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Greenberg has reconstructed a Renaissance Mass built around Josquin's Missa Gaudeamus (1502). Interspersed between the sections of the Ordinary were small motets and instrumental portions by other composers, and the entire piece was entitled Missa de Nativitate Beatae Virginis Mariae. Since vocal and instrumental scoring was not indicated in the music of the Renaissance, Greenberg had to orchestrate everything. The result was anything but contrived...
Under the direction of William F. Russell, visiting professor of Music at the Summer School, the 158 singers formed six weeks ago in preparation for this one concert. The group will sing Josquin's Missa "Pange lingua," Five Songs, Opus 104, and Lambert's "The Rio Grande...
...reverse side, the Glee Club sings with more restraint and is considerably more impressive. In a particularly excellent performance of Josquin's "Gloria" from Missa Master Patris et Filia, the strained tone of the pep rally numbers is no longer evident. The Glee Club sings this type of music with especial resonance and precision. The classical repertoire is, on the whole, very well performed under the sensitive guidance of Mr. Forbes, who coaxes both elegant gentleness and sturdy vigor from his forces...
...rhythm and phrasing reminiscent of Ella Fitzgerald. To a casual record store browser it might signify the most exciting new popular singing talent to come along in years. But the voice is not new. It belongs to a great lieder singer, a standout oratorio performer (Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, Handel's Messiah), and a star of such operas as La Gioconda and Medea. The singer: Eileen Farrell. probably the finest dramatic soprano in the U.S., who will make her Met debut next season in Gluck's Alceste...
...third year with its finances noticeably sagging but its programing as lively as ever. The opener is a new production of La Boheme, directed by Menotti and conducted by Thomas Schippers. Also on the program: three works by the newly formed Spoleto ballet company, Cherubini's rarely heard Missa Solemnis...