21.   Some of those names came to life at Symphony Hall Thursday, and Ozawa was enthusiastic about the idea of performing the piece in Washington.

22.   Still, the company applied and received rights to perform the pieces.

23.   The classic tale of love among the loveless is being retold by Lisa Hayes, who has been performing the piece for four years.

24.   The group will perform pieces too small, too unproven or too avant-garde for the first company.

25.   The piece is performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, with the conductor stopping periodically to explain parts of the music.

26.   The piece will be performed by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, conducted by John Mauceri, and the Pacific Chorale.

27.   The Tanglewood performance brimmed over with meaning and feeling, and Fleisher has continued to perform the piece since then.

28.   They will also perform pieces from their native homelands.

29.   When a new piece of his is performed in London or Berlin, it is a big event, well attended and widely reported.

30.   When two characters perform the piece at the beginning, it seems to signify refined upper-middle-class contentment.