Word: violins
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Polaris, a virtuoso piece for French horn and orchestra, which gives the horn a chance to indulge in all the odd wiggles, slides and quirks it is capable of, and Arnell's Concerto Capriccioso, marked by rich string harmonies and a delicate interplay between the solo violin and the winds. Privately financed, the Music-in-the-Making concerts feature question periods during which the audience is invited to quiz the composers. Asked one listener after hearing Polaris: "Was this work written for or against the French horn...
...Greenwich Village's Circle in the Square presented six representative works by 55-year-old Italian Composer Luigi Dallapiccola, a visiting professor at New York City's Queens College and one of the best of contemporary twelve-tone composers. The works included his Two Studies for Violin and Piano, Five Fragments by Sappho for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra, Five Songs for Baritone. Most of the music was in Dallapiccola's characteristic style-lyrical but contorted, warmer than the twelve-tone music of the Viennese School, expert in its blending of small instrumental combinations with the solo voice...