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True, Ms. Mutter was strapless, playing the violin in a gun-metal gray dress, and Mr. Ozawa was batonless, conducting as if summoning some ancient rain spirit. But these were the few rare unconventional elements of BSO's February 8th performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D, Opus 61 and Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps, pictures from pagan Russia...
...rewards of being the biggest thesis are many: Kleiner's opus will soon be published and he's on the rise in L.A.--on the way to becoming a big-shot...
...might ask, is this close encounter different from any other? Well, because Firmage, 28, is an Internet whiz kid whose consulting company, USWeb, is worth about $2 billion. And because Firmage last week published a 240-page version of his magnum opus, The Truth, on his website. And finally, because his yen for space travel hasn't yet cost him his life, but it has now cost...
DIED. WILLIAM H. WHYTE, 81, optimistic social thinker and urban planner; in New York City. Whyte's opus on corporate America, The Organization Man (1956), warned against conformity and its accompanying spiritlessness. After leaving his longtime post as an editor of FORTUNE magazine, Whyte studied how humans and cities could best complement each other. One of his ideas--to beautify crime-friendly urban spots in order to attract law-abiding citizens--helped inspire the makeover of New York City's Bryant Park...
...success has reached the point that it has. The sprightly romance of Schumann's piece came to vivacious, yet intricately beautiful life under Andsnes' care. With the rest of the orchestra perfectly accompanying but never overshadowing him, the Norwegian pianist played the Piano Concerto in A minor, Opus 54 with the enchanting energy that Schumann must have intended the piece to be performed with...