Octet

At the end of January, MTT takes to the piano for a Mozart concerto which is bracketed by Stravinsky's "Octet" and complete "Pulcinella."

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At the end of January, MTT takes to the piano for a Mozart concerto which is bracketed by Stravinsky's "Octet" and complete "Pulcinella."

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But the definitive piece remains Fraser'sone on the Brownite "Octet" in the Spectator last September.

Gordon's court 2007

But the definitive piece remains Fraser'sone on the Brownite "Octet" in the Spectator last September.

Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2007

Brief Interviews are more reflective of a metaphorical author-reader relationship, something that is strongly suggested by DFW's inclusion of "Octet" (whereby he presents a series of pop quizzes, only to have the author interrupt halfway through to go on and on about how the piece has failed, resorting to "tired old S.O.P. metafiction"), then perhaps my efforts to fuse reality with fiction begin to dissolve.

Edward Champion's Reluctant Habits DrMabuse 2010

Set to Steve Reich's pulsing "Octet" and featuring a backdrop of billowing pink ribbons, the piece was entrancing when the ensemble rose above a college-concert level of performance.

SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

"Octet" was all dreamy power and "Saved By Old Times" really stomped and rocked.

oceans never listen 2009

It spawned 'Octet' amongst others and here is that self same track in Simian Mobile Disco clothing.

mp3hugger 2009

To me, the self-annihilating qualities of "Octet" and "Mister Squishy" and "Oblivion" didn't read as fictional dead-ends, but as attempts to solve, once and for all, the preoccupations of Wallace's youth, prior to some astonishing new novel.

The Millions 2008

Indeed, in his later work, as in the short story "Octet," David Foster Wallace found a way to make the regress feel infinite.

The Millions 2008