Word: instruments
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...third excellent wind soloist, Stephen Hammer, played the oboe for Bach Cantata No. 56. His contribution was the most exciting aspect of the piece. His phrasing of the obbligato line in the second aria demonstrated a facility with the instrument coupled with great sensitivity to precise imitation. The basso for the cantata, David Evitts, had been recruited in extremely short order. He sounded tired, with several lapses of diction and little variation of timbre or volume. In general, he was a shadow of the big, confident singer he had been just one night before as soloist with the Collegium...
Here, in a mere 42 pages, are the words to 36 popular songs, complete with the sequence of numbers one must push to turn the ordinary pushbutton telephone into a musical instrument. The songs range from the patriotic...
...automakers and parts suppliers are also promoting a whole range of new products supposed to save gasoline, a more acceptable form of gas-mileage salesmanship. Ford, for example, offers for $20.95 an instrument-panel "fuel sentry" that warns a driver when he should decelerate because he is burning too much gas. Chrysler will soon offer for $10 to $12 a "fuel pacer system"-a light mounted on the fender that glows when a driver is wasting fuel by accelerating too fast. Such devices may be useful, but most drivers are likely to find that the ultimate fuel-saving gadget...
...magnate's latest discovery is the Zeppelin tube, a vaguely phallic instrument that he calls the universe's greatest source of energy. Acme and his tube are destined for Chicago, a city somewhere west of Baltimore, when "the electrician" steals the tool...
...wind players, the sackbut was mellow but distinct; it was very effective as part of the continuo at the end of the Magnificat. The recorders suffered from lapses of pitch endemic to the instrument (in the Ave maris stella), but recovered in the next movement. The three cornetto players overcame an instrument infamous for its difficulty. Their stunning passages of imitation in the Magnificat were the most impressive instrumental display of the evening...