Puccini's fascination with the American West dated to 1890, when he saw William F. Cody's touring show in Milan and wrote to his brother, "Buffalo Bill is a group of North Americans with a quantity of Indian redskins and buffaloes that perform splendid shooting tricks and truly represent scenes from the frontier".
This Sunday, the splendid Cassatt String Quartet performs Barber's String Quartet (with the tragic slow movement widely known as the Adagio for Strings), and Beethoven's late String Quartet, Op.131.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Another magisterial program from James Levine and his splendid band, who will perform Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 ("Pathétique"), Schumann's Piano Concerto (with Maurizio Pollini, no less), and the New York première of Leon Kirchner's "The Forbidden".
Harry Bicket conducted with élan and played the harpsichord in the continuo, and David Chan performed the splendid violin solo onstage.
Superb Polish and international musicians will perform in splendid castles, palaces and churches all of which have witnessed important moments in Poland's history and culture.
Before we tell you about the splendid New Beetle Convertible GLS, sometimes it's helpful to know not just about a car you might want to buy, but about how the company as a whole is performing.
It was a splendid piece, splendidly led and performed.
Mr. Keene's chorus performed in typically splendid fashion at the Church of the Ascension; the orchestra, less so.
The insightful Belgian conductor Philippe Herreweghe, a pioneer in the early-music movement who founded the splendid Collegium Vocale Gent, has performed and recorded a wide repertory of sacred works.
The splendid sets for the lavish operas performed in La Scala are prepared in a large warehouse.
