Rain threatened to dampen "Woody's" farewell performance with the Harvard Glee Club at Tanglewood's Berkshire Music Festival last Sunday afternoon.
Climaxing the all-Bach week-end, G. Wallace Woodworth '24, James Edward Ditson Professor of Music and retiring Conductor of the organization, led the combined Glee Club, the Radcliffe Choral Society and the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the B Minor Mass.
A capacity crowd in Tanglewood's Music Shed listened to an abbreviated two-hour performance of the Mass and awarded the conductor a standing ovation at its conclusion. The performance was a repeat of one given last March in Boston's Symphony Hall.
Wet weather and continual cloudiness marred the entire Tanglewood week-end, which featured a Friday night performance of four Suites by Bach, and the piano concerto and Art of the Fugue on Saturday night.
Members of the Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society arrived Friday afternoon for two rehearsals of the Mass, and participated in Tanglewood's varied program of week-end activities--including swimming, rowing, small concerts, and picnicking.
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