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By A.R. KEILER
The program that Isaa
played in his recital Sun
ernoon in Hill Auditoriu
varied and challenging,a
Stern was equal to all oft
sical and technical dema
played the Mozart Sonat
(flat) K.454, the Ensco 3
ta, the G Major Son
P a
By MICHAEL ROBERT
The Ann Arbor Drama
val may have establish'
campus theatre as a per
phenomena at U. of M.A
during this past week-en
terbury House was for
lock its doors with a ful
in attendance. There w
even standing room left;
over two hundred people{
ed together to see The
Chamberlain's Players a
Chautauqua Players.
The Lord Chamberlain
ers presented Three Play
the Irish Theatre, The
ofthhe Moon and The T
ling Man by Lady Grego
Purgatory by W. B. Yeat
on the same bill wasa
play, Tom and Mary Co
by Bert Hornbeck. Onel
applaud their presentat
three rarely performed an
excellent plays. However,
few exceptions, the actin
embarrassingly poor. The
a definite lack of di
throughout all the works
found myself thinking afi
performance whether Th
Chamberlain's Players ha
ceeded over the several
that they have been in ex
because or in spite of tr
that they have maintaine
amateur standing.
The Chautaqua Playe
sented an almost flawle
duction of Tom Tyen's
White Whore and the Bi
er. Canterbury House was
formed into a funeral h
the setting for the play
while polite ushers, the d
ian Chants piped in the
ground, the sympathy ca
grams, flowers, candles a
magic oJ
Brahms and the Stravinsky Di-
ic Stern vertimento.
day aft- Stern does not belong to that
um was group of violinists who impress
and Mr. immediately with the, sheer tech-
the mu- nical force of their playing. There
nds. He are some who play more accur-
a in B, ately, with greater volume of
rd Sona- tone, and an evener control of
nata of color throughout the instrument's
ors sponsor
fing forces
TSON burning incense started to ap-
a Festi- pear a little too gimmicky after
ed off- waiting a half an hour for
mmanent the performance to start; once
At least the two actresses took the stage,
d Can- theatre was happening. Paul
ced to Holfretter's direction was strong
l house and immediate. Chris Lahti and
vas not Jan Young entranced the aud-
as well ience with the most powerful,
crowd- personal, perfect acting I have
L o r d even seen in Ann Arbor. Peter
nd The Wild's lighting was subtly bril-
liant, utilizing the actresses
themselves to create some of
's Play- the lighting effects. The drum-
ys from mer and electric piano player
Rising seated behind and to the side of
Travell- the actresses did not appear to
ry and be necessary to the production,
ts. Also at least they were more inter-
a short esting as scenery than as per-
uorting formers. And finally at the con-
had' to clusion of the play, as the white
tion of whore and the bit player are
nd very faced with their imminent
with a death, I was disturbed with the
ng was overt theatricality of the pierc-
ere was ing feedback created by hold-
irection ing a microphone against one
s and I of the speakers. Generally, if
ter the the play had been left in the
ie Lord hands of the actresses it would
ye suc- have been perfect. It was the
years extra theatrical effects which
:istence sometimes brought attention to
he fact themselves and spoiled an oth-
ed their erwise flawless performance.
If you have missed the Ann
rs pre- Arbor Drama Festival so far,
ss pro- this week-end will be its last.
The However, there are plans for
t Play- the fifteen or so groups t h a t
trans- were inlvoved to form a Drama
oome as Co-op to continue presenting
y. And off-campus theatre throughout
Gregor- the year.
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violin i>
range. There are few who are as
sensitive to the musical values
of each piece. Most of Stern's
interpretations are rather small-
scaled, or at least they tend to
be most successful that way.
Within that framework, his play-
ing shows a great awareness of
style, a fluid and subtle sense of
phrasing and a real attention to
line. He does not exaggerate to
make a point. One has, in fact,
to listen closely to the careful
dynamic shadings and expressive
nuances of his playing to appre-
ciate the great care and planning
of his interpretations.
The Mozart Sonata that opened
Isaac
Stern
the program was given an ele-
gant and controlled reacting,
with some really beautiful legato
playing in the slow movement.
The Enesco Sonata which follow-
ed was, at least for this reviewer,
the high point of the program.
Enesco was one of the great mu-
sical minds of the 20th century,
almost equally renowned as vio-
linist and pianist, as well as a
conductor, composer, and peda-
gog. He wrote three violin sona-
tas, which are rarely perform-
ed today. The third, op. 35, is the
most accessible, derived as it is
from Rumanian folk music.
How 'f air' was it?
Enesco's music often tends to
be rather uneventful-very rhap-
sodic and brooding in character,
'but short on any melodic con-
tent of strong profile or.harmon-
is inventiveness. The Sonata op.
35. on the other hand, is an in-
triguing piece since the melodic
and harmonic bareness of much
of Enesco's other music is
avoided in the rich repertone of
folk material.
Stern gave an expert and stylish
performance of the Sonata, cring-
ing out the many faceted ex-
plorations of folk melodies with
rhythmic subtlety and great vi-
tality.
The Brahms Sonata, long a
specialty of Stern's, was beauti-
fully proportioned, warm in
sound, and spun out in long arch-
ed phrases that helped to keep
the work together. By the time
the Stravinsky had its turn, Stern
seemed tired. He does not com-
mand a fullness of sound at all
dynamic levels, and I sensed he
was forcing a bit. But he did play
with that combination of grace
and brusqueness that is the es-
sence of this period of Stravin-
sky's writings.
We are indebted to Stern for a
combination of sensitiveness,
honesty and understanding that
is rarely found among present-
day violinists.
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To the Daily:
When I saw Laurie Harris'
review of the new Musket pro-
duction of "My Fair Lady" I was
very happy to have tickets for
the Thursday n i g h t show.
When I finally did see it, I was
very disappointed; what I saw
was, at best, a pushy h i g h
school production. Lerner and
Loewe's musical is very hard to
kill, and Musket almost did.
I was surprised to find that
Harris had no comment about
the set in her review, but I do
not blame her, there are no
words !
Costumes deserve careful at-
tention, since a lot of money
(University money, our money)
was undoubtedly spent on them.
When a show costs so much,
you expect high quality, n o t
merely numerous costume chan-
ges.
The ball scene is probably
the best example of the medio-
crity of the show and hardly a
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climactic finale for the first act.
It was slow and boring and even
the choreography was unexcit-
ing. The set looked like a hos-
pital ward transformed into a
ballroom by means of c a r d-
board "chandeliers" and b lu e
back lights. The climax (?) of
the scene was the entrance of
the Queen of Transylvania, in
a tight green dress and a long
dangling necklack looking like
a French "cocotte"!
In short, it is a shame t h a t
when University money is spent
so lavishly, we end up with pro-
ductions so amateurish as this
one. Maybe that money should
be shared by other student or-
ganizations, like for example,
the University Gilbert and Sul-
livan Society, which is c o m-
pletely unsponsored and has
been producing excellent shows
for a long time.
-Carlos A. Yorio
Graduate Student
Feb. 19
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