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...At the age of 25, the artist was moving away from his rose period, but had not yet embarked on Cubist classics such as “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon”....
...He notes that the stocks you’d expect to benefit the most from corporate governance reform, those with the lowest p/bs, have trailed behind....
...Special thanks this week to Freddie Martin, Finley Davies, Zehra Munira, Akila Quino and Lulu Smyth....
...“If the government had managed it well, I don’t think we’d be in this situation,” says Pwabili....
...“Ciel d’hiver”, taken from her triptych Orion, is an atmospheric orchestral tone poem. Trans is a translucent concerto for harp, expertly played by Xavier de Maistre....
...“Because of this tan,” he says pointing to the colour of his skin, “they’d look at you [and say] ‘oh, you do jeans and T-shirts’; no . . . that f**cking $1,200 suit over there on the rack on the right —...
...Conducted with zeal by Adams himself, it generated the kind of buzz you’d expect at an anti-nuclear rally. But there was a drawback: Peter Sellars’ libretto....
...I’d go to sleep in my coat and my shoes because I couldn’t bear to take anything off. The little fireplace didn’t heat the end of the boat....
...Although he somehow seemed more stern than evil, Gerald Finley exerted magnetism as the mephistophelian nemesis on the premises....
...It’s no surprise that he’s drawn to quirky characters such as the daydreaming John “J.D.”...
...If a gift is not acceptable, Mr Finley, of the Fine Arts Commission, will refuse it in the name of our Committee, so as not to offend any friends.”...
...We’d spend hours going over the recitatives, constantly tweaking it to get the language right and catch the enjoyment of the character.”...
...He also led an absorbing performance of Schubert’s Symphony in C major, D 944 (the “Great”), which caught the grandeur of this supreme work....
...The new cycle was written for the bass-baritone Gerald Finley, who performs them here, accompanied by the BSO under James Levine....
...The main cast excels, led by the noble Canadian baritone Gerald Finley, who created the role of J. Robert Oppenheimer....
...I’d rather watch a classic DVD staging than listen to an artificial new studio recording. The DVDs that caught my attention had something unique to say about music in the theatre....
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