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...Princeton started off both years with a shocking win over Lafayette, the eventual Patriot League champs, and victories over San Diego and Columbia before losing a tight contest to Colgate. Brown kicked off each with a blowout win in a tune-up game, a collapse against Harvard, and wins over Rhode Island and Fordham...
...keep moving on offense.”Freshman Jay Connolly proved to be the magic touch for the Crimson once again, as it edged out the Leopards by two goals. Connolly made seven saves during the contest.Harvard’s offense was propelled by Ludwick and freshman David Tune, who notched four and three goals, respectively.“Chris was real fired up before the game, he scored two quick counter goals.”Garcia, senior Greg Valiant and sophomore Michael Byrd each netted one goal apiece.“The win was what we needed...
...also showcased Franz Liszt’s “La Campanella.” The charming performance of this bell-like piece, based on a theme by violin-god Niccolo Paganini, further emphasized the piano’s intonation problems. Someone needs to tune that thing before the next concert. Wei-Jen Yuan ’06 sensitively balanced the voicing, emphasizing essential harmonic changes in “Feux Follets” and “Harmonie du Soir” also by Liszt. Yuan also treated audiences to an impromptu performance of Franz Schubert?...
...From the album's first track, a propulsive version of Radiohead's Knives Out, to a plaintive reading of the theme from Alfie, to the laid-back swing of the Nat King Cole favorite No Moon at All, Mehldau expertly blends the abstract with the familiar, making even a tune as dated as Paul Simon's 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover sound new again...
...track off the album is “Evidence,” a Monk standard that likely had jaws dropping all over the auditorium. The tune is fragmented, a series of seemingly random notes that somehow come together. The only discernible part of the melody is one five-note phrase that gives the piece its own personal flavor. The piece is kept together, not by the excellent rhythm section of Ahmed Abdul-Malik on bass and Shadow Wilson on drums, but the interplay between Monk and Coltrane, particularly during the first solo section...