Eastman School of Music - Score Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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l The Christmas Sing took place on December 16th in the main lobby and followed its traditional format of a choral piece followed by carols, the carols being conducted bv Mr. Hendl. The choral piece this year was Bach's Magnificat.The soloists were Sherry Zannoth, Sharon Harrison, Marv Hen- derson, Milfrod Par d R ' ' T was john Balme. The distinctive feature f th Ch ' gO 2111 alph Griffin. The conductor o e ristmas Sing is its occa- sional nature. There is a certain deadening regularity about always performing in concert halls, and doing a work as 1. 1 . . . . . ive y as the Magnificat in the lobby with its electric boom- erang acoustics was a real event. one one's heels tliterallyll added greatly to the feeling of everyone being there to listen to or participte in a great piece f o music purely for the enjoyment of it. The cheerful noisi- ness of the three high trumpets completed the festive spirit with deafening success. Having the audience sitting For me the most satisfying aspect of the Magnificat was the rhythmic vitali- t of the dance-based Airs and Choruses. Iohn and I discovered Gavottes, P21556- gedsr and Sicilianag lurking beneath the sacred words, and thought of ways to ' h d -rhythms. n y Prolgiizff I51ign?gEjt was followed Kas usualj by an interminable series of Jokes and Carols The Sing ended with the ever-popular Dona Nobis Pacem. A fanfare by the Collegium's Brass announced the presence of refreshments in the second floor corridor. - Erich Schwandt eward 1Ci6l fl 160 . Ph' 3 .er lother ,W the Music Sw' 5 in fhe yeir 49

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for most musicians and music lovers in Rochester there was only one RPO concert that was truly deeply musically inspiring this year. The audience sat frozen, silent, totally absorbed in the performance of this great man. Raising the RPO's performance to new heights, this fantastic musician helped reassure musicians and music lovers alike that live music is not dead. It shall be a long time before we forget the magic of the playing of Rostropovitch. gf Besides - - Pf0vid1ng des perateb' needed Orchestral experience and its subsequent financial rew fe SOme of the m ore fortunate and b a le Students Of the Eastman School the Rochester Phi PfOvides an O . . PPOrtunity f side lives Que or us as student f - of the more O S O music to be t f Pportune cha PHY O an audience to see how the 0 mes to do thls fh1S year was with PDQ Bach Music dents havin ' 8 the edge on the la Yman, got all the inside jokes and had a welcome break in the 6 activities with P , D mmert d U Q S Performance, Qu the Sedo ' us S142 David Zinman presented some inspi S urin 3 the year for the listeners, 48 Q WM. X ttmxcawfvl ' 'awww 'Wk

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