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These failings did not badly mar the Appassionata or the closing Beethoven Sonata Op. 111, but they seriously detracted from Brahm's Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel. This work is rarely performed, partly because of its extreme difficulty and partly because it represents a far more abstract approach than the familiar Variations on a Theme by Paganini. Levy's playing lacked the rhythmic urgency needed to keep the Handel set form foundering, in its own intellectual richness. And a lack of clarity first apparent in the swirling Appassionata finale let Brahms' Fugue become a hodge-podge...
...least of Davison's achievements was the subtle manner in which he managed to combine Radcliffe's Choral Society with his own Glee Club. After arranging a program with Dr. Muck, leader of the BSO, and Mrs. Gallison, Radcliffe conductor, in 1917 the Harvard-Radcliffe's combined choruses presented Brahm's "Schicksalslied" with the orchestra at Symphony Hall. It proved to be the first of a series of many similar combination performances...
...hearing the Club's performance of Brahm's "Requiem" Serge Koussevitsky said, "Harvard has the best-trained chorus I have ever heard in any country of the world...
Koussevitzky's reading of Brahm's First Symphony, which concluded the program, was a decided improvement and salvaged the afternoon. The conductor's accelerations and retardations are easily forgiven in light of his exciting treatment of this familiar work. As in all his performances of Brahms Koussevitzky strives for a cumulative emotional effect through the music and ignores the niceties of the traditional Classic approach. Although liberties are taken with tempi and choir prominence, Koussevitzky's Brahms is a good answer to those who insist that the German master is academic and intellectual. Brahms was warm-blooded and extrovert Sunday...
...choruses from the Bach "Mass in B Minor," which the combined choruses sang in its entirety to a sold-out Symphony Hall on Sunday, April 30, under the direction of Serge Koussevitzky, will open tonight's concert. With Paul D. Tibbetts '45 taking the baritone solo three choruses from Brahm's "Requiem" will conclude the program...