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...heels of Swingster Benny Goodman, who had just finished another genteel Carnegie Hall venture (TIME, Jan. 23), trod last week another classically-minded swingster. At a concert by Manhattan's year-old Bach Circle, Negro Swing-Pianist Teddy Wilson delicately pecked an 18th-Century harpsichord. Playing Bach's Concerto in C Minor for Two Harpsichords and Strings with Harpsichordist Yella Pessl for a partner, Harpsichordist Wilson forgot all about his pedals, stomped out Bach's rhythm with one foot...
...modernisms, guffawed at Goodman's cackling clarinet, but applauded like fans at a cockfight. Soberer pundits grumbled that Bartók's score was a tricky jumble of Stravinskian boisterousness, sniffed that they preferred Szigeti's superb performances of Beethoven's A Minor Sonata and Bach's unaccompanied Chaconne...
...Musical Russia Choir (Sun. 3 p. m. CBS) sings Vaughan Williams' Fantasy on Christmas Carols, Fuerst's transcription of Tchaikovsky's Legend, three carols by Peter Warlock, three chorals from Bach's Christmas Oratorio with the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra. John Barbirolli conducts the orchestra in the overture to Handel's Messiah, Beethoven's Fourth Symphony...
...Town Hall, Professor John Erskine gave a lecture on "The Rise of Jazz and Swing." Swingmaster Benny Goodman & band came along to show how it was done, had some of the audience bouncing in their seats, the rest embarrassed. Swing-Scholar Erskine summed up with a slogan: "Bach plus swing equals vitality...
...other selections that will be given by the combined chorus are "Down in Yon Forest," and "Sing We Noel," arrangements of two old English carols. Selections from the choral works of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Praetorius will feature the rest of the program...