Word: accompanimental
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The pace of the performance, which never lagged, must be credited largely to Stage Director Margaret Fairbank and Musical Director Wayne Paton. Paton coordinated the signing and accompaniment, capably done by Richard Freidberg, and managed to keep even the most crowded scenes from losing their focus. William Cowperthwaite's arrangement...
The two Glee Clubs, led by Smith conductor Iva Dee Hiatt, hardly gave the music a chance, singing for the most part at a steady forte that ignored whatever nuances the music possessed. Again the exception was the interpolated movement, Laudate Dominum, which was sung with some feeling. The interpolation...
The other works sung by the combined Glee Clubs needed much more rehearsal. The men's voices tended to drown out the sopranos and altos, and conductor G. Wallace Woodworth was forced to add a piano accompaniment to the lovely Weelkes madrigal As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending.
The corridors outside the cells of Seattle's King County jail were filled with dozens of Sunday visitors. To the accompaniment of banjos, violins and portable organs, they sang hymns. "Nothing but the blood of Jesus will wash away my sins," warbled one woman.
Another feature of the concert was the performance of two Baroque flute sonatas with the accompaniment of a harpsichord, played nicely by Sy Hayden. Flautist Eric Herz overcame some nervousness at the beginning of a sonata by Loeillet and went on to play Bach's Sonata in G minor with...