Word: concerto
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Under the baton of Malcolm H. Holmes '28, the Pierian Sodality will give a concert Sunday evening at 8 o'clock in Longwood Towers, Brookline. The program will consist of the following selections: "Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major" by Bach; Schubert's "Unfinished Symphony"; "Hungarian Dance No. 5" by Brahms; "Three Rumanian Folk Dances" by Bartok; "Allegrette" from Beethoven's Seventh Symphony; and "Malaguena" by Lecuona...
...career ever exciting save to the few who understood his music. The First Piano Concerto failed at its first hearing, partly because Brahms soloed more vigorously than accurately. The premiere of the Violin Concerto was also coolly received. It was not a display piece and Brahms, who conducted, supplied a diversion by going on stage with his suspenders unfastened. All his life Brahms suffered from the critics who tried to classify him and failed. He was an ardent romanticist, yet he adhered unfashionably to established musical forms. The world in his time was swayed by the amazing music-dreams...
...finger technique and a bow that moved woodenly. Son Raffael seemed to have more of the old Kubelik flare. His arms shot forth like serpents. His hair was so long and rebellious that he had to stop now and then to tuck it behind his ears. A concerto written by Father Kubelik was the climax of their performance. But no hearts fluttered...
Mozart D Minor piano concerto, Mr. Ramsey, Music Building...
Beginning another U. S. tour, Schnabel played last week with the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted for the first time by towering Otto Klemperer.* The concerto was Beethoven's Emperor, a performance that Philadelphians will long remember for its masterly blend of power and tenderness. Mozart and Schubert will have a place on Schnabel's recital programs this winter. But for New Yorkers he has another stiff Beethoven test. Next week he will play the Thirty-three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli. Said he to his manager last week: "You may warn the public, if you like, that they...