Word: johnes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bach Society Orchestra played its first concert of the year with verve and discretion, though the fare offered was surprisingly light. Perhaps the orchestra's conductor, John Harbison, is thinking of the taxing problems he will face in preparing a Bach cantata for the next program. At any rate, the Haydn symphony (No. 8) performed on Sunday was charming, if slight, and an interesting example of a classical piece with baroque devices still hanging on. No. 8 is part symphony, part concerto grosso, employing a harpsichord and three solo strings; the solo'cello was played with particular suavity and grace...
...Crimson remained in complete domination for the rest of half, Mike Miller, John Van Schalwyk, and Holmes accounting for the final Crimson tries. Miller, who played for Dartmouth last spring, made the score 8 to 0 when he grabbed a pass and scampered 20 yards to the goal line. This was the only time during the afternoon when wing forward Jack Butterfield failed to convert. Holmes ended the half as he fell on the ball in the end zone after a quick dribbling rush...
...John Stotler and Eugene Lipkowitz drove a Corvette to victory in the Fall Rally of the Babson Institute Sports Car Club. The contest was run over more than 90 miles of backwoods roads where the majority of the entries got lost...
Much Ado About Nothing. Delightful subplotters John Gielgud and Margaret Leighton make the play's dull main plot well worth sitting through...
...Natural History of New York City, by John Kieran. A naturalist's engaging account of how nature survives in the asphalt jungle...