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Despite the distances of time and character, the University Choir gave an excellent performance of Monteverdi's 1610 Vespers. The Vespers are made up of an introductory versicle, five psalms, a hymn especially for the Feast of the Virgin, and The Magnificat...
...Choir sang with enthusiasm and drive that carried it through seven parts of the Vespers. Only in the Magnificat, the last portion, did their energy fail as the pace began to slow from the singers' fatigue and the more sectional composition of the piece...
...more interesting compositions were the Herbert Howells Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis. The Magnificat's Gloria section typified English choral music of the last hundred years. It was well-registered by the organist with enough reed mixtures to complement the thick vocal textures. The Nunc Dimittis, more restrained than the Magnificat, used extreme vocal ranges effectively...
...decidedly ecumenical. On the podium was Leonard Bernstein, who recalled during rehearsals the "deeply touching" response accorded by Catholics to his controversial Mass. At last week's "unrefusable" appearance, he conducted the Harvard Glee Club and the Newark Boys Chorus in a program ranging from Bach's Magnificat to Bernstein's own Chichester Psalms, sung in Hebrew. The occasion was an annual concert that this year coincides with the tenth anniversary of Pope Paul VI's accession to the papacy...
FIRST CHURCH IN CAMBRIDGE, CONGREGATIONAL. Harvard University Choir. Bach: Motets No. 1 and 5; Gabrielli: In Ecclesiis, Magnificat...