Word: concerte
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...great legend surrounding the man-even members of his own orchestra were terrified of the man, he recalls. But the quality of the chorus impressed Muck just as it has such later BSO conductors as Pierre Monteux, serge Koussevitzky, and Charles Munch. the precedent once established in the 1917 concert, Davison's singers never again found it so difficult to get engagements with...
...first concert was more, however, than the start of a new association between the symphony and the Glee Club and Choral Society; it was also the start of a new association between the two singing groups. Ever since Davison had become conductor of the Harvard and Radcliffe singers, he had attempted to bring the two groups together. But the Glee Club members refused to have anything to do with Radcliffe. Consequently Davison had to start his plan in the University Chapel where, as choirmaster, he was in absolute control of the male singers...
Once Glee Club members had sung with the Choral society, Davison found it easy to persuade the whole glee Club to start rehearsing with Radcliffe. Until Muck's surprise appearance, no one except Davison thought the two groups would ever give a concert together, but the singers enjoyed rehearsing the songs for mixed voices...
Following the first concert, Boston critics gave rave notices to the Harvard Radcliffe singers. Penfield Roberts of the Boston Globe described Davison's method of introducing serious music to the singers: "He simply says, informally, words to this effect: 'Fellows, I've got a dandy new piece for you-listen.' Then he sits down and plays and sings it for them, and instead of being bored they like...
This performance received certain notoriety because of a notice which appeared in the CRIMSOSN just before the concert. Containing instructions for the singers, it read; 'Glee Club-Wear dark suits and stiff colors to the concert Friday and full dress Saturday. The angel chorus (Radcliffe) need not dress for either performance...