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TOBACCO FASHIONS: VENI, BIDI, VICI...
Percussion, in fact, did not come into its own until the mid-20th century, which is one reason why the repertory is so sparse. Glennie is an active commissioner of new works, among them fellow Scotsman James MacMillan's Veni, Veni, Emmanuel, a thorny, dissonant, virtuoso showpiece that got its triumphant American premiere a fortnight ago in Washington. She works closely with composers, advising on matters of technique and, in return for her commission, extracting a promise that the score will be hers exclusively for one year. Her taste runs also to arrangements of Chopin and Joplin, as well...
Quite simply, Bush looks and sounds tired. His speeches seem to contain as much of the vanquished mea culpa attitude as the conquering veni vidi vici sentiment...
...Veni, vidi, vici...
...manner in which you tie the Veni Creator Spiritus with I Corinthians 1: 20 in your cover story "In Search of a Pope" [Aug. 21] is inspirational. I was moved each time I read that paragraph, and I read it more than once. Imagine that: the spirit speaking through TIME! I can only say amen, and amen...