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...balky harpsichord nearly destroyed the Bach Fifth Brandenburg at the start of the evening. A sticking action, hampered by the intense heat of a packed JCR, combined with a number of broken plectra to render the instrument nearly useless. Hugh Wolff, the harpsichordist, somehow managed to play through the 70-bar cadenza at the end of the first movement, in the process inadvertently producing a number of truly bizarre harmonies. Wolff appeared remarkably calm and demonstrated a fine technique when not obscured by the instrument's problems. Given that the Bach was the first of two programs that same evening...
...Bach and Tchaikovsky were good choices for the personnel. The level of playing from soloists and orchestra was consistently high. The program was strictly oriented to its soloists and the concertos projected their abilities as well as their personalities with uncanny accuracy...
THERE WERE striking contrasts apparent in last Friday night's three concertos at Kirkland House--contrasts in tone, color, ensemble, period, and most obviously in performance style. Gerry Moshell led a diverse program of Bach, de Falla, and Tchaikovsky. As a conductor, he has proved again that one need not be limited to a specialty to produce creditable performances. He was aided in varying degrees by the soloists...
MEMORIAL CHURCH. Eileen Hunt, organist, in recital. Program of Dandrieu, Bach, Langlais, Hindemith, and Dupre. Free. Wednesday, October...
...Symphony points out much of what is good and bad in serious Victorian music. It is not and cannot be background music. There is so much sincere emotive material that it could never be left playing in the background like a string of Handel concerti grossi or even Bach trio sonatas. It demands closer attention. But the fruits of attention are often sparse (in contrast to the Bach trios!). Beautiful themes are exposed, but then lapse into less-than-profound filler. Huge crescendi too often come from and lead to nowhere. Basically, Victorian music could not cope with the olympian...