Word: bachian
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...opening section of Petrouchka followed, ruined by an absolute hacker of a pianist. The Capriccio, consisting of two dry movements enclosing a Bachian arioso, featured the composer's son Soulima as piano soloist. He did well enough though he has played it better in the past...
Bolle obtained all of the selections in manuscript from, which means that Sunday's performance was a rare one. The major recording companies, as well as most professional artists, shy away from pre-Bachian music because of its dubious commercial value. Small organizations like the Harvard-Radcliffe group can gratify music lovers and students alike by continuing to wander off the beaten track. --lower case
...topple artistically from sheer pompous top-heaviness. When Capra-Riskin open up the cinema organ in Meet John Doe, what comes out is not solid but uncertain musical structure (in the middle of the picture they even fall back on coy effects with a small dog), not so much Bachian power as Lisztian super-schmalz. Their organ often sounds not so much a classic organ as a Mighty Wurlitzer-its tremolos too tremulous, its diapasons too windy. And in treating the theme of Love Thy Neighbor they are competing with some of the noblest products of human...