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...second half of the program, a performance of Schubert's Symphony No. 9 in C, "The Great," showed similar flair and ability, although it suffered a bit from lack of rehearsal time. This was particularly evident in the coda of the Andante, which lost touch with both balance and dynamics. However, the memorable trombone sound more than made up for any failings, and completely justified Schubert's revolutionary use of brass to present thematic material...
There are no abrupt transitions in the work. Each of six characters retains a unique sense of herself while passing through subtle inflections of mood. The coda "Velvets" summarizes the piece well: five women in long velvet gowns turn slowly in place, evolving a series of gestures suggesting fright, aloofness, serenity...
...have himself translated from Bristol to Cambridge University) will speak in the Winthrop House JCR the day after school begins, April 8 at 8 p.m. The title of Ricks's lecture--seriously--is "Five Songs by Bob Dylan." Rumor has it Northrop Frye, in response, is considering adding a coda to his Norton Lectures on "The Secular Scripture" to be called "Myths of Ascent and Descent in 'Lay, Lady, Lay'." Such rumors, though, like so many scriptures themselves, may well be apocryphal...
...Transylvania to receive the Baron's will, he discovers the ancient laboratory and is seduced by his grandfather's dreams--providing the set-up for a spoof of every major scene in the original film, interrupted by the tangents of Brooks's imagination and concluded by a resounding coda. Wilder alternates moments of deadpan lucidity with the sudden spasms of pure manic fury that characterize the egotist/neurotic. He turns ordinary comic ineptitude into a thoroughly debilitating frenzy that intensifies as the dire experiment proceeds; the riotous heights of the film...
...LITTLE THEATER OF JEAN RENOIR. A wise and mellow coda in three parts by one of the old masters of world cinema. Each episode is rendered in a style that evokes a period in Renoir's past work and comments on it with grace...