Word: partita
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...perform, either solo or in chamber-music ensembles, e.g., last week Claude Monteux, son of the conductor, accompanied by Composer Henry Brant at the piano, in a program of new and traditional works, including Milhaud's Sonatine, a Haydn Sonata in G and Brant's own Partita in C. Why there should be such a persistent demand for a flute club-as opposed to clarinet clubs or bassoon clubs-not even the club officers have been able to determine. Says one: "There's just something about the flute, I guess...
Teams of carpenters and painters hurried through the streets of Naples last week to perform some quick alterations at more than 90 precinct offices of the city's dominant political party. Speedily the workmen painted out the words Partita Nazionale Monarchico and its star & crown emblem. In their place they painted Partita Monarchico Popolare and nailed up a new emblem, two lions rampant and a crown...
...performance of the Chaconne from Bach's D minor Partita is bound to fall short. The notorious difficulty of the piece makes it virtually unplayable, and any evaluation must be based on a comparison with some mythical perfect performance. Criticism thus becomes even more subjective than usual. Mr. Fuchs' idea of the music as a gradual build-up in tension followed by a gradual release, with regularly-spaced interludes of quasicommentary, is extremely provocative. His failure to sustain and integrate this conception was caused primarily by the physical demands of multiple-stops and prodigious leaps that frequently leave interpretation behind...
Alexander Schneider played two Back sonatas for unaccompanied violin and a Bach partita last night in Sanders Theatre. This fact in itself means a fine concert...
Last week, for the first time, Manhattan critics got to hear Koussy's wonder boy. For his Town Hall debut, Norman's program was by no means all apple pie: a Handel sonata, a Bach partita for unaccompanied violin, two difficult Paganini caprices. By the time he was halfway through the Handel, critics were wondering at the sureness of his phrasing and rhythmic pulse. When he had finished with the Paganinis and a blazing performance of Sarasate's tricky Zigeunerweisen, there was no question about the finish of his technique. Twenty-year-old Norman Carol was more...