She conducts memory testing of study participants.
And as these U.S. investors engage, and high-return opportunities are spotted and due diligence has been conducted; memories of failed business interventions in Africa will be revived and old stereotypes will emerge.
On how listening to Duke Ellington gave him the clue about how to conduct Beethoven's Coriolan Overture: "The Duke and I whipped a downbeat sans upbeat out of nowhere for the start and similar 'starts', making it sound like running into a wall at 60mph with a Rolls-Royce, OK?" On conducting from memory: "'Doing' a piece 'from memory' is something your Aunt Sally would have no trouble with.
"Conducting from memory is obviously important," he went on.
Ms. Alsop, conducting from memory, drew glittering playing from the impressive Baltimore Symphony.
He has made a point of virtually always conducting from memory, and his kinetic podium style and forceful interpretive personality are likely to please patrons who prize showmanship.
The themes of love and betrayal seem sharply contemporary, as Carlo Rizzi, conducting from memory and with uttermost conviction, ensures their emotional veracity.
Schoenberg's Op 31 Variations for Orchestra brought muddier textures leavened by moments of stark clarity, moulded by Barenboim conducting from memory.
His interpretation was in no way sluggish, but, conducting from memory, he seemed to be obeying his instinctive internal rhythm rather than the metronome markings in the score.
For all the intensity, imagination and excitement Mr. Dudamel, conducting from memory, brought to bear, the performance lacked some cohesion and depth.
