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Parsons, regularly second-string backstop artist, will take over Hausserman's outfield duties, probably moving to right. As a result Ed Buckley, who has accounted for two of the team's five hits in the last three games, will move over into the center fairway. Barnes will probably share the left field plot with Lou Clay...
...Good Friday, when in Catholic churches seven sermons are usually preached on the Seven Last Words of Christ.* Joseph Haydn furnished an orchestral introduction for these discourses, seven slow interludes, a brief finale. Even without the religious connotations, the Words of Our Saviour on the Cross were a string of exceptionally beautiful Haydn slow movements. But the finale was a little brisk, almost jolly, in view of the fact that it was meant to describe the earthquake after the death of Christ...
Composer Haydn, who never went to Spain, arranged his Seven Words not only for orchestra but for chorus, piano, string quartet. In none of these forms has the work been much performed in the U.S. Year ago the string version of the Seven Words was given its U.S. debut, by the Primrose Quartet. On sale last week was the first recording of it (Victor: 17 sides; $9), a fine one by the same outfit, whose boss is crisp, Scottish-born, cricket-playing William Primrose, world's best viola player...
...Harris: Quintet for Piano and Strings (Johana Harris and the Coolidge String Quartet; Victor; 7 sides; $4). One of the most eloquent of contemporary chamber works (1939) gets a fine performance from the composer's wife and the Coolidges...
...background drumming and more of Anita O'Day's vocal (OKEH) . . . Half the Count Basie rhythm section (Jo Jones and the Count himself) are featured with the Benny Goodman sextet on I've Found A New Baby. Jones' drumming is superb, and well supported by Artic Bernstein on string bass. The reverse, Breakfast Feud, contains some tenor sax which shows Georgie Auld to be improving by leaps and bounds. There are few white tenor sax which shows Georgie Auld to be improving by leaps and bounds. There are few white tenor men who can come near him these days (COLUMBIA...