Word: opus
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...authors of this opus had great trouble with the censors. This is unfortunate in two respects: the show is now very clean and also almost incoherent to the average viewer...
...bespectacled Maestro of Morning-side has labored through three years, and now his opus is complete. The official, if delayed, unveiling starts at 2 p.m. today. Before the season's exhibitions are done, the rejuvenated Lions should win considerably more games than they lose...
...Bathsheba (20th Century-Fox), apparently inspired by the phenomenal box-office take ($11 million in its first year) of Samson and Delilah, sends Hollywood back to the Bible for another censor-proof tale of a strong man's weakness for a beautiful woman. Like the Cecil B. DeMille opus, the new epic is a Technicolored potion concocted from equal parts of sex, spectacle and religion. But Producer Darryl F. Zanuck's mixture, neither so rich nor so heady as its predecessor, comes dangerously close to serving as a sleeping potion...
...program concluded with a set of variations by Saint-Saens. The piece begins with the simple, lovely, Trio melody from the second movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata, Opus 31, No. 2. Then follows a series of flashy but inartistic variations, which leads to a restatement of the theme, and a final flourish of octave passages. The work as a whole is typical of those many fluffy compositions by the Frenchman which are fun to watch, fun to play, but certainly not great music...
...acknowledged masterpieces of chamber music, Beethoven's opus 95, was the group's final offering. A product of Beethoven's middle period, this powerful quartet was the best part of the program, and was the best playing. The four performers captured the fierce intensity of this music and although they could not always project the inner conflict of the work, they acquitted themselves admirably. The final allegretto agitate, full of stringent rhythms and harmonies, brought the evening to an exciting close...