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Christina Aguilera "Hurt" Dir. Francis Sigismondi The first thirty seconds of Christina Aguilera’s “Hurt,” in which black and white circus footage rolls over an ominous violin piece, may be the most disorienting thing a pop diva has done to video viewers since Britney’s spandex-in-space adventures of the late twentieth century. That is, of course, except for the remaining four minutes of the video. “Hurt,” which centers around a circus performer’s mournful memories of her deceased father, frames...
...with brass and cymbal crashes, was slightly muddled. Still, the piece effectively conveyed the opera’s fateful tone and segued appropriately to increasingly dramatic performances. The second piece was Johannes Brahms’ “Double Concerto in A minor,” a concerto for violin and cello soloists that is considered one of the composer’s greatest masterpieces. The twin guest performers took to the stage for this number. The Bruskins are slender brunettes distinguishable only by the size of their instruments, violin and cello respectively. The three movements of the concerto, Allegro...
...before transferring to Harvard, where he served as a music professor for another 22. Since retiring in 2002, Lockwood has remained active in the music community. He has published two books as an emeritus professor: the 2003 Pulitzer-nominated Beethoven biography and more recently, “The Beethoven Violin Sonatas: History, Criticism, Performance.” However, Lockwood refers to the performance of chamber music as his “principle avocation.” He spends much of his time behind a cello or even playing piano trios with fellow Harvard affiliates. Lockwood admits that his comfort zone...
...what’s important in order to try and portray this guy.”Harris’ preparation for playing Beethoven was grueling.“I played the piano for a year prior to filming. I mean, I took lessons and practiced every day. I took violin lessons and conducting lessons,” he recalls.Even in post-production, Harris has found himself enjoying the music that was in his head for so long.“My iPod is still kind of loaded up with that,” he says with a laugh. However...
...presence of stereotyping, the lower-level staffers responsible for individual applications acknowledge that such practices exist, according to Golden’s book. The reason lies in the language of the stereotype—the Asian student is good at math and science, talented with the piano or violin, quiet, and shy. He or she can be found more often than not in Cabot Science Library until the wee hours of the morning, bent over chemistry or economics textbooks, while other students socialize. Unlike the often explicitly negative labels placed on Latino and black students, on the surface the Asian...