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...clear that the Collegium provides its members with superb musical opportunities. In addition to their December 3 concert, Collegium will sing with the Boston Symphony. Michael Tilson Thomas conducting, in his new Spectrum series. One of the pieces performed will be "Pot-pourri" by Harvard's David del Tredici. The Collegium will also present the Mozart Requiem on April 23 in St. Paul's here in Cambridge, and may sing at the Loeb Arts Festival later in the spring...
...widespread enthusiasm about the Collegium's concert schedule seems to indicate that the group will remain incorporated in June. Many of its members find the kind of musical and touring opportunities it provides unequalled by any other group. One alto commented after rehearsal that she felt more pressure to excell musically in the Collegium than she had ever felt in previous years singing with RCS: "The quality, the tone, the music, is so universally good that even the smallest mistake by one person is immediately obvious to everybody. So there is pressure from within the group for continual improvement...
...this internal pressure to excell plus the excitement generated in Collegium rehearsals which distinguishes the group from others in the University. The group seems musically very flexible and responsive. Certainly Adams is a conductor of extraordinary sensitivity. He has great respect for and insight into musical texts themselves, which he can communicate to his musicians...
Tension is obviously high within the group as Friday night gets closer, but that friction is translated into musical alertness by Adams and the members of the Collegium. The group seems to work well together...
...excitement generated in its rehearsals is any indication of performance possibilities, then the Collegium Musicum will be a very welcome addition to the roster of musical performing groups in Cambridge...