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...Committee consists of Fred M. Sander '59, athletics; Alfred K. Bakhash '59, publications; William I. Cowin '59, drama and choral groups; Alfred S. Arkley '59 to consider general organizations such as the political clubs and PBH, and Anthony J. Medaglia '59, to study miscellaneous organizations...
Woody Woodworth of Music I fame leads the Glee Club and Choral Society, along with members of the Boston Symphony, in three Mozart vocal works. Charles Munch also will conduct the "Requiem" by Gabriel Faure. Early risers will get both for 60 cents at 2:15 today. Saturday at 8:30 p.m.--forget it unless you have a radio...
Friday night's concert by the Harvard and Radcliffe Choral Groups was their best of the year. For a program divided between madrigals and modern works, G. Wallace Woodworth used only the small choruses from each group, numbering around 60. The reduction in quantity of singers brought about a sizable improvement in tonal quality, especially in the delicate madrigals...
...effective for madrigals as the infinitesimal chorus, but it still was very good. The singers were more carefully trained than in their earlier concerts; the tone was seldom forced, and the diction was marvellous. I could understand almost every word, even in the contrapuntal sections. By itself the Radcliffe Choral Society sang three madrigals very well indeed. The best of these was Four Arms, Two Necks, One Wreathing by Weelkes. In some of the madrigals, however, Woodworth conducted with too much rubato. In this music the note values always slow down when the text demands it; the beat...
Welcoming the Radcliffe singers back, the Glee Club sang Two Odes of Horace with a truly gorgeous tone. Composer Randall Thompson is a well-known expert at choral writing, and when his music is sung well the result is memorable. The concert closed with Trois Chansons by Ravel. These are a kind of musical sandwich, with a lovely lyrical piece between two witty, ironic and bitter-sweet choral songs. The performances were again excellent. If Woodworth can train his full choruses as well as he has trained the smaller groups, audiences will really have to sit up this spring...