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Composers used to like nothing better than to sit down at the harpsichord or pianoforte and improvise on their own works. Bach, Handel and Beethoven were as well known for their improvisations as for their written compositions. Now Composer-Pianist Lukas Foss, 38, is contriving, with the help of a $10,000 Rockefeller grant, to put the long dead custom back into classical music-and make it an en semble...
Joel Lazar '61 and the Bach Society Orchestra started off their season brilliantly yesterday evening at Sanders Theatre. An unusually large crowd listened raptly as the orchestra handled piece after piece with enthusiasm and exemplary technical mastery. It is quite clear from this showing that Mr. Lazar has been more than an excellent trainer for the group. He has also been a near inspirational leader...
...accompanists, Mr. Lazar and the Bach Society were perhaps even more impressive. Throughout the performance of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A, the orchestra distinguished itself for its bright string tone, its fluid phrasing and the rapport it enjoyed with the soloist, Andrew Schenck '62. Mr. Schenck, who obviously has complete control of the clarinet, achieved a beautiful, rich tone while effortlessly hurdling the technical obstacles which pepper the piece...
...AFTERNOON CONCERT--Verdi-Un Ballo in Maschera; Bach-Partita No. 2 for Harpsichord; Hindemith-Die Harmonie der Welt...
...description makes Mme. Vuillier blush like a Cub Scout den mother who has been praised for her chocolate-chip cookies. "Please don't call me a magician," she says. "My magic is science. My art is genealogy. A good pedigree reads to me as a Bach fugue sounds to a musician. It's heredity that's winning, not the horse. What difference does it make what the horse looks like, so long as he has the correct genealogy...