Word: musicum
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Small, intense Pianist Tureck, who has never formally studied conducting, began only two years ago, when she got the chance to do eight Bach concertos with Copenhagen's Collegium Musicum. Since then, she has successfully led the Philharmonia Orchestra in a series of concerts that sold out London's Royal Festival Hall. She still plays regularly under other conductors. But when she herself can boss the orchestra, she feels that she can come several steps closer to the real Bach...
Willy Burkhard: Toccata, Op. 86 (collegium Musicum, Zurich, conducted by Paul Sacher; London). One of Switzerland's leading composers turns in a score that combines imagination with some down-to-earth counterpoint. Strings predominate, but winds and percussion give striking punctuation...
Bodky's group is essentially the same organization that previously called itself the Cambridge Collegium Musicum. The objective is the same: to give authentic performances of unfamiliar Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century music. The only difference is in the personnel, which is vastly improved over last year...
...Cambridge Collegium Musicum's final performance last Monday night was in many ways the least enjoyable of its three-concert series. The music frequently sank to triviality, and the group's playing lacked the enthusiasm that had characterized its first two concerts...
...concert devoted entirely to the music of Bach can be either a very inspiring or a very tedious experience. Monday night's concert at Sanders Theatre came much closer to the former. The Cambridge Collegium Musicum opened its eighth season auspiciously with spirited, authentic renditions of four comparatively unfamiliar works...