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Arlene seems to be a thinker--even as a teen she quotes Kant appropriately--but she seems also to be doomed to companionship that always pulls up short of reasoned responses to circumstances.
The violins seem to pierce the dancer's soul as he pulls up short and, seizing his chin, emits an inaudible, Edvard Munch-like scream.
The super-tight ensemble of 11 gives pride of place to a softly insistent continuo - harpsichord, cello and/or two lutes - then, adding recorders, violins, viola, violone and lutes as demanded, it pulls up short, or flares into bursts of flamenco-like intensity.
 
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