The prologue from Orazio Vecchi's "Amfiparnasso" was an apt opener with its invitation to listen.
And at the Gate Theater, when the narrator of a new adaptation of Tolstoy's "Kreutzer Sonata" poured himself a cup of tea, that warm, comforting aroma seemed in itself like a beguiling invitation to listen to his confidences.
Was it for this that I broke the habit of years and accepted the Guardian's invitation to listen to Thought for the Day? Was it for this that the BBC, including the director general himself, no less, spent months negotiating with the Vatican?
Many psychology studies, with their sterile repetitions, are capsized when their subjects become too bored to coöperate, but Johnson relishes invitations to listen for an hour to extremely similar sequences of musical tones.
In February, even as the department was beginning a study of its Sept. 11 response, fire officials declined invitations to listen to the Port Authority's tape, which was recovered by Port Authority police officers from the rubble.
To Valerie Solanas and Marilyn Monroe in Recognition of Their Desperation From 1970, one of Oliveros's most powerful pieces, an invitation to deeply listen for the ensemble, and for the audience.
Art Sound Effects The National Academy Museum celebrates the centenary of the brilliant avant-gardist John Cage — whose silent composition "4'33″ " is a radical invitation to truly listen — with "The Sight of Silence," an exhibition of watercolors, scores, and documentary material.
The National Academy Museum celebrates the centenary of the brilliant avant-gardist John Cage — whose silent composition "4'33" " is a radical invitation to truly listen — with "The Sight of Silence," an exhibition of watercolors, scores, and documentary material.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet The National Academy Museum celebrates the centenary of the brilliant avant-gardist John Cage — whose silent composition "4'33″ " is a radical invitation to truly listen — with "The Sight of Silence," an exhibition of watercolors, scores, and documentary material.
"This time it sounded like an invitation, a desire to listen and learn".
It's a strong invitation to people to listen, and the idea of learning to listen is an important one, in a theatrical context but also in a political one".
