Tuesday, April 8, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five Tuesday, April 8, 1975 THE MICHiGAN DAILY Bodacious Boston S displays awesome By TONY CECERE Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Muisic Director. Festival Chorus, Donald Biry- ant, Conductor. Saturday, April 5, 1975, at 8:00 pm in Hill Auditorium. Program: Lenore No. 3 Overture........... Beethoven ,The Cloud Messenger .........Loren Rush Daphnis and Chloe ..... ........Ravel Last Saturday night Hill Auditorium was illuminated by the brilliance of the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Seiji Ozawa, in a concert that featured both traditional and new works. The program opened with the famous Lenore No. 3 Overture, from Beethoven's only opera, "Fidelio". Immediately one could sense a glow of alertness and vital- ity from the orchestra; they seemed to mirror Maestro Ozawa's direction, react- ing spontaneously to subtle changes in dynamics and tempo. All of the woodwind solos in the Adagio introduction rose to the fore with a grace- ful, singing quality. However, the great- ness of this ensemble revealed itself in the Allegro section of the piece: the precision of the violins was downright frightening! All of the melodic line could be heard with a crystallized clarity. Trumpet soloist Armando Ghitalla must be commended for his performance of the legendary offstage trumpet-calls. He played with remarkable style, holding the last note of each chord for an eternity and fading perfectly into the distance. The Boston musicians performed The Cloud Messenger equally brilliantly. This relatively new opus by West-Coast com- poser Loren Rush combined progressive jazz-rock instruments such as electric bass and set drums with other more tra- ditional orchestral voices. The work is highly diversified, breaking the orches- tra up into as many as ninety-nine individ- milly defined parts. The composer, in his program notes, states that the title of the work, "is some- what more evocative than descriptive." Evocative is perhaps the best word for a work like this, where many different musi- cal ideas are stitched together in a color- ful, impressionistic sound tapestry. After intermission the BSO joined forces a mm CLIP AND SAVE.--wm ymphony talent Phone Numbers with Ann Arbor's own Festival Chorus for*s a smashing rendition of the complete mu- ' sic from the ballet Daphnis and Chloe. Circula tion t Maestro Ozawa was again at the peak of I his powers in this work. His ultra-sensitive 1 concepts of balance and blend suited the 4 dreamlike character of the Ravel score. Daphnis and Chloe is a paragon of dif- -ClassifiedAdv. fictlties - no one has an easy part in this work. Once again the orchestra played :6I -0557 t with skill and ease. Doriot Anthony Dwy- ; er, solo flutist of the BSO, received a . well-deserved bow for her excellent ren- Dis rlay Adv. dition of the flute cadenza in the center I section of the piece. Solo horn Charles 764-0554 Kavaloski handled his extremely high and 1 exposed solos like an old master. As always, credit is due to the superb News Festival Chorus. They followed Maestro 'i76A-055 Ozawa as if they had worked with him for 764-0552 Years. Choir Director Donald Bryant is*E a man of obvious talent. Performances like this one, are not un- ports usual for the Boston Symphony Orchestra 1 764-0562 and Seiji Ozawa. They are truly creating I a standard of excellence against which * other orchestras may be measured. ----m CLIP AND SAVE ....." Daily Photo by KEN FINK Maestro Seii Otraza THIS WEEK: Academy Award selections provide perplexing challenge JEAN RENOIR'S 1937 GRAND ILLUSION (AT 7) The qrand French director strips war of its finery, shows it in the context of the fall of the aristocratic class and the rise of the middle. class and shares its struggles of souls with us. With Erich von Stroheim., BUSBY BERKELEY'S 1935 GOLDDIGGERS OF '35 (AT 9:05) Out of the depression came these aoldmines-the Holly- )wood musicals of the '30's and Berkeley was the' very best. This one features the famous "lullaby of Broadway" number. inma neC Guild *OH*SHOWSOld Arch. By DAVID BLOMQUIST Trying to successfully p r e d i c t the Academy Awards, Hollywood's annual self-indulgent extravagana, is almost like attempting to call the Kentucky Derby when the track is wet and four of the jockeys have phlebitis of the right kree. Last year, this writer somehow suc- cessfully tapped Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor on the way to garner- ing an overall .667 batting average at the Oscar-picking game. S o m e w h a t masochistically, then, we hereby put our record on the line in the second annual e d i t i o n of the Guaranteed Academy Award Selections. BEST PICTURE: Chinatown. Roman Polanski's drama of corruption in 1930s Los Angeles seems to have attracted most of the Hollywood critical attention, and is definitely the favorite here. Fran- cis Ford Coppola's Cannes festival win- ner The Conversation is a possible dark horse, however. The Godfather II seems only a remote possibility, and. Lenny and The Towering Inferno loom even farther behind. BEST ACTOR: Jack Nicholson, China- town. This is Nicholson's year for the big one, after crushing defeats with The Last Detail and Five Easy Pieces. Art Carny, up for Harry and Tonto, might gather the sentiment crowd. Al Pacino (Goldfather II), Albert Finney (Murder on th Orient Express), and Du.stin Hoffman (Lenny) seem out of the race. BEST ACTRESS: Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. This may well be the most elusive category of the night, with Faye Dunaway (China- town), Valerie Perrine ( Lenny), and Gena Rowlands (Woman Under the In- fluence) providing strong competition. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Ingrid Bergman, Murder on the Orient Ex-, press. The supporting statues have in recent years become the means of hon- oring the profession's acknowledged "greats"-from Helen Hayes for Airport through John Houseman last Paper Chase. Madeline Kahn Saddles) might be competition, year for (Blazing however. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Fred Astaire, The Towering Inferno. Again, sentiment wins the statue. Jeff Bridges (Thunderbolt and Lightfoot) and a trio from Godfather II-Robert DeNiro, Mi- chael V. Gazzo, and Lee Strasberg- face an uphill battle. BEST DIRECTOR: Francis Ford Cop- pola, Godfather II. This Oscar almost traditionally represents a cumulative recognition, and this time around Cop- pola has impressive credentials-both ends of the Godfather epic plus the chill- ing Conversation. Polanski (Chinatown) has never been a Hollywood favorite, and Francis Truffaut (Day for Night) has already received an award for his work. In any case, the annual ceremonies get underway tonight at 9:00 on chan- nel 4 (NBC). Win or lose, right or wrong, it's always a flamboyant spectacle. I Oscar award nominees for best styn, top left; Faye Dunaway, AP Photo actress include: Ellen Bur- top right. r 11 MINORITY EXPO April 12, 1975 12-7 p.mrt. * Entertainment-Belly Dancing & Modeling 0 Cultural 9 Arts & Crafts Exhibits Hairstyling for the Whole Family Appointments Available DASCOLA BARBER- STYLISTS Arborlond-97 1-9975 Maple Villoe-761-2733 E. Liberty-668-9329 E. 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