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...pleasure to hear a concert made up of complete song cycles, rather than the usual recital of individual isolated songs. most familiar of the cycles presented was Beethoven's An die ferne Geliebte. While Gartside's musicianship and sense of phrasing were apparent, his voice did not quite have the richness required for these romantic songs. He was more successful with Le Bestiaire, Poulenc's witty setting of the Apollianaire verses. Gartside sang these with elan and elegance, and wonderfully rendered the sardonic, bittersweet spirit of the music...
...well!" Next evening in a modernistic gymnasium, they stood scrubbed and friendly before 3,000 paying customers. Thunderous applause greeted the Battle Hymn of the Republic. After that, the choir ran through its religious repertory, from a semi-spiritual (Listen to the Lambs All A-Cryin') to Bach, Beethoven and Mendelssohn. The audience demanded six encores. One choir rehearsal became a concert for 2,000 refugees from Germany's Soviet zone, who were moved to tears. Wrote Berlin's Telegraf: "This was not only music, but the building of a human bridge...
...Beethoven: "Eyeglass" Duet for Viola and Cello (Joseph de Pasquale and Samuel Mayes; Boston). One of the most recently discovered Beethoven treasures (first published in 1912 ), this one is puckishly scored "with two eyeglasses obbligato." Scholars are still puzzling over what this notation means; Beethoven may have simply wanted to say: "Take a close look at the notes, boys, and play it right." Boston Symphony First Deskmen de Pasquale and Mayes play it so right and so resonantly that it sometimes sounds like a full quartet...
...been converted into festival grounds containing a 4,000-seat amphitheater, a stage that could be adapted for concerts or theater-in-the-round, and floodlights etching the surrounding trees-hemlock, white pine, maple and cherry. The Empire State Music Festival was ready for business. The opening concert (Beethoven and Brahms) was conducted by Holland's standout Eduard van Beinum; the next night a U.S. conductor, Emerson Buckley, led a setless but fresh-sounding La Boheme. Planned later this season: Shakespeare's Tempest, with the rarely heard incidental music by Jean Sibelius. Wrote the New York Times...
World Music Festivals (Sun. 2:30 p.m., CBS). Music by Beethoven and Grieg. Conductor: Sir Thomas Beecham...