Word: mozartism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Less praise can be given the first half of the program which matched Handel's Concerto Grosso, Opus 3, No. 1 with Mozart's Violin Concerto no. 3, K. 216. The soloist for the Mozart piece was Lawrence Franko who regularly serves as the HRO's concertmaster...
...clear grasp of the crispness requisite for a Mozart overture was in evidence as the orchestra performed the overture to La Clemenza di Tito with note-perfect accuracy while preserving considerable nuance in phrasing. The sutleties never detracted from the urgency and vitality of the piece--Which, by the way, is a curious amalgam of Gluckian melodrama and a Rossinian Flippancy, a flippancy that the Italian himself rarely could equal...
...accompanists, Mr. Lazar and the Bach Society were perhaps even more impressive. Throughout the performance of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A, the orchestra distinguished itself for its bright string tone, its fluid phrasing and the rapport it enjoyed with the soloist, Andrew Schenck '62. Mr. Schenck, who obviously has complete control of the clarinet, achieved a beautiful, rich tone while effortlessly hurdling the technical obstacles which pepper the piece...
Soon Cage and Tudor were darting about between three record players, shifting from Mozart to blues to a recorded speech by Pope John XXIII calling for world peace. By the finale, fights had broken out all over the theater. "Get out of here!" screamed the traditionalists. Replied an unCaged modernist: "Go somewhere else if you want melody! Long live music!" Cage barked at the audience; the audience barked back at Cage. One notable dissenter: Igor Stravinsky, who found the whole business so tedious that he slipped out in mid-concert. Asked if the tumult was equal to what went...
...AFTERNOON CONCERT--Bach-Italian Concerto; Prokoviev-Symphony No. 7; Rossini-Stabat Mater; Mozart-Quartet No. 21, K 575; Ravel-Le Tombeau de Couperin; Torelli-Concerto Grosso Opus 8, No. 3; Beethoven Sonata No. 1 for Cello...