Word: finests
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...performers came on stage during the evening. Malcolm H. Holmes '28 led the orchestra through a series of overtures and encores. Then G. Wallace Woodworth '24 appeared with Karl Kohn '48 to play Franck's Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra. Kohn is without a doubt one of the finest musicians in the University, and anyone who didn't appreciate his talent before Monday night certainly recognized it after his composed and accurate performance...
...Mass In E Minor (Hamburg State Opera Choir and Orchestra, Max Thurn conducting; Capitol-Telefun-ken, 10 sides). Capitol chose well for its first entry into the classical field; this beautiful Mass is the second of three Masses composed by Anton Bruckner (1824-96) and is one of his finest works. Performance: excellent; recording: fair...
...children's finest hour. All over London small boys in grey flannel shorts and school caps could be seen walking solemnly about, cheeks bulging, a look of supreme contentment on their faces. All over Britain, pink faces were blissfully smeared and little fingers were wonderfully sticky. After seven lean years for British moppets, candy rationing ended last week...
...Northern. The best of the studies in this group is that of George H. Thomas, "the old gray mare of the Union," a Virginia-born artilleryman who commanded infantry and was certain that the chief role of the big guns was to give the footsloggers a hand. Wearing his finest uniform, "all togged out like a Christmas tree," the famed Rock of Chickamauga "rode along the line, bellowing in a voice audible to every man within a hundred yards that help was coming; all they had to do was keep down and shoot...
Each movement has its own special fascination. The scherzo, probably the finest ever written, is a study in titanic contrasts. One moment the whole orchestra is playing the rhythmic theme louder than would seem possible, and suddenly nothing remains but a rollicking melody for woodwind quartet. Some critics call the third movement too long. They could not be more wrong. After hearing Koussevitzky's interpretation, I could only wish that the movement was twice as long as it is. But Beethoven knew the dangers of satisfaction, and he achieved just the right length...