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...Glee Clubs, led by Smith conductor Iva Dee Hiatt, hardly gave the music a chance, singing for the most part at a steady forte that ignored whatever nuances the music possessed. Again the exception was the interpolated movement, Laudate Dominum, which was sung with some feeling. The interpolation also featured a golden-haired, golden-voiced soprano named Sue Glenn. Although her low notes were a little breathy, her attacks were clean, her high notes under control, and she was the only soloist of the evening who did not force her tone. The Bach Society Orchestra provided a uniformly capable accompaniment...
...other works sung by the combined Glee Clubs needed much more rehearsal. The men's voices tended to drown out the sopranos and altos, and conductor G. Wallace Woodworth was forced to add a piano accompaniment to the lovely Weelkes madrigal As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending...
...Many Beautiful Men (PatriciaScot; Wing). A strange lament about an embarrassment of riches, sung in a silky but energetic tone over a bouncing beat...
Time (Rusty Draper; Mercury). A cheerful complaint indeed, considering the scope of the problem, sung over a chuckling, shuffle beat. Chorus: "Time, you're a villain,/Time you're a thief,/ Time you stole my youth from me/and now you bring me grief...
...vintage popular tunes (Gus Kahn hits of yesteryear) were sung by Tony Martin on NBC's show of the same name (Mon. 7:30 p.m.). This show, like Eddie Fisher's (Wed. 7:30 p.m., NBC) and Dinah Shore's (Tues., Thurs. 7:30 p.m., NBC), is dominated by a handsome singer who manages to put the imprint of his own personality on the songs he sings. Nonetheless, it is sometimes disturbing to watch the curious expressions on the faces of even these popular singers as they grope for the right note and also try to arrange...