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...choral group in a rendition of "Dominum Salvum Fac," which is the traditional presidential song because it includes the phrase nostrum presidentae, "our president." The laughter this generated attracted a wandering television crew, which unfortunately missed outon the chance to catch Bok with his baton up. Bokand his assistant maestros had already returned toMassachusetts Hall...
...both Thursday and Friday nights Harvard's entertainers will also be on display. "The King Stag" will be performed at the American Repertory Theater, and the Erick Hawkins Dance Company will take the stage at the Hasty Pudding Theater. Choral performances and poetry readings, along with a special film compilation of Harvard in popular movies, help round out the evening...
...Collegium Musicum scrapped its planned month-long tour of Great Britain after the choral group's conductor said he would not lead the tour in light of recent terrorist attacks, even if the risk was small. "I could not accept responsibility for 50 lives. It's too much of a chance to take," said Collegium conductor Jameson N. Marvin...
...recover fully from the damage the Nazis did to it), offering crisp, incisive performances. The "Italian" Symphony explodes in a burst of melody, its irresistible opening theme a shout of joy, its finale a whirling saltarello. But Abbado is just as persuasive in the Symphony No. 2, a religious choral work subtitled Hymn of Praise. Although structurally similar to Beethoven's Ninth, Mendelssohn's symphony is its emotional antithesis: calm where Beethoven is uneasy, confident where Beethoven is questioning, sacred where Beethoven is secular. Mendelssohn's is the other face of romanticism, and this set argues his case eloquently...
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Sinfonia Antartica. Bernard Haitink conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra (Angel; LP only). Many of Ralph Vaughan Williams' nine symphonies evoke a specific place or mood, among them the choral "Sea" Symphony, the matchless "London" Symphony and the gentle "Pastoral" Symphony. Others, like the exquisite Fifth Symphony, quote from the British composer's other works (in this case, the opera The Pilgrim's Progress). His Seventh Symphony, the "Antartica," does both. It began as music for the 1948 movie Scott of the Antarctic, and a few years later was transformed into a five-movement work. However suspect its origins...