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While the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra's performance was below par last Friday night, the chief disappointment of Henry Swoboda's final appearance conducting the HRO was the quality of the program he selected. He played the same nineteenth century music, sometimes camouflaged by the names of composers from other centuries, that has characterized his two years here: and he compounded it with real, and bad, nineteenth century maunderings...
...Striking, indeed. It was not possible to determine what notes Voketaitis was singing in his low register because his intonation was so muddy down there. In loud passages requiring jumps, Miss Cornell tended to shriek. Their few stage gestures, made while rooted to their positions on either side of Swoboda, were ludicrous...
...audience gave Swoboda a standing ovation. I think it was a nice gesture. In his two years here, Swoboda, who is responsible for programming, has lead the HRO far along the slick path of musical cowardice. Conceiving the HRO as a minor-league Boston Symphony, he has fed it music easily comprehensible both to the orchestra members and to audiences of the Boston Symphony type. What is so frustrating and annoying is that he did not attempt more...
James Yannatos, presently musical director and conductor of the Youth Orchestra of the Chautauqua Institute, will succeed Swoboda next year. Swoboda is retiring from the Faculty in June...
...Henry Swoboda will be conducting the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra for the last time at 8 p.m. tonight in Sanders Theatre...