Word: bachs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bach Society Orchestra played its first concert of the year with verve and discretion, though the fare offered was surprisingly light. Perhaps the orchestra's conductor, John Harbison, is thinking of the taxing problems he will face in preparing a Bach cantata for the next program. At any rate, the Haydn symphony (No. 8) performed on Sunday was charming, if slight, and an interesting example of a classical piece with baroque devices still hanging on. No. 8 is part symphony, part concerto grosso, employing a harpsichord and three solo strings; the solo'cello was played with particular suavity and grace...
...first half of the concert, the orchestra divided, with the winds performing the Stravinsky and the strings showing their stuff on an arrangement of Bach's Ricecar a 6 from the Musical Offering. The main virtue of this arrangement was that it provided an effective showcase for the shining string tone the orchestra has developed. This was unfortunately offset by a thickness which often obscured the contrapuntal writing in favor of a rich sound, and an occasional slickness and unfaithfulness to style. While avoiding the purists' contention that nothing of Bach's should be performed in an arrangement--after...
...Bach: Arias (The Bach Aria Group, conducted by William Scheide; Decca). One of the nation's finest chamber groups, including Soprano Eileen Farrell and Tenor Jan Peerce, offers masterful performances of some little-known arias and duets from the Bach cantatas. At least two of them-Gott versorget alles Leben from Cantata 187 and Wenn kommt der Tag from Cantata 70-deserve a place on any Bach shelf...
...move from the Bach Society to the HRO, however, Senturia took the long route around: Gaining experience in Munich through study and by work for a few weeks "with a second-rate opera company, one which traveled from village to village presenting operas." As recipient of the Paine Traveling Fellowship in Music during 1958-59, he studied at the Munich Conservatory--and even gained an offer of a job conducting an orchestra for Siemens Electric, "the General Electric of Germany...
...previous years. "We hope to present short programs of music of more than common interest and less than common knowledge," Senturia states. For example, in Friday's concert, the Orchestra will present Stravinsky's "Symphonies of Wind Instruments," "a particularly uncompromising piece," Senturia's own arrangement for strings of Bach's six-part Ricercar, from "The Musical Offering," plus the Beethoven concerto...