Word: tonally
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bach's Quintet in E flat for flute, oboe, violin, viola, and continuo concluded the program. The combination of woodwinds and strings resulted in some unique tonal effects, but the work itself seemed not worth the trouble...
...determination to present music the way it was played in Bach's own day, Erwin Bodky--conductor, harpsichordist, and co-founder of the group--has sacrificed much of the tonal richness which characterizes modern performances. Comparing the group's playing of the opening Triple Concerto with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra's performance of the same work last May makes this fact obvious. The Collegium, by reducing the number of players from eighty to eight and by substituting a harpsichord for the piano, gave us a rendition which, although atmospheric, did not even come close to the Orchestra's full-bodied...
...second point may be debated for years to come. Unlike most conductors, Koussy made hard work of reading scores; his conducting technique sometimes confused musicians; his beat was often erratic. Yet, in a less obvious facet of technique, Koussy shone like a perfect gem. His constant, tyrannical demand for tonal perfection made the Boston one of the world's three or four greatest orchestras; where poetry lay hidden in music, Koussy found...
...Quintet and Final Chorus from Handel's Oratorio, "Jeptha." The Chorus, which seemed to improve as the evening were on, sang with precision and expression and each voice part came through clearly. The voices of soloists Joyce Young and Martha Hopkins were notable for their fine tonal quality and good enunciation, and they blended well together...
...produced by Columbia's Opera Workshop, Giants in the Earth came off as something less than a giant of the stage. There was quality to it. Composer Moore's tuneful and tonal music had authentic American flavor and a good opera's share of excitement and tension. Where it let down was in sharp delineation of character; unhappily, that was just where Sundgaard's libretto let down...