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...these were extremes; the more substantial numbers on the program included Enesco's. Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1, Vaughn Williams' Fantasia on "Greensleeves," and Sibelius' Finlandia (the last complete with the popping of champagne corks during the dramatic pauses of the opening section). Rossini's overture to La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie) showed off the orchestra's first-rate woodwind section. And an arrangement of Cry proved to be a hilarious satire, with quotations from several symphonic works, imitations of whimpering by the trumpets and growling by the horns, and a most realistic baby cry--by a member...
Richard Sogg '52, stole the show in the first B.S.O. performance of Vaughn Williams' Fantasia on the Old 104th Psalm Tune. This is the same work that created such a tremendous impression when played by Harvard and Radcliffe musicians in Sanders Theatre last month. Sogg handled the pyrotechnics of the piano part with understanding and showmanship. He didn't sound quite as exciting as he did last month, but that might have been due to the more vital orchestral accompaniment, or to the less brilliant tone of the Baldwin piano. The Radcliffe Choral Society and Harvard Glee Club were perfect...
Woodworth will conduct Mozart's Symphony number 34 in C. major. Richard L. Sogg '52 will play the solo in Williams' Fantasia on the 104th Psaim, written for planoforte accompanied by chorus and orchestra...
...closing work, a stupendous Fantasia on the Old 104th Psalm Tune for piano, chorus, and orchestra, should quiet once and for all those critics who call Vaughan's Williams' music austere. This is virtuoso piece with colorful orchestral effects and dramatic abandon for all concerned. The performers, supposedly the largest assemblage of musicians in Sanders Theatre's history, sounded truly jubilant. The final "Prayse ye the Lorde's name," sung fortissimo with cymbals and brass blaring in the orchestra, drew cheers even before the theatre had stopped reverberating. Richard Sogg '52, deserves special credit for his energetic playing...
...course, the concert was not perfect. Any undertaking of such scope is bound to have minor flaws. Some of the soloists in the "Serenade to Music" were barely audible; the attacks in the "Fantasia" were not always as precise as they should have been. Still, there were enough outstanding moments to make the Vaughan Williams Concert one that will be remembered for a long time...