Word: ravelled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Philadelphia Orchestra (Sat. 5 p.m., CBS). Prokofiev's Classical Symphony, Ravel's La Valse. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy...
...Koussevitzky's programming and interpretation still rages, however. Since generalities are particularly dangerous when great musicians are involved, this reviewer can only say that he viewed the choice and execution of half the Sunday afternoon concert of the Orchestra in rather a dim light. A program of Weber Ravel, Strauss, and Brahms is simply too great a dose of Romanticism to be swallowed comfortably in one sitting. Following close on the heels of the "Oberon" Overture, and Ravel's "Pavane for a Dead Infanta," the usually brilliant "Till Eulenspiegel" was not setoff effectively and seemed trite rather than amusing. This...
...Symphony (Sun. 5 p.m., NBC). Twentieth Century composers; including Ravel's Mother Goose and Elgar's Introduction and Allegro for strings; Wilfred Pelletier, guest conductor...
...stopwatch, and his boxer dog Mowgli beside him. Usually by the time the studios get the script to him, he has only about six weeks to do the entire score. Much of his work sounds like a cut-&-paste job on themes and orchestral effects out of Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Ravel, Shostakovich. Some of his scores (for which he gets $15,000 to $20,000 apiece) have scarcely an original theme in them, are made up largely of a succession of transitions from one almost recognizable melody to another. Between contracts he tries to be original, is now finishing his second...
Berkshire Festival*(Sat. 9:30 p.m., ABC). Serge Koussevitzky conducting the Boston Symphony in Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No, 2 in C Minor, Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe, second suite. Pianist Eugene List, soloist...