Word: prokofievs
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...would like to see the Soviet Union's politics confounded, but it likes Russian music. Such contemporary composers as Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Khachaturian and Kabalevsky are frequently played at U.S. concerts. Prokofiev's Love for Three Oranges is one of the most popular hits at the New York City Opera. The older Russians are popular too; no pop concert series would be complete without an all-Tchaikovsky program...
...with the Belgian National Orchestra 1) a new composition none had ever played before, and 2) a well-practiced concerto of his own choice. This year's new composition, a fiercely atonal concerto by Belgian Composer Raymond Chevreuille, had the contestants in an uproar. Complained one: "Bartok and Prokofiev are duck soup compared to it." Said another, singling out two men who happened to be among the 13 contest judges: "Even Rubinstein and Casadesus couldn't play it." Concours officials agreed to lop off the third movement for the decisive test...
...more important, the audience was restless when the Harvard Band appeared for the second half of its concert. Somehow Malcolm Holmes '28 manages to have his musicians perform one superb concert after another. Even in the heavier textured pieces of Prokofiev and Moussorgsky, the band sounded richer and fuller than ever before. The other familiar pieces were sharp and exciting, as always...
...Symphony (Sat. 6:30 p.m., NBC). Toscanini conducting music of Prokofiev, Raff, Beethoven...
...once more the Philharmonic came back strong in the second half, this time with a brilliant performance of Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5 (1944). At the end, the audience clapped frantically, brought Mitropoulos back three times...