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...orchestra's ambitious attempt to perform Schubort's 5th Symphony with only 19 pieces was highly successful, the lighter tone making the texture clearer than in the more usual large-orchestra version. Mr. Zighera controlled the dynamics masterfully and the individual players handed the theme back and forth with a team-work essential to a small ensemble. There were not enough violins, however, to balance the rest of the orchestra, as their enunciation of themes was occasionally smothered by the other instruments...
...Wynn's new revue begins August 30. Sanders Theatre Concerts Boston Symphony Orchestra Second Programme, July 25 Under the direction of Bernard Zighera Toccata, Bouree, and GigaScarlatti-Casella Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major Shubert I. Allegro II. Andante con moto III. Menuetto: Allegro molto: Trio IV. Allegro vivace Pavane pour une Infante defunte Ravel Capriccio Ibert Suite No. 1 from "Pulcinella," Ballet (after Pergolesi) Stravinsky I. Sinfonia (Overture): Allegro moderate II. Serenata: Larghetto III. a. Scherzino b. Allegro c. Andantino IV. Tarantella V. Toccatta VI. Gavotta con due variazionl VII. Duetto VIII. a. Menuetto b. Finale Third Programme...
Leading members of the BSO will take turns at the podium, including Boris Goldovsky and Bernard Zighera, as well as prominent outsiders, among them G. Wallace Woodworth, director of the Harvard Glee Club...
...first of these was held in that sanctum of sanctorums known as Agassiz Hall on Friday, and it was a pity that so small a group took those little red and white announcements seriously. At any rate, four Boston Symphony musicians including Jean Lefrane and Alred Zighera plus a pianist, Paul Doguereau, made their appearance and very smoothly and beautifully furnished two-hours of French chamber music, which included the Faure Quintette, Opus 89, the Quartet, Opus 15, and the Ravel Trio in A Minor. To most of those present, including myself, these works were more or less unfamiliar...
Also in the line of chamber music is a concert of music for harpsichord and viola da gamba to be performed at Jordan Hall this evening by Putnam Aldrich, Alfred Zighera, and the Boston Society of Ancient Instruments...