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...bass, fluttering woodwinds (played live by multi-instrumentalist Marty Danvers) and iconic breakbeats into the mix for “Red, White & Blonde,” the most immediately accessible track on the album (and, in an ideal world, an instant chart-topper). Alexander Kort’s soaring string accents on the eminently hummable chorus are only one of the countless sonic details that pepper the album, showing the group’s combined talent in conjuring elusive moods from unlikely juxtapositions...
Hearing chamber music is the aural equivalent of a theatrical experience. Without a conductor, the players assume independent roles, taking turns delivering their “lines” as solos. Take, for example, Franz Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” string quartet, a passionate work that features the cello as a tragic heroine. Without the utterance of a single word, the instruments engage in heated arguments or profess their lyrical love for one another...
Founded in 1983, the Boston Chamber Music Society has established itself as one of the best chamber music groups in Boston. The group is made up of eight freelance string and woodwind players from Boston and New York...
However, one should never forget that Meloy is no frail waif of a performer. To close the main set, Meloy picked up his giant twelve-string and played through an extended version of the epic, 10-minute-long Castaways and Cutouts finale, “California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade.” During the transcendent bridge that transitions between the song’s two parts, Colin sat himself down on the stage and turned his eyes downward to his guitar, strumming one single riff over and over, eventually shifting it around until he came to a new variation...
After playing a string of indoor contests, the No. 18 Harvard women’s tennis team traveled to Georgia Tech two days early to prepare for some rare outdoor play. The early arrival paid off, as the Crimson (6-2) won its fifth straight match—a 5-2 defeat of the No. 23 Yellow Jackets (5-1) on Sunday—without its injured co-captains. Unfortunately for Harvard, the streak ended a day later at the hands of No. 16 Clemson (4-4), in a tight 4-3 President’s Day decision...