Word: frostiana
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...room to go into detail on the numbers on the second half of the program, it should be noted that the addition of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra gave Boston its first opportunity to hear Thompson's Last Words of David in its original version with orchestra, and his Frostiana with the orchestration prepared especially for this concert. He uses the winds, brass, and percussion effectively, and treats the strings not only as a body, but as tow choirs that can be separated or combined to produce a rich sound used so rarely in contemporary music...
Thompson will conduct a program of his own music, including "The Peaceable Kingdom," commissioned in 1949 for the Glee Club and Choral Society, and the world premiere of the orchestrated "Frostiana...
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