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Pilot Haven idled his four piston engines, but the B-50, instead of slowing up, flew even faster, on nothing but the power of the whining metal cigar. The bomber's air-speed indicator edged up to 370 m.p.h. Over Bangor, Me., an F-86 jet fighter, part of the air-raid interceptor defense, streaked up through the clouds, swept in close to investigate the B-50's strange, roaring belly...
...revolutionize air power. Both the Germans (in 1939) and the British (in 1941) actually flew jet fighters before the U.S. even woke up to the fact that jet engines were practical. Thanks to Britain's foresight, and the fact that U.S. engine makers were forced to concentrate on piston engines during the war, the British stayed ahead in jets. With his J-57, Rentschler thinks he has overtaken them. But the race is still touch & go. Britain's Bristol Aeroplane Co. boasts that its new Olympus jet engine is at least as powerful as the J-57, though...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra played a Bach concert, symphonics by Mozart and Piston, and an orchestral tour de force by Richard Wagner. And the audience was one of music lovers--people who came to Sanders Theatre for an evening of aesthetic enjoyment...
...orchestra's finest achievements, and their newly-released recording compares quite favorably with the standard Stockowski version. In the Hindemith Concerto, Stanger was not at all bothered by the many complexities of rhythm and harmony which prevail throughout. The same was true of his performance of Piston's Third Symphony. This work, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1947, is a tough nut to crack. Although not as cerebral as some of the Harvard professor's other creations, it still provides pitfalls for conductor and listener alike. Nevertheless, Piston himself called the performance a "miracle," and the cheering, foot-stamping...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra will close its season with a concert at 8:30 p.m. tonight in Sanders Theatre. Conductor Russell Stanger will open the evening with Mozart's Linz Symphony, which will be followed by Siegried's Rhine Journey, Piston's Third Symphony and the Triple Concerto of Bach. Excerpts from Wagner will close the program...