Word: concertant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Chanpin of their daughter, (Diane Versi) falls in love with Charley, trumpeter at the jazz concert and its affair become deeper, she trys to talk over their wedding to her father but he is very busy for the election...
Once a year about this time, the Radcliffe Choral Society and the Radcliffe Dance Group get together to produce one of the few Cambridge musical bargains having a universal appeal. Although the quality of the two groups varies from year to year, their joint free-of-charge concert at Sanders Theatre is an event of note even on the off-years...
Thursday night was the first time Elliot Forbes has appeared with the Choral Society. Under his direction, the group soared through a concert of Bach, Gluck, Palestrina, and Polenc, the latter's "Litanies A La Vierge Noire" providing a peak of sheer emotion in the vocal section of the program...
Here is a recording long overdue, and not only because it is the first representation of two famous composers. While it might be rash to say that the musical avant garde has lost touch with the concert-going public, it is certain that this public must be educated in a very thorough manner if it is to get more than a shock from a work by Stockhausen. Last year's New Music concerts in Paine Hall included several works by Stockhausen and members of his school; auditors were left with vivid memories of short bursts of highly involved music, inevitably...
...response from the audience as an indication that listeners are looking for something other than letter-perfect but perfunctory performances of works that can be handled easily by each last-desk player. This is not to say that the orchestra should schedule an all-Strauss program for its next concert, but that a performance which is enjoyable and interesting to the musicians will give much more pleasure to the audience as well...