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...different compositional styles, Penderecki, 50, and Messiaen have much in common. Both are devout Roman Catholics; their outputs have prominently featured devotional music, notably Penderecki's St. Luke Passion and his Utrenja ("The Entombment of Christ" and the "Resurrection"), and Messiaen's massive piano piece, Vingt Regards sur I'Enfant Jésus, and his work for large chorus and orchestra, La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ. Both men are leading composers in their countries, yet each has transcended parochial considerations to become an important international figure. Furthermore, each writes in an immediately identifiable...
...almost a year in office, Nakasone has projected an image of strong leadership abroad and developed close personal ties with President Reagan, who will make a three-day visit to Japan this week. But at home, the Liberal Democratic statesman has seemed uncertain about how to handle the scandal sur rounding his longtime political ally, for mer Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. As pressure mounted on Nakasone to dis tance himself from the man who has come to be known as the Shadow Shogun, the troubled Japanese leader slipped away to the temple to contemplate one of the most difficult problems...
...Orsay in Paris, and Charles Moffett, until recently curator of European paintings at the Metropolitan in New York City. Last week "Manet, 1832-1883" arrived at the Met: 95 paintings, 45 drawings, and prints. It has been shorn of two key paintings, the Olympia and the Déjeuner sur l'Herbe-a defensible loss, in view of their unique importance and the risks of transatlantic flight. This gap does not matter in the end. The Manet show is a triumph, a brilliant conjunction of scholarship and curatorial intelligence with the work of an exceptional artist. It is what...
Were it not for an inquisitive San Diego television reporter who did some digging, the link between the two names would never have been made public. Now that most of the nation knows how successful eye sur-two names would never have been made public. But now that most of the nation knows how successful eye surgeon male tennis competitor Richard Raskind had a has decided to explain why anyone would do such a thing. In Second Serve, which was written with John Ames, Richards presents a rambling, humorous and sometimes impassioned memoir of how Raskind Richards dealt with...
...Boston Celtics, almost never made a mistake on the court. He used the backboard with astounding precision, and stood exactly where he was supposed to on every fast break. Yet Havlicek was a far less satisfying player to watch than Philadelphia's Julius Erving, who continually sur prises spectators and defenses with moves no one (including him self) is possibly anticipate. One might argue that Erving is consistently amazing, but the reason he so grasps a crowd's imagination, the reason thousands of people roar whenever Erving sim ply lays a hand on the ball, is that...