Pclge Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, October 27, 1971 Page Two JHE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, October 27, 1971 Cauer, Janigro: Capturing missing musical magnetism By DAVE FRIEDO The Chamber Orchestra of the Saar performed a rousing con- cert of mostly modern works last night at Rackham Auditorium. The orchestra from Saarbrucken. Germany on its second tour of the United States featured Ge- sine Cauer as violin soloist in the Concerto for Violin and Or- chestra in G Major by Haydn and conductor Antonio Janigro as cello soloist in Hindemith's Trauermusik for Violoncello and String Orchestra. Cauer played with authority and with a rich, pure sound. Her phrasing was lucid and Janigro provided balance by dovetailing the contrapuntal texture of the string accompainment with the solo passages. The resulting mu- sical coherence provided the kind of magneticism which is missed in all but the absolutely top concert groups today. Janigro's deft handling of the Hindemith Trauermusik added another masterful touch to the evening. The music is a fairly even balance of solo and ensem- ble, somber in quality and thick in texture. Performed in four movements without pause the work ended quietly, The most provocative work of the evening was Gyorgy Liget's Ramifications for Strings. It was a piece consisting almost solely of both subtle and con- trasting plateaus of harmonics. It is typical of the Hungarian composer's style: a building of motion through sliding densities and colors. The Divertimento for String Orchestra by Bela Bartok fin- ished the evening and it appear- ed for one small moment at the beginning of the Molto adagio that the strain and monotony of touring had taken a little verve out of at least one string player. Intonation and ensemble suffered slightly but the orches- tra's otherwise brilliant perform- ance thrust the lost emotion into the shadows. The concert ended as it opened -full of life and completely lack- ing hesitation. The opening Con- certo Grosso in D minor by Vi- valdi was fast and exciting if lacking in the excellence of en- semble of the rest of the works. The Place to Meet INTERESTING People! BACH CLUB Presents: BRASS QUINTET playing BACH, PURCELL, MOZART & Even some Contemporary! Refreshments: Cinnamon Rolls & Cider After the Performance THURSDAY-8 P.M. S. QUAD-'W. LOUNGE ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE INVITED No Musical Knowledge Needed Further Info-Sue-764-7894 John-482-5858 I Program Information 8-6416 ALL LADIES 75c until 6 p.m. SHOWS TODAY 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 P.M. -Daily-David Margolice Shalom 72: A tour of Israel Shocking. Beautiful. Brilliant. Sensual. Deadly . . . and in the end, only they will survive. THE HELLSTROM CHRONICLE By HANNAH MORRISON "Israel doesn't have 'shalom,' peace, nor is it 1972 yet-but we're optimistic," said Mike Burstein, the Israeli motion pic- ture and stage star who M.C.'d last night's Shalom '72 program at the Power Center. T h a t optimism electrically charged the entire performance of musicians, dancers and sing- ers, sponsored by the Israeli gov- ernment. "This isn't the typical Israeli show," said Burstein. "We're not out to sell ourselves, just to be honest and cool." Honesty and selling aside, the show was vibrant and hard-hit- ting, assaulting all the senses. During each act, slides were flashed simultaneously on the eight screens in the background, depicting Israel's cities, scenery and people, as well as its anti- quities and religious artifacts. The purpose of Shalom '72 was to offer a brief tour of Israel. Shalom '72, accordingly, was a mixed bag-a rock band, Druze and Israeli dancers, and folk, night club and Yemenite singers. The show opened with a med- ley played by the Lions of Ju- dah, a five-man rock band from Tel Aviv. They can compete with any American rock group, in terms of volume, rhythm and sound effects-until the audience abruptly realizes that they are playing up-beat versions of two "golden oldies"- Hebrew songs whose origin cannot be traced. They were followed by the Amranim, two Yemenite broth- ers also from Tel Aviv, who of- fered a different language with each of their songs - Arabic, Yiddish and Hebrew. Playing a Near East rendition of the Four Tops, the Amranim had "soul," if that's the meaning of internal The Alley presents a lunchtime theater rhythm and fine guitar picking. As a switch back to native Israeli culture, the Safta dance troupe performed, composed of young men and women from va- rious kibbutzim in the Galilee region of Israel. Though some of the elaborate movements and deep-knee bends were probably improvised by the group, their grace and lightness was credit- able. One of the highlights of the evening was Shuli Nathan, a folk singer who is famous for the song "Jerusalem of Gold," in- troduced shortly after the Six- Day War. Accompanied by a flute and her own guitar playing, Nathan can justly be called a "sweet singer of Israel." Another high point of the pro- gram was Yaffa Yarkoni, who has toured in Europe and this country several t i m e s. Her strong, belting voice, left the audience with little doubt as to why she has produced over 100 hit tunes. But the most unique portion of the program were the Druze dancers, five men descended ARM/ Michigan Film Society ] _ THE MALTESE FALCON, Humphrey Bogart Sidney Greenstreet Peter Lorre Mary Astor and Elisha Cook, Jr. directed by John Huston Snovel by Dashiell Hammett O FRI.-SAT. NOV. 5, NOV. 6 7:30-9:30 NAT. SCI. AUD. $1.00-cont-. from a mystical Arabic religious sect. Wearing native costume, they performed the debka, a dance executed only by men for joyous occasions. Accompanied solely by a breathy flute player, they stamped and shuffled with absolute and eerie precision. Shalom '72 ended with the en- tire troupe singing a Hebrew prayer, "Grant peace unto us and all Israel." Shalom - also meaning good-bye. DIAL 5-6290 3rd WEEK "I wouldn't say McCABE is more enjoyable than M*A*S*H; it is simply richer and better, a clas- sic of its kind . . . be forewarn- ed: the trick of appreciating McCABE & MRS. MILLER is to settle back and let it gurgle over you.G Neal Gabler--Michigan Daily 1~O Science Fiction? Big George is your COMPONENT & STEREO HEADQUARTER S -A No. Science Fact. Rated G By STEVE CHAPMAN and JEFF WEISBERG Folks who are into theatre or film often find themselves in Europe, crashing in cold water flats. And such folks often truck on down 'to the quaint linoleum stalls-of the public baths. Public baths are big in Europe. So are lunch-time the- atres. That's how Rusty Russ ,and Steve Faiginbaum started talking about a lunch/theatre set-up in Ann Arbor. This week begins a series of noontime shows at the Alley, formerly Canterbury H o u s e. .$1.25 brings you forty minutes of entertainment in a non-aca- demic atmosphere along with soup,sandwich and coffee, cat- ered by Mark's coffee house. The performances start at 12:15 and 1:15, so students and work- ers can easilyfit a one-act play or a media event into an hour's lunch break. Feed your head, Today through Friday, look for a bill of off-off-Broadway one-acts: "Dr. Kheal" and "Chicago". An eminent profes- sor will lecture concerning the cosmic truths, after which a a man in a bathtub will talk about corny virgins. Next week, Nemo's Traveling Troupe, featuring Jolin and Al- lison Nemo, formerly of The Floating Opera,- will perform relaxed acoustic music. The following week offers an hour of dramatic readings from Shakespeare and others, inter- preted by Susan Parker Gold- hammer, November 16-19 bills "Man- Poems" directed by Roy Mash. an event of poetry, Day-Glo painted dancers, and black light. "Thetare willadd a different dimension to the Alley's exist- ant programs," says Faginbauip. "It will also help us eat." Groups can conteat Russ or Faginbaum if they want to au- dition an act. The history leading up to the series begins last -year when a troupe of refugees from the University Speech Department, looking to evolve a personal, innovative style of theatre, per- formed "The New Chataqua" at the Residential College Audi- torium. Many of these actors tourred England this summer as the Ann Arbor Mime Troupe, which gave birth to The Actor's Guild, which recently staged "The Killing of Sister George". The rames change, the goal re- mains. And some of the same peonle are trying to make a working proposition of lunch- time theatre. 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Stadium 665-8653 1480 Washtenaw 483-9884 OPEN DAILY 9 to 9 SATURDAY 9 to 6 s- Subscribe to : OCTOBER 28 (Thursday) FRED BRANFMAN (in Laos from March 1967 to February 1971 with Interna- tional Voluntary Service) will speak of thej Continuing U.S. Air War in Indochina based on his experience interviewing thousands of refugees We Give Uur Custormers Servw-(.g Ti gD- ________ ~The MiChigan Daily WEDNESDAY, OCT. 27-4 P.M. A LECTURE ON ~! I'f*I7bII.rL I'lrII IIII IiIdIr CI DR. GERALD LARSON Chairman, Dept. of Religious Studies University of California at Santa Barbara First in a series "DIMENSIONS OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE" Ki\\/ A A D 1 r' i " I 111 AA/CTr-IC A"