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...Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society will participate this afternoon and tomorrow night with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis." These performances figure not only in Mr. Kousscvitsky's plan to celebrate his fifteenth anniversary here with a sort of strung out Beethoven festival, but also in his desire to secure a good recording of the work after last year's failure...
...Friday and Saturday, December 2 and 3, the Glee Club will sing Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Koussevitzky. This is a repetition of last year's concert which was unsuccessfully recorded; the recording will again be attempted this year...
...absence of Mr. Koussevitzky, who is on a holiday before his performance of Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" next week, the Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts this afternoon and tomorrow night will be conducted by the Anglo-Belgian director, Mr. Eugene Goosens, known in this country for his work in Rochester and Cincinnati. Despite the obvious fact that Mr. Goosens waves the longest stick seen here in recent years, he is essentially a quiet conductor, in marked contrast to the Orchestra's other guests of late. And as leader of the Orchestra, he is firm and competent in securing what he wants...
...looked up; Vag joined the others in looking around and leered scornfully at the innocent man sitting next to him, then resumed singing. This time he would pay attention to the music, he thought. What was he singing for if he kept thinking about other things? After all, the "Missa Solemnis" was the greatest choral piece, so Woody said; at least one of the greatest ever created. Yes, Beethoven was undoubtedly a great composer, even if he did have syphilis. But he was not as prolific as some, such as John Sebastian Bach, who had a great many children...
Already the Club has made plans to appear several times this year in Symphony Hall with the Boston Symphony. Toward the end of November a repetition of Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis," one of the last year's big successes, is scheduled. April 28 has been set as the date for the Bach "Mass." Dr. Koussevitsky will conduct both works...