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...Harvard Glee Club Organization is diversifying its singing groups to widen the focus of musical opportunities at Harvard, Elliot Forbes '40, Fanny Peabody Professor of Music and conductor of the Glee Club announced yesterday...
...Critic (Third Act only) was Sheridan's grotesque caricature of the epic drama of his time. The laughs are predictably broad and deftly induced by Jim Brook, the director. Bob Edgar, as Mr. Puff the playwright trembling with glee at his own handiwork, wiggled and strutted, winsomely uproarious. His fresh exuberance was catching and the production number of a sea battle on the Thames, burst into high farce...
...performance exhibited the meticulous preparation that one expects from the Glee Club. Forbes is a conscientious conductor and he shapes dynamics, attack, and tone quality to create beautiful and exciting effects. In the motets by contemporary composer Rev. Russell Woolen which opened the program, Forbes drew out a line that repeatedly swelled and subsided. The effect reflects the performance practice of traditional Gregorian Chant and adds a physical dimension to the musical sensations...
...Chanson a Boire" by Francis Poulenc, dedicated to the Glee Club in 1922, was a spirited piece that ended with a hilarious barnyard of beeps, cackles, and swoops...
Excitement ruled both the performers and the audience. It was a small group by Sanders standards, but thick with sons of the Glee Club. That accounts for loud outbursts between the numbers and for the sing-along when they inevitably came to the Harvard songs...