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...Stars Look Down. When Goethe was born in Frankfurt in 1749, German music was already entering its day of unparalleled glory (Bach, Handel and Haydn were living, Mozart and Beethoven were soon to come); by comparison, German poetry and drama were blank pages. "Had I been born an Englishman," Goethe once confessed, "and had all those numerous masterpieces (of Shakespeare's) been brought before me ... they would have overpowered me, and I should not have known what...
...program includes three movements from Haydn's London Symphony, Beethoven's Leanore Overture No. 3, Rondo from Mozart's Bassoon Concerto (Ted Schultz, bassoonist), and Berlioz' Marche Hongroise from the Damnation of Faust...
...Band earned its epithet early in the program with "The Seafarer," Haydn Wood's arrangement of sea chanties. Tunes such as "Shenandoah" and "Away Rio" were played in a fine, sweeping style in the Band's first performance of the intricate work. A smooth rendition of Jose Padilla's "El Relicario" was the highlight of the second portion of the program...
...addition is partially subsidized by the New York Times. Taking its condition into account, however, WBMS could still make some improvement. A sizable portion of "The World's Most Beautiful Music" is short enough to conform to the dictates of radio business policy. Not many Mozart or Haydn symphonies, for example, are over 20 minutes in length. High standards need not be prostituted to economics...
...Second Woodwind Quintet will play works of Haydn, Hindemith, Milhaud, and Ravel in a free concert at 8:30 p.m. tonight in Kirkland House...