Word: cello
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...next program. At any rate, the Haydn symphony (No. 8) performed on Sunday was charming, if slight, and an interesting example of a classical piece with baroque devices still hanging on. No. 8 is part symphony, part concerto grosso, employing a harpsichord and three solo strings; the solo'cello was played with particular suavity and grace by Lawrence Lesser...
Having sponsored a concert of piano trios two weeks ago, the Summer School offered this Monday evening a program of music for the much rarer combination of violin and 'cello, a sparse medium that inflicts a good many special problems on the composer...
...program, open to the public, will include Haydn's Duet in D Major, Martinu's Duo for Violin and 'Cello, and Ravel's Sonata for Violin and 'Cello...
...taste throughout the work. Never once did he say to his confreres, "See what a big noise I can make. Let's see you try to match it." He never strayed from a perfect sense of balance and ensemble. And this had the fortunate result that the violin and 'cello were never compelled to force their tone to the point of raspiness, which so often happens with an overpowering pianist. These three artists demonstrated clearly that chamber music is a collaborative rather than a competitive...
...Zeise drew from his 'cello a tone that was beautiful indeed and unusually even throughout the whole range. Mr. Brink proved himself to be an obviously fine musician, but not quite in the same class with his two companions; he had occasional insecurity of intonation...