Word: webern
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TWENTIETH CENTURY CHAMBER MUSIC. A concert of works by Ives, Ruggles, Schoenberg, Webern, Varese and others. Adam House Junior Common Room; 8:15 P.M. Free
...concert opened with the delayed World Premiere of Junior Fellow David Lewin's Essay on a Subject of Webern for chamber orchestra. The work is derived from the second of Webern's Op. 28 string quartet; but its material is wholly original--the melodic declaration often seems closer to the manner of Arnold Schoenberg. Mr. Lewin has employed considerable economy in composition, and the piece is concise, clear and very pleasing; the wind writing, in particular, shows considerable delicacy and precision. Mr. Senturia and his orchestra brought to the work the same assurance and competence that marked the entire program...
...CONCERT. The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra will present a concert that includes Junior Fellow David Lewin's Essay on a Theme by Anton Webern, Honegger's Concerto de Camera for Flute and English Horn (with Ellen Friedman '63, Barbara Cohen '63), Brahms' Symphony No.3 in F. Sanders Theatre; 8:30 P.M. Tickets at the Coop, or at the door...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra will present a concert that includes Junior Fellow David Lewin's Essay on a Subject by Anton Webern. Honegger's Concerto da Camera for Flute and English Horn (with Ellen Friedman '63 and Barbara '63), Brahms' Symphony...
Perhaps the only quality missing was a sense of strain, for their quiet and restrained tone sometimes lacked the introspective torture of Webern's chromatic wanderings. But this complaint is a matter of interpretation; indeed, the brilliance of the performance lay partly in the consistency of their reading...