Word: concert
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When the Pierian Orchestra goes down to Poughkeepsie for a concert tomorrow night, it will break a long standing precedent as the first men's college orchestra to accompany the Vassar Glee Club...
With Sanders Theater already sold out for the past week, the Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society have completed final preparations for their joint concert this evening...
Mile, Nadia Boulanger will conduct this concert, made up of nine rarely-heard compositions. Soloists, all drawn from Mile. Boulanger's own company, will be: Mme. Giselle Peyron, Mme. la Comtesse Jean de Polignac, Mme. Irone Kedroff, Mme. Nathale Kedroff, Hugues Cuened, and Doda Conrad...
...concert will open with a Bach cantata, "Christ Lag in Todesbanden." From beginning to end, the themes in this work are all based on the soprano part in the final calm and triumphant choral. Sections of this soprano melody are developed into full-length choruses that tell of Christ's death and resurrection at the beginning of the cantata, and, in the middle, of the horrible struggle between life and death. The work is essentially dramatic; and Mlle. Boulanger's interpretation, though perhaps a bit too a la francaise, brings out the drama to the full...
Many a flattering adjective has been used in describing this music; but we believe they are merited. Tomorrow's concert will be one of the outstanding musical events of the year...