Word: toneed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...taking this to mean that a lot of the action takes place planet-side). Williams is obviously teasing us with little tidbits of the familiar themes, which I can only assume will grow more prominent as the series progresses. That may account for some of the subdued tone; the music is arising from a kind of void to coalesce into the themes in the classic trilogy...
Although melancholy, it is never soppy. Adams' stories offer a sharply written, unsentimental look into the lives of a remarkable set of aging characters. The first nine stories, though unrelated, are alike in tone. They are peopled by educated characters who have led interesting, often highly fulfilling professional lives as successful musicians, actresses, writers. Now older, they reflect back on those lives and compare them to their present unsatisfying personal situations...
...concert was supposedly geared towards children, with Roberta Flack providing hip commentary--somehow she managed to parallel Brahms to Puff Daddy and Orff to Michael Jackson--working the audience and attempting to tone down the somber aura of classical music. In a sense, this effort to reach out to people who would otherwise normally not be exposed to classical music was commendable. Though it was sometimes hard to hear over the quiet buzz of audience chatter, especially with the acoustical downfalls of the athletic building, the casual concert setting could not detract from the magic of hearing a live professional...
...concert was supposedly geared towards children, with Roberta Flack providing hip commentary--somehow she managed to parallel Brahms to Puff Daddy and Orff to Michael Jackson--working the audience and attempting to tone down the somber aura of classical music. In a sense, this effort to reach out to people who would otherwise normally not be exposed to classical music was commendable. Though it was sometimes hard to hear over the quiet buzz of audience chatter, especially with the acoustical downfalls of the athletic building, the casual concert setting could not detract from the magic of hearing a live professional...
Though she is often mediocre, at her best Mora is able to find the tone she is seeking in Aunt Carmen's Book of Practical Saints. She gives voice to the New Mexican religious tradition. And at points, that voice becomes as transcendent as the spirituality which it seeks to represent...