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                    [Title] => Of caprices, conductors and Uto Ughi
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Those hands, those fingers.  I see them now grappling with tempura bits (he loves how the dish is served at Sofitel’s Spiral) and gesturing to stress a point (about that ineffably lovely creature called classical music and its boorish cousin called rock ‘n’ roll), and all I can think of are those hands, those fingers grappling with the violin strings, gesturing out something invisible yet essential, mapping out a capriccio by Paganini, something dripping with technical ecstasy.    

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A notable musician once said: “The love of classical music is only partially a natural response to hearing the works performed, it also must come about by a decision to listen carefully, to pay close attention, a decision inevitably motivated by the cultural and social prestige of the art.”

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Violinist Uto Ughi performs on June 2, 8 p.m., at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (Main Theater), as part of Italy’s National Day celebration or Festa della Repubblica (Festival of the Republic), which marks the transition of the country from a monarchy to a republic.

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Those hands, those fingers.  I see them now grappling with tempura bits (he loves how the dish is served at Sofitel’s Spiral) and gesturing to stress a point (about that ineffably lovely creature called classical music and its boorish cousin called rock ‘n’ roll), and all I can think of are those hands, those fingers grappling with the violin strings, gesturing out something invisible yet essential, mapping out a capriccio by Paganini, something dripping with technical ecstasy.    

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A notable musician once said: “The love of classical music is only partially a natural response to hearing the works performed, it also must come about by a decision to listen carefully, to pay close attention, a decision inevitably motivated by the cultural and social prestige of the art.”

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Violinist Uto Ughi performs on June 2, 8 p.m., at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (Main Theater), as part of Italy’s National Day celebration or Festa della Repubblica (Festival of the Republic), which marks the transition of the country from a monarchy to a republic.

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