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Boston Pops Orchestra--Paul Cherkassy conducts among other items, some Strauss waltzes, a selection from "Oklahoma," the slow movement from Tscharkowsky's fifth symphony, and Bach's Air on the G-string. At Symphony Hall...
Sonata and Chopin waltzes. As usual, she put on a good show by changing dresses three times (lilac for Liszt, black for Bach, green for Chopin). Her encore, Home, Sweet Home, had them stamping their feet...
...Bach. Musicraft goes on a Bach bender. Best of the lot: Preludes and Fugues (Carl Weinrich, organist; 6 sides) includes the fine A Minor and A Major. The Concerto in C Major for Two Harpsichords and Strings (Manuel and Williamson Harpsichord Ensemble; 5 sides) comes out muggily; the light-hearted Coffee Cantata (chamber group and soloists; 7 sides) gets a somewhat heavy-footed performance. Recordings: fair...
...work on the program was Bach's Triple Concerto in A Minor. The soloists, Lois Schaefer, flute, Uni Sprengling, violin, and Noel Lee, piano, worked well together, particularly in the second movement. The combination of piano and flute is never a very happy one; separately, however, both were played professionally. With absolute balance between the two instruments, the duo of flute and violin was perfect...
...hardly worthwhile to find little faults with the orchestra. Van Slyck conducted with confidence, kept the players together at all times, and built the music logically and skillfully. I did object to the concertmaster's obtrusive leadership throughout all the music--in the Bach his pizzicato was louder than the soloist's. The few peculiar noises which eminted from the violin section did not appear during the Bach work, possibly because of the foundation which the piano provided. All in all, the concert was a great success, a combination of good programming and superior performance...