Word: orchestra
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Ernest Bloch's symphony Israel, as played last week by the Cleveland Orchestra in Manhattan, was full of the woes of "a pious and sinful people." Full of fear of Jehovah, despair of stricken souls, anguished groping for light, the music was illustrated upon the vast stage by figures in tan and black flowing robes. Men of the priestly order (among them Dancer Michio Ito), mourning women bearing lighted candles, suppliants in prayer shawls, a pilgrim, the Ba'al Tokea, moved against the austere background of the enormous Wailing Wall of Jerusalem, achieved the spirit of Isaiah crying...
...program will include renditions by the vocal club, the banjo club, the mandolin club, the 1931 orchestra, and the combined clubs. Several special features have also been arranged including piano solo and duet numbers, and a program by a vocal octet. The concert will be followed by dancing...
...Harvard Alumni Orchestra and the Harvard Alumni Chorus will present a concert in Sanders Theatre on Monday evening at 8.15 o'clock. The orchestra is under the direction of Jacques Hoffman and will play three pieces, one in conjunction with the chorus and the assisting soloists. Miss Elizabeth Worcester, soprano, and H. J. Warren, baritone, will render several selections with the aid of Miss Mary Ingraham, accompanying planist. The Alumni chorus is under the supervision of Malcolm Lang...
...music for the dance will be supplied by Gene Rodemich's Metropolitan orchestra and another band, whose name will be announced later...
...yesterday. Those who did not see the jazz-makers last week, as well as those who did, for that matter, should not miss this remaining opportunity, as both band and leader are even better than formerly in a lavish revue, with special settings, lighting effects, and costumes. The famous orchestra is the nucleus of the show which is more elaborate than usual, as is always the case at the Met. However, the new music is really deserving of being the hit of the show, and this convinces us that nothing in the way of musical entertainment can make Paul take...