Word: allegros
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...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...
...playing that was to fill the evening. Always accurate in pitch and attacks, carefully phrased, his performance grew from its slightly tense opening to a beautifully integrated reading. In the extravagant skips of the slow movement, Mr. Bruni's tone sounded a bit thin, but he managed the final allegro with style and grace...
...Love with a Wonderful Guy. John Raitt and Jan Clayton who starred in the original Broadway show, did a love scene from Carousel. There were songs from Me and Juliet (Tony Martin and Rosemary Clooney), from The King and I (Yul Brenner and Patricia Morison), Allegro (Bill Hayes and Janice Rule), and Oklahoma! (Gordon MacRae and Florence Henderson...
...minor Fantasia the audience could not fail to thrill to the sensitively tapered phrasing of the opening arpeggi, the furious and technically accurate rendition of the contrasting scale passages near the middle, and finally the delicate yet sparkling manner in which he tossed off the final Allegro...
...primitive painting of an even earlier era than Stravinsky's models. The tenor solo, Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, was a singer's nightmare of half tones and difficult intervals. Most everybody was relieved when the duet, Westron Winde, came breezing in with a cheerfully dissonant allegro...