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Mahler’s Ninth Symphony, written in 1909, is ultimately about farewell, as the work makes repeated use of a two-note falling motive, first used in the last movement of Das Lied von der Erde, which Mahler extends to form a three-note quotation from Beethoven’s Les Adieux piano sonata. These motivic constructions permeate every movement of the piece. Leonard Bernstein, in his 1973 Norton lectures here at Harvard, defined the symphony as a farewell to life, tonality and “our Faustian society.” There was no doubt, however, that...
...intertwining family relationships which are all bought to a climatic point of self-awareness by the impending nuptials. The plot threatens to descend into a soap opera from the very beginning. Struggling to end a torrid affair with her former boss, the young professional Aditi (radiantly performed by Vasundhara Das) has just days to reconsile with her arranged marriage to Hemant (Parvin Dabas), a handsome if slightly dull engineer who remains clueless to Aditi’s extramarital shenanigans...
Starring Vasimdhara Das, Parvin Dabas
According to an employee of the company that took the reservation, Airporter, based in Princeton, N.J., that is not what Das said. After hanging up with Das, an Airporter clerk went immediately to her supervisor and said she had just spoken with a man with a Middle Eastern accent who had spelled out his name "D as in destruction, A as in America, S as in Sam." "She couldn't believe somebody was using those words over the phone," says Hamilton Township, N.J., police lieutenant Michael Cane. Das was charged with one count each of disorderly conduct and harassment. Bond...
...Das has been in the U.S. eight months. His accent sounds vaguely British, with the lilting tones characteristic of his native India. He insists that there is no way he could have mangled his pronunciation of David so profoundly that it could have been heard as destruction. Police have refused to name the reservationist or provide a copy of their report on Das, claiming that it is their policy to withhold such information. The CEO of Airporter, Alan Glickman, says the reservationist is a "valued employee in good standing." When Das goes before a judge on Dec. 18, facing...