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...middle ground Derry Griscom's "Two Dimensions of the Sea" contains a good verbal and rhythmic description of the ocean in the first verse, but falters as the second verse slips into an apostrophe to a microcosmic dream. Keith Highet wrote "And In the Comment Did I Find Charm" within a somewhat limiting rhyme and meter scheme. The poem, like Peter Junger's "Two Kings" is innocuous, but pleasant. I trust that's all the writers intended...
...collegiate glee clubs. Serious music of this sort, with difficulties for listeners as well as performers, is now an expected and fundamental part of any choral concert. Dufay's Gloria in Excelsis Deo was, for me, the high point of the evening. It pushes forward to the "Amen" with rhythmic ferocity--the strong beats of each phrase pile on top of one another, one tension is resolved by another, and the general excitement lasts even through the quieter music that follows...
Mozart's Due in B-flat is numbered 424 in the Kocchel catalog, but it sounds much carlier. Mozartean good spirits are here in abundance, but the work lacks a melodic and rhythmic inventiveness. Mr. Fuchs and his less famous but thoroughly accomplished sister reached the heart of the music from the very start. They played with precision, but not of the machine-gun variety. Every phrase received individual treatment, according to what preceded and proceeded it, as well as to its own unique factors. In addition to being consistent with the music, the two interpretations were consistent with each...
They first saw him silhouetted against a plain grey background on a bare stage, an amazingly lean and youthful figure in tight pants and short jacket, his arms raised in the gypsy dancer's graceful but virile pose. For seven minutes, accompanied only by the rhythmic snapping of his fingernails, he stamped and whirled through the old dances, ending with the crescendo stamping of the flamenco Zapateado. At the finish. Escudero stood motionless, his face whitened and pinched by the effort, as spectators jumped to their feet, applauding wildly. From the gallery, a voice hoarse with emotion shouted: "Vicente...
...Balanchine style dispenses with elaborate sets. It concentrates on the rhythmic movement of trained bodies against plain backgrounds-whether the dancers are outfitted in feathers and fluffy skirts or simply in black bathing suits...