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...overture to “Oberon,” an opera by Carl Maria von Weber, was first, and HRO’s rendition was both articulate and spirited. Rebecca L. Gruskin ’11 opened the piece with a solemn, clear horn call that, in the opera, would signal the beginning of the Elf-King’s quest to save the hero, Huan. Gruskin was impeccable throughout the evening, and when the call returned, it was as clear but more optimistic, fitting the music perfectly. The strings were agile both dynamically and technically, evoking a mystical landscape...
When Nicholas Fox Weber came to Harvard on Nov. 20 to promote his new biography on famed Modernist architect Le Corbusier, he spoke in the only Le Corbusier building on the entire North American continent—Harvard’s own Carpenter Center. His “Le Corbusier: A Life” is the first-ever in-depth biography of the Swiss architect. As the Executive Director of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation in Bethany, Conn. and author of an acclaimed biography on Balthus, he is deeply interested in exploring the lives of the artists who create...
...Obviously, this year the big elephant in the room was the economy,” Weber said. “There is no doubt that some of our students were impacted by our late start date...
...Weber cautioned against making changes to the recruiting system on the basis of a single bumpy system, saying that "for the past 25 years our program has worked quite well." According to Weber, employment rates at time of graduation have remained relatively constant in recent history...
...memo to the student body, Weber wrote Tuesday that he anticipates transitioning to the new program in August 2009, which would require students to return to campus...