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...AFTERNOON CONCERT--a program of recorded classical music, today featuring. Resphigi Brazilian Impressions Borodin-Quartet No. 2; Mozart-Piano Concerto No. 16, K. 451; Schutz-St. Matthew Passion; Schoenberg-Violin Concerto; Beethoven-Quartet No. 1, Op. 18, No. 1; Handel-Trio Sonata...
...Summer School's 1960 music program will feature Ruth Posselt, violinist, and Luise Vosgerchien, pianist, in a program of four sonatas Monday evening in Sanders Theatre. The 8:30 p.m. recital, which is free and open to the public, will include Faure's Deuxieme Sonata, Bartok's Sonata No. 2, Hindemith's Sonata in D, and Ives' Second Sonata...
...Alexander Reinagle (1756-1809), one of the most prolific of the lot, is represented by his Sonata in E Major for Early Piano, a witty, effervescent work that makes its points with economy and style. Born in England, Reinagle was an early admirer and close friend of both Karl Philippe Bach and Haydn, and his works bore the marks of their influence even after he emigrated to America at 30. A popular recitalist who played frequently for George Washington. Reinagle also turned out a quantity of popular music (America, Commerce and Freedom) and a comic opera: The Volunteers...
...prompted a capacity crowd to jam Helsinki's Conservatory of Music to hear a famed but little-recorded visiting pianist play for the first time outside Russia. The answer came quickly. Without even waiting for the welcoming applause to die away, Sviatoslav Richter launched into Beethoven's Sonata in D, and both audience and critics knew almost at once that they were listening to one of the world's great pianists at the top of his form...
...after-hours Myrick and Ives achieved distinction in other fields as well. Ives wrote atonal, craggy symphonies and tone poems full of early American nostalgia (Three Places in New England, The Concord Sonata, Symphony No. 3) which won him a Pulitzer Prize and recognition as one of the leading U.S. composers. Says Myrick: "He always said his business helped his music." Myrick became president of the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association in the early '20s, also headed the Davis Cup Committee whose teams won the cup six years in a row. Once when touring with the 1924 Olympic team, Myrick...