Word: fluted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Symphony Players, led by Agide Jacchia, conductor, will present the following program at tonight's pop concert in Symphony Hall: Overture to "The Magic Flute" Mozart Waltz, "Dornroeschen" (Briar Rose) Tchaikovsky Carry Mc Back to Old Virginny Bland Jacchia Fantasia, "L'Oracolo" Leoni Rhapsody, "Espana" Chabrier Harp Solo Prelude Kovarovie (Alfred Holy) Polish Dance Scharwenka Hymn to the Sun from "Iris" Mascagni Night Dawn Sunrise Prelude to "The of Nu-rembers" Wagner Still Blon March "Lerraire" Ganne
...Magic Flute, by Mozart, a revival...
...strains of the violin and cello tremble, quite unsupported, in the hostile air. . . . Now another musician comes in. He carries a horn and a handkerchief and flops down in the first convenient seat; after a premonitory groan, his brass assaults the tune. . . . The piccolo players, the drummer and the flute stroll in, smiling and chuckling; one of them is trying to get a pack of cards into his waistcoat pocket. Obviously a game of penny ante has delayed them. . . . Mr. Stokowski stops while the last of his audience parade down the aisle. . . . Haydn's "Farewell." The orchestra has played...
...tended toward the humorous, and while they were sung with charm it was in the second group that Miss Hempel again proved herself the sterling artist she is. This began with the Grand Aria from "Dinorah" in which the demented heroine chases her shadow vocally and competes with a flute. Miss Hempel easily won the competition. The chromatic octave which she ascended and descended twice in one breath was a noteworthy feat. The pathetic "Schwesterlein" of Brahms, the rollicking humour of the "Lauterbach," and the uplifting serenity of the Joyous Easter Hymn brought the evening to its climax. Needless...
...Paris, L'Enfant et les Sortileges, new opera by Maurice Ravel, had its first performance at the Opera Comique. Critics were doubtful. There were strange harmonies, strange instruments?a rattle, a xylophone, a whip, a nutmeg-grater, a slide flute, a lutheal.? For the first time the Opera Comique orchestra played a fox-trot?for the dance of the Teapot and the Chinese Teacup...