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...Handel's Opus 8 we heard concerto No. 3, with its remarkable Andante jugato. In addition. Mr. Bodky introduced a little known work, "Concerto interpolated into the Oratorio Alexander's Feast." The theme of its first movement bears a close resemblance to the "Hallelujah" theme of the Messiah. Especially noteworthy is the concerto's delicate and subdued final movement. It brought the evening to a quiet close but, needless to say, in no way restrained the enthusiastic applause which followed...
These objections, however, are far outweighed by the accuracy and excellent musical taste of her performance. Her rendition of Phoebus eilt (Phoebus speeds) did indeed speed, but with an assurance based on sound technical ability. There were many other moments in this work, written for performance at a wedding feast, in which Miss Lunn admirably communicated the tenderness and gaiety of the text...
With the bigger beasts at a football feast...
Roussel: The Spider's Feast (Paris Philharmonic conducted by René Leibowitz; Esoteric). The composer's most popular work, in an LP première. The music was written for a ballet (vintage 1912) about insects, but it is a work of freshness and real symphonic flow...
...field, meanwhile, when a player went down, a rival would usually rush to help him up. Then the two would warmly shake hands before re-entering the game. Even the British referee got in on the love feast. When he blew his whistle for a time out, players would scamper to him, rain compliments on him for his eminent fairness, surpassing judgment and keen eyesight...