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...program included works from each of Beethoven's periods, the "early," "middle," and "late," and illustrated many of the most typical features in the composer's development. In performing Opus 18, No. 5, the Quartet seemed particularly conscious of the movement's overall characters. The performers maintained drive throughout the entire first movement, including the quieter parts, and played the Minuet with delicacy and reserve, even in the few places marked forts. The familiar theme and variations brought out the amazing tone and balance of the group in pianissimo passenger such as the fourth variation, and the bouncing fifth variation...
...simple, Dimitri-the folks have been so busy putting Irene [Good Night, Irene] to bed that they haven't had time... for "sissy stuff" like Beethoven and Brahms. The Philharmonic might find an increased dosage of Paul Hindemith, Sigfrid Karg-Elert and Vladimir Rebikoff beneficial...
Most of Lewis' novels are variations of Babbitt. Sam Dodsworth (who seems to improve with age) is an upper-class Babbitt with more dignity and deeper insights ("he sometimes enjoyed Beethoven"). Elmer Gantry is a Babbitt with a clerical collar and the courage of his disbelief; "Buzz" Windrip (the American dictator in It Can't Happen Here) is Babbitt running amuck with a submachine...
...symphony tickets. But before anything much could happen, said Mitropoulos, Americans in general would have to get over their notion that serious music is "sissy stuff," accept it as a real factor in national morale and prestige. "It's not a crime to hate Brahms or Beethoven," added Mitropoulos, "but it is a crime to ignore them...
...nothing else, a rare program for the U.S. (though not for European audiences). He opened with the clear, forthright Corelli suite La Folia; then came the Brahms Violin Concerto, followed by Portrait No. 1, an early work of his late Hungarian compatriot and friend Bela Bartok, and finally the Beethoven Concerto...