Word: gelley
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Baroque and Classical bassoon compositions make formidable technical demands on the player. Scale passages, intricate ornamentation, and even arpeggios must be tossed off at great speed, yet retain the graceful framework in which they were conceived. Alexander Gelley '55 and Theodore Schultz 7G not only surmounted purely technical obstacles; they brought a delicate clarity to the occasionally obscure scoring. Their selections ranged through Couperin, Telemann, and Mozart, 'and Mr. Gelley represented the modern solo repertoire with Hindemith's Sonata...
Bassoonist Alex Gelley brought to Vivaldi's seldom-performed A minor Bassoon Concerto a brightness of tone and seriousness of interpretation that made it easy to ignore the comparative triviality of the music. Surprisingly, his agile phrasing, full of subtle nuances and contrasts, did not unnerve the small orchestra that accompanies him. All the musicians showed a single-mindedness in matters of rubate and dynamics that is probably attributable to the fine conducting job of Norman Shapiro...