Word: choraler
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...evening in the spring of 1916, Archibald T. (Doc) Davison '06 was conducting a joint rehearsal of the Harvard glee Club and Radcliffe choral Society. After the two groups had finished singing Brahms' "Song of destiny" and the Bach motet, "I Wrestle and Pray," Davison triumphantly pulled open the stage curtains revealing Karl Mack, the awesome conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Muck, delighted with the performance, invited the groups to sing the pieces with the orchestra at the 1917 Pension Concert in Symphony Hall...
Like many joint concerts, Friday night's performance by the Radcliffe Choral Society and Amherst Glee Club served mainly to point out the contrasting technical approaches of their conductors...
...words can shape ensemble singing into a live and exciting sound. Closely related is his distinction between "covered" tone for soft passages and "open" tone for loud. Radcliffe's precise production of each type keeps the quieter music always vivid and makes for unusually brilliant climaxes. Above all, the Choral Society aims to entertain its audience; if their zeal occasionally sacrifices subtlety or stylistic nuance, it is worth the loss--this became particularly apparent in Britten's carol There Is No Rose...
...Heart of the Matter. Graham Greene's novel, a passionate choral on the themes of sin and salvation, is rearranged into something more like Mad Dogs and Englishmen; Trevor Howard and Maria Schell are superb as the lovers (TIME...
...Heart of the Matter. Graham Greene's novel, a passionate choral on the themes of sin and salvation, is rearranged into something more like Mad Dogs and Englishmen; Trevor Howard and Maria Schell are superb as the lovers (TIME...