Word: vingt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sonata in A Major, Opus 120, was diffident and unfocused, and while the intricate variations of Schumann's Symphonic Etudes were dutifully expounded, the piece never gathered the headlong passion that should make its concluding march a shout of triumph. Better were three movements from Olivier Messiaen's dazzling Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jesus, in which Feltsman temporarily relaxed his inhibitions to project the music's ferocious rhythms and clashing polytonal harmonies. Best of all were the encores. In Rachmaninoff's Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, he caressed the delicate, almost impressionistic filigree, and he unleashed an impressively...
...their radically different compositional styles, Penderecki, 50, and Messiaen have much in common. Both are devout Roman Catholics; their outputs have prominently featured devotional music, notably Penderecki's St. Luke Passion and his Utrenja ("The Entombment of Christ" and the "Resurrection"), and Messiaen's massive piano piece, Vingt Regards sur I'Enfant Jésus, and his work for large chorus and orchestra, La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ. Both men are leading composers in their countries, yet each has transcended parochial considerations to become an important international figure. Furthermore, each writes...