Word: mozartism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Both of the orchestra's readings of the DeVoto piece evidenced rather hurried preparation; the strings especially often had difficulty agreeing on the notes. With the Mozart oboe concerto, however, they experienced no difficulties whatsoever. Ray Still, it is probably unnecessary to announce, is one of the country's best oboeists; his performance was remarkable for its sonority and its precision...
...evening concluded with a performance of a second Mozart concerto, this one the Concerto No. 19 in F, K. 459. Joel Sachs, the pianist, gave a more than adequate performance. His control of dynamics and phrasing are convincingly professional, and the quiet allegretto was played with delicacy and poise. The orchestra, it seems almost redundant to say, accompanied Mr. Sachs with care and with grace...
HOLMES HALL has progressed from the baroque to the classical--and the score for this week's sight reading for instrumentalists was written by W. A. Mozart, not J. S. Bach. Sponsored by Radcliffe...
Janis' playing, as a result, tends to be taut and full of nervous energy. In the coolly classic moods of a composer like Mozart, his performances can be erratic, but few pianists have Janis' flair for the big bravura pieces of Tchaikovsky or Liszt. Last week's concert, studded with thunderous chords and octaves, Zipperlike runs and occasionally a singing, tenoresque line, proved to be a wrist-breaking tour de force. When he came out to take a bow, looking as frail as Liszt himself, Pianist Janis seemed the least exhausted man in the house...
Archie Epp,s a tenor, was principal soloist of the evening, and he is as versatile as the Glee Club itself. Mr. Epps was required to sing both Mozart recitative and American spiritual; this he did very creditably. Frederick Ford, another tenor, whose voice is pleasant and relaxed if slightly husky, sang one of the evening's few folk songs...