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...those a little deficient in French-had its oratorical longueurs, its narrative doldrums. In Actor Barrault it had a Columbus more gamin than heroic. But Director Barrault proved an accomplished showman, and here and there-as in two wittily etched court scenes-a brilliant one. And with Darius Milhaud's lovely music-now pertly dancelike, now swelling or exalted-Christophe Colomb proved an uneven but curiously memorable occasion...
...detachment. In a program of modern French music, they gave a virtuoso performance, rippling through the runs with the clear articulation of woodwinds, melting into the passionate sections with sharply contrasting warmth. The players neatly sorted out the intricacies of Martinet's twelve-tone Variations and romped through Milhaud's dancy, polytonal Quartet No. 13. They spectacularly dramatized Martinon's Quartet, Op. 43, with its melodramatic outbursts, its massed tonal tumbles, its lovely patterns in the adagio movement and its one incredible moment of whistling, fluting overtones...
...sacred works, 13 are by such Palestrina, Victoria, Byrd, Bach and Handel; while six are from such contemporaries as Milhaud and Vaughan Williams. Of the 36 secular works, three each come from the 16th and 17th centuries, seven each from the 18th, 19th and 20th, plus nine modern arrangements of older songs...
...wind obliged. Even the Maelstrom, however, could not have drowned out the rhythmic and almost percussive phrases of the Preger "Sanctus," a work of dubious musical worth, and even less liturgical relevance. Completing the serious part of the program were Dvorak's charming "Maiden in the Wood," and Milhaud's "Psalm 121," a rather nondescript work sung in a nondescript manner. A humorous song, "Casey Jones," provided the transition to a rousing series of Harvardiana, in which all participated. The Freshman Glee Club sings next Tuesday. We should pray for a windless Harvard Yard...
...years the earnest masses of Music I have slurped mustard on Milhaud as they tried to cram the week's listening assignment into a lunch hour whiled away in the dank Paine Hall basement. Neither their appetite for ham nor their taste for the good Frenchman was aroused; snatching idle moments through the day to study for a full course in Harvard College often seemed a hopeless exercise. Certain hours became more popular than others, often the room was overcrowded and the listening time seemed restrictive. With a music library promised for Autmun, and a Lamont record collection at least...