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...body was not surprising. But they did achieve what is within the reach of the best amateur groups; that alertness which results in playing even the "easy" parts with bite an precision, and an unanimity and assurance in the entrances. Burgin allowed himself virtually no shadings in the tempo within a given section. This was regrettable, though perhaps unavoidable, for Schubert seems longest when he's gotten over most quickly; and the memory of a Mahier 4th performance a few weeks ago proves that Burgin can be very adept in the Viennese style when he wishes...
...backdrop was surrealistic, the action stark; much of the time dancers moved in the distance, derisively, sometimes vulgarly satirizing the downstage action. But the critics denounced the work unanimously, suggested that the composer was too much the child of a corrupt and violent age. "His soul," wrote Il Tempo's critic, "is a page on which the evils of our age have written cruel words...
...Scelba Cabinet's ambitious plan was greeted with hosannas by the non-Communist press. Particularly notable was the fact that the two minor parties of Christian Democrat Scelba's coalition, including Giuseppe Saragat's Social Democrats, firmly joined in approving it. Said Rome's // Tempo: "For the first time, after many years of patient waiting, Italy has a government willing to go from the defensive to the offensive in this fight against subversion...
With Shiva in the wings and the snake back in the box, the orchestra switched tempo and Golden Voice made another try at "Have fun, you sonofagun..." There was a slight rattle of seats in the balcony as the two MIT blazers filed out. Her composure regained, the Girl Scout started raptly at the singer...
Despite its shaky, melodramatic plot line, The Prospect Before Us' is alive with the nervous tempo of big-city sights, sounds and smells. Too often, however, Author Gold uses the camera eye and forgets the developing tank, leaving the meanings of characters and whole chapters to be puzzled over and dimly glimpsed, like murky film negatives...