Word: concertizing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This week Jean Sibelius is 90, and the anniversary is being observed in many cities of the world. Manhattan's Symphony of the Air gave an all-Sibelius concert under the direction of a Sibelius son-in-law, Jussi Jalas; London's Philharmonia and Royal Philharmonic both scheduled Sibelius evenings; even Tokyo's NHK (radio) Symphony is going all-Sibelius for one performance...
Folia: Harpsichord Concerto (Sylvia Marlowe; Concert Arts Players; Capitol). An uncompromising concert work (1926) by the composer of the ballet Three-Cornered Hat. The style varies between a toccata motion of unceasing activity, and arpeggios opposed by ponderous chords. The small orchestra sounds smooth through the sometimes ripping dissonances; the harpsichord sounds like somebody jumping on the bedsprings...
...January 1, 1903. The nobility of Boston were ushered into the music room where they became the courtiers of Queen Isabella's palace. In her own special way, she was avenging the snubs she suffered from society many years before when she first came to Boston. After a concert by the Boston Boston Symphony Orchestra, a miror at the side of the room slid back, and the guests saw a great courtyard, filled with flowers, lit by lanterns, studded with statues, and surrounded by great balconies...
Three thousand alumni of the Glee Club soon will receive appeals to make up the final $15,000 needed for the concert tour of Europe next summer, the first since 1921, Carlton P. Fuller '19, president of the Glee Club Foundation, revealed last night...
Club officers last night announced that seven countries are included on a tentative itinerary. Tht tour will begin on June 17 with a concert at the Holland Festival in Amsterdam. From there, the Club will go to Belgium, five cities in France, seven in Italy, two in Austria, eight in Germany, and a final week in England. The six-week tour will end July...