Word: bache
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic (CBS, 4:30-5:30 p.m.). Despite the billing, the star is Composer Igor Stravinsky, making his U.S. TV debut as he conducts excerpts from his Firebird Suite. Canadian Pianist Glenn Gould plays the first movement of Bach's D-Minor Concerto, and Soprano Eileen Farrell sings the "Suicidio" aria from La Gioconda...
...important as bedtime itself, insists Hellbrügge, father of six, is suitable preparation. Warns he: "An artificially early bedtime may cause childish frustrations and encourage masturbation habits." To prevent children from being overstimulated when they go to bed, Hellbrügge recommends playing Bach or Haydn records instead of popular tunes, reading aloud instead of watching television. Said he to aroused parents: "My recommendations stem solely from my concern about the frustrations which arise when children are sent to bed before their bodies are ready for sleep. The time gained should be carefully utilized by parents. If the time...
Busoni: Fantasia Contrappuntistica (Egon Petri; Westminster, mono). In this stylistic tour de force, Italian Pianist-Composer Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) started with a chorale prelude and then, using subjects from an unfinished fugue by Bach, spun out four three-part fugues, one of them built on the name and the four notes B-A-C-H.* Throughout, Busoni gradually modernized his musical vocabulary, ending with a style marked by thick, dissonant clusters of notes. The effect, as presented by Dutch Pianist Petri, is a little like watching a nature film in which plants miraculously blossom and grow before the viewer...