Word: munch
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Those who were fortunate enough to hear Charles Munch conduct the Requiem this week know that it is a remarkable piece, one that easily rises above the carpings. The orchestration is a revolutionary feature but there is more to it than unique sounds such as flutes combined with trombones playing pedal tones. The Requiem is great dramatic religious music...
...Charles Munch is probably the outstanding living interpreter of Berlioz. His reading of the Requiem was incandescent. But great credit must also go to the Glee Club and Choral Society. It seems remarkable that in so short a time they could become so respensive to Mr. Munch's direction. And even in the last performance, their tone quality remained pure and clear. The excellence of their training was particularly well shown in the a capella prayer "Quaerens...
Members of the Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society will perform Berlioz' Requiem with the Boston Symphony Orchestra this afternoon at Symphony Hall with Charles Munch conducting. The concert will be repeated tomorrow and Tuesday nights...
Cole Porter's Out of This World features Charlotte Greenwood and Porter's music at the Century, up on 59th. The critics gave this munch-touted show a going-over...
Stanger has done a fine job of orchestra building. His interpretations are as carefully planned out-often to the exact gesture. He did not seem, however, to have many deep personal convictions about the music he played last night. His motions look like a synthesis of Bernstein, Koussevitzky, and Munch. These mannerisms are often annoying in the original, but in the imitation they seem ludicrous. Furthermore, his beat lacks clarity, and as a result, there were many sloppy entrances. But these criticisms do not detract from his spectacular job of orchestra training...