Word: concert
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...fact that a concert may be given by the Glee Club in Sanders Theatre after the recess calls for a few more remarks on a subject that has lately received some attention in the College papers, - music at Harvard...
...hopeless love has never been, and perhaps will never again be so well expressed in tones as here. But in interpreting it the chief defect of Thomas's orchestra was revealed. This glowing, passionate composition loses much in effectiveness by being played in such a measured and nicely calculated concert style. The whole opera is like one wild tumultuous torrent of ungovernable passion, and must be played a l' abandon, and with an unconscious enthusiasm and fervor, as if the musicians were blindly carried along by this torrent of intoxicating sounds. Perhaps this feeling can only be awakened fully when...
...ever-fresh and inspiring overture to Der Freischutz. It was played with great spirit, only it seemed to us that in some parts of the presto the violins were not strong enough to give the melody sufficient prominence. Mr. Thomas is to appear again at the next and last concert of the season, for which, among other things, are promised Beethoven's Overture to Coriolanus, Schumann's Symphony in B flat, and the new duo Concertante for solo violin and 'cello, and orchestra, by Professor Paine, which, as far as can be judged from the piano-score, promises...
...Glee Club reports a number of concerts in view. The concert which Cambridge people are so anxiously awaiting will be given about April...
...more. I can write that easily enough, but besides that I've got some editorials to write to-night for our paper, and I can't do both. Now, had you just as lief write the editorials for me? I only want a few; something about the last concert at Sanders Theatre, about the changes at the Library, and a remark or two on the semi-annuals. I'd do it myself, but I have n't time...