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...March 16 as part of FleetBoston’s Celebrity Series. It’s not often that a chamber group achieves “celebrity” status, but in the case of the Beaux Arts such success is entirely deserved. Despite juggling members in recent years (violinist Daniel Hope is so new he’s not even in the press photos), they maintain a vigorous touring and recording schedule, as likely to be heard in big city concert halls as on airplane radio stations or taped-for-television soirees...
Whereas the tendency in Schumann might be to exaggerate every rapid diminuendo and surprising modulation, the trio handled unexpected turns of phrase with elegant subtlety. Besides maintaining a sweet, round tone throughout the tumultuous first movement, violinist Hope reined in his exuberance so as not to drown out the lesser tunes allotted to the cello, played with gusto by Antonio Meneses. Meanwhile, Pressler, a shrunken old man seemingly twice the age of his fellow players, continually reared his head from side to side to check on the progress of the strings, despite the fact that neither violinist nor cellist seemed...
...Beyond the Fringe, as well as the films 10 and Arthur; in Plainfield, New Jersey. A talented classical and jazz pianist, the diminutive Moore once said, "If I'd been able to hit someone in the nose, I wouldn't have been a comic." DIED. DOROTHY DELAY, 84, renowned violinist and instructor of some of the finest players to have emerged in the past 30 years; in Upper Nyack, New York. Educated at Julliard, DeLay's students included Itzhak Perlman and Midori. DIED. THOMAS J. KELLY, 72, engineer who oversaw design and construction of the Eagle lunar module that landed...
...then there are the cool clothes. Bond members deny their slinky nightclub attire and libidinous onstage posturing has much to do with their fame. "Our success is not based on our outfits," says Ecker, 26, the quartet's lead violinist. "It goes beyond our image. We play great music." Indeed, while members of most manufactured girl bands wouldn't know a lute from a flute, the bond women are all veterans of black-tie recitals, prestigious conservatories and eminent music academies...
...campus’ musical groups, he revealed a different shade of his vocal talent. Instead of trying to imitate an entire strings section, he let the Baroque Chamber Orchestra assume that position in the evening’s first act, and occupied the position of imitating solo violinist, enlisting cellist Kate Bennet in an ethereally beautiful, if entirely unconventional duet...