Word: fugal
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...program of Baroque music, Fugal pieces for Three violins, buy John Austin '56, did not sound as well as they might have in the context of other contemporary works. The composer's most obvious asset is his sense of musical balance and proportion. Scoring for three equal instruments imposes severe demands on such ability, and if Mr. Akustin does not always succeed artistically the pieces are at least short enough to avoid monotony. As in the Modal Canons, his fascination with problems in counterpoint tends to exclude (or avoid) those of expression. But with such technical competence, perhaps he will...
...cheerful expression of the violin introducing the Russian theme of the last movement. The juxtaposition of the two moods is even clearer in the second quartet; an unusually long and searching adagio is followed by the rollicking humor of the jiggish last movement. Climaxing the whole series, the almost fugal finale of the third quartet presents complicated difficulties to the performers. Not without a little buzzing, the players carried...
...uncertain date and authorship ("before A.D. 700", said the program). This is a description in unrhymed octameter couplets of a Doomsday that recalls by its luridness the same scene as painted in the liturgical "Dies Irae." Mr. Hindemith's musical setting, though interspersed with brass interludes in his familiar fugal style, is perhaps a shade expeditious for so picturesque a subject. It trips, or rather bumps along in a jolly fashion that depicts little and scares no one; but it is distinguished music, if a bit ineffective (largely on account of the constant use of contrapuntal repeating-patterns...
...having been to celebrate the second Stuart rising against the House of Hanover in 1745), is a powerful and exhilarating piece which suffers in performance only from the cruelly high and long trumpet parts typical of the early 18th century. There are three movements: a grave introduction and quasi-fugal allegro, a fine slow movement with oboe solo, and a rousing finale...
...program follows: Divertimento No. 11 in D. Major Mozart Overture or Concerto No. 5 in D Major St. Martini Fugal Concerto for Flute and Oboe with accompaniment for String Orchestra Holst Music for the cinematographic film "Napoleon" Danse des Enfants Honegger Gavotte from the Pantomime "Les Petits Riens" Mozart