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...minute symphony for string orchestra is a reworking of Corigliano's String Quartet of 1996. In five movements, its "arch-form" is influenced by Bartok's fourth quartet, in which pairs of movements (one and five, two and four) are related, while the middle movement "night music" stands on its own. Furthermore, as Corigliano wrote in the program notes, "the symphony is based upon a motto composed of even repetitions of a single tone, and a sequence of disjunct minor thirds. There are also four pitch centers recurring throughout the work: C, C-sharp, G and G-sharp." These elements...
From the almost inaudible opening whispers of strings with practice mutes attached, I was immediately drawn into this detailed and contrapuntally sophisticated work. Transforming a work for string quartet into string orchestra is no easy task, but Corigliano solved the problems through effective orchestration techniques. This is especially true in the second movement scherzo, which features tutti chords interrupted by outbursts from a string quartet within the orchestra. Corigliano takes advantage of full string sections to provide a more dense and elaborate solution to aleatoric passages. Having double basses with low C-string extensions also adds a richer, fuller sound...
...A.R.T. has a reputation for razzle and controversial showmanship; Antigone is a diamond in a string of rubies and emeralds. Compared to another A.R.T. Greek tragedy, their Bacchae of the 1997-98 season, also directed by Francois Rochaix, Antigone lacks explosiveness. Perhaps more effort went into their Bacchae because that play called for the loud dithyrambic energry that the A.R.T. often brings even to playwrights like Brecht. Antigone provides fewer opportunities for special effects. The one dance to honor Dionysus that comes late in the play is seized; it is more exciting than the rest of the play...
...EMERSON QUARTET, SHOSTAKOVICH STRING QUARTETS: Shostakovich turned Stalin's Great Terror into art in his 15 string quartets, a laceratingly vivid document interpreted here by America's greatest quartet...
Captain Pia Chock lead the Crimson effort in Indiana with wins in the 100-yard freestyle (51.60) and the 100-yard butterfly (56.43). Chock added a third place finish in the 50-yard freestyle (24.17) and also anchored Harvard's string of fourth place relay finishes...