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...Choral--Barbara Connolly '49, president; Marilyn Mattson '49, vice president; Mildred Blacklock '50, secretary; Janet Kapp '50, treasurer...
...into Lisztian voluptuousness, about batteries of double basses grinding out Bach fugues, about programs of Morton Gould and Samuel Barber. But, instead of picking our noses to find something to grumble about, let us realize that Serge Koussevitzky is a very fine conductor, the Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society is a very fine choral group, the Boston Symphony is a superb orchestra, and Beethoven's Missa Solemnis is one of the greatest artistic creations of Western civilization. A good time...
Handel: Messiah (Elsie Suddaby, soprano; Marjorie Thomas, contralto; Heddle Nash, tenor; Trevor Anthony, bass; Luton Choral Society and Special Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham conducting; Victor, 42 sides). Sir Thomas has here equaled-and the recording has surpassed-his great performance of the Messiah recorded over 15 years...
Music programmed for the tour covers nearly every period of choral composition from the Madrigals of Gasteldi to 20th Century compositions such as Stravinsky's "Oedipus...
Both Thompson works on the second half of the program gave the Glee Club and Choral Society, excellent opportunity to display the skill, precision, and wonderfully clear diction which have placed them at the top of amateur choral groups in the country...