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...timbre is well suited to this warm music. Clarinetist Aaron Johnson, '49, turned in a fine performance. His intonation was consistently good, and he was not at all bothered by the many big skips, including the double octaves. The rest of the ensemble, violinists Barbara Sorenson and Earl Ravenal, violist Vernon Head, and cellist Joan Brockway provided an unobtrusive accompaniment. Their tone, although a little thin, improved as the piece progressed...
First choosy, Paul C. deVergie '51 has an impressive family background; his father is obooist with the Boston Symphony. Violist Richard S. Garden 3G is another son of an outstanding musician. Jacques Gordon founded the Gordon String Quartet of Music Mountain, Conn...
...they drifted on to the stage, most of them in sweaters or shirtsleeves. They settled into their seats, and the buzzing audience quieted as Symphony Hall was filled with the familiar warm sounds of instruments tuning. A violist in a green sweater, blue trousers, and loafers shuffled past the podium, east a disdainful glance at the audience and sat down...
...concerto, the orchestra murmured its bravos, and Munch and Menuhin strode off, Menuhin waving cheerfully. The violist in the green sweater explored the floor around his chair with his foot, slipped his loafers back on, and shuffled off, looking over his shoulder as he went...
...Abram Goutkin had found an orchestra-full of retired symphony musicians who had yielded their chairs to younger men but were by no means ready to quit playing. Onetime New York Symphony First Trumpeter Vincent C. Buono, 74, and such 78-year-old gaffers as Violinist Fred Schaefer and Violist Solomon Pressman were enthusiastic about Gout-kin's idea of forming an old fellows' outfit. Sixty others were rounded up in no time...