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...first American presentation of Stravinsky's "Oedipus Rex" will take place in Symphony Hall this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. The second performance will be tomorrow evening at 8.15 o'clock. The program will be under the leadership of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Serge Koussevitzky. Arthur Hackett, tenor, and Marguerite Matzenauer of the Metropolitan Opera Company will be supported by the University Glee Club which, upon invitation, has taken the part of the chorus...
...Friday, February 24, and on Saturday, February 25, the Harvard Glee Club, along with the Symphony Orchestra, will give "Oedipus Rex", the oratorio by Stravinsky. This is the first time it has ever been sung in America. On April 1, the Glee Club, again in concert with the Symphony Orchestra, will give Arthur Honegger's "King David." To both these concerts noted critics from New York and Washington have signified their intention of coming...
...heavy schedule has been planned for the University Glee Club for this month; the Club will give a Young People's Concert next Monday, the Annual Symphony Hall Concert on February 16, and is now preparing "Oedipus Rex," Stravinsky's latest composition, which is to be sung under the direction of Serge Koussevitzky, who possesses the rights for the first performance of that work in America...
About the end of February, the Glee Club will present, in conjunction with Mr. Koussevitsky and the members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Stravinsky's "Oedipus Rex". April 1 has been set as a tentative date for the performance of "King David", a striking oratorio by Arthur Honegger, in which the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Radcliffe Choral Society, and famous soloists will take part. Separate rehearsals for this concert are now going on, and joint rehearsals will begin in Paine Hall next week. The third of the annual concert series in Symphony Hall will be given on April...
Both Prophet and Mother were superb in voice and gesture, last week, and their passions soared above Bertha ''Leonora Corona) with a spiritual fervor exceeding the carnal dynamics of Oedipus...