Word: sarti
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...effort was great but the results were worth it to those who heard the concert given by the Harvard Summer School Chorus under conductor Harold Schmidt. On the program were the Schubert E Flat Mass, No. 6, madrigals by Schein, Morley, and Monteverdi, the Gabrielli In Eclesiis, Giuseppe Sarti's Fuga a otto voci reali, and Igor Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms...
...spite of a few unconvincing utterances from the trumpets, the Gabrielli was most satisfactory. While here and in the Sarti one might have hoped for a slightly less room-fulling sound from the organ, the ecclesiastical air of the music was quite effective. Soloists for the In Ecclesiis were Sally Thomas, Soprano; Pamela Gore, alto; Carl Schmidt, tenor; and James Jonse, baritone. The Sarti Fugue, a double fugue of a relatively primitive sort, demonstrated the ability of the singers to make a somewhat intricats, overworked piece into a worthwhile listening experience...
Lawrence Pressman also does well as the disciple, Andrea Sarti. Brecht intended Galileo's little band to resemble a revolutionary conspiracy of sorts, and Mr. Pressman often seems the reincarnation of the young Trotsky. His scene with the dying Galileo at the very end of the play is appropriately the high point of the evening...