Word: toccatas
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...night of Harvard dance enough? Well, let's avoid that question and move on to: the Harvard-Radcliffe Ballet Company presents dancers for dancers' sakes. No more "passion sequences" a la 70s mainstage musicals. This is the real thing: bits from all over, Bach's Toccata in Fugue, Rhapsody in Blue, Firebird, and Mainly Jazz's peculiar Starbucks blend. Both April 17 and 18, 8 p.m., at the Reiman Dance Center...
...were sensational, though there seemed to be some rhythmic slipping and sliding. The first fugal episode was marvelous, and it was interesting to consider just how well the Hall worked as church space. Sometimes the texture of the fugue became too dense or blurred for comprehension, but the forceful, toccata-style ending was astonishingly clear...
...brass was exquisite in the "Chorale and Toccata," where oboe and clarinet solos were also solid. The climax of the "Toccata" is a wonderfully weird, blocky theme for the cellos alone, which came off perfectly. The whole performance made one of America's greatest symphonies accessible and enjoyable...
What they see can be eye catching. The Thai-Chinese-British violinist who goes by the name Vanessa-Mae (full name: Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson) has a new album, The Violin Player, climbing up the worldwide pop charts on the strength of her disco-driven version of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. A photo on the single from the album features the slim, pretty teen fiddling away while standing in the Mediterranean in a soaking-wet see-through white shift. "If as a result of this, people see the violin as a fresh, trendy, up-to-date...
...arms outstretched, head tossed back and gazing upward, as if toward heaven. The rapture suggested by such a pose separates Richter's artistry from that of his more earthbound contemporaries (although he can generate raw energy with the best of them -- just listen to his performance of the Schumann Toccata). Moreover, in the catholicity of his repertoire (far greater than Horowitz's) and the breadth of his interpretive insight, Richter leaves the competition behind...