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Tallis' Nunc Dimittis, a beautiful work formed of alternating solo chants and choral responses, was generally well-performed. Martin Kessler, whose voice is light but accurate, seemed almost unconcerned as he tossed off the bass solos...
...flow from composer to listener. Buswell's head and body gestures did not keep the orchestra together or effect good ritardandi, and the reduced orchestra sounded best in the parts of the slow movement that Buswell actually conducted. Here he created a clearer pulse, sensitive phrasing of the bass line, and even, mysteriously, better intonation...
...intended, and his approach was ill-suited to Bach. Rhythm in Bach grows from phrasing, not phrasing from meter; the over-all shape results from the growth of phrases rather than from dynamics or metric energy. The performance struck me as metrical in its phrasing, and in places, the bass line was simply un-phrased...
...Fish are as proficient musically as Joe is lyrically. Barry Nelson, the lead guitar player, who sings most of the group's boisterous songs, David Cohen, the organist, Bruce Barthol on bass, and Chicken Hirsch on the drums are all freaked out to various degrees, all, as Barry put it, "avoiding the draft" (presumably through mental or psychological deferments) and all superb musicians...
Drugs have played a part in the development of the group. There is little doubt that many of the group's songs concern experiences with pot and LSD. From "Bass Strings...