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...little deeper into Internet archives, and finally made it to the time of that monumental mistake on Nov. 2. Following the election, German newspaper, Die Zeit—no, Republican readers, it’s not some red rag—ran headlines like, “Warum Wieder Er?” (Why Him Again?) and “Der ungeliebte Sieger” (The Unloved Victor) in the days after the election. One particular article which caught my eye, boasted, “Europeans are bitterly disappointed” about the election result. These didn?...
...sixty-member Collegium mixed choir serenaded audiences Friday evening with a truly classic program. Most notably, the evening’s Brahms theme was very well carried in “Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen” and “Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren.” The versatile talents of the chorus were displayed in the former work with an achingly beautiful rendition of the first movement followed by rounds in the second movement. Especially praiseworthy was the piece’s sensitive harmonization between the soprano and alto parts...
When the Italian author Primo Levi was in Auschwitz, a guard told him, "Hier ist kein warum." (Here is no why.) He was right. That was the terror, the mystery and the evil...
...have to make distinctions, even -- or especially -- when using the vocabularies of seeming absolutes. At Hiroshima there was, precisely, a warum, an excellent...
...program leaned heavily toward light music, and the few exceptions received the weakest performances. Brahms' intensely sorrowful "Warum ist das Licht gegeben" sounded disjointed, with the seemingly endless phrases of the first section losing momentum every measure or two; only the final chorale generated a genuine mood. The men's performance of Schubert's "Gesang der Geister uber den Wassern" showed complete insensitivity to Goethe's colorful text...