Word: glees
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...preparation for three major performances during the remainder of the week, the Glee Club and the Radcliffe Choral Society are working earnestly under the direction of G. Wallace Woodworth, conductor of the two musical organizations...
...Friday afternoon and evening, the Glee Club and Choral Society will present with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Dr. Koussevitzky, Bach's "Saint Matthew Passion." R.C.A. Victor, favorably impressed by the excellence of last year's presentation by the two societies, will record the entire work on twenty 12-inch records. In addition, the first half of the three hour program will be broadcast over the N.B.C. network...
...benefit of Harvard posterity a special arrangement of "Fair Harvard," written by Dr. Serge Koussevitzky and sung by the entire Glee Club with the Radcliffe Chorus, will be recorded by Victor on Friday, March 26. At the same time Bach's St. Matthew's Passion" will also be recorded during the performance at Symphony Hall with the Boston Symphony...
...Koussevitzky wrote the arrangement of the alma mater only after strenuous urging on the part of G. Wallace Woodworth '24, conductor of the Club, for more than three years. It is in eight parts, and was first sung at the Tercentenary. Recording marks an innovation in Glee Club policy. Several pieces from the current repertoire will also be preserved in wax on Saturday, March...
Bach's magnificent Passion According to St. Matthew is to be performed once this year by essentially the same forces as were heard last season. Good Friday (March 26) has been chosen, appropriately enough, for the date and it is hoped that the Glee Club which is the bulwark of the performance will get the good house it deserves. Incidentally, there are still some seats available for the remaining quarter of the Symphony season at a very low rate. These seats include subscription privileges for next year and certainly offer an unusual opportunity to begin the very worthwhile "Symphony habit...