Word: schutz
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...opening number, Schutz' Jauchzet dem Herren, was a little square, for the performers ignored Schutz' constant shifts of meter. But the anti-phonal choruses had an excitement in their tone and enunciation, and gave a bouvancy to their lines, that prefigured the best qualities of the concert. Bach's Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, however, was disappointing in just these respects. The tempo was too slow, the words were totally inaudible in the women's parts, and the sopranos lost their nerve half-way through. Their tone lost all conviction, and the pitch, already shaky, deteriorated...
Christmas concerts are always festive, but they become especially joyful when they contain real Christmas music. Heinrich Schutz' Christmas Story is nearly a self-contained service of lessons and carols, alternating between the Evangelist's narration and responses in the form of choruses and arias. The choruses are particularly colorful; they use many different combinations of voices (there is even one for four basses...
...conductor Elliot Forbes' chorus was less effective, especially in the middle section. The Choral Society sounded like a boy's chorus -- appropriately innocent and light, but a little superficial in tone -- while the Glee Club overpowered the women and also many of the more delicate rhythms of the Schutz. Both choruses had good diction, however, and they sang better together than separately...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, the Harvard Glee Club and the Radcliffe Choral Society will present Schutz's "The Christmas Story" and Stravinsky's "Petrouchka Balllet Suite" at 8:30 p.m. tonight in Sanders Theatre. Tickets are $1, $2, $3 at the Coop or the door...
Apart from original programming, Hoffman and Schutz have won the concertgoers' applause with a few other convention-breaking ideas. They have frequently scheduled performances at 5:45 on Sunday afternoons. Explains Hoffman: "Have you ever walked around in New York on a Sunday afternoon? At 5:15 there are hordes of people walking the streets with nothing to do. These are the post-museum, predinner people. We can fill a need for these people...