Word: thompsons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...mistake when he selected his program. Handel's oratorio "L'Allegro" was the chief attraction. Instead of presenting all or most of the work, Woodworth elected to cut it down to less than half its original length and to devote the rest of the program to compositions by Randall Thompson '20. Granting Randall Thompson the right to performances by the Glee Club of his alma mater, one still wonders why such performances might not have been saved for some other occasion and "L'Allegro" given in a manner which did not make its music overshortened and its intense Miltonian text...
...Both Thompson works on the second half of the program gave the Glee Club and Choral Society, excellent opportunity to display the skill, precision, and wonderfully clear diction which have placed them at the top of amateur choral groups in the country...
Clee Club and Choral Society singers will join tonight at Sanders Theater in the Annual Sanders Concert under the baton of conductor G. Wallace Woodworth '24. The 200-voice group will perform two works by Handel and two by Randall Thompson...
...Thompson to Be Here...
...Alleinia" was commissioned for the opening of the Berkshire Music Center in 1940, and was conducted at that time by Professor Woodworth. Composer Thompson, who will be in Cambridge for tomorrow's concert, wrote this piece in less than two weeks, and it was rehearsed only once before its premiere...