Word: beyer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Other Philippine experts, notably famed Anthropologist H. Otley Beyer, doubt the purity of the Abenlens. Beyer believes they probably came from Borneo or the Celebes during Mesolithic times, some 15,000 years later than the Negritos but too long ago to have kept their blood lines pure...
...program opened with two chorale-preludes by Bach, neither of which made any great technical demands, Beyer easily solved the major interpretive problem of emphasizing the chorale melodies without obliterating the important supplementary material...
...Brahms Variations, long and repetitions, need a varied, carefully proportioned performance if their basic grandeur is to get through. Beyer's contrasting treatment of the heaven-storming passages and the more flippant variations was enormously effective. He sometimes injected a bit of ham by excess rubato and uncalled for rolling chords, but at least it was obvious that his interpretation was the result of careful thought...
Chopin's Sonata in B Minor gave Beyer a chance to display his virtuosity. Except for the final movement, the Sonata is not Chopin at his best, but it is full of complicated runs and octave passages, which Beyer handled impressively...
...playing of excerpts from Debussy's Children's Corner was almost convincing, but not quite. The grace was there, the technique adequate, but the element of inmgination was missing. More extensive use of the soft pedal, and more relaxation would have helped Beyer here...