Word: soloed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...work is written in an intense, epigrammatic twelve-tone style. There is a constant alternation of various solo instruments as the material reverberates from one timbre to another. The 'cello engages in running dialogue with the various soloists, remaining on equal footing with the instruments that happen to be playing at any given moment. Except for the fact that the 'cello plays more often than any other instrument, the work is more a concerto for orchestra than a vehicle for the 'cello...
Columbia's star shortstop, Steve Richmond, gave the Lions their first run with a solo blast in the sixth...
After two lightweight choruses by Carlos Chavez, the program concluded with Irving Fine's Design for October. The music was decadent but rather sweet, and Philip Frohnmayer's mellow tenor voice was perfect for the solo part. All in all, an excellent half-concert...
...dancing songs, each song created a convincing atmosphere of its won. In Stravinsky's Russian Peasant Songs, the women, singing alone, gave the best performance of the evening. Every note and word was crisp and clear in these pulsating, rhythmic songs. In the third, the chorus and an excellent solo trio gleefully tossed the song back and forth. Dorothy Oeste's soprano in the fourth was flawless...
...first, Aus der Tiefe (BWV 131), suffered primarily from excessively slow tempos. In the opening chorus, the slow pulse became divided, and the long tense lines tended to degenerate into series of disconnected fragments. The other choruses were more effective. Francis Hester's bass solo was a model of disciplined power, including some uncannily accurate duets with the oboe. Karl Sorensen's tenor solo, if a little monotonous, was consistently liquid and articulate...