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SIGHT READING SESSION Holmes Hall, Radcliffe on Sunday Some Bach, a piece by Corelli. Starts...
...showed greater wisdom in next essaying Bach's Coffee Cantata and Locke's masque Cupid and Death. Both are works of high quality readily stageable and technically rather easy--well within the grasp of student performers. Yet the participants adopted so cavalier and irresponsible an attitude toward preparation that the result was an insult to the audience and, uniquely in Harvard's post-War theatrical history, managed to achieve total disaster. When, near the masque's end, the principals were poised in the balcony arches above the Fogg Court, one felt a nearly unconquerable desire to yell, "Jump...
Despite the bumpy first half, last night's HRO concert turned out well. It has shown again that it is not afraid of doing ambitious compositions and doing them well. Their strong point complements that of the Bach Society Orchestra, which has shown itself to be in impressive command over small-scale pieces. From the good first showings of both these orchestras, I'm certain that a rewarding season of undergraduate music is in store for Cambridge...
...disappoint to see the Bach Society let down its patron saint after serving his successor so handsomely. An ensemble of ten strings, supported by Michel Singher '62 on the harpsichord, was foiled by the virtuosic demands of the Great Man's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. Intonation was faulty throughout, if not in the 'celli, than in the violins; the resultant thick texture took the edge off of Mr. Lazar's intimate and a bit over-respectful interpretation...
...Coast premiere last night. After being delighted by its boyish allegro--which has more than a bit of Copland to it--and its sensuous slow movement, I cannot quite understand the reticence of other orchestras to take up the short, light work. Everything that was first rate about the Bach Society's handling of the other pieces on the program was evident here in even greater abundance. Their marvellous tone, perfect, balance and phrasing, and rhythmic and technical assurance all gave Professor Piston reason to beam while he bowed with Mr. Lazar at the Serenata's conclusion...