Word: sopranos
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sullivan Show (CBS, 8-9 p.m.). Guests: Soprano Leontyne Price, Basso Profundo Charlton Heston...
Lester Trimble: Four Fragments from the Caunterbury Tales (Adele Addison, soprano; Robert Conant, harpsichord; Charles Russo, clarinet; Martin Orenstein. flute; Columbia). A remarkably effective evocation of Chaucerian moods in a score that is clear, nimble and rhythmically sensitive to the text. U.S. Composer Trimble, 37. with admirable help from Soprano Addison. musically meditates on the characters of the Knight, the Squire, and that lover of both "bigamye" and "octogamye." the Wife of Bath...
TWENTIETH CENTURY CHAMBER AND VOCAL MUSIC. The Adams House Music Society will sponsor a concert of works by Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Ives, Ruggles and Varese. The performers: Dorothy Crawford, soprano; Bentley Layton '63, baritone; Cynthia Carpenter, flute; Jean Louis Bourgeois '63, clarinet; Gregory Biss '64, piano; and Bruce Archibald, piano. Junior Common Room; 4:30 P.M. Free, and open to the public...
Monotony will easily creep into any setting of the Stabat Mater, since this long, grieving text for Good Friday offers little opportunity for the composer to vary tempo and feeling. Pergolesi made the job even harder for himself by writing his piece for soprano, alto and small chamber orchestra, very limited resources indeed, and his attempts to introduce contrasts succeed only partially. Because the chorus shared the 13 sections with the soloists in this performance, their refreshing fullness of tone overcame the monotony of the original score with a tasteful and perceptive arrangement...
...Once she overheard a tenor telling an admirer that his "lovely, pure, full and beautiful" voice moved Miss Price to tears. "I hate to bring this up," said Leontyne, "but it is my voice so warm, full and beautiful that moves me to tears." Of a well-known soprano who decided to get married and retire, Leontyne asked: "Retire from what?" She has a great, saving capacity for laughing at herself, too. Back home last Christmas, she made a joke of helping at table at the Chisholms when the maids were away: "I'm keepin' my hand...