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...Symphony (Sat. 6:30 p.m., NBC). Vivaldi's Concerto for Violin and Strings in B Flat; Bach's Suite No. 3 in D Major and Passacaglia in C Minor; Handel's Concerto Grosso in D Minor. Conductor: Arturo Toscanini...
...crooked art dealer (well played by Steven Geray) try to blackmail her. Her efforts to keep the truth from her husband bring on other complications and the whole business becomes a court-and-headline scandal. Battling their way through the excess plot like machete-swinging explorers of the Mato Grosso, Mr. Scott and Miss Sheridan express the emotions that might be expected of them; acidulous Eve Arden and earnest Divorce Lawyer Lew Ayres finally persuade them to give their marriage another...
Samuel Barber: Capricorn Concerto (Saidehberg Little Symphony, Daniel Saidenberg conducting; Concert Hall Society, 4 sides). Scored in Bach's concerto grosso style for flute, oboe and trumpet solo plus strings, it smacks more of Stravinsky than Bach, has a sensuous eeriness typical of some of Barber's later works...
...remainder of the concert concerned itself with the orchestra's other goal of presenting unusual music. Under Malcolm Holmes' direction, the orchestra gave first-rate performances of two old and quite unfortunately neglected works: a Purcell suite from "The Virtuous Wife" and a Corelli Concerto Grosso in D. Later in the evening the group played the seldom-heard Vaughan Williams "Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus'", a lovely piece for Harps and Strings which had Williams' customary lushness of orchestral sound. The only complaint to be registered about the evening in Sanders Theatre, as a matter of fact...
First on the evening's program comes Corelli's 'Concerto Grosso in D," followed by Beethoven's "First Piano Concerto in C Major." Then the orchestra will turn to opera to present a suite from Purcell's "The Virtuous Wife...