Word: harpsichords
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...light shining from the ungainly green-and-yellow hilltop house which broods over the main street. He knows, along with those of his neighbors who have seen it, homeward bound from a church supper or Saturday-night movie, that Mme. Wanda Landowska is at her devotions: her altar, the harpsichord...
...Brandenburg Concerto is the kind of music that loses all its effectiveness without a graceful, polished performance. The orchestra gave it just that. Flutists Kathleen Henry and Karin Peterson played easily and lucidly, while Sandor Shapiro's violin performance was appropriately subdued. The string section and Daniel Pinkham's harpsichord supplied a carefully integrated accompaniment...
Wednesday night's concert, the second of three, began with a Concerto for violin, cello, and harpsichord by Couperin. Ruth Posselt, the new violinist, is the competent, unspectacular kind of performer who subordinates herself to the music at hand. Her easy-going interpretation was perfect for this comparatively light-weight work. 'Cellist Samuel Mayes, who appeared in all eight parts of the program, showed remarkable versatility. His tone was full and rich in the important solo sections, but in the later continuo passage he held himself down so that one could barely hear him over the harpsichord...
Loeillet's Sonata in C major featured Alfred Mann's flawless playing of the recorder. But the biggest applause-getter of the evening was the Sonata for 'cello and harpsichord by Francoeur. The piece is full of piquant melodies, and despite the intricate finger work, Mayes handles his unwieldly instruments as if it were the size of a small banjo...
...Strange (Mitch Miller's Orchestra and Chorus; Columbia). A pleasant, exotic treatment played in unison by distant horns while a harpsichord tinkles like a mandolin...