Word: adagio
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...featured soloist in three of the rarely performed Sonatas for violin with harpsichord and continue. I admired especially the rhythmic vitality and sharpness of articulation which she brought to these works. Her dramatic vibrato, however, seemed out of place in the stately declamation of the E major Adagio, while the following Allegro sounded overly stiff, and other occasional nuances of mood were only slightly indicated. Yet within her conception, the performance was minutely planned and impeccably executed...
...Other such unusual compositions: Vaughan Williams' own Romance jor Harmonica and Orchestra, Serse Koussevitzky's Concerto for Double Bass, Jaromir Weinberger's Concerto for timpani, with four trumpets and four trombones, Mozart's Adagio and Rondo for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello...
...guest stint with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony last week, Violinist Tossy Spivakovsky offered a careful balance: something old, something new. First he flooded the hall with the singing airs of Mozart's Adagio in E. Then, tucking his fiddle under his chin again and staring intently at his stubby fingers, he launched into the amiable and sometimes pyrotechnic moods of Gian-Carlo Menotti's two-year-old Violin Concerto. As always, his tone was luxuriant, his pitch impeccable, and he brought the music to full-blooded life. From Manhattan's experienced audience, the modern work drew...
...baton ticks off the beat with the precision of a stop watch, in fortissimo it slashes the air like a rapier. When a phrase is not up to snuff, he raps sharply for silence, speaks quietly but in a no-nonsense tone, e.g., "I would suggest you play that adagio." When he is pleased, he warms the players' spirits with quick nods of approval...
...composers and the less familiar pieces of more renowned Europeans ("We don't believe in segregation of music"). The first program: the Siciliano from a Bach sonata (arranged by Stokowski), a Concerto for Orchestra by Manhattan's Alan Hovhaness, 42, and a memorial performance of an Adagio by the late Nicolai Berezowsky...