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The program ended with that ideal gala finale, Balanchine's "Theme and Variations," in which the recreated tutus won and deserved heightened attention.
Simcock's diaphanous A Joy Forever (from his recent Reverie at Schloss Elmau album) brought sensitive variations in which neither player ever broke the theme's magic spell.
The program closed with a disappointing truncated version of George Balanchine's "Theme and Variations," in which the soloists kept changing as the ballet continued.
One is "Enigma Variations," in which the English composer Edward Elgar interacts with friends at the turn of the 20th century, and "The Two Pigeons," an enchanted love story set to music by Messager.
More seriously, we saw the most recent of the company's several "Lamentation Variations" (in which a choreographer is invited to make a four-minute dance response to Graham's classic solo "Lamentation").
Andsnes does great things with it: the opening is notably stark and uncompromising, while the closing variations, in which harmony and rhythm come close to a point of total breakdown, are phenomenally intense.
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The sequence 2... e6 and 4... Nc6 ushers in the Taimanov Variation, in which Black hangs back in development to preserve flexibility.
There was also variation in which of the most common topics to which different broadcasters have dedicated their time.
After 5 e6, Black arranges the Taimanov Variation, in which he holds his pawns back to keep their flexibility.
Finegold responded with a sideline variation in which White gives up his bishop pair to cripple Black's pawn structure.
With 5 Bg5 h6 6 Bh4, the game veered into the double-edged Moscow variation, in which White often sacrifices a pawn.
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