Word: raveled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...impressive Brahms Variations on a Paganini theme. Works by Raval, Albeniz, and Chopin complete the list. It is, of course, Mr. Smeterlin's execution of the works of the last named composer which has brought him his greatest fame, but whether he chooses to play Chopin or Ravel, he is always a magnificent artist who is well worth hearing...
...fine artists are also to be heard this week. Tomorrow evening in Jordan Hall, Povla Frijsh, famous Danish soprano, is giving a long and varied program which bids fair to be something quite out of the ordinary and well worth hearing. Songs by Schubert, Grieg, Moussorgsky, Debussy, Sibelius, and Ravel are included in the imposing list which gives one every reason to believe that the superlatives which she earned in her New York reviews were more than justified. The other artist is Mischa Elman, noted violinist...
Another feature of the program will be the arrangements by Mr. Holmes of two pieces by Ravel. The complete program is as follows: Overture to lphigenia in Aulis by Gluck-Wagner, Musik zu einem Ritterballet by Beethoven, Deux Chansons by Ravel-Holmes, Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C Major, a Piano Group, played by Mr. Leonard Bernstein '39, Valse Triste by Sibelius, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart, and Danse Espagnole by de Falla...
Under the direction of Malcolm H. Holmes '24, the orchestra will play two short pieces by Ravel. Included on the program will be a group or solos by William W. Austin '39, fifteen year old pianist. Austin will play several compositions...
...first time this season, the New York Philharmonic Symphony played some music by a U. S. composer. For Conductor Otto Klemperer it was a matter of duty to give a hearing to native talent. For the man thus honored it was an opportunity to keep prominent company with Bach, Ravel, Brahms. The composer Conductor Klemperer picked was Roy Harris, whom admirers regard as the strong White Hope of modern U. S. music. Last week's offering was not Harris' most ambitious work but When Johnny Comes Marching Home, an eight-minute "American Overture," commissioned and recorded a year...