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The chorus performed its best on the fugues, particularly in the "Rex Tremendae," and during the powerful stanzas of "Dies irae," "Hostias," and "Sanctus." Unfortunately, the potentially powerful beginning of the "Rex Tremendae" was marred by the painfully discordant entrance of the soprano section.
One of the most dramatic points of the concert came in the "Dies irae." The chorus possessed excellent command of diction. They captured the tension of the great movement, bringing the audience to the climatic threshold which swells mightily and comes to an ahrupt stop. A simultaneous sigh from the...
From the majesty of the "Dies irae" the music changed to the subdued strains of the "Tuba mirum," sung by the professional soloists Jeanette Scovotti, June Genovese, Walter Carringer, and George Hoffman. The chorus had some trouble going into this gentle mood at the beginning of the "Lacrimosa", but was...
Near the end comes the cry. The nurse's pain becomes hysteria: "I am sick of everything in this hot, stupid, fly-ridden world. I am sick of the disparity between things as they are and as they should be. I am sick of this desk ... this uniform ... it scratches...
Besides automation, engineering advances have enhanced productivity. Engineers at Ford have devised a means of changing dies on stamping presses within minutes during a model run. Printed circuitry and other advances have cut the labor on a television set by 22% in the past five years, even though those technical...