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...Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No 1 Yannatos elected to use the entire string section. Most of the weaknesses in the HRO's rendition of the Concerto appear to be the consequences of using such an unwieldy group. The first movement was too heavy and the violins never agreed sufficiently on any phrasing -- or even the precise location in time of the beat -- to bring out the movement's exquisite suspensions and interweaving of parts. Edgar Engleman, the concertmaster, played the solo part in the third movement clearly and sensitively, but the rest of the strings overbalanced...
...committee also planned to solicit funds from the members and parents of the HRO. But because of the high turnoaer of people in the orchestra this year, the plan provided only negligible revenue...
...third source of revenue, the orchestra had counted on support from the Federal government. Because of a budget reduction, the State Department could not make the grant this year. Four years ago, the HRO received a federal grant which financed 20 per cent of its 1962 summer trip to Mexico...
...HRO hasn't given up the idea of another cultural exchange tour," Engleman stressed. "We will probably wait a year or two, until our organization is better prepared for such a large undertaking...
...HRO had made plans with The Experiment for International Living for its members to stay with local families in the four or five towns visited in each country. "This was going to be a kind of musical peace corps," Yannatos said...