Word: singed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN (CBS, 10-10:30 a.m.). Folk music and contemporary poetry are used to interpret the meaning of Christmas. Chad Mitchell and Judy Collins sing; Ossie Davis is narrator...
Bach comes first and sets the stage; the singers keep the same costumes for the Beatle cantatas, which only heightens the feeling that parts of the program's halves are completely interchangeable. The Peasant Cantata's chorus -- which actually does not sing at all -- is well handled as a pantomiming backdrop to the two singers. The drinking scenes are especially colorful...
...main character in Man of Mode never comes to life. This is Dorimant, a lover who thrives on intrigue and conquers with a quick tongue -- demanding a graceful star with a virtuoso sense of timing. Mr. Keith has no tthe equipment to do the part. His speech is sing-song when it should be crisp; he moves with an awkward amble when sh should walk like a dancer; and he has a jarring resemblence to Bobby Kennedy, unfortunate for this part. He defies us to concentrate on his cuts and epigrams...
...Vaudeville Band is just what the name says; no mod rock 'n' roll about it. Its members play ordinary band instruments for the most part, but their music warbles like a combination of Spike Jones, Rudy Vallee and the A & P Gypsies. They sing through megaphones with a quavering quality that is strictly vo-do-de-o-do, wailing about a boy who got dumped by his girl at, by, near or in the Winchester Cathedral...
...whole performance and the response are all the more remarkable in that most of his audiences under stand not one word that the poet utters, leaving for stage translators the unhappy job of making the poetry sing in English...