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...Joel Lazar, the outgoing conductor of the Bach Society, is not a man to submit to Mr. T.S. Eliot's strictures on Last Things; the final concert of his tenure proved to be one of his very best. Ray Still, the oboeist, Joel Sachs, pianist, and Mark B. DeVoto, an undergraduate composer, contributed materially to the evening's excellence, but Mr. Lazar's triumph eclipsed even these gentlemen...
BACH SOCIETY'S last concert of the season (it is also, said to tell, Joel Lazar's last concert, ever, as undergraduate conductor) will include the World Premiere of Senior Mark B. DeVoto's specially commissioned introduction (for the piano, K. 459, Joel A. Sachs '61; and for the K. 314, soloist; Ray Still, of Chicago Sanders Theatre, 3:30 P.M. Tickets: $.75 at the or at the door...
...three works on the program, the Mozart Serenade No 9 in D. K. 320 (-"Posthorn") received probably the most successful performance. The serenade demands a good deal of orchestral versatility. Its seven alternately bustling and doleful movements are among Mozart's most intricately scored. To its great credit, Mr. Lazar's orchestra managed to maintain a perfectly balanced tone throughout, and Mr. Lazar's direction was itself pretty close to ideal. His crisp phrasing and invariably brisk tempt imparted to the music a restrained breathlessness that is all too rarely achieved in university Mozart performances. If the strings were occasion...
...symphony. Its three movements last barely three minutes in all, and the Orchestre is limited to nine players (string quartet, harp, and four winds). But like much early Milhaud, the music, for all its pretensions, is pleasant and quite lyrical. And it received a very lyrical performance. Mr. Lazar conducted with a deft touch, and his small group of players responded with a spirited and humorous reading that pleased the directors as much as it did the audience. He played all three minutes over again for an encore...
...Vivaldi was the only exception to the general excellence of the afternoon. Mr. Lazar and his orchestra are continuing a notably brilliant season, and one can only be grateful for their collective presence...