Word: rigveda
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...effective; they seem to tell of mystery and paganism. The Christmas song of Arnold Bax's is rousing and tuneful, but the interpositions of the little gig,--admirably played by M. Laurent,--seem to rob the piece of some degree of unity. Of the three choral hymns from the RigVeda, the "Hymn to Soma" is the most striking. "To Agni" is lively and the music surges and dies and surges again like a sea of flame. The climax of "To Agni" is extremely powerful. Mr. Gilbert's "Pirate Song" is pleasing, but did not fit very well in the programme...
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