Word: mozartism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Second Symphony). It takes great temerity on the part of any college conductor to think of scheduling even the Beethoven, which is not the silly little Mozartian nothing many people think it, let alone the Stravinsky, which does have the simplicity, order and concentration of the best of Mozart...
BACH SOCIETY ORCHESTRA. Andrew Schenk conducting with Richard Wilson soloist in a Mozart piano concerto. At Paine Hall, 8:00 p.m. Sunday...
...music wanted to skip up the aisles of Sanders Theater, or in its serene moments, stretch out on its back and smile up at the ceiling, most of the performers held on to it with a mortal fear of spontaneity. Thus two sonatas by Bach and two by Mozart were unduly tame in a generally competent, but uninspired performance...
...evening's redeeming feature were the compositions themselves. A composer can weave simple musical threads into a dazzling fabric or unravel good broad-cloth until it is lint. Bach and Mozart chose to weave simple tunes into golden cloth...
...Mozart's trios for violin, cello, and piano, Nos. 3 and 5, constituted the second half of the program. The string players seemed to have warmed up, but at the same time some of the distinctions between pitch levels melted. In addition, the technically able pianist lacked finesse in rounding off phrases...