Word: vocalizing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...carol, Le Miracle de Saint Nicholas, was especially well articulated by the Radcliffe Chorus and six soloists. Among the modern pieces which Radcliffe performed were Britten's exquisite Balulalow, originally written for children's voices, and Christmas Bell by Thomas Beveridge '59. Beveridge combined modal harmony to a nicely vocal melody but, for the only time during the concert, the singers' intonation was somewhat faulty. Radcliffe sang Vaughan Williams' Winter, and the chorus' cleanest attacks of the evening helped make this piece strong and exciting. The first sopranos were shrill, however, in the upper register...
Goodbye Terrestrial Ball. Most vocal spokesman for the C.C. is well-tailored Tom Brady, a Circuit Court judge, whose reiterated premise is that slavery brought the Negro "the greatest benefit one man ever conferred upon another . . . a moral standard was presented to him . . . which he . . . does not now appreciate...
During a discussion period, the minority, quite vocal all evening, said that the HCL represented a "symbol" which the University resented, and that a merger with that group would do little to enhance the NCC's reputation...
...Hoffmann had some serviceable singing by the large cast, with Tenor Richard Tucker in particularly mellow voice and French Baritone Martial Singher singing with enormous power and control. Roberta Peters was the pert doll. The standout was Soprano Lucine Amara. who brought to the stage the kind of dazzling vocal splendor that made the Met famous. The sound of her voice was eggshell-fragile, sunset-colored, and so surprisingly powerful that the audience burst into cheers at the end of her big aria...
...most popular musical shows on TV, and the oldest, is NBC's Your Hit Parade (Sat. 10:30 p.m.), which offers musical dramatizations of the top seven tunes of the week, aided by the vocal efforts of Dorothy Collins, Gisele Mackenzie, Snooky Lanson and Russell Arms, and abetted by the orchestral ministrations of Raymond Scott. However many weeks a tune may hit Your Hit Parade, a different dramatization honors it each time. The dramatizations also have a way of transporting viewers and listeners far off in space and time, and even in spirit...