Word: swoboda
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...Swoboda had obviously been careful to make his players alert to the shadings of the music. But one wonders why all the effort went into this particular piece, and in particular how well advised the decision was to take it to Carnegie Hall. On the basis of the HRO's previous concert, Swoboda and his musicians deserve the trip, but what they played Friday and Saturday nights does...
...first American presentation of Frank Martin's "Le Mystere de la Nativite" will be performed in Sanders Theatre next Friday and Saturday Dec. 14 and 15 by the Harvard Glee Club, the Radcliffe Choral Society, and the Orchestra. Henry Swoboda, director of the Orchestra, will conduct...
...concerts are previews of the American premiere of the piece, which Swoboda and the Harvard-Radcliffe musicians will present at Carnegie Hall...
...Swoboda, who will conduct both the Carnegie Hall and the Sanders performances, joined the Harvard faculty this fall as Lecturer on Music. He is well known for his recordings with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the orchestra of the Vienna Stadtoper. He has toured widely as a guest conductor, directing performances in many of the capitals of Europe and South America...
...Swoboda wisely chose a first program that was very gratifying to his players, as well as to his listeners. Frescobaldiana revelled in bombast, the Hary Janos Suite, in special effects; and the familiarity of Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony easily overcame any distractions which the excellence of the piece might have created. What they attempted, Swoboda and the HRO did with the greatest flair; what the audience now deserves is a program as musically ambitious as, say, last week's Bach Society concert. The forthcoming premiere of Frank Martin's choral work, in Sanders and in Carnegie Hall, indicates that Swoboda...