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...program featured two Bach contatas, Nos. 51 and 202, for soprano and chamber orchestra. It was a taxing assignment for the soloist and Miss Lunn showed signs of strain near the end of the program. Her voice is by no means powerful and her approach to the music is restrained and undramatic. The opening of the secular cantata Weichet ner, betrubte Schatten, for example, dragged on quite feebly and missed altogether the suggestion of mysterious forces of nature at work during the changing of the seasons...
...that sounds better on records than in the concert hall, and flamenco music, with its sensuality and its thumping outbursts, is the guitar's most exciting province. The vocal parts add an Oriental flavor. An Andrés Segovia Recital (Decca) is a more reflective guitar record: the soloist specializes in pure versions of Bach, Schubert and Mendelssohn...
Hollywood Bowl Concerts (Sun. 7 p.m., NBC). Soloist: Pianist Claudio Arrau...
Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F, K. 370 (Harold Gomberg, with members of the Galimar Quartet; Decca). Soloist Gomberg models his phrases with an elegance that would have delighted Mozart himself. The strings are shadowed somewhat, but play well...
Gilda Hoffman, Radcliffe '54, was soloist in the Mozart D minor Piano Concerto. Miss Hoffman, who won the position in a contest sponsored by the Pierian Sodality last fall, demonstrated a masterful, florid technique in what seemed to be an effortless performance. Her approach to the concerto was decidedly feminine. Emphasizing the somber, lyrical aspects of the work, her interpretation was a poctic and deeply personal one. Stanger's conducting of this piece showed great improvement over his previous efforts with Mozart. Combining delicacy with dynamism, he gave Miss Hoffman the line orchestral support she deserved...