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...with difficulties for listeners as well as performers, is now an expected and fundamental part of any choral concert. Dufay's Gloria in Excelsis Deo was, for me, the high point of the evening. It pushes forward to the "Amen" with rhythmic ferocity--the strong beats of each phrase pile on top of one another, one tension is resolved by another, and the general excitement lasts even through the quieter music that follows...
Spectacular Fireworks. Dumont's favorite subject was cathedrals, and his favorite cathedral was the magnificent Gothic pile in his home town of Rouen. He painted Rouen Cathedral in all lights, seasons and moods. His cathedrals are done in somber but pleasant colors, applied thickly in the manner of Dumont's more famous fellow sufferer, Vincent Van Gogh (opposite). His scenes of Normandy, Montmartre and Marseille and his still lifes are gayer, more vivacious, and show a love of life again strikingly similar to that evidenced in Van Gogh's brilliantly blobbed canvases. Like Van Gogh, Dumont also...
...Keep your eye on Pile Driver in the fourth. If you do, instruct your companion to watch the fifth and sixth races and keep you posted on the outcome...
...Pile Driver, who fell asleep in the gate last year, has recently looked promising while dragging for oats in the paddock...
Phil Erard, Bill Pierskalla, and captain Les Scherer were the sole winners for the varsity. All three fenced in the epee division and won their bouts, 3 to 0, 2 to 1, and 2 to 1, respectively, to pile up a 7 to 2 Crimson epee victory...