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Hume, who reviewed the Washington concert, lauded "their well-balanced program, their thrilling performance of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex, and the model taste in tone, phrasing, and style with which they sang Vittoria and Handel...
...Handel: Sonatas for Violin and Figured Bass, Vols. I, II & III (Alexander Schneider, violin; Ralph Kirkpatrick, harpsichord; Frank Miller, cello; Columbia, 6 sides LP). A chance for those who know Handel through his booming oratorios to get a more intimate glimpse of him. Performance and recording: excellent...
...rather dead, determined performance of Bach's "Herr Gott, Dich Loben Wir" smothered the exuberance of the "sacred joy." Much more satisfying were the two choruses from Handel's "Solomon." Delicacy and perfect balance characterized the lyric invocation "Music Spread Thy Voice Around." The second, more dramatic chorus, performed with skill and sensitivity, enabled an easy transition to the tragic mood of the two following works...
Featured on the same program will be "Hecuba's Lament" by Holt, two choruses from "Solomon" by Handel, and a chorus from Bach's 16th cantata...
...great enough poet to rise to the loftiest challenge any Christian artist can face: the translation of faith into the medium of art. Before Donne's day, such painters as Giotto, Raphael, Bellini and Leonardo met the same challenge on the same high plane. Bach and Handel, a little later, met it with their music...