Word: superbeings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Adams did his usual superb job preparing the large chorus, however. Like all Adams choruses, they coupled clear diction and impeccable intonation with beautifully blended tone. The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra was not nearly as impressive. Ragged and insensitive string playing and poor intonation in the winds marred many of the soft choral sections as well as the expressive sole arise, Beverly Morgan, Frank. Hoffmeister, and David Evitts handled their sole chores admirably but soprano Mary Sindoni was not up to the task. Her voice sounded almost out of control at times and her phrasing was stiff and lifeless...
...crowd exploded into a state of frenzy, and it was clear that the Bulldogs had completely collapsed and were fighting just to get the game into overtime. With 21 seconds left in the game big wing Dave Gauthier, in a superb solo effort, stickhandled around two Eli defenders and sent a backhander from 15 feet that broke off Stenson's glove for the winning goal...
...profound religious devotion pervades all of Messaien's compositions. Through superb craft, he communicates this to us in the most vivid terms. As the music slowly ascends at the sublimely peaceful ending of the Quartet, we are drawn willingly with it toward Messaein's mystic vision...
With the emphasis on chamber music this weekend, your best bet should be the all-Messaien concert at Kirkland House on Friday. The program will feature the superb Quartet For The End Of Time, which Messaien composed in a German prisoner of war camp. The limitations he faced there gave rise to some of his best writing. Four of the best undergraduate musicians will be performing...
...superb effort, especially from Harvard aquamen Baird, Brumwell and Hess Yntema, was probably the key to the meet. Baird swam, the final leg of the victorious medley relay team, the free relay team, and placed a close second to Test in the 100 free...