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Holliger

British  
/ ˈhɔlɪɡə /

noun

  1. Heinz (haints). born 1939, Swiss oboist and composer

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There’s a dreamy, wistful quality to this album of French music from the oboist Heinz Holliger.

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Holliger makes some intriguing choices.

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The highlight is André Jolivet’s shrouded, skittish “Controversia,” from 1968, which was dedicated to Holliger and the harpist Ursula Holliger, his wife.

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On the album, the harp part is taken up by Alice Belugou, who interacts with Holliger to impressively eerie effect.

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"It was surprising to find that a ribozyme that we evolved artificially in the test tube would display features of naturally occurring protein polymerases. This indicates that evolution can discover convergent molecular solutions no matter if the material is RNA or protein," explains Philipp Holliger, program leader at MRC LMB Cambridge, UK.

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