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Columns of Sound. Along with that utterance goes Berio's prodigious orchestral writing. Sinfonia contains some of the most novel rhythms and chords since Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps. Great columns of dissonant, atonal sound seem to rise up with a towering permanence that belies the fact that the sound is composed of constantly moving parts. Often the music has a complexity that is normally achieved only with electronic synthesizers. At other times, it has the air of unexpectedness that is characteristic of chance, or aleatory, writing. Yet Berio employs neither electronics nor chance. Sinfonia is essentially...
...sharp imagery. Juxtaposing sweet, lyrical melodies with the words of protest and defiance, he speaks of "illness, war, the young ones, myself." A quartet of empathetic American performers interpret Brel in English with inventive arrangements and passionate delivery. The hopeful Bachelor's Dance (La Bourrée du Célibataire), the chagrined Jackie ("If I could be for just one little hour cute, cute, cute in a stupid-assed way"), the infuriated Funeral Tango, all deal with material often ignored in music. Still, Brel's songs sculpt small monuments to some of life's more poignant...
...friend); a film for Melina Mercouri (a new personal friend); reviews and TV appearances; and, on the side, two novels abuilding. Thus it was only by dint of diligent spadework and interminable waiting that TIME Reporter Carey Winfrey cornered the famed interviewer for the following exchange à la mode du...
Through the windows may be seen its spacious, 170-acre formal garden, marshaled with airy grace into a tapestry of boxwood mazes, promenades, canals, fountains, staircases, statuary and grottoes that stretch to the horizon. The ornate Chambre du Roi, which lies to the left of the Grand Salon, illustrates the other French addition to the baroque. Luscious nudes hover overhead in trompe-l'eoil with voluptuousness that the Italians never envisioned-or permitted themselves...
...determined to show that they can compete on an equal basis with big people in today's world and do not have to fall back upon the circus for a livelihood. Robert Spector, last week's convention chairman, is a Ph.D. working on chemistry patents for Du Pont. Lee Kitchens, an electronics engineer for Texas Instruments and the outgoing Little People's president, literally soared into town, flying his own plane from Richardson, Texas. Since he stands only 4 ft. 1 in., the rudder pedals on his Piper Tri-Pacer have been built up about nine inches...