Michi • an'S Hottest Grou • Mel Ball and Colours Mixed Media Voted #1 Best Band by Crain's Detroit Business Specializing in Weddings and Corporate Events Exclusively Represented by: Mel Ball Entertainment Agency Representing the Finest in Music & Entertainment New 248-851-1992 LASER H REMOVAL 1)kolA to MICHAEL A. JONAS PHOTOGRAPHY Certified Professional Photographer Specializing In Laser Surgery Experience for over 15 years Weddings Bar/Bat Mitzvahs Violin Virtuoso And Fine Celebrations BIRMINGHAM, MICHIGAN 248.855.5640 z(248) 647-5060 6900 Orchard Lake Road Suite 205 The Difference IS The Difference!" CATERING WE CAN DO SOMETHING FABULOUS FOR THAT SPECIAL EVENT DELIVERY SERVICE AVAILABLE A Little Bit Of New York Right Here In Bloomfield Hills LET US TAKE CARE OF THE FOOD! HOME OR OFFICE, ANY OCCASIONS, SHIVAS, NO NOTICE NEEDED! 6646 Telegraph at Maple • Bloomfield Plaza • 248-932-0800 Open 7 Days Lunch and Dinner Raw Juice Bar Mideastern and American Dining Now Serving Wines, Beer and Spirits LATHRUP VILLAGE 27060 Evergreen at 1-696 & 11 Mile Rd. In Lathrup Landing r 5 (248) 559-9099 WEST BLOOMFIELD 6123 Haggerty North of Maple Bloomfield Avenue Shoppes (248) 668-1800 8/13 1999 90 Detroit Jewish News L Buy One Entree % E Get Second Entree qual or Greater Value FF 25% OFF • Dine in only • With Coupon • 1 Coupon per Couple • Not Valid With Other Offers • Expires 12-31-99 JN CATERING FOR ALL OCCASIONS To many music lovers of the older generation, the mention of violinist Michael Rabin brings an ache to the heart and a tear of remembrance for a great young violinist who seemed des- tined to be among the greatest — but whose career and life were cut short when he was only 35 years old. He was born in New York in 1936 and died in 1972. His father was a prominent violinist with the New York Philharmonic and his mother was a pianist of note. He studied at Julliard and made his triumphant debut with the New York Philharmonic under Dmitri Mitropoulos in 1950 — when he was only 14 years old. Mitropoulos, one of the giants in the pantheon of great conductors of that period, called him "the violinist genius of tomorrow." On Michael Rabin: Mosaics (EMI Classics 67020), Michael Rabin plays, accompanied by Leon Pommers on piano, Bach's Sonata No. 3 in C_ or Unaccompanied Violin, BWV 1005, and Eugene Ysaye's Sonata In C Minor, Op. 27, No. 4 and Sonata in D Minor; Op. 27, No. 3 (Ballade in One Movement). He also plays 12 shorter pieces that include works by Chopin, Wieniawski, Mompou, Scriabin, Debussy, Sarasate, Elgar, Engel, Ravel, Prokofiev and Suk. The recordings were made in 1955 and 1959. The original releases were on Capitol Classics. What we hear in the shorter works is the beauty of the violinist's tone and pitch that seems to me to be absolute. The sound can break your heart. It is as though he were making love to his instrument, and in return it is respond- ing with a sound it reserves only for those whose ardor equals its own. You will never hear a violin respond with a voice more lovely than this. I give eviews the disc my highest recommendation. Upon his tragic death at age 35, Rabin's personal collection of scores was given to Ivan Galamian, with whom he had studied. In 1990, Galamian's widow donated her hus- band's scores, including those that had belonged to Rabin, to the Music Library at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The Rabin collection contains 1,189 items. All the scores in this collection feature fingerings, bow- ings and other markings written either by Galamian during Rabin's lessons or by Rabin himself in later years. As rare materials, these scores do not circulate but may be viewed under the supervi- sion of Music Library staff members. — Reviewed by King Durkee Copley News Service William Shatner• Nine-minute monologue. (Shatner's third wife, Narine Kidd, was found drowned earlier this week in the couple's pool.) Trekkie Treat Want to feel old? Then consider this: Star Trek: The Motion Picture came out 20 years ago. Want to feel confused? Then try to figure out why Columbia/Legacy chose to celebrate this very forgettable film by re-releasing its soundtrack album, under the title Star Trek: The Motion Picture: 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition. Jerry Goldsmith's soundtrack isn't very memorable or exciting — neither is the film, if you care to recall — so it seems like a strange marketing deci- sion. But true Trekkies will be tickled to find this album on store shelves because it contains a bonus CD fea- turing "Inside Star Trek with Gene Roddenberry," a fascinating array of behind-the-scenes recordings.