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    2015年考研英语阅读精选：New York
    New York is in the middle of a culture fest celebrating Berlin, a 17-day
marathon of music, film, architecture, literature and photography that began on
November 2nd. “Berlin In Lights” is largely the brainchild of Sir Clive
Gillinson, a former managing director of the London Symphony Orchestra who
became executive and artistic director of Carnegie Hall in July 2005. Determined
to make the New York concert hall more international, he is initiating a series
of cultural festivals celebrating cities, nations or artistic movements. Berlin
is the first of these.
    A visit by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, under its principal conductor
Sir Simon Rattle had been planned for some time. Much taken by the extraordinary
transformation of Berlin since reunification—the city thrives through culture
and politics; there is hardly any business or finance—Sir Clive decided to
expand that visit into a full-blown festival. He got an enthusiastic response
from other New York institutions.
    Berlin and New York have sizeable mutual admiration societies but, until
recently, post-war Berlin could only dream of being in the same league of
creative effervescence as New York. Now, in partnership with the American
Academy in Berlin, Carnegie Hall has put together a crowd of seminars—on
literature, the visual arts, film-making—inviting stars such as Volker
Schlöndorff and Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, both Oscar-winning German
directors. The Goethe-Institut and the German consulate-general are showing
photographs, the Museum of Modern Art is screening films about Berlin and the
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Centre is screening the 13 episodes and epilogue of
Rainer Werner Fassbinder's television epic “Berlin Alexanderplatz” in 14
separate rooms.
    The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, extending its visit to eight days, will
be performing Gustav Mahler's last three major works as well as music by Thomas
Adès, Magnus Lindberg and György Kurtag, three contemporary composers. In
addition, various chamber ensembles made up of Philharmonic musicians are
playing both at Carnegie and at “neighbourhood concerts” in the city's five
boroughs. The most innovative of the Philharmonic's offerings will be the
performances on November 17th and 18th at the United Palace Theatre in
Washington Heights of Igor Stravinsky's “The Rite of Spring”, danced by kids
from state schools who have been trained for just eight weeks. To those who
think that the result will be shambolic, the organisers retort that the
experiment worked well with children—including refugees—from state schools in
Berlin.
    “Berlin In Lights” is not comprehensive: there is no theatre and little
dance. A festival that gets too big loses its charm, says Sir Clive: “We would
like to capture people's imagination and incite them to explore new
horizons.”
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