Word: mozarts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...excellent group of soloists and a nicely balanced program made the second concert of the Bach Society Orchestra even more successful than the first. Mozart's Bassoon Concerto, which opened the concert, was a delight. Soloist Jackson Bryce's tone was full and rich from the bottom to the top of his range, his phrasing graceful, and his technical control impressive. He played the romantic cadenzas pensively, entrancing the audience. Conductor Daniel Hathaway controlled the orchestra tightly, following Bryce's phrasing and balancing him nicely...
Happily, Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.5 matched the brilliance of the Mozart. Harpsichordist G. S. Rousseau ripped through his part with a technical virtuosity that left listeners breathless. His concern with speed caused him to rush in all three movements, but his control and clear phrasing helped make up for this. Violinist Marylou Speaker and flutist Leslie Claff both played very sensitively, executing their imitative sections elegantly. Miss Speaker's tone was rich and warm; Miss Claff's was clear but, unfortunately, was often covered by the orchestra. The strings, especially the violins, were astonishing: their sound blossomed...
...past decade, four of the most widely praised new Metropolitan Opera productions-Mozart's Don Giovanni, Berg's Wozzeck, Strauss's Salome and Die Frau ohne Schatten-all had one element in common: Conductor Karl Böhm. It was hardly coincidence. Long recognized as one of the world's foremost maestros, Böhm helped lead the way in elevating his profession to its rightfully high place in opera. Now 72, he dates his career back to the days when many opera houses did not even bother to list the conductor's name...
Yoga & Oatmeal. It was this blossoming of inner faith, she says, that irresistibly drew her to "the divine serenity of Mozart, which is so close to the bosom of God. I discovered the purity and chastity of his way, the seductive grace, the incredible sweetness." The hardest part, she explains, was taming her "uncivilized Hungarian temperament, cutting back all passion, all effusiveness, all exaggeration, which does not go well with Mozart." Steeped in religious philosophy, she is a radiant, darkly handsome woman who fortifies her self with yoga exercises learned from Violinist Yehudi Menuhin's guru in India...
Does she plan a vacation from Mozart after her series is ended? "Never," insists Lili Kraus. "It is the kind of enchantment that never leaves...