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...Angeles Chamber Symphony Orchestra presented the world premiere of a Cantata conducted by its composer...
...Manchuria there are more Russians than in any other part of Red China. Kao, who visited Moscow in 1949, has long been a slavish imitator of Russian methods. Last week he received a group of Soviet artists, loudly applauded (with the proper gradations of respect) both a Stalin Cantata and a tone poem, The Song of Mao Tse-tung. Mao has said: "Comrade Kao Kang is a consistently correct leader." With this buildup, Kao, 50, is already a member of the Chinese Communist Party's 1) Central Committee, 2) Military Council, 3) People's Government. Last week...
Last week, to the mingled horror, delight and bemusement of a capacity (2,500) crowd in U.C.L.A.'s Royce Hall, Stravinsky conducted the Los Angeles Chamber Symphony Orchestra in the world première of his newest work-a Cantata based on the Flemish and Burgundian styles of the isth and 16th centuries. The lyrics of its four parts were taken from English folk songs of the same period...
...Once Again ..." The critics next day were sharply divided. Mildred Norton of the Los Angeles Daily News called the cantata an "essay in boredom," and added: "The most invigorating sound I heard was a restive neighbor winding his watch." Wrote Albert Goldberg of the Times: "Perhaps only a musician can appreciate the extreme technical discipline involved ... It makes no obvious appeal to anything within the range of the average listener's experience, yet by its very starkness it creates a perfect setting . . . for the old English texts involved. Once again, it would seem, Stravinsky has opened new paths...
...soprano and chamber orchestra. It was a taxing assignment for the soloist and Miss Lunn showed signs of strain near the end of the program. Her voice is by no means powerful and her approach to the music is restrained and undramatic. The opening of the secular cantata Weichet ner, betrubte Schatten, for example, dragged on quite feebly and missed altogether the suggestion of mysterious forces of nature at work during the changing of the seasons...