History calls are interpretations that make history, as distinct from the raw stuff of events.
Recent recordings by Roger Norrington, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Jonathan Nott have revealed a different side to Bruckner, interpretations that make him a human being rather than a self-annihilating penitent.
Audiences can rest comfortably as they watch such displays, thinking, "Well, that's not me, is it?" What get beneath the skin are the interpretations that make you feel the seductiveness of an escape from reality (or into an alternative reality), in which madness starts to seem like a viable existential choice.
They listen to students and accept all points of view, being conversant with several interpretations that make the work come alive for students, who tend to read existentially, hoping for an author who will speak to them personally.
Congress pushing through new sanctions on Iran's missile programs, U.S. officials demanding tighter enforcement of the nuclear deal after repeated Iranian violations in its first year, the Treasury Department forming interpretations that make trade with Tehran even more difficult, and U.S. military routines becoming more robust in the Persian Gulf are all possibilities, AEI's McInnis said.
Volodos explored the vivid contrasts of mood throughout this sequence of capriccios and intermezzos, with the definition and tonal warmth of his playing providing a solid bedrock for an interpretation that made light of technical difficulties and focused instead on imaginative expression.
Alexander of Aphrodisias developed a line of interpretation that made the active intellect a non-human intellect and identified it with God.
But he didn't let the opportunity to take a dig at Obama go by either, offering an interpretation that made the president seem jumpy, amateur, and a bit too sure of himself.
Mr. Boyd and his company have provided a bold, baldly comic interpretation that makes landing punch lines, whether literal or implicit, its first priority.
But it's hard to imagine an interpretation that makes this play's singular melding of sentimentality and savagery feel more organic than this one does.
