Word: quartetting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Quartet. Four lively vignettes of Britons at home & abroad; from Somerset Maugham short stories (TIME...
...Quartet. Four lively vignettes of Britons at home & abroad; from Somerset Maugham short stories (TIME...
Each movement has its own special fascination. The scherzo, probably the finest ever written, is a study in titanic contrasts. One moment the whole orchestra is playing the rhythmic theme louder than would seem possible, and suddenly nothing remains but a rollicking melody for woodwind quartet. Some critics call the third movement too long. They could not be more wrong. After hearing Koussevitzky's interpretation, I could only wish that the movement was twice as long as it is. But Beethoven knew the dangers of satisfaction, and he achieved just the right length...
...melody is nothing but at "drinking tune." The Glee Club was obviously well trained by Professor Woodworth. They made no slips at all Friday afternoon, and the one minor error, Saturday, when, in one passage Kousse- vitzky cued them in a measure too late, was not their fault. The quartet of soloists included Frances Yeend, soprane; Eunice Alberts, contralto; David Lloyd, tenor, and James Pease, bass. Mr. Pease has a rather rough voice, and his intonation in the opening recitative was not very accurate. But the singing of the other three soloists was fine. The blending of the voices...
...Quartet. Four unrelated short stories by Somerset Maugham; a British-made film of wit and compassion (TIME...