Word: horning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tempi quite a bit though they were generally fast by standards of only twenty years ago (such as on the Scherchen recording of 1952). Richter had the courage to vary the tempi quite a bit to his taste. The bass aria Quoniam tu solus was taken very slowly. The horn playing in the obbligato solo to this aria is the best that might ever be expected. The soloist exhibited a precision of control that allowed for the most subtle variation in tone, dynamics and attack while preserving melodic integrity. Even his placement on the stage was perfectly coordinated to bounce...
...boats in the New Englands this weekend will go on to the North American championship this spring in Texas. Coach Mike Horn said yesterday that Putnam's crew had a good chance of winning the New Englands, although a Harvard boat has not won in ten years...
...Horn said he was pleased with a "better season than I thought we would have." He pointed especially to victories over Tufts which was fourth in the North American championships last year...
When it comes to his fellow players, Goodman tends to respect those with the most difficult jobs, starting with his own. "A timpanist is the only one who is always alone." He concedes that the horn is even more difficult than the timpani. "I have never known a French-horn player who was a bad person. He may drink, yes, but he is never bad." Violinists, on the other hand, are "pinheaded, often buffoons and clowns"; cellists are "fanatic about their instruments"; oboists are "arrogant...
...included some ambiguous string playing and a weak transition back to the fast material. The Ravel Pavane, however, was well played in a manner that was impressionistically hazy without degenerating into slush, despite some over-subdivided retenus on the part of Moshell. Cyrus Stewart's delicate phrasing of the horn solo was especially praiseworthy...