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...most explicit example of his penchant for the ineffable, but the composer's acute sensitivity to the human condition is found in more intimate pieces as well. Chief among these, and his most famous work, is the Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps (1941), for piano, clarinet, violin and cello, a moving confessional made all the more poignant by its having been written in a concentration camp. Forty years later, nearing the end of his life, Messiaen completed the masterpiece toward which his entire compositional life had been aiming: the opera St. Francois d'Assise, which will be staged anew...
...Black Eyed Man, that problem is solved by supplementing the traditional country instrumentation--lap steel guitar, fiddle, accordion, tremolo guitar, tambourine) with more daring sounds--a fat horn section now and then, a mandolin, a cello. Helping out is Margo's willingness to sing something other than lamentations (although "Cowboy Junkies Lament" is as good as they get), and Alan Anton's discovery of the melodic capabilities of the bass...
...Post Road Historic Concerts--will present chamber music by Fasch, Telemann, Quantz and Bach with guests Maria Diez-Canedo, recorder and flute; Owen Watkins, recorder; Suzanne Stump, flute; Daniel Ryan, cello; Larry Hamberlin, harpsicord. Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington St., Boston. Thursday, Feb. 6, 6 p.m. First Parish, Boston Post Rd. at Cochituate Rd., Wayland. Friday, Feb. 7, 8 p.m. Christ Church, Zero Garden St., Cambridge. Saturday, Feb. 8, 8 p.m. $10 for adults, $5 for students, elders, and contributors at Wayland performance. $12 for adults, $6 for students, elders, and contributors at Boston or Cambridge performance...
Heineman-Pieper, one of nine female winners of this year's scholarships and the only woman chosen from Harvard, plays the cello as an extracurricular activity and hopes to become a professor of academic and clinical psychology in the future...
...played Bach's Suite No. 5 in C minor for the unaccompanied cello...