Word: orchestra
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...members of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra well deserved the long ovation they received after this concert last night. Starting off enthusiastically with Haydn's Symphony No. 88, they combined with the Glee Club and Choral Society in a vigorous playing of the Bach Magnificat, and capped the evening with a rousing, rafter-knocking performance of the Fifth Symphony of Dmitri Shostakovitch. The Orchestra members proved that inspired, as they were last night, they can do a fine job with a difficult program...
Russell Stanger, the orchestra's new conductor, obviously deserved much of the credit for the players' inspiration. He produced some fine sounds from the group; his interpretations of the Haydn and back were sound, while the Shostakovitch was often exciting...
...only time when the orchestra seemd to bog down was in the second, movement of the Haydn. It was taken quite slowly and the orchestra was unable to sustain the notes successfully. But all in all old-time Orchestra patrons had quite a few pleasant surprises last night...
...first appearance tonight as head of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, the 26 year-old Stanger follows a long line of successful conductors. Malcom H. Holmes 128 retired last season to take on new duties as dean of the New England Conservatory of Music. He led the organization since 1931. Woodworth and Walter Piston conducted before...
Stanger is well trained to take over the Job. He has studied with Eleanor to Carafe the and has been assistant conductor to Leonard Bernstein for two years at Tangle wood. Last year, Stanger assisted Burgin in conducting the New England Symphony Orchestra...