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...often gratifying to sit and watch a group of performers who are enjoying themselves, even if their playing and singing is sometimes ragged. The Bach Society Chorus, conducted by Stephen Addiss, contains few exceptional voices, and this is a particular drawback in a small ensemble, where the individual voice quality is quite apparent. But any lack of technique is almost compensated for, by the enthusiam generated when people gather primarily to have a good time singing...
...Four Short Duets for Viola and Cello, by Stephen Addiss, have little in the way of structural subtlety. They do not give the impression of careful construction or particular refinement. Here and there a nice hummable tune or warm sonority occurs--but that...
...Stephen Addiss and Frederic Rzewski, of the Composer's Laboratory, planned and organized this program, to give composers at Harvard a much-needed opportunity to have their works performed before an audience. That music of quality is being produced, both in the faculty and the student body, was fully demonstrated...
...Stephen Addiss conducted his Suite for Seven Instruments (string quartet, clarinet, flute, and oboe). Dry harmonies and bright melodies pervade the five short movements of this piece. The music is not consistently good, though, and it fails to give the effect of very careful construction. Yet there is humor and originality in certain passages, such as the hoarse Chorale, and the final unorthodox Fugue with its playful theme. The work suffered from the performance, for the strings were not in good tune...
...Berry has designed a striking and workable set in modernistic style, representing the sacred Grove of the Eumenides in red, blue, and silver. Its effectiveness is enchanced by Margaret Fairbank's lighting. Pringle Hart's costumes and Penny Sutherland's choreography are simple but tasteful. Stephen Addiss has composed modern musical backgrounds for the odes and lyrics that are fitting but a little too loud. Timpani rolls substitute adequately for the thunder-machine (bronteion) of the ancients...