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...“Seeds in Flight”, by Gazan poet Khaled Abdallah, evokes a “circle of life and renewal, and has a folk song melody”. It made her recall photos of her own grandmother....
...Along with fleeting allusions to music of the 1920s, there is a lot of Hollywood in the score but not much melody. Orchestra writing is hyperactive but often signifies little....
...It is a group sound in which riffs, textures and voicings take precedence over melody, and solos are tailored to the needs of the ensemble....
...Its leading ladies included Dorothy Parker, Deborah Kerr, Melanie Griffith (dazzling in her suit and trainers in Working Girl), Diane Keaton and Siri Hustvedt....
...The Aldeburgh Festival begins on June 13, www.aldeburgh.co.uk Paul Griffiths is the author of ‘A Concise History of Western Music’ (Cambridge University Press)...
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