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...revivals, folk song arrangements, and patriotic hymning. The program of the Choral Society and the Glee Club set high standards of taste for the moderns to match when they opened with Thomas Tallis's Lamentations of Jeremiah and Heinrich Schutz's 34th Psalm; three contemporary madrigals and Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex met them generally well, but Roger Sessions's Turn, O Libertad...
...Oedipus's driving, primitive strength saves it just as the chorus's menacing force did the performance last night. Long 9/8 measures contrast with abrupt triplets to overshadow with a barbaric grandeur the occasional lapses of style. Forbes even took the chorus too far in this direction, for after a rather stale opening the melodic line became jerky; but this flaw disappeared when the chorus greeted Creon and Tiresias with excellent dynamic control and superb forcefulness...
...soloists presented a startling contrast to the chorus. Their expressiveness was moving, but I do not think it is correct here. As Oedipus, Archie Epps displayed a dazzling agility with the intricate melodies in an interpretation of Oedipus that communicated pathos and feeling rather than pride and firmness. As Tiresias, Bentley Layton had warmth and resonance, too, but made the jagged melodic line too fluid. Lacking great vocal strength, he presented a too apologetic Tiresias. The result of both solos was closer to the personal expressiveness of Carissimi's Jeptha than the square, forthright objectivity of Stravinsky's score...
SPRING CONCERT: The Harvard Glee Club and the Radcliffe Choral Society (conductor: Elliot Forbes '40) will join forces Sanders Theater in concert of music by Schutx, Tallis, Haydx and Schumann, in addition to excerpts from Igor Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex and three contemporary madrigals. 8:30 P.M. Special student tickets $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 at the Coop or at Holden Chapel...
Knox is known for his book Oedipus of , a critical interpretation of Rex, for his translation of the published in 1959, and for his short studies on classical authors. He is also known across the country for his film lectures on the Oedipus trilogy, made for a secondary school television course...