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Piano Recital--Susan Almasi, piano, and Emil Miland, cello; music of Chopin and Gershwin; Peasant Stock Restaurant, 415 Washington St., Somerville...
...walks a narrower road than his buddies; we see him gracefully climb a mountain above their heads and, with snowcapped peak behind him, a male choir singing, and rain clouds swirling, stalk a buck and drop it with one shot. Then they're back in the bar listening to Chopin, his Teutonic supremacy affirmed. He relaxes with the guys, but he's never out of control. The scout motto of "Be Prepared" has become a compulsion, and he seems too ready. It smacks of adolescence...
Franz Liszt Birthday Bash--Jane Struss, mezzo-soprano, David Witten and Hung-Kuan Chen, plano, and the New England Woodwind Quintet; music of Chopin, Liszt and Beethoven; New School of Music, 25 Lowell...
...first 78 miles of its run to Lyon, it traveled the French National Railroads' regular tracks at conventional speed (max: 100 m.p.h.). In the comfortable, soundproofed cars, the only noises were the quiet hiss of air conditioning, the strains of Chopin-and the popping of champagne corks. Then, at Saint-Floren-tin, came the announcement: "We are entering the new section of track. Our speed will be 260 kilometers [162 miles] per hour...
...Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 and other works (Ivo Pogorelich, piano; Deutsche Grammophon). The fastest way to a big career these days seems to lie in not winning a major competition. When Pianist Youri Egorov failed to make the finals of the Van Cliburn four years ago, outraged fans launched him by raising an equivalent of the first-prize money themselves. Similarly, when Yugoslav-born Ivo Pogorelich, 22, was eliminated before the last round of the recent Chopin competition in Warsaw, one judge, Pianist Martha Argerich, resigned in protest. The incident became a musical cause...