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As an example of series music Krenek played a tape of his "Quaestio Temporis," a short piece for chamber orchestra. "It sounds completely random," he said, following the tape, "but it is actually highly structured." The listener has difficulty in orienting himself because there is no tempo in the conventional...
Stokowski is making his debut in Phase4 Stereo, a recording technique involving, among other abracadabra, 20 mikes and a 20-channel mixer. The effects are sensuous, sonically exhilarating and unnatural. The listener feels as if he were floating almost as close to the solo violin as the bow itself, while...
Privately, Miller rides a Honda, drives a Lincoln Continental, and bites his nails; publicly, he comes on like an abashed pixie. And the lulled listener may miss the humor in a sound like "good ain't fer ever and bad ain't fer good." Playing tricks with words...
Any comments on the HRO concert must start with a paean to the program. Professional orchestras seldom pass the two hour mark these days, leaving the listener with a vaguely unsatisfied feeling. And at least one of the selections on the program is usually a chestnut that every member of...
Dr. Yannatos' performance allowed for such speculations. It was, I think, slower than the performances of many other conductors. While permitting the listener to hear things he may not have heard before, this leisure may also prevent the music from gaining momentum. Bartok's decomposition of the first three movements...