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After an opening march, a soprano sang the mournful ballad. All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight, which was sung by both sides in the 1860s. Then came the chorus in The Bonnie Blue Flag, with the stirring lines rousingly flung...
Spanish Music (Pro Musica Antiqua conducted by Safford Cape; EMS). Nineteen selections from the court music of the days of Ferdinand and Isabella, sung in fine style and played on old instruments (recorder, lute, viols...
...records: four of Handel's works for Ancient Instruments and Soprano, with Valarie Lamoree and the Pro Musica Antiqua of New York (Esoteric); Haydn's Seasons, with the RIAS Symphony, choirs and soloists conducted by Ferenc Fricsay (Decca. 3 LPs); seven evocations Of Gods and Demons, sung by Bass-Baritone George London (Columbia); Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy, played by the Paris Philharmonic Orchestra under Manuel Rosenthal (Capitol); Howard Swanson's Short Symphony, Franz Litschauer conducting the Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Vanguard); music by Rossini, Cambini and Bonporti, played by the Virtuosi di Roma (Decca...
...Throughout the brief installation, which consisted of a prayer, the presenting of the insignia, and President Conant's acceptance speech, there was no sound besides the speaker's voice and the crackling fire in the hearth. After the 78th Psalm had been sung by the Choir, the assembly broke up, while deans and Overseers gave a hand in removing the chairs to facilitate an approach to the long tables along the west side of the room on which the University had provided punch, tea, and sandwiches." For a half hour, Conant remained, greeting wellwishers...
...heart of the program consisted of six Haydn songs and both sets of Brahms Liebeslieder waltzes. These works were originally intended for vocal quartet, though they are often sung by choruses. The Cambridge Quartet showed, however, that a performance by only four voices has the advantage of a more distinct transmission of the text, a subtler grading of nuances, and the lighter tone quality which keeps such richy-harmonized music form sounding overly-lush...