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Although their third and final piece, Debussy's Quartet in G minor, Opus 10, lacked focus and feeling in the first movement, the quartet quickly recovered--and by the second movement, Assez vif et bien rythme, played a sound that (like its French direction would suggest) was lively, rhythmic and lyrical. But perhaps more importantly, it was fresh. Despite the practice that first violinist Arnold Steinhardt characterizes as "hours and hours of brute labor," the quartet did on Friday what makes them renowned: they conveyed spontaneity. The result was a sound that through rehearsal did not become tenderized and beaten...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Guarneri String Quartet: After 34 Years, They're Nearly Perfect | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

...falls by as much as 20% according to consumer demand. An IBM personal computer at the bar continuously recalculates the prices, and a printout from the machine provides steady commentary, like the bulletins on a stock ticker: "Relance de haddock" (Haddock on the rebound) or "Pieds de cochon en vif recul" (Pigs' feet dropping fast). The restaurant is a hit, explains one of the owners, because it reflects the latest rage in Paris: free enterprise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turning Away From Dirigisme | 6/9/1986 | See Source »

...autobiography. A Prelude is the first installment. As readers of The New Yorker found when A Prelude ran this spring, Wilson's memoirs have no narrative line, consist mainly of a string of entries from a journal he began keeping in 1914 "to catch sur le vif things that struck me as significant or interesting." Epigrams, verbal preenings, a lexicon of slang, fugitive thoughts, reading lists, poems, stories-all are spread out like so many glinting shards of experience reclaimed from the time when both he and the century were young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Memoirs from Wilson Country | 6/23/1967 | See Source »

...Third Programme, August 1 The Boston Society of Ancient Instruments Alfred Zighera, Director La Sultane Couperin Fantasia upon one note Purcell Fantasia Orlando Gibbons Sonata in C major Handel Dances Edited by Tilman Susato Under the direction of Leonard Bernstein Four Symphonies Milhaud I. Le Printemps (1917) Allant--Chantant--Vif II. Pastorale (1913) Joyeux--Calme Joyeux III. Dixtuer a cordes (1921) Ouverture--Chorale--Etude Serenade (1921) Vivement -- Calme--Rondement Suite from "The Wind Remains" (1943) Bowles I. Prologue II. Introductory dance III. Clown's dance IV. Love music V. Servant's dance VI. Dream music VIII. Finale Concerto for Orchestra...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In The Offin | 7/23/1943 | See Source »

...clock. It will be open only to officers and students of the University, and no charge for admission will be made. The following program will be presented by Mr. Whiting at the pianoforte, assisted by Scipione Guidi, violinist, and Michel Penha, 'cellist: Trio in A minor, Modere. Pantoum (assez vif). Passacaille (tres large). Final. Ravel Trio in B flat, Opus 99, Allegro Moderato. Andante. Scherzo (Allegro). Rondo (allegro vivace). Schubert

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hold Final Whiting Concert Tonight | 4/13/1920 | See Source »

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