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...played a fast-paced game today, and we played up to the level of competition," senior Keiko Morris said. "With the exception of their goal, we controlled the tempo throughout, but we couldn't break through...
...month was one of the most eagerly awaited American debuts of the past decade. It proved decisively that the advance word was no mere hype. Schumann's early "Abegg" Variations beguiled with youthful ardor and passion. The same composer's tricky Symphonic Etudes was taken at a daringly slow tempo initially, but Kissin made it work by, in effect, playing the series of challenging variations as if he were inventing the piece as he went along. After intermission, he tamed the ferocious Sixth Sonata by Sergei Prokofiev and concluded with Liszt's familiar Liebestraume No. 3 and his exotic Rhapsodie...
...know what I want and it's not that I don't care..." "Country Love" is a celebration of youth, setting a tone of high energy for the remainder of the album. The move to "Five Forks Road" is a fluid one, which is suprising because its tempo and mood are comparatively relaxed and mellow. The strength of the transitions are only part of the cohesiveness of an album that is bound by its thematic continuity...
...Boys try to reproduce the inspirational feel of "Take A Breath of Life" in another cut, "Nirvana." Though the song has a similarly danceable tempo and strong rhythm, it lacks the substance of the previous song, focusing rather superficially on the euphoria of love. The song "Four Score" is the only weak link in an otherwise solid compilation. The boy's night out theme is narrow and cliched, and targets the tune to adolescents...
...Haydn was the weakest piece on the program. While it began animatedly, the music itself did not follow through. The main problem was one of balance; Pressler's large Steinway grand piano simply took undue precedence over the other instruments. The secondary problem was one of tempo; the pace of the first movement (the development in particular) was a bit slow and pedantic. This was inappropriate for the inherent liveliness and humor of Haydn. As a result, the cadential chords sounded forced and brash...