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Word: concertizing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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That evening there will be a buffet supper in the Lowell Courtyard, followed by the Band and Glee Club Concert at the Tercentenary Theatre in the Yard. An informal dance until 2 a.m. in the Lowell Courtyard will close the day's events...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '56 Week Events Include Orations, Midnight Dances | 5/9/1956 | See Source »

Michael Greenebaum gave his final performance as conductor of the Bach Society Orchestra on Sunday night. In the two years since he founded this group he has welded it into a truly outstanding student orchestra. For his final concert, he chose as exciting a program as possible, and the orchestra responded with its finest performance to date. The large audience evidently agreed, according the group a prolonged and vociferous standing ovation at the concert...

Author: By Stephen Addiss, | Title: The Bach Society Orchestra | 5/8/1956 | See Source »

...breath control was insufficient to sustain the phrases. The other cantata, Wachet auf (No. 140), fared better. The chorus, numbering only twelve, was well trained by Edward Lloyd, and bass soloist Thomas Beveridge sang with feeling. The soprano soloist was Sara-Jane Smith, who added one more concert to her list of impressive performances. There is commonly a distinction between "musicians" and "singers", but Miss Smith is obviously both. She has an exciting lyrical voice and a sensitive way of spinning a phrase that make it always a pleasure to listen...

Author: By Stephen Addiss, | Title: The Bach Society Orchestra | 5/8/1956 | See Source »

...them at the age of six. But they kept his bow to the catgut. At 18 he entered the Moscow conservatory, became a master class student. His teacher: father. Last week Fiddler Igor, a thin, large-faced, jug-eared man of 25, was scything an energetic swath through German concert halls, harvesting hurrahs and reaping reviews that said if he is not already as good as his daddy, he soon will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Like Father? | 5/7/1956 | See Source »

...Vienna never cares much for premières of new music. The new composition on the Vienna Symphony concert program one night last week was included not as a première, but as a novelty. It was Piano Concerto No. 1 by Los Angeles' young (32) Benjamin Lees, neatly played by Alexander Jenner and the Konzerthaus audience liked it better than anything else on the program. It sounded well-padded and fluent, comfortably conservative in its rhythmic patterns. It was often reminiscent of Prokofiev, had a satisfying amount of orchestral razzle-dazzle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Composer to Watch | 5/7/1956 | See Source »

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