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...Illinois Symphony actually began to pile up a profit at the box office. The size of this profit put it in a different class from most other WPA orchestras, enabled it to pay the high performance royalties asked by such ace contemporary composers as Dmitri Shostakovich, Serge Prokofieff, Paul Hindemith, Jean Sibelius...
...program that has been arranged is a varied one. Hindemith's "Martins Lied" will open the concert, to be followed by "Kyrie Eleison" from Bach's Mass in B Minor. The joint singing will be closed with Beethoven's "Eulogy." After this, the Radcliffe Choral Society will end the concert with Allegri's "Miserere...
...Paul Hindemith: String Quartet No. 3 (Coolidge Quartet; Victor: 6 sides). One of the few recorded examples of atonality, this bleak, fleshless, post-War opus is more interesting historically than musically...
...program will also include selections by Hindemith, Dvorak, Clmarosa, Allegri, and Sullivan...
...program reached its climax with full orchestra and chorus producing Hindemith's Martinslied which is all about a barnyard and the animals in it. Woody brought out its harshness with strength and vigor, but the powerful effect was gained mainly by the rhythm. The noise was marvelous. Following and in contrast to Hindemith was the chorus from A Midsummer Night's Dream by Mendelssohn which was conducted by Malcolm Holmes. Elinor Baker, one of the soloists, was the high point in this piece and she sang very well also. Two choruses from secular cantatas by Bach brought the evening...