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...addition to this, Leopold Stokowski has been highly criticized by the musical world for his expansion of Bach chamber works to the facilities of a Wagnerian orchestra. When Koussevitzky follows, the same criticism must be applied to him; when he allows his large string section to drown out the Brandenburg soloists, he is clearly guilty of a breach in taste...
...various evenings Dr. Koussevitzky has attempted the presentation of the Bach E Minor Violin Concerto, the Second Brandenburg Concerto, and the Third Suite; the Mozart D Major Symphony and the Adagio and Fugue in G. Minor. With the exception of the Adagio and Fugue, which performance I was unable to attend, none of them has been interpreted in a satisfactory manner...
Behind my dissatisfaction with the performances lies an acquaintance with other recorded interpretations, and a knowledge of the scores. In the Bach works, the recordings of Adolf Busch have been generally accepted in definitive. When he Busch interpretation is supported by the Pro Arto performance of the Brandenburg, and the Paris Conservatory's tradition on the Suite, there are reasonable grounds to suspect any great departure from them...
Once this piece, with the notable playing of Piatigorsky, has been disposed of, little good can be said of the evening. The program began with Bach's beautiful Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, and the flutist started the evening off in its continuing spirit by gurgling flatly through his first twenty-five bars. This was especially unfortunate as he was the only one of the four solo voices that could be heard over the roar of 34 violins and eight counter-basses...
Germany's traditional and somber Repentance Day, almost forgotten under the Nazis, was celebrated with special fervor this year. Portly, bald Theology Professor Heinrich Vogel of the University of Berlin wrote a special prayer for the occasion. In the Evangelical churches (about 1,500) of Berlin and Brandenburg synod, German heads bowed piously to its words...