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Sylvia Marlowe (New Editions). A sampling of four living composers played by Harpsichordist Marlowe and her Harpsichord Quartet. The program: Alan Hovhaness' Quartet, a kind of musical still life that is less aggressively oriental than this composer's usual efforts; John Lessard's Toccata, a work of driving insistence that makes full use of the harpsichord's jangling, percussive qualities; Virgil Thomson's Sonata No. 4, a neatly drawn portrait in sound (of Art Patron Peggy Guggenheim) composed in an enigmatically old-fashioned style * and Vittorio Rieti's Sonata all' Antica...
Willy Burkhard: Toccata, Op. 86 (collegium Musicum, Zurich, conducted by Paul Sacher; London). One of Switzerland's leading composers turns in a score that combines imagination with some down-to-earth counterpoint. Strings predominate, but winds and percussion give striking punctuation...
Carl Weinrich, organist will perform his fourth recital at 8:30 p.m. tonight in Memorial Hall. Weinrich will play Chaconne in C minor by Buxtehude, Variations on "Warum betruebst du dich, mein Herz" by Scheidt, Toccata and Fugue in F major by Bach, Sixth Trio-Sonata in G major by Bach, and a Toccata by Robert Lamp...
...listeners, who had taken almost every available seat before the concert started, also heard the Sonata No. 1 in E Fiat Minor by Hindemith and Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor...
...effort of the evening, the Mozart Double Piano Concerto. Here the Orchestra reached the peak of its abilities with delicate strings blending beautifully with the horns and woodwinds. Soloists Norman Wolfsohn and Seymour Hayden, a pair of renegade math instructors, coordinated their playing excellently and performed capably. Frescobaldi's Toccata ended the program in fine style. The strings were particularly good in this piece...