Word: handels
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...piped vest and cutaway, changed during intermission to bright blue breeches, shiny riding boots and an opened-neck shirt with wings on the pocket. In his first regalia he was an earnest formal concert artist, exhibiting his smooth ingratiating voice at its best in a long sustained aria from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus. Worthy also of the imposing Crawford sideburns was Bach's My Peace I Give Unto You, in which he was solemnly assisted by a group of youthful choristers from St. Thomas Church...
...program is as follows: 1. Fantasia in C minor J. S. Bach The Bells W. Byrd Fuge aus dem Magniflcat J.J. Pachelbel "Harmonious Blacksmith" Variations Handel 2. Chromatische Fantasle und Fuge J. S. Bach 3. "The Battle between David and Goliath" J. Kuhnau 4. Italian Concerto J. S. Bach 5. Les Vendangeuses Couperin La Bandoline Couperin La Poule Rameau Le Rappel des Oiseaux Rameau 6. Drei Sonaten Domenico Scarlatti
...exhibit one of the richest contralto voices that has been heard in the U. S. for many a year. One Viennese critic described her as "a black Lilli Lehmann." That she is not. But she is an exciting, sure-voiced singer who would make any race proud. Her Handel songs instantly revealed a breadth and nobility of style. Her Schubert Ave Maria was not something interpolated to catch popular fancy; it was fervent, even as an organ tone, deeply impressive. Even more moving was Der Tod und das Mädchen, in which she made a sustained low D seem...
When the Philadelphia Orchestra settled itself on the stage at Manhattan's Carnegie Hall last week, Cellist Elsa Hilger suddenly became so excited that she could scarcely get down to business, even when Conductor Leopold Stokowski appeared, commanding instant attention for the opening Handel overture. Cellist Hilger had spied the instrument being used by her desk-mate, Cellist Victor Gottlieb. It looked like the $10,000 Guarnerius which had been hers until two years ago when it was stolen from a taxicab...
...complete program is as follows: Organ Preludes: Prelude in G Minor Bach Pastoral Symphony Handel Salutation Invocation O Who Like Me Bach On Christmas Night Old English--arranged by Vaughn Williams The Hunter Brahms Scripture Luke II, 1-19 Carol of the Flowers Red God Rest You Merry Gentlemen Old English Bethlehem Glatz Folk Song Hymn by Congregation Pampanites Andalusian Folk Song Salvation Is Created Tschesnokoff Three Kings Cornelius Deck the Halls Old English Organ Postlude: Hallelujah Chorus Handel...