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Throughout this year Vigeland's programming has been the major attraction of the Bach Society. Beginning the concert with four string Fantasias and two In Nomines by Henry Purcell, Vigeland then presented seven more In Nomines by Peter Maxwell Davies, composed nearly 300 years after the Purcell. This type of...
The Purcell pieces have a mysterious air to them and yet are curiously dull. The playing, by various members of the string sections, was more spirited than usual for these works. Simpson's cello playing was especially sensitive and powerful, coaxing a wonderful resonance from the instrument. When the fantasias...
The most unusual pieces were the Davies In Nomines. They ranged from the most conservative (scarcely discernible from Purcell's style) to the far more exotic. The fifth one was a screeching duet of violin and clarinet whose tessitura was in no way balanced by the later addition of piccolo...
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IT IS ALMOST time now for a critical reappraisal of Gilbert and Sullivan. Willi Apel has referred to their work as "the highest point attained in English dramatic music since Purcell," but this judgement can certainly not have been meant to apply to all of their works uniformly. What may...