I Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesdov. Fehrtinrv 7 1 971 'e ;.e w H MCIA AL * GZ-)uu yf r 4v, 7r y /J,1 IT.JJi 1 ..1 music I The 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. 0 " ! 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. s 4 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 DOORS OPEN 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. 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