Word: svendsen
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Svendsen. In A minor, Op. 1 Andante and Scherzo...
...first movement of the Beethoven quartet was rendered rather roughly, but the Adagio and Presto were played with good interpretation. The Adagio was full of expression and depth, and the brilliant Presto was played with a good deal of fire. The Andante from the Svendsen quartet proved to be the most enjoyable number of the evening. The rendering of it brought out well its romance and passion. The charming Scherzo was at times unevenly played. In the Raff quartet the slow movement was the most successfully rendered. The concert as a whole was a very enjoyable one. The Listemann quartet...
...numbers of the concert this evening are: 1. Beethoven, quartet in E minor, op. 59, No. 2. 2. J. Svendsen, Andante and Sherzo from quartet in A minor, op. 1. 3. Raff, quartet in D minor...
...Beethoven. Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2. - 2. J. Svendsen. Andante and Scherzo from quartet in A minor, Op. 1. - 3. Raff. Quartet in D minor...
...overture to "Iphigeine en Aulide," which was the only orchestral selection on the programme that could lay claim to any musical form or organism. Its absolute purity of style and sentiment made it the more interesting as the rest of the programme was a mere jumble of tunes. The Svendsen symphony in B is an example of what a certain class of modern symphony writers will compose and label with the name of Symphony. A name to which they can only lay claim thorough their customary division into slow and fast movements. In this symphony, while the fast movements...