Word: concerte
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first Western symphony orchestra to tour the Far East (sponsored by the U.S. State Department, ANTA and Japan's Mainichi newspapers), the Symphony of the Air packed Tokyo's 2,600-seat Hibiya Hall for the opening concert. Scalpers were collecting $22 for $5 tickets. Conductor Walter Hendl of the Dallas Symphony led a program of Berlioz, Gershwin, Richard Strauss and Brahms, got a six-minute ovation from an audience which included Crown Prince Akihito. Twenty-four hours before tickets went on sale for a special student concert, crowds began to line up at the box office...
...case. Each case contained an evening dress, coat, shoes and a makeup case besides its usual contents, a harp. All told, there were 50 girls and women, aged 14-40, and four men, who had come for three days of gossip, shoptalk, practice and, finally, a grand, massed harp concert...
...last week's concert, Oberlin College's Finney Chapel turned into a thrumming, humming place, where the music was sometimes strong and distinct (Bach, arranged for 20 harps), sometimes mysteriously vague (Debussy, arranged for five harps), sometimes murmurous like the sea (Salzedo's own Fraicheur, for 54 harps). When it was over, the audience applauded enthusiastically. One observer noted that even the older performers looked young. Harp Master Salzedo had the answer: "Most harpists are young or look young. I have known only one old harpist, and she was not good. Harp keeps them young...
Those appointed will distribute programs and direct visitors to their seats at the Baccalaureate Service on Sunday, at the Class Day exercises, Wednesday morning, and at the Band and Glee Club concert Wednesday night. They will also assist guests at Monday's formal dance and at the moonlight cruise on Tuesday...
...orchestra was better in Mozart's Flute and Harp Concerto. If its performance was a little heavy, this was not entirely the orchestra's fault, for in spite of the intriguing combination of instruments it is not one of Mozart's better concert. Karin Peterson played the flute part well, and Sally Day was wonderful on the harp. They combined impeccable technique with good phrasing and the result was real musicianship...