Word: glazounov
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...soloists brought the concert to an exciting climax. Jay Powers '56 performed Glazounov's Saxophone Concerto, a work whose chief merit is that it allowed Mr. Powers to prove the amazing finesse with which his instrument can be handled. Such a delicate treatment of the instrument seems to indicate the inherently limited compass of its tonal range. But the novel beauty of the effects produced and Mr. Powers dazzling agility banished any hint of monotony...
Telephone Hour (Mon. 9 p.m., NBC). Mixed grill of Gilbert & Sullivan, Puccini, Glazounov and Debussy...
...Summer Symphony (Sun. 5 p.m., NBC). Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Glazounov's Carnaval Overture, Lekeu's Adagio for Strings. Conductor: Frank Black...
...nine years ago, with a concert orchestra. He perfected a finger and blowing technique of his own, ironed out the wobbles, slithers and wails of the commercial saxophonist. To get something respectable to play, he transcribed from the classics, begged saxophone pieces from contemporaries-well-known ones like Coates, Glazounov, Ibert, and unknowns named Tarp, Jacobi, Bentzon, Borck...
...Moro tom-tom. Manilans have been elegantly enjoying their concerts and opera for nearly 300 years, and were ready 15 years ago for the organization of a full-out orchestra. With precision and grace last week it swung through Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel, Glazounov's Une Féte slave. Jovita Fuentes, Filipino soprano who has sung Madam Butterfly from China to Nazi Germany, sang a set of Gustav Mahler's most ivory-turreted Lieder...