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...first half of the program was the better performed. The Collegium Musicum began with motets by Morley and Weelkes, two luminaries of the Golden Age of English music. The Collegium sang very well under the direction of F. John Adams. The group has a thin but clean, fresh sound which slightly resembles the sound of a good boy choir. Attacks were crisp and the contrapuntal textures--never too complex in this kind of music--were very clear. Parts were well balanced and the pacing energetic...
...Collegium sang two more motets from "Oriana," including one by Thomas Thomkins, another genius of the period. "The Fauns and Satyrs are Tripping" is not, however, one of his more profound works...
...Romantic music of the second half, the Collegium was supplemented by the huge Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus, adding requisite volume. Though the enunciation of the English texts in the Renaissance works had been mediocre, the German and Latin of the Brahms and Bruckner was unintelligible...
...Collegium Musicum will perform the Mozart Requiem in a memorial concert for Ethel Cardwell Higonnet, at 8 p.m. on Sunday, December 16, in Memorial Church...
SANDERS THEATER. Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, F. John Adams, conductor. Music of the Renaissance and of Bruckner. Tickets: $3-$1.50. Friday, November...