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Pleasure in Water. Had the ancient Chinese developed their writing with quill instead of brush, it is unlikely that the immense treasure of Chinese painting would have evolved as it did. But for well over 3,000 years, painting and calligraphy developed hand in hand, raising virtuoso brushwork to such disciplined levels that generations of Chinese artists created their masterpieces "on fine silk that permitted no erasures...
...praised by Khachaturian for his oratorios. ¶ Akhmed Gadzhiev, 39, noted for a 1952 symphonic poem, Peace. Other young Russian composers, better known outside the Soviet Union: ¶ Karen Khachaturian, 36. Aram's nephew, whose eclectic, highly rhythmic Violin Sonata in G Minor has been recorded by Russian Virtuoso David Oistrakh. ¶ Andrei Volkonsky, 23, whose works hint at Hindemith; he migrated from France to Russia a few years ago, caused a stir in Moscow last year with a Piano Quintet...
Born. To Irmgard Seefried, 36, bouncy leading soprano of the Vienna State Opera, who has made four U.S. tours, stirred Metropolitan Opera audiences as Susanna in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro in 1953. and Wolfgang Schneiderhan. 38, violin virtuoso: their second daughter, second child; in Vienna. Name: Monika. Weight...
Senturia has developed from a gifted oboe virtuoso into an able conductor, and his occasional stiffness of gesture will go in time. He should, however, curb his Toscaninian urge to sing with the orchestra. He gives beats and cues clearly; and I imagine it is easy to play under him in a performance, although the superlative results point to a properly stern taskmaster in rehearsal...
...some calculation. Everthing turns out well in the end and M. Barrault as the well-meaning troublemaker, Dubois, was at his best relying on mime and expressive gestures. There is a clear and consistent comic freedom in the Marivaux which allowed the company to show off its virtuoso technique...