Word: bach
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Under the auspices of the Lowell House Musical Society Mr. Ralph Kirkpatrick will present a concert Friday evening. The program will be in two parts; the first being six selections on the harpsichord, and the second two compositions by Bach for the clavichord...
Reporters were Einstein's chief worry. He was to play in Bach's Third Concerto for Two Violins, Beethoven's Allegretto for Piano, Violin and 'Cello, Mozart's G Major Quartet. He did not want any "funny business" in the papers, to have it said that his head wagged this way and that, that he flourished his bow or held it pinched. The newshawks, in evening dress for the occasion, agreed to behave. But afterward they reported that Einstein is a capable fiddler, that he became so absorbed in the music that with...
...Harvard men like Sibelius best of all modern composers, thanks doubtless to the numerous renditions of his works by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Bach, Beethoven, and especially Brahms are favorite old composers. Tchaikovsky is immensely popular...
...women pianists but in the twelve years she has been playing in the U. S. Myra Hess has lived down the handicap. With her there is no pose, no affectation, no sentimentality. She comes on the stage usually in a severe black velvet dress, sits down calmly and plays Bach so that the audience shouts for more. She plays Beethoven with the stride and strength of a man. Her Brahms and Schumann are expertly tender. Evidence of Hess's powers are the houses she draws. During Depression when most audiences have dwindled hers have steadily increased until today...
Kirkpatrick is one of the few recognized masters of these rare instruments, and has recently returned from studying in Paris and Berlin on a John Knowles Paine travelling scholarship. The program will include compositions by Bach, Couperin, and Scarlatti. The other future programs, will be presented by the Glee Club and the Pierian Sodality...