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...207A), the Violin Concerto in E Major and the Brandenburg Concerto No. 6. The Brandenburg was the most unorthodox. In keeping with Bach's principle that any number can play, Richter had the work performed by only eight players-two violas, a cello, two violas da gamba, two string basses and a harpsichord. It emerged as a chamber work with crystal transparency, uncovering contrapuntal voices heard as they were seldom heard before...
...modern flute, Brown demonstrated his versatility by performing with consummate skill on four diverse sizes of recorder as well as on an old wooden cross flute--all of which have utterly different playing techniques from the modern flute. The other musicians were Phyllis Olson, tenor and bass viola da gamba; and Daniel Heartz, harpsichord and lute...
Authentic Renaissance and Baroque instruments will perform the works of these composers. Performers for the concert are Daniel Heartz, harpsichord and Renaissance lute; Phyllis Olson, tenor and bass viola da gamba; and Howard Brown '51, cross flute and recorders...
August Wenzinger, Horatio Appleton Lamb Lecturer on Music this year, will perform on the viola da gamba. Mrs. Anne Gombosi, former member of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis will accompany him on her violin, and Mclville Smith, director of the Longy School of Music, will play the harpsichord...
Three Cambridge musicians, including a visiting professor here, will present a free concert of music for viola da gamba tonight at the Museum of Fine Arts...