And under Joe Mantello's direction, they are doing so with an eloquence and an intensity that makes a compelling case for a show once regarded as a mere curiosity as a major piece from a major composer (1 50).
Taking his audience on the exponential curve that was Scriabin's route, Mr. Ohlsson began with some of the best known early études, very close to Chopin, went through the more venturesome middle period (the F sharp major piece from Opus 42 was a fleet, pianissimo flutter, the E flat finely managed in its rhythmic contortions) to end with flashing brilliance in Opus 65.
What we can be sure of is that it will also produce false or misleading Kubrick references, evidenced by Room 237's major piece from Sundance in the New York Times by Robert Ito.
The major pieces on view from the Cartin collection seem to display a certain vulnerability.
Despite his feud with Robert G. Torricelli during his previous 18-year term in the Senate, Mr. Lautenberg had another reputation: the picture of compromise, a pragmatist who set aside ideology and cut deals with Republicans in order to advance major pieces of legislation, from banning smoking on commercial airlines to pressuring states into raising the drinking age to 21.
The heart of the show is simple: major pieces have been moved from their usual displays to the first-floor galleries.
Sumpter Priddy III of Alexandria, Va., sold two major pieces, a serpentine sofa from Winchester, Va., about 1790, and a circa 1785 secretary bookcase with a cove cornice pierced with Gothic arches.
It also lists groups supporting "major pieces" of the bill, from the telecom and cable-TV lobbies down to the Christian Musician Publishers Association and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
"There's a major piece missing from the social graph," Chris McCoy tells me over coffee, "and it's sports".
