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...Boston Symphony began its concert in Sanders Theater Tuesday night with C. P. E. Bach's Concerto in D Major for Strings. This is one of the many Thoroughbass pieces that Koussevitsky has had orchestrated, and it is never a surprise to find one starting a concert. But you might well ask why it was put on this program; it was no preparation for Irving Fine's new Toccata Concentrate which followed...
Paine Hall seemed a little more acoustically frigid than usual Wednesday night when Noel Lee '46 began his recital. To his first two pieces, Froberger's Suite in D Major and Frescobaldi's Five Italian Dances, the pianist failed to bring the warmth which has made his playing of Thoroughbass music distinctive and successful. And, on this occasion that warmth was particularly missed, since unfortunately what the performance lacked in feeling was not compensated for by the pieces themselves...
...taste for real jazz usually takes more time and effort to acquire than a feeling for Beethoven. The circumstances that begat the two different types have, in this discussion, nothing to do with the case. Most jazzmen would be amazed at the similarity between strict jazz and the thoroughbass music of Bach's time. In both cases you have the rigid rhythmic pattern over which an intricate web of thematic variations is woven. Bach's work had the advantage of being composed by a single highly developed talent, while jazz has to depend on a rare combination of many talents...
First of a series of harpsichord music of the Thoroughbass Period, a concert in Paine Hall will be conducted by Willi Apel at 5 o'clock. The free, public recital by Anna Golden, (viola) Amelia Tataronis, (soprano) and Arnold Hartmann (pianoforte) will take place at 8:15 o'clock in the same auditorium. The program: Five German Songs--Hugo Wolf Sonata for Viola and Pianoforte Hindemith I Fantasie II Theme and Variations 1-4 III Finale--Variations 5-7 Songs with Viola I Two German songs Brahms II Two French songs Loeffler...
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