Word: quartets
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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More because of the program than the performance, the Paganini Quartet produced a remarkable concert last Friday night. Two important modern works, by Alberto Ginestera and Anton Webern, carried away the best efforts of the Quartet, but stand-by quartets by Haydn and Beethoven received flat performances...
...good of the Paganini Quartet to retrieve Ginestera, currently Argentina's leading composer, from the limbo to which serious Latin American composers are relegated. Ginestera's Quartet No. 1 (1950) attempts, according to Henri Temianka, first violinist, to evoke ancient Aztec and Incan civilizations. It combines the performance effects of Ravel and Debussy, the rhythmic drive and insistence of Bartok, and a peculiar harmonic clarity which could be interpreted as simple-mindedness. Both the first and second movements, in spite of constant, rapid, and vigorous rhythms, remain static on D. Open fifths, played tutti, reinforce the strength of the rhythms...
...offenders on drunk charges, police found that the youngsters were indeed horrendously drunk, but without a trace of alcohol in their systems. Glue-sniffing parties have resulted in vicious beatings. One boy was attacked by his best friend, who came at him with a broken bottle; another challenged a quartet of marines to a fight. Dr. Alan K. Done, director of the Poison Center at Salt Lake County General Hospital, sees a further-and more serious-danger in glue inhalation. Says Dr. Done: "I have found definite evidence of effects on the kidneys from glue sniffing. It is too soon...
Perhaps the greatest advantage the Weavers have over other folk-singing groups is the fact that each member of the quartet has a strong, pleasing voice and is capable as a solo performer. The sound that results from the blending of these voices may at times be a little too polished to be folksy, but it is always distinctive and enjoyable...
...three songs the tuxedo-clad quartet did best were among the oldest in their repertoire Nobody sings Good Night, Irene like the Weavers, and they make it sound like a fresh song each time they perform it. Hays suggested the audience join in on the other set of words for the same tune--Roll On Columbia--but the idea was greeted with hisses by sports fans in the crowd. It was a pleasure to hear Wimoweh swung again in a musical fashion. The recent "popular" transcription of the South African song is pretty awful, and sounds even worse in comparison...