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 Clarion Concerts Orchestra and Chorus
Elinor Ross, soloist
Tuesday, February 14, 1961
Boccherini's Symphony La Casa del Diavolo, Gluck's De Profundis for Chorus and Orchestra, Mayr's Recitative and Aria Antica Notte from the opera Medea in Corinto, Traetta's Scenes from Antigone and Haydn's Symphony No. 21 in A major
Elinor Ross (1932-)
An American soprano who has appeared with symphony orchestras throughout the world. A recipient of the Medal of Honor.
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 65th Birthday Tribute to
Virgil Thomson
18 December 1961
Featuring William Masselos, piano, Joseph Fuchs, violin, Artur Balsam, piano, Carman Carozza, accordian, Betty Allen, mezzo-soprano, Alvin Novak, piano, Lillian Fuchs, viola, Edward
Erwin, trombone, Paul Ingraham, French horn, Peter Simenaner, clarinet, Fred Mills, trumpet.
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989)
A composer. By the time he was thirty, he had finished the prologue and Act One of the opera that would make him famous, Four Saints in Three Acts. Thompson's music set the standard for new explorations and innovations by 20th-century composers like Leonard Bernstein, Ned Rorem and Phillip Glass.
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 Pete Seeger Children's Concert at Town Hall
Recorded Live: April 28, 1962
Pete Seeger(1919- )
Is a folksinger, national treasure, and untiring environmentalist. He has been at the forefront of the labor movement, the struggle for Civil Rights, the peace and anti-war movements, and the fight for a clean world. Pete Seeger has been a beacon for hope for millions of people all over the world. Once blacklisted from national television for being unafraid to voice his opinions, he was given the nation's highest artistic honors at the Kennedy Center in December 1994. In January 1996 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Although he left Harvard during his second year, in the spring of 1996 he was awarded the Harvard Arts Medal, presented annually to a Harvard graduate who has made an important contribution to the arts. He won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album of 1996 in February 1997 for his Living Music recording Pete.
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 Charles Mingus: The Complete Town Hall Concert
Recorded Live: October 12, 1962
Art Direction by Patrick Rodriques. Photography by Chuck Stewart
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Capital Records 1994
Charles Mingus (1922 - 1979)
A composer who developed a 'conversational' mode of interactive improvisation, and pioneered melodic bass playing. Mingus summed up the preoccupations of his time in a way that transcended racial and cultural divisions, while simultaneously highlighting racial and social injustices. In the turmoil of his life and artistic achievements, and in his painful demise. Read more about Charles Mingus at www.duke.edu/~rdk1/history.htm.
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 Odetta at Town Hall
Recorded Live: April 5, 1963
Odetta accompanying herself on guitar with Bill Lee, string bass
Cover photo by Pompeo Poser
1963 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company
Odetta (1930-)
A classically trained vocalist. Odetta sang in the chorus of the 1947 Broadway production of Finian's Rainbow before opting for a career in folk music. In 1960 she took to the solo acoustic guitar and moved to Vanguard Records where her career flourished. Possessed of a powerful voice, her style embraces gospel, jazz and blues. The emotional mixture of spiritual, ethnic and jazz styles is best captured in person, and, therefore, Odetta At Town Hall and Odetta At Carnegie Hall remain her most representative sets. Read more abut Odetta online.
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 Friday, April 12, 1963
Bob Dylan Sings His Compositions
"Folk Musician, 21 Displays Originality at Town Hall ... It was a memorable evening of new songs by a gifted song writer. Our thanks to Harold Leventhol, the producer, for straying from the secure box-office attractions to present a young giant." Robert Shelton, The New York Times
Bob Dylan (1941-)
A self-taught musician on guitar, piano, autoharp and harmonica. Bob Dylan is known for devising and popularizing folk rock. His songs include: Blowin' in the Wind, Don't Think Twice It's All Right, The Times They Are A Changin', If Not for You, Mr. Tambourine Man, Like A Rolling Stone and more.
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 Bill Evans Trio at Town Hall
Recorded Live: February 21, 1966
Bill Evans (1929-1980)
Learned to distill beauty from the air and make it pure. His crystalline, impressionistic touch on the piano produced rich ballads. His faster pieces are less accessible, often jagged and angular. Evans was an in-demand sideman in the late 1950s and the catalyst behind Miles Davis' Kind of Blue album. He preferred to work with his own trio, but he also recorded albums with Jim Hall, Stan Getz, and Tony Bennett. On his own, he multi-tracked Conversations with Myself, yet another milestone. Despite his scholarly image, Evans was plagued with drug addiction for most of his adult life. His NYC's No Lark depicts the horrors he saw, and should keep everyone hooked on Evans' music. Read more about Bill Evans at www.billevans.org/
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