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...Sibelius, Borodin and Nielsen. Starting in July they will regularly perform the music of Mozart and Haydn on 18th century instruments. But it is in Shostakovich that the Fitzwilliam's reputation has justly been made. Whether negotiating the complexities of the late quartets, such as the tortured, defiant Twelfth, or inhabiting the sunnier climes of the Fourth and Sixth Quartets, the Fitzwilliam's performances were marked by a clear, unforced ensemble tone, individual virtuosity and an unfailing sensitivity to the music's shifting dramatic nuances. Their strong cycle not only showcased a rising young quartet, but even...
Last week, however, San Francisco's Crocker National Bank, the twelfth largest in the U.S., announced that next month it will invade the turf of the money-market funds. Users of the bank's new Working Capital Account, which will require a $20,000 deposit to open and a $45 annual fee, will have a money-market account run by Boston's Massachusetts Financial Services. At the same time, they will be able to buy and sell stocks, bonds and other securities through Bradford Broker Settlement Inc., a New York discount brokerage. Customers can also use their...
...what a theater company, professional or otherwise, does with a play which arguably cannot be lone wrong. Such a play, at least on the surface, is Lion in Winter, James Goldman's sparklingly written drama of the savage political and emotional infightings of a family of dazzling twelfth-century English monarchs. It would take a heavy directorial hand, indeed, to dull the brilliant salvos of dialogue that flash from member to member of the illustrious Plantagenets--Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine, the future Richard Lionheart. Geoffrey Monmouth, and King John--as they vie for control of England's future...
Most Western nations, including the U.S., envy Japan the benefits of its rigorous educational system. More than 90% of Japanese students graduate from twelfth grade (in contrast to 75% in the U.S.), despite a demanding academic agenda. By the end of third grade, children must master 881 of 2,000 essential Japanese ideograms; by sixth grade they should know 1,000 more. During high school, the Japanese must cover far more math and science than their American counterparts. By the time they take their college entrance exams, students are prepared to handle questions in English grammar, as well as Japanese...
Preoccupation with exams leads the Japanese to emphasize memorization rather than analytical thinking. The pedagogy is simple: the teacher talks, the students listen. Says Taeko Yamato, an English instructor at a private school outside Tokyo: "The school system doesn't let teachers teach well." Admits Twelfth-Grader Ayutaro Kogure: "For the tests you only memorize, which you forget as soon as the exams are over." Some students are beginning to take an uncharacteristically disrespectful course: open rebellion. Youthful crime has jumped 12.4% in the past year, with juveniles accounting for almost half of all criminal offenders in Japan. Violence...