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...Woodworth, with the aid of the Harvard Glee Club, Radcliffe Choral Society, and the Navy Communications School Glee Club, added another scalp to his already impressive collection. The program itself was a combination of the very old and the very new; Vaughan Williams was followed by Allegri, Sweelinck by Milhaud, Bartok by Mozart, and Mozart by Fine. But in every case the desired effect was attained...
...consisted of the two last works mentioned, plus Hindemith's "Nobilissina Visione" Concert Suite, and Tschaikowsky's "Romeo and Juliet." When works of unquestionable fibre have been given, they have often been thrown, together indiscriminately, as witnessed by another program which boasted of nothing but modern French music by Milhaud, Debussy and Ravel, enough to tire even the most ardent admirer of musical delicacy and impressionism. To date there has not been a single note of Bach or Handel heard in Symphony Hall. Although there seemed to be time enough for two by Shostakovitch and one by Miaskovsky, there...
...Radcliffe Choral Society began the program with Purcell's "Nymphs and Shepards," and then modulated into Bartok's "Don't Leave Me" and "Only Tell Me," and concluded with a rhythmic rendition of Shubert's "False Noble." Continuing with Milhaud's "Psalm CXX," the Harvard Glee Club ended their section with three canons for men's voices by Mozart...
...special compositions. They were performed by such topflight artists as Soprano Marjorie Lawrence and the Budapest Quartet. The small audience politely applauded the work of Boston-born Walter Piston (Quintet for Flute and Strings), Brooklyn-born Aaron Copland (Birthday Piece, On Cuban Themes For Two Pianos), French-born Darius Milhaud (string quartet), California-born Frederick Jacobi (songs about the prophet Nehemiah), Czech-born Bohuslav Martinu (Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano). Hit of the evening came at the program's close with Russian-born Louis Gruenberg's Variations on a Popular Theme. It nearly brought discreet cheers. Composer...
Suicide of a Fleet. The first German armored force, having fought its way into the base, reached Milhaud dock where the battleship Strasbourg was lying. As German officers leaped from their cars and ran to the gangplanks, there was a flash and a roar and the great, 26,500-ton ship disintegrated before their eyes...