Word: vivaldi
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...Vivaldi Cycle. That George Jack son may well have been harassed, that ultimately none of the charges against Davis or Jackson's Soledad co-defendants could be made to stick - these are valid points. Brothers renders them in valid only by exploiting their quasi-factual basis while changing all the names and parading the case as fiction...
...goes in for heavy brooding and glowering. Vonetta Mc-Gee drifts in and out with all the serenity of a model in a soap commercial and with none of the biting intellectuality of Angela Davis. (We know the lady is classy, however, because during a scene at her home Vivaldi is ostentatiously being played on the phonograph.) Whether the performers could have done more is hard to tell with a script as one-dimensional as this. Like so many other recycling jobs. Brothers ends up as cardboard...
...individuals acquire more technical facility. But who would have expected Saturday night's concert--the second in the 1976-77 season--to show an improvement so astounding? The HRO has perceptibly blossomed as an orchestral ensemble since September. And, to judge by Saturday night's presentation of works by Vivaldi, Mozart and Sibelius, the group is starting to exhibit high musicality, good intonation, and a discriminating sound...
...concert opened with an old warhorse, "Autumn" from Vivaldi's The Seasons, which, as interpreted on Saturday night, justified its popularity. The piece featured Shumsky as violin soloist and conductor. The orchestra was extremely cut down, and resembled a sixteen piece Baroquesized chamber ensemble. The choice of music provided an excellent vehicle for Shumsky's awe-inspiring technical capability and his power to elicit clean, solid tone. The accompaniment by the chamber ensemble, especially in the final Allegro, had a shimmering, airy quality--one that marks a thoughtful interpretation of Italian Baroque music. Michael Curry, in particular, carried the obbligato...
...Denmark this balletic theater of the absurd is said to draw an enthusiastic young audience. Certainly it is harmless, if overly long. Those who really want to sample typical Danish dancing are better advised to see Flindt's imaginative choreography in the leafy setting of Vivaldi's Four Seasons...