Word: laudamus
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...numbers after intermission were as well received as their predecessors. Kodaly's Te Deum Laudamus, a massive composition demanding endurance as well as musicianship, was presented with the fervor it requires. Soloists Margaret Lapsley, Marcia Heintzelman, Franklin van Halsema, and Thomas Beveridge were impressive in both vocal quality and understanding interpretation. A brilliant accompaniment was supplied by pianists Jonathan Thackeray and Bernard Kreger. In equally excellent accompaniment by a brass choir from the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra highlighted the performance of Jubilate Deo, a robust sacred work by the 16th Century Venetian master Giovanni Gabrieli. The choice of this concluding work...