PAGE TWO THE MICHI .... . . __ music GAIN DAILY The Week To Come: a Campus Bernstein Shines in Mahlier Re nr n c ° By'JAMES SVEJDA For the benefit of anyone whot may- not.'yet know what all the! excitement is about, Gustav Mah- ler, the :bohemian 'composer -con-' ductor whose work was slighted" ard unappreciated at the turn of the century, is currently the hot- test-selling' composer in the clas-. sical catalogue. An extremely complex man and musician,. he produced nine.sym- phbnies (eleyn, if you countl "Das Lied, vonider Erde" and the zecentlY reonstriucted Tenth) that in some circles are being talked of as the last of the great Austro-German symphonies. To explain Mahler's relevance today is more properly a job for the culturologist than the music critic. Grossly oversimplified, there is something in his gro- tesque,. htense; "neurotic, alter-I nately revolting, and beautiful symphonies that is peculiarly In- digenous to- the twentieth cen- tury.E This month, Columbia Records -has' issued the first conplete re- cording of the Nine Symphonies of Gustav Mahler with Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic and the Lon- don Symphony. Whether or not, this will eventually become as common a practice as issuing cdmplete ' Beethoven sets is dif-I ficult to say.- Klemperer, Solti and Leinsdorf -have -each begun a series that is well on its way to completion. With all due respect to theser gentlemen and the other conduc- tors who are recording Mahler symphonies, another complete set no longer seems necessary. For Leonard Bernstein, whose talentsC -c-inema. - bles':WPlot, Bloo-andGutsBattles' By NEIL BARRY SHISTER same - except McQueen, Who, Me and maybe 500 high school# tells the kid to wash his. kids: spent- yesterday- afternoon McQueen himself is an inter- watching "The Sand . Pebbles" esting actor. A top contender in anid TIsuppose neither them. nor I Hollywood's attempt to turn out. e that .much theworse for.hav-j a resident stud to succeed Bo- ingiseenit, although by the end gad, he is up. there with Brando, I ..was .pretty impatient for the. Paul Newman and johnny-come- lat guy to. get killed so. fcould lately Warren Beatty. His forte. leave. .seems to be the lost look coupled with a tough grimace and the evil This is the kind of movie Hol- eye. He delivers his lines with a lywood does superbly. There is a minimum of effort, his emotionsI string of 'about seven fiftgen min- running the narrov gamut from ute blood-and-ut action se- unconcerned to downright bas- quences> strung, .. together . withunocre todwigtbs enough plot-line so that when the tard. At least Newman is good _ tension. from one of the. fights for a crying scene (hand thrust subsifdes theire . is an excuse for up to his forehead in an agony of g e ..the universe pose) once-a-picture. McQueen is the last man to go Teptdoesntean hin "thepicture, dying 'death The ,anPedro..is-a .gun-boat in'erienuhtsuthebg the American navy which is try- money men who backed this g to sinleanded ke thing and just sufficiently ironic 'China. from.. freeing itself from"s ta h.'riss h, aa the iestern natios,. especially hand in it 'won't feel they com- en ite. s,.wch rpletely copped-out. You sort of expect him to rise from the Steve McQueenls the goodguy ground on one elbow and ask the on board, a-tough-break kid, from' camera, "hey- man, what hap- Utah who. got kicked out of -high pened' here?" school and joined- the ;navy. By Candy: Bergen is the woman. the time one gets into the picture -She is a fine looking girl, but ev- you feel pretty 'much for . Mc- ery time 'she opens her mouth you Queen- since he 'seems to realize, sort of think one of her old man's unllike the' captain Or 'the rest of ventriloquist dummies would be the, men on-ship; that the natives more .interesting. -Here she is in should be running their own lives. the middle of China, about to be There is an especially"good spot killed or raped or both, and she's where McQueen is with a landing still smiling like a- high-school party who have just had their hot-shot about to go out on her uniforms abused by the Chinese, first" date with a boy who can being splattered with garbage drive at night. and tomatoes. In a line to warm It is worthwhile noting that the heart of Barry Goldwater, this picture, when it was first one of the men tells the coolie released, was one of the contend- cabin boy to burn his soiled uni- ers for the Academy Award as form, he never wants to see it the year's best picture. It didn't again. The others chime in the win, but not because it didn't try. 'TO SIR, WITH LOVE' IS ENTERTAINMENT OF. THE WARMEST'SORT, SO RIGHT THAT YOU WOULD STAND UP AND CHEER!" Archer Winsten, New York Post are uniquely suited to this music,; has come up with one of the truly great recordings of all time. This is not to say that Bern- stein has the last word every-I where. In the early symphonies, he does . face some formidable competition. As a case in point,; there is Bruno Walter's record-3 ing of the Fourth, now available on the Odyssey label. Despite the somewhat antique recorded sound1 and a lack of absolute control over the tempo changes in the 3rd movement, this is still a mar- velous performance. And here, the Bernstein version itself falls short on several counts. Later Symphonies But it is in the great later sym- phonies that Bernstein becomes all but unbeatable. His Fifth is a knock-out. No- where else is the bleak tragedy of the Funeral Music so painfully evoked. And in no other recording that I have ever heard does the bright Rondo-Finale's joyousness come across quite as convincingly. And so with the Sixth. The tragedy, which here pervades the entire work, almost becomes un- bearable. Bernstein's eery, for- bidding beginning of the finale is a spine-tingler. Similarly, the maniacal Scherzo is done with3 such an - utter and frightening sense of control that it almost makes the skin crawl. Notoriety Bernstein's performance of the Seventh, the most unfamiliar of all Mahler's symphonies, has re- ceived some considerable notor- iety on its own. And justly so. The last movement, which strikes so many listeners as being some- thing of an afterthought here, at last, sounds like a finale. If you have a lease to break, I suggest you try Bernstein's re- cording of the Eighth. With eight - soloists, five choruses and an DIAL 8-6416 UM.1 [onday, Oct. 30 Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano at Hill atre Program will present G. B. 4:10 p-m.-The Department of Auditorium. Shaw's "The Village Wooing" at augmented London Symphony History of Art will present a lec- Wednesday, Nov. 1 the Arena Theatre, Frieze Build- complete with mandolin, harmon- Lure on "The Fate of Italian Li- 4:10 p.m.-The Department of ing. ium and organ, this work almost braries and Archives in the Re- Speech Student Laboratory The- 7 and 9:05 p.m.-Cinema Guild literally becomes "The Symphony cent Flood" given by Roberto Ab- atre Program will present G. B. will present Sergei Eisentein's of a Thousand." bondanza in Aud. B. Shaw's "The Village Wooing" at "Alexander Nevsky" at the Archi- The second movement, one of 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.-The Uni- the Arena Theatre, Frieze Build- tecture Auditorium, the greatest in all music, is ab- versity Extension Service and the ing. 8 p.m.-The Department of solutely overwhelming in this Michigan State University Even- 7 and 9:05 p.m.-Cinema Guild Speech University Players will performance. Bernstein's control ing College will present Prof. will present Sergei Eisentein's present John Arden's "Serjeant is again unerring. Listen to the Marvin Felheim speaking on "Is "Old and New" at the Architec- Musgrave's Dance" at Trueblood contrast between the ineffably Contemporary Fiction W o r t h tur Auditorium. Theatre. sensitive choral entrance in the Reading?" at the Rackham Am- 8 p.m.--The Department of 8 p.m.-The Professional The- "Chorus Mysticus" after the ten- phitheatre. Speech University Players will atre Program will present Eugene or solo, and the shattering impact 8:30 p.m..-The School of Music present John Arden's "Serjeant Ionesco's "Exit the King" at the that the same figure has a few will present the University Phil- Musgrave's Dance" at Trueblood Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. bars later. harmonia, Theo Alcantara, Con- Theatre. ductor, and Elizabeth Mannion, 8 p.m.-The Professional The- Friday, Nov. 3 Poignant Performance Mezzo-soprano, at Hill Audi- atre Program will present Eugene 7 and 9:05 p.m.--Cinema Guild The Ninth Symphony, which torium. Ionesco's "Exit the King" at the will present Sergei Eisenstein's along with "Das Lied von der 8:30 p.m.-The University Mu- Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, "Alexander Nevsky" at the Archi- Erde" constitutes Mahler's great 1'sical Society will present the Ber- Thursday, Nov. 2 tecture Auditorium. "farewell", receives a poignant, lin Philharmonic Octet at Rack- 4:10 p.m.-The Departiiment of 8 p.m.--The Department of As- moving performance and provides ham Auditorium. History will present Sister Dolor- tronomy Visitor's Night presents an appropriate conclusion to the Tuesday, Oct. 31 osa Kennelly, College of St. Cath- Richard Bochonko, speaking on' set. erine, Minn-, to speak on "The "Novae", in Aud. D. Th oo drwback i 8 p.m.-The Professional The- Peace Movement in Medieval 8 p.m.-The Department of, volved with this release is atre Program will present Eugene Catalonia" in room 110, Physics- Speech University Players will pr, whichat listise-hun Ionesco's "Exit the King" and the Astronomy Building, present John Arden's "Serjeant dre doll atr. i t, is one un-eh Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. 4:10 p.m.-The Department of Musgrave's Dance" at' Trueblood be managed and you are inter- 8:30 p.m.-The University Mu Speech Student Laboratory The- Theatre. ested in becoming familiar with sical Society will present Christa - - - some wonderful music, or simply want to hear some of the great- est performances ever recorded fr- s by anyone, this historic release 0w 0 E aUement should fit the bill quite ade- SPECIAL POPULAR PRICES A quately. __ SPECIAL SCHEDULED PERFORMANCES Phoe-434-013O MATINEES 1_:20 - 4:50 EVENINGS 8:20 NO SEATS RESERVED EXTENDS TO YOU AN INVITATION EveryTicketHolderGuaranteedA Seat TO THE FINEST MUSICAL SHOW E\ I ~~Ent , ,n. 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Saturday, Nov. 4 1:30 p..-The Michigan elev- en will meet Northwestern at Michigan Stadium. 7 and 9:05 p.m.-Cinema Guild will present Sergei Eisenstein's "The Battleship Potemkin" at the Architecture Auditorium. 7 and 9:30--The School of Mu- sic will present the University Men's Glee Club and the Ohio Sttae University Men's Glee Club at Hill Auditorium. 8 pm.--The Department of Speech University Players will present John Arden's "SerJeant Musgrave's Dance" at Trueblood Theatre. 8 p.m.-The Professional The- atre Program will present Eugene Ionesco's "Exit the King" at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Sunday, Nov. 5 7 and 9:05 p.m.-Cinema Guild will present Sergei Eisenstein's "The Battleship Potemkin" at the Architecture Auditorium. T /ER I U.S.A. WEEK I Wed., Nov.1 DX Office ENTED ONCE ! nsibility ___ ,. 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