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 Glistening varnish and burnished gilt columns are among the visible results of a multimillion-dollar renovation of Sanders Theatre, shown under way in the small photograph above. Renovators have expanded the stage; installed new lighting, audio, and communications systems; added a box office and dressing room; and improved wheelchair access. A Great Sanders Restoration recital, held September 20, featured harpsichordist Igor Kipnis '52 and pianists Stephen Drury '77, Christopher Taylor '92, Randall Hodgkinson, Naumburg professor of music emerita Luise Vosgerchian, and Robinson professor of the humanities Robert D. Levin '68. The grand finale was Rossini's Semiramide overture, played by 16 students on eight grand pianos. Had it been a daytime recital, concertgoers would have appreciated the refreshed colors of the C. C. Felton window, above, one of four by John La Farge in Memorial Hall. Pallas Athena hangs a tainia, or strip of cloth used as a mark of honor to commemorate the dead, on a funerary column-but the window looks cheerful, nonetheless. |
