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Noun	1.	katharsis - purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels purgation, catharsis purging, purge - an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
	2.	katharsis - (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions abreaction, catharsis purging, purge - an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements depth psychology, psychoanalysis, analysis - a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis"

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Particularly impressive was Katharsis, a six-movement cello concerto by Cheryl Frances-Hoad, one of the festival's two composers-in-residence.

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Jiri Fajkus performed Adrian Democ's early solo cello piece, Katharsis. The audience then had the opportunity to compare the development of this Slovak composer's creative methods over the course of fifteen years, when the two musicians mentioned above were joined by trumpet player Jan Pribil for the world premiere of Democ's newest piece, A Luca Marenzio.

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Aristotle, in his Poetics on tragedy, discusses how tragedians prime the final surprise, or Katharsis. The emotional impact, he explains relies on events that prime the audience's emotions of pity and fear, events the audience must find realistic and credible, that is, they must mesh with its existing concept repertoires.

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The ending incorporates a paradoxical condition like the terror and pity of katharsis, but tempers the "characteristic pleasure" (Aristotle 38) of classical resolution and release.

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