Word: echoless
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Tapestry of Sound. Imbrie's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra shone in a galaxy of impressive premieres: Ernest Bloch's Quintet No. 2 for Piano and Strings, a vigorous, passionate work whose rich coloration took on a special sheen in the sonically clean, echoless hall; Darius Milhaud's Eighth Symphony, describing the flow of the Rhone to the sea, which happily combined the gusty exuberance of the Frenchman's early works with the sunny lyricism of his later ones; Roger Sessions' serene, atmospheric Quintet with Two Violas, performed without its third movement, which the composer...