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Sadly enough, George Stevens' movie version of The Diary of Anne Frank is not up to the play. Perhaps he watered down the original impact to let sleeping animosities lie. But whatever his reasons for saccharine-coating the pill, (with tender smiles, violin music and so forth), Stevens turned out a slightly flabby film...
...shorter works, Hindemith's "Five Pieces for Orchestra," Op. 44 and Scarlatti's "Sonata a Quattro" in d minor, followed the Bach. The fast parts of both these compositions were well handled by the orchestra. Yet, a more expressive and tender approach seemed in order for the slower Hindemith pieces while more majesty could have been suggested in the second movement of the Baroque "Sonata." The disappointment in these passages seemed to be due to an incomplete understanding of the music on Harbison's part. He continued to emphasize rhythmic vigor when the works really required more attention...
Bland, first string freshman hockey goalie, has filled the gap at the nets more than adequately. A player with outstanding reflexes, he has almost mastered the tricky hops and scorching line shots (clocked at 130 miles an hour) difficult for even the most experienced goal tender...
Although the rest of the Requiem never regains the magnificence of this opening movement, there are other high points, including the tender "Sing with the Spirit," the moving "Walk as Children of Light," and the virtuosic "Sing unto Him." Throughout the piece, Thompson demonstrates his absolute command of the choral idiom, and ability to produce a variety of effects without lapsing into mere showiness. His cadences perhaps lean too heavily on the received value of a rich pianissimo close, but, for the most part he does not substitute sound effects for more serious and difficult musical tasks, but uses...
Defender of the Faith. For the four-year-old Dalai Lama, arrival in Tibet meant an end to childhood. He was enthroned at Lhasa in 1940 and endowed with many names-the Tender, Glorious One, the Holy One, the Mighty of Speech, the Excellent Understanding, the Absolute Wisdom, the Defender of the Faith. He sat through the hours-long ceremonies without complaint, a slim, grave-eyed boy with protuberant ears...