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George Friederich Handel, one of the greatest of Thorough Bass composers, made an important advance in the development of the concerto. In this period it was more common for composers to write a concerto grosso, a form of music in which a group of solo instruments are heard against a full orchestra, instead of the concerto where the contrast is made with a single instrument. But Handel needed relaxation between the sections of his Oratorios, so he turned to the Concerto, which in its contemporary state proved to be too heavy. Either some new form was needed, or some...
...times for heroes, times for diplomats. Forty-two-year-old Captain Lorber was a hero to more than his Baltimore family. He had behind him a record of a million miles of overwater flying, aerial explorations of the Yucatan's Mayan ruins, of Brazil's Mato Grosso jungles. But this was no time for heroes. Captain Lorber gave...
...other works of Bach on the program are the F minor Harpsichord Concerto and a Sonatine from the cantata, God's Time is Best. Two Handel compositions--the Concerto Grosso number 24, and the Sinfonia to Ottone--will also be played. All of these works are unfamiliar to us and probably to the majority of concert-goers. The Handel concerto is interesting, for the two movements of which it is composed are really sketches for the well-known Water Music and will show the seeds of some of Handel's loveliest musical ideas...
Handel: Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D Major (London Philharmonic, Felix Weingartner conducting; Columbia: 4 sides). Last fortnight war forced the 126-year-old London Philharmonic, England's No. 2 orchestra* and one of the world's finest nine or ten, to disband. This well-tooled "first" of Handel's serene, 18th- Century score becomes its first posthumous release...
...Radcliffe Choral Society gave a varied program of works ranging all the way from Weelkes to Hindemith. Demanding so much skill from the individual players, the orchestra sounded sour at times and showed a little disorganization in its first and most difficult concert of the season. Specifically, the Concerto Grosso in B minor was not marvelous...