Word: paquet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Carissimi's popular 'Historia de Jepthe' (1645) brought the program to a well-tailored conclusion. Major soloist for the evening, Marguerite Paquet (alto) gave the traditionally tenor Historious part an impressively smooth and certain performance. Mr. Sorenson again delivered a fine solo...
...Blake Recitative' By Edwin Roxburgh (1937- ) received its first performance in the United States. For contralto solo (Miss Paquet) and small string ensemble, the work combined clearly defined theme and form with a lyric excitement and mobility. In that it exploited chromatic resources and non-traditional tensions, it was a modern work. It was carefully thought out and emotionally effective. Miss Paquet handled the difficult solo line with sureness; her performance showed that what might have been thought an unmusical vocal line really just expanded the meaning of lyricism...