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...could not help but sigh with relief after reading David Ignatius's inspirational article of October 19, 1972, on the need for University Democracy. I was beginning to worry that Ignatius et al would go through a whole semester without once raising an issue which would hit students in the guts, get them out of the libraries, and back up against Mass Hall...
...Such was the case of Israel composer Joseph Tal's Symphony No. 2. one of three works performed by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Zubin Mehta. In a refreshing and varied program. Mehta, the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Musical Director, also presented Maurice Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2. and the Symphony' No. 1 in D Major by Gustav Mahler...
WHEN MR. MEHTA returned to the podium for the Ravel, he seemed to be in better spirits than during the opening work. Smiling, and with more confidence, he conducted an exquisite performance of Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2, the second of the two orchestral suites that were drawn from Ravel's complete ballet. While conducting, Mehta became the personification of the music--his arms were fluid and graceful during the light, airy passages in the opening of the Ravel, and then became tense and stiff when the music demanded rhythmically exact cues to the orchestral players. And Mr. Mehta...
...also entrance of the first Kyrie eleison; and they are equally able to sing softly and expressively, as in the Confiteor unum baptisms. Their diction was clear; and strong emphasis was reserved for truly significant moments like the Crucifixus. The Choir showed immense poles in handling violent transitions: the Et resurrexit was a shock to the audience. Only once in the Cum Sancto spiritu was an entrance made without seemingly total assurance...
...other soloists were very good. The oboes, flutes, and violins all accompanied with great care. The rarely-played Aeolian-Skinner organ of Symphony Hall was used with registrations quite appropriate to its role as a continuo instrument. It was especially effective in the Cum sancto spiritu and the exultant Et expecto resurrectionem...