Word: tonally
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Yesterday's concert again gave proof that the association of such men has borne fruit. A performance of Schubert's 7th Symphony revealed a woodwind section whose ensemble has reached such a standard that the duets and tries among the first flute, clarinet, and oboe resulted in those delicate tonal effects (unlike any of these instruments individually) which represent one of the high points of orchestral technique. That the string section did not attain a corresponding brilliance and body was not surprising. But they did achieve what is within the reach of the best amateur groups; that alertness which results...
...Wehrmacht at 16, rose to corporal, was dazed and worried at his reception. "It's simply a modern love story," he said. "Love and beauty are always expressed in pure dodecaphony [twelve-tone technique], but when I want to stress corruption and immorality the music becomes tonal. They say my opera shows evil, but how can one be evil when one is sincere?" He had one consolation: "At least," he said, "nobody fell asleep at my opera...
...time passed, the critics developed a more exacting tone. Kapell's real forte, they ruled, was the moderns, e.g.. his favorite Prokofiev and Khachaturian, and such technically demanding romantics as Rachmaninoff. With other music, they sometimes complained, he lacked "tonal sensuousness." But without hesitation, they placed him among the top young pianists of his time. Pianist Kapell looked for new fields to conquer, took himself as far afield as Europe. South America, Israel, Australia...
...came faster key action and a "diaphragmatic" soundboard that gave small pianos greater tonal volume. Later improvements have given much attention to cabinetry: this week Steinway unveils a new home-size grand with severely simplified lines, to match the simplicity of the latest modern furniture...
...however, no matter how perfectly achieved by these men from Philadelphia, can never even approach the chamber music ideal of the string quartet. For one thing, these five woodwind instruments which have somehow found a place in the modern orchestra after centuries of experimentation and sifting have not that tonal and technical uniformity which is the raison d'etre of the string quartet. Of course it may be answered that a woodwind quintet can aim at quite a different and equally valid ideal. Unfortunately, composers have not yet shown what this might be. The two classical works on the program...