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Jephtha: The Cantata Singers and Ensemble, Sanders Theatre, Harvard...
Each opponent won its first game against the Cantata this season. The Tigers beat Harvard. 58-49, at Briggs Athletic Center on January 11. and the Quakers took an 81-63 decision the following evening...
...HUMAN COMEDY. William Saroyan's novel of homespun Americana packed little wallop as the book for this pop cantata, but the profligate melodiousness of Galt MacDermot's score and a dozen engaging actors just about sent audiences humming and floating out of the theater...
...Prades' Church of St. Pierre in the French Pyrenees, every pew, aisle and choir stall was crammed with hushed listeners. As the last tones of Johann Sebastian Bach's Cantata for Soprano and Bass, No. 32 floated away, there was silence. Then, in an unexpected gesture, the tall, white-haired Bishop of Perpignan arose, raised his hands and gave the first clap, signaling an end to the church ban on applause. As bald little Pablo Casals bowed from the podium, the 2,000 listeners clapped so thunderously that a piece of plaster shook loose from the high roof...
...birth of a child is symbolic of artistic creation and goes on as long as Man is able to create Man's spirit always wishes to give birth to works of art." Bach's "Christmas Cantata." Handel's Messiah, Corelli's "Christmas Concerto," and Menotti's "Amahl and the Night Visitors" are among the works of music that were inspired by the holiday...