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...Symphonie Concertante (1947). This work has not been performed for 30 years, and survived only because it happened to have been transcribed in Labanotation (a system of symbols for preserving choreography). Symphonie Concertante is a reclaimed treasure. Set to Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat for violin, viola and orchestra, it casts two ballerinas as the solo instruments, the brilliant Gregory as the violin, the mellower Van Hamel as the viola and surrounds them with a corps tracing patterns and recombining in gentle, eloquent classical phrases. Designer Theoni V. Aldredge has fashioned what must be the most beautiful...
...LETTERS OF HENRY ADAMS Edited by J.C. Levenson, Ernest Samuels, Charles Vandersee, Viola Hopkins Winner; Belknap Press; 3 volumes...
...island of Ischia, Italy. At 21, Walton scandalized London with his first important work, Fagade, irreverent musical parodies written to accompany poems by his patron Edith Sitwell. He later turned to more conventional forms, such as the oratorio Belshazzar's Feast and his romantic concertos for violin, viola and cello. A slow, painstaking composer who once complained, "A lot of the time music irritates me to madness, especially my own," he nonetheless wrote up to the end; a few days before his death he completed the score for the ballet Varii Capricci, which will premiere in New York City...
Some Currier residents question whether the enthusiasm of the House will continue after the current seniors graduate, but Viola and Khazei are confident that the Juniors and Sophomores will initiate their own ideas and style of leadership, pointing to underclass involvement in the dance marathon as an indicator...
...that because of the diversity of its population, the character of the House is very malleable and always changing. To illustrate the flexibility of Currier, Herschbach uses the example of a returning alumnus of the House who may find a totally different tone and feeling among the students. And Viola characterizes the student's perspective: "We are not following tradition, we are making...