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Every hundred years, it appears, the British have a festival. One century ago they set up the Crystal Palace and opened it with a mighty singing of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus. Crammed with inventions and works of art, the Crystal Palace managed to impress the contemporary world, and eventually inspire a traditional lecture at Harvard, Professor Owen's on the oddities of mid-Victorian taste. This year the British have an exhibition going again but it's unlikely that there'll be much fun making at its expense...
...chronological order, so that the more accessible pieces would be played first. Neither the Buxtehude nor the Schein works are particularly startling, and they put the audience in a receptive mood for what was to follow. A good part of the credit must go to soprano Faith Barnett, whose crystal-clear voice, especially in the higher registers, and sensitive phrasing made her the outstanding soloist of the evening...
...world had never seen before, Queen Victoria opened London's Great Exhibition, in the hope that its example might "unite the industry of all the nations of the earth." Britannia rode the crest of the wave. As cannons roared a royal salute, thousands of visitors thronged the Crystal Palace to gape at its wonders-the industrial triumphs of the steam age, as well as a champagne made from rhubarb, a knife with 300 blades, and the original Turkish towel (which so pleased Britain's Queen that she ordered six dozen...
...well be a tough horse to beat on Derby Day. At Experimental No. 2)'s distance, 2½ Ibs. is roughly equivalent to a length; on that basis, the experts were still inclined to string along with Uncle Miltie. Next chance to clear the Derby's clouded crystal ball: Jamaica's Wood Memorial this week, when every entry (except maidens and fillies) will carry the same weight...
Using a less emphatic style, David E. Owen, professor of History, has also seen one of his annual lectures achieve local fame--the "Crystal Palace" talk...