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Both pitchers maintained control of the game. Swanson turned in a virtuoso performance, striking out 15 hitters in the game. Whitton regained control after a wild second and pitched the rest of the game for the Crimson...
Both pitchers maintained control of the game. Swanson turned in a virtuoso performance, striking out 15 hitters in the game. Whitton regained control after a wild second and pitched the rest of the game for the Crimson...
...kick. Their coiled restraint hints at martial Zulu moves. Much in evidence to an American observer are the familiar echoes of old Hollywood vaudeville movies and the African-American companies that toured South Africa more than a century ago, bringing both step-dance movements and spirituals. During the concert, virtuoso performers nonchalantly step from the line to exhibit their special talents. Each soloist's voice projects like several musical instruments playing at once. Verse after verse propels the audience on a voyage through spiritual lament and human urges, raw humor and subtle jabs, inheritance squabbles and political rivalry. The pendulum...
...anyone was qualified for the job of assembling a Bill Monroe tribute, it was Ricky Skaggs. A virtuoso mandolinist and multi-instrumentalist who was playing with Ralph Stanley by the age of 16, Skaggs shared the stage with Monroe when still a child, and has been delivering on that promise ever since. For "Big Mon," Skaggs has reached well beyond the predictable bluegrass circles, and the success of the enterprise is a testament to the unassailable quality of Monroe's craft as much as the contributions of the individual performers...
...fugue, for this recording (in his 80s!)--tears into them with a scintillating blend of rhythmic acuity, dynamic and coloristic shadings and sustained dramatic power. He finds fresh charm in Stravinsky's opus by eliciting its whimsy and dancelike qualities. The 21st century sonata, Wild's own, is a virtuoso work--energetic, eclectic and flamboyant--that he plays with great panache...