Word: sargent
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Handel: Messiah (Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent conducting; Huddersfield Choral Society, with Isobel Baillie, soprano, Gladys Ripley, contralto, James Johnston, tenor and Norman Walker, basso; Columbia, two albums-38 sides, $22.50). An outstanding performance but not quite as good as the version done by Sir Thomas Beecham more than 15 years ago. Performance: orchestra and chorus, excellent; soloists, fair...
...first rate orchestras. The B.B.C., alternately under the direction of Sir Adrian Boult and Basil Cameron, is probably the best, giving regular weekly concerts and, during winter and summer seasons, nightly promenade concerts in a 10,000 seat monstrosity called the Royal Albert Hall. The London Symphony, under Malcolm Sargent, also performs once a week at the Albert; while the London Philharmonic since its fight with Beecham has been struggling along with guest conductors of no particular merit. Beecham and his new child, the Royal Philharmonic, have thus far been preoccupied in touring Europe and the so-called provinces...
Statistics announced yesterday by Sargent Kennedy, Registrar of the College, show a 21 percent drop for Freshmen since last term, with only 1290 Yardlings now enrolled. The ocC group, containing men whose classes have already graduated, now is 1286 strong, signifying a 17 percent decline since November...
Since the matter of course marks is such a "fundamentally important" one for so many students, Sargent Kennedy '28, Registrar of the College does not spare any pains that will insure accurate final grade reports...
...arena will be at 6 Everett Street, the time around 8 o'clock, and the dress informal, according to sources close to the Sargent Dance Committee...