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RELIGIOUS SPECIAL (CBS, 10-11 a.m.). The 900th anniversary of Westminster Abbey seen, most particularly, through the preparations and participation of the Men and Boys Choir of Washington Cathedral...
...case, though, the struggle has been going on for most of her 58 years. When she was a child, people were forever telling her to knock off the singing and please go skip rope or something. But she persevered, joined the high school glee club and the church choir, later studied voice for seven years at Pomona College. Still, whenever she tuned up, people tended to drift out of earshot, and friends politely suggested that maybe please she should take up knitting or something...
...lead to overcritical judgment of interpretation. So you can believe me when I say that the HRO's performance was perfect. There were no detectable wrong notes, or questionable tonalities, or muffed passages. Yannatos's command of his orchestra's dynamics was admirable. The large entrances of the brass choir were thrilling. The trumpets handled a speedy passage with facile precision. And, of course, Daphnis et Chloe gave the HRO an opportunity to show off its unsurpassable solo flutist, Karen Monson...
Radcliffe Freshman Chorus; HDC; Leverett House Opera Society; Radcliffe Shield; Radcliffe Choral Society - Secretary - Treasurer; Memorial Church Choir...
...other important drawback is that the faces of the singers seem inappropriate. Most of them look much too young, like choir boys instead of aged kings and prophets. Daniel and Belshazzar both have beards, but they are scraggly and youthful, not long and hoary. The only person whose face fits the drama is the lute player, who has a very full, dark, biblical beard. Furthermore, the singers are not consistent in their facial expressions; some of them never show any expression at all, while others come up with some amateurish miming. When the queen hears the fatal prophecy a worried...