Word: bach
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bach Society and its gifted conductor, John Harbison, presented an enjoyable program for its final offering of the season. Including a beautiful Bach cantata and a piano concerto by Mozart, the concert was well received by a large audience in Piano Hall Sunday evening...
...Bach's cantata No. 133 "Ich Freue Mich in Dir," was performed by the orchestra and a small vocal ensemble. Under Harbison's forceful leadership, the instrumentalists consistently produced a luminous full-bodied tone. A highlight was provided by the sensitive oboe and continuo accompaniment to the contralto's aria; it had the cohesiveness of chamber music at its finest...
...most trouble; perhaps a reversal of the parts might have benefitted both ladies. In the incisive opening chorus and the stirring chorale at the work's close, the small chorus proved to be simply too small. One can appreciate Harbison's attempt to scale down a reading of a Bach cantata but, nonetheless, the chorus must be large enough to be heard...
Choice of the group for "worst featured artist" was the Harvard Glee Club-Radcliffe Choral Society, for its performance of the Bach St. Matthew Passion...
...passage work was a little blurred, and the diction is not as clear as it has been. But the sensationalism, the milking of each piece for the last ounce of "effect" has also gone, and the resulting straight readings are more honest and rewarding. This was particularly evident in Bach's Motet No. 1, also for double chorus, a capella, which preceded the Thompson...