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Hume, who reviewed the Washington concert, lauded "their well-balanced program, their thrilling performance of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex, and the model taste in tone, phrasing, and style with which they sang Vittoria and Handel...
When the original Oedipus found that he was married to his own mother, he put out his eyes and wandered blindly to his death. Edmund and Bridget Lovat, the principal characters in Ivy Compton-Burnett's new opus, are more modern. They survive the news that they are father & daughter as well as man & wife, and become quite reconciled to the idea. "Such unions do no harm in nature," says Edmund. "Perhaps people are braver than they used to be," says Bridget. "What a change, and in a way an interest for us!'' says Edmund...
...feature work of the concert was Igor Stravinsky's "Oedipus Rex," written to the Latin verse of Jean Cocteau. The Glee Club made it appropriately the most impressive event of the evening. "Oedipus" is dominated by strong dramatic tension created by the jarring chords of the piano, the roll of the kettledrums, and the vocal crescendos of the chorus...
Paul Tibbetts' strong bass voice appeared to excellent advantage in the role of Creon. While Oscar Henry's lyric tenor lacked the force required by the dramatic role of Oedipus, it was none the less appealing. Miss Alberts made Jocasta's fascinating aria one of the evening's high points. The "Oedipus" was marred only by a badly written narration which broke up the tenseness of the work...
Stravinsky's "Oedipus Rex" will be the featured work of the Glee Club and the Radcliffe Choral Society in their annual Sanders Theater concert at 8:30 p.m. tonight. G. Wallace Woodworth '24 will conduct the program...