Word: bachs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...year by year. There are only five piano sonatas by Beethoven that the central offices will accept without a row. No long work by Schumann is considered by them to be good business out of New York, except the Carnaval, and they usually demand extensive cuts in this. Any Bach suite is frowned upon, if played entire . . . The Schubert sonatas are out of the question . . ." All this was "an injustice . . . not only to artists but also to the public...
...Busch-Reisinger Museum yesterday ended the first of a series of afternoon recorded organ concerts by E. Power Biggs. The program, given from 4 to 4:30 p.m. every day since Monday, featured records of Bach organ selections...
...smooth as a seashell, iridescent as fine rain, bright as the taste of a peach." These Thomson similes make a succinct description of his own writing. "Music Right and Left" is the third collection of his reviews, covering from 1947 through half of 1950, and ranging in content from Bach to Pravda. Each review is a slick, colorful, brightly polished little essay; the polish is all the more remarkable since each review was written in about an hour...
...When Bach performed the "Passion," he had the congregation join in the chorales heartily. The accompaniment was full orchestra, fortissimo, and this is the way it should always be, even today. The way Mr. Munch did it, a cappells, pianissimo, was very effective but not historically accurate. Some modern audiences have shown willingness to join in the chorales, but perhaps the Friday afternoon patrons would...
...many who walked out during the last half hour displayed a great discourtesy to the audience, the performers, and to Bach. Those who showed good manners by staying heard the completion of an exceptional concert...