infractions he had ever seen, the Crimson incurred 14 flags for 98 yards.The defense had trouble with Columbia’s hard count, jumping offsides five times. But the defense could not be held solely responsible for the outpouring of yellow towels as the offense had nine flags of its own, four of which were on false start calls.One key offensive penalty came on a pass...
...explained as “a rather universal story of human frailties pitted against larger natural forces.” Setting different orchestra groups in opposition to one another, the work commenced with the “chatter” of woodwinds, slow brass chords, and the plucking of strings, already giving listeners a sense that tensions were building.Sharply contrasting each other, the instruments did not develop any sort of discernible pattern until the piece progressed much further. Even then, a very diverse field of instruments and an intense pace created a chaotic atmosphere. The piece moved on to include...
...Beautiful” was—tropical theme, babes, colors, rappers rapping, expensive clothes. But this time, the music sucks. On the low end, we have hollow-sounding conga that’s interesting for about 10 seconds. On the high end, we have an annoying plucked-string-type sound instead of a melody. And in between, we have Slim Thug sounding borderline-retarded on the chorus...
...energetic performance in Paine Hall, one of the only slutty bunny-free venues on campus Saturday night. Unsurprisingly, Bach Soc kicked off their 2006-7 season with Bach’s Suite for Orchestra No. 1. With a program that also included Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings and Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 (“Scottish”), the orchestra demonstrated their facility with a range of musical styles. Music Director Aram V. Demirjian ’08 proved himself to be an excellent conductor, beyond his archetypal shock of hair?...