Word: handel
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Farmer Evan Thomas ran to the scene. Said he later: "The smoke of the engines was curling from the wreckage. Through it walked two men. They were the only things that moved." The two survivors Farmer Thomas saw were Gwyn Anthony, 26, and his brother-in-law, Handel Rogers, 32, both of Llanelly. They had been sitting in the tail. Said Gwyn Anthony: "The nose seemed suddenly to go up and then there was a crash ... I heard a cry. It was Handel. We called to each other and found we were both alive...
...selections have been chosen so that they do not duplicate commercial recordings. The bass aria, "O ruddier than the cherry," is an exception. Obviously it has been included for the very good reason that Paul Tibbetts is singing it, but it is one of the dullest pieces the Handel ever wrote. Marguerite Willauer has much better material for her fine soprano voice in "As when the dove laments her love" and "Heart, the seat of soft delight...
...Boston was pleased with Munch, there were also reasons why Munch could be pleased with Boston. As U.S. cities go, it had a long tradition of serious music: it had celebrated the end of the War of 1812 with performances of portions of Haydn's Creation and Handel's Messiah. Boston also boasted a club unique in the U.S. Ten or twelve times a year, as their ancestors have done since 1837, members of the exclusive Harvard Musical Association go to their paneled clubrooms on Beacon Hill for a smoker of chamber music, beans, beer and Welsh rabbit...
...program ranges from Bach to Handel to the barbershop idiom. To end the concert, both glee clubs take the stage for a joint medley. Otherwise the clubs will be featured separately with individual programs, a large part of which will be carried by soloists and small groups...
...Boston's Symphony Hall, Bostonians greeted silver-haired Alsatian Charles Münch, their first new permanent conductor since Serge Koussevitzky took over 25 years ago. Le Beau Charles had tactfully chosen for his debut the identical program of Weber, Schubert, Handel and Beethoven that inaugurated Symphony Hall 50 years ago. Boston ate it up. Said one 20-season ticket holder: "I didn't expect to enjoy him so much. His shading is so delicate." Said the musicians...