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...five, James Yannatos pointed to a violin in a New York City store window and asked his mother if he could have it. Seventy years and countless performances later, Dr. Yannatos’ lifelong career in music may be ending on a professional level, but it is far from coming to a close...
...Year by year, the embrace of one's class grows tighter. Now six, Julia plays less in the local park, busy as she is with homework, ballet and violin. When Nicola was at nursery, she went to birthday parties in tony private clubs. Uniformed staff served her in a stately ballroom at the Dorchester Hotel. By the time she was three, she had attended probably the most lavish parties she'll ever see, at least while living with...
...orchestra jumped into a frenzied arpeggio followed by several cymbal crashes. With the boisterous opening of the prelude to Act III of “Lohengrin,” the strings were quickly overpowered by the brass line—though not enough to hide the fact that the violins were out of tune. Despite the unbalanced opening, the swashbuckling theme was well articulated by the brass section for a clean end. Like his “Lohengrin,” Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” is also a story about love...
...Milewski ’12 said. “Anytime I am able to witness a master in his element, I am going to take advantage of that opportunity.”The program began with a trio comprised of Alex Y. Shiozaki ’09 on violin, Kathryn S. Austin ’09 on cello, and John M. Sullivan ’09 on piano playing Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Piano Trio in E-flat, Op. 70. No. 2.” After the piece, Previn offered criticism of the performance, with...
...referring to her own debilitating obsession with a man that has “love in his heart” for his own wife and daughter. However, as the music swells to production levels more typical of Rilo Kiley than Williams—bringing in a violin, mandolin, and soaring choral vocal backups—Wainwright declares, “My heart was made for bleeding all over you / I know you’re married but I’ve got feelings, too / And I still love you” with honest hurt and determined strength. Wainwright doesn?...