Word: bach
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...station's schedule, released yesterday, features Dixieland, swing, and modern jazz from today until 12 midnight on January 10. Other programs will be devoted to Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque music through Bach; Haydn, Mozart and pre-Beethoven; Beethoven; the Romantics; the Moderns from R. Strauss; Gilbert and Sullivan and opera...
Johann Sebastian Bach was 37 when he applied for the job of musical director at Leipzig's churches of St. Thomas and St. Nicolas. He was asked for some assurance that he could "maintain the music." What, for instance, could he offer for the coming Good Friday service? Bach produced his brand-new Passion According to St. John and got the job. Last week RCA Victor released the first complete recording of the St. John (6 sides LP) ever made in English...
...capture the sound and spirit of Bach's day, Conductor Robert Shaw cut the RCA Victor Orchestra down to 23 pieces, kept choruses small for most of it. As soloists, Blanche Thebom, Mack Harrell and Leslie Chabay are first class. The result is one of the most magnificent recordings of the year...
...Childhood of Christ," by Johann Christoph Bach, featured four superb soloists backed up by a fine orchestra-chorus combination. Conductor Alfred Patterson obviously had his musicians well trained; the attacks were accurate and confident, and balance between singers and orchestra came pretty close to perfection. The outstanding soloist was tenor Oscar Henry, whose strong but subdued voice sounded good, despite the sore throat he had to combat...
...only possible objection to an otherwise enjoyable concert lies in the programming. A program devoted entirely to Christmas music is a fine thing, but why not include a modern composition? An evening of Schutz, J. C. Bach, and Handel is just a little too much...