Word: grosso
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Toccata in D major Frescobaldi Symphony No. 3 Schubert Concerto Grosso in D minor Vivaldi An Outdoor Overture Copland...
Conversely, the selection which probably presented the least number of technical problems--Vivaldi's Concerto Grosso--was least good. Perhaps this was due to the difficulty of integrating amateur strings when they are unsupported by the rest of the orchestra. But though ragged, there were no major shortcomings, and this familiar work received adequate treatment...
Dutra was born 64 years ago this week in the frontier town of Cuiabá in cattle-raising Mato Grosso. He describes his father as "a small businessman and later a public functionary-but always poor." Young Eurico joined the army at 16 and wangled an appointment to its Preparatory School of Tactics at Porto Alegre. After graduation, he moved on to Rio's Escóla Militar, only to be expelled seven months later for his part in a student rebellion against compulsory smallpox vaccination. A government amnesty let him return. Two years after graduation...
Fine is highly esteemed by Koussevitzky and has been closely associated with him as a student of conducting at Tanglewood. Not long ago, Koussevitzky called him in unexpectedly to play the piano solo in the Martinu Concerto Grosso. During the rehearsal, Fine, who was reading the work for the first time, made a mistake. Koussevitzky mistook his grimace for a smile and stopped the Orchestra. In the thick Russian accents which defy reproduction, the Conductor announced, "When we make a mistake in this Orchestra, we don't laugh; we weep!" Koussevitzky was so impressed with the epigram that after...
...Fifth (Reformation) Symphony was the big work of the program. At times, particularly in the trio of the scherzo, the performance was as fine as I have heard. Any objection about the dominance of the brass was overruled by its ability. From my point of view, Bloch's Concerto Grosso was the tour de force of the evening. The strings joined together with such power an assurance that I truly regretted the omission of the third movement. The piano part is chiefly one of doubling. This was unfortunate last night, for it gave the audience no chance to appreciate Karl...