Word: soloists
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...once syncopated and plodding. Violinist Oistrakh applied his tight, concise tone to it. He revealed it, at its best, as a line of high eloquence, although sometimes it was merely a dry-throated recitation. Later, the movement rose to a shuddering gong-burst of sound, and both orchestra and soloist glided into a barely comprehensible maneuver that slid to a high, fine-drawn conclusion...
...exception was the interpolated movement, Laudate Dominum, which was sung with some feeling. The interpolation also featured a golden-haired, golden-voiced soprano named Sue Glenn. Although her low notes were a little breathy, her attacks were clean, her high notes under control, and she was the only soloist of the evening who did not force her tone. The Bach Society Orchestra provided a uniformly capable accompaniment...
...Choral Society seemed beautifully trained, especially when they sang softly, but their interpretation of early music, such as Dufay's Magnificat in the Eighth Mode, was overly romantic. They were better in interesting contemporary pieces by Martinu and Harris. Elizabeth Kalkhurst was the fine soprano soloist...
...Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 3. Soloist: Pianist Emil Gilels...
...York Philharmonic-Symphony (Sun. 2:30 p.m., CBS). Music of Mozart, d'lndy and Berlioz. Soloist: Pianist Robert Casadesus...