Word: yeend
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...drinking tune." The Glee Club was obviously well trained by Professor Woodworth. They made no slips at all Friday afternoon, and the one minor error, Saturday, when, in one passage Kousse- vitzky cued them in a measure too late, was not their fault. The quartet of soloists included Frances Yeend, soprane; Eunice Alberts, contralto; David Lloyd, tenor, and James Pease, bass. Mr. Pease has a rather rough voice, and his intonation in the opening recitative was not very accurate. But the singing of the other three soloists was fine. The blending of the voices in the ensemble was especially noteworthy...
...music. For, despite name, the Requiem is not sorrowful or morbid, but confident and reassuring. Particularly fine were the male voices in the great fortissimo, "Behold, all flesh . . . ," and Radcliffe attained equal stature in the flowing fourth section and the final fugue. The impassioned soprano solos of Miss Frances Yeend lent the note of high personal achievement needed to round out a very satisfying concert...
Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Johauncs Brahms' death, his "A German Requiem" will highlight the pension concert. Serge Koussevitsky will conduct the orchestra and chorus in the well-known work, which will feature James Pease and Frances Yeend in the baritono and zoprano roles...