Thursday, October, 19, 1972 ME MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Thursday, October 19, 1972 rHE MKHIGAN DAILY UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT W EDN ,S D AY-SATURDAY Al RBORN 9:30-2:00 04 sq208 W. Huron LUNCHES DAILY Beatles film: By HERB BOWIE The Beatles: Away With Words is a rip-off. Its promoters claim that "it is a multi-media presentation." Lit- erally I suppose this is true, but it might more prosaically be de- scribed as a movie with strobe lights running for about two minutes. Even the strobe lights are disappointing, since they're merely flashed obnoxiously at the audience instead of being di- rected at moving bodies, as they're u s u a i1 y employed. Watching them flash is about as enjoyable as having several flashcubes go off in front of you. The "presentation" is adver- tised as featuring "360 degree sound." This seems to imply that the sound is at least quad- rophonic. From my seat, it didn't even sound like 360 degree sound. All the music I heard seemed to be coming from one direction, and the only speakers I saw were in front of two-thirds of the audience. I guess you S HILLEL FOUNDATION presents "THE SHOP ON MAI/N STREET" Directed by JAN KADAR and ELMAR KLOS Starring JOSEF KRONER and IDA KAMINSKA . . Totally without pretension, with two great performers creating unforgettable portraits, it stands a sone of the fine films of our time, for all time."' -JUDITH CRIST 50c ADMISSION 8 P.M. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 21-22 at Hillel, 1429 Hill GOOD SEATS STILL! SATURDAY MATINEE & SUNDAY MATINEE _____-music_ I Ittetti . . .brilliant! By ROY CHERNUS Ernesto Bitetti, Classical Guitar Tuesday, October 17, Rackham Au- ditorium Guitar Series of the Uni- versity Musical Society; Sanz, Span- ish Suite; J. S. Bach, Suite No. 1 for,. Cello; Sor, Variations on a Theme by Mozart; Torroba, Sonatina; Grana- dos, Danza No. 5; Albeniz, Leyenda; Villa-Lob os, Study No. 11; Brouwer, Elogio de la Danza. The guitar's status and reper- toire have suffered. for many years due to a multitude of hacks who have reduced it to little more than a nightclub prostitute. Ernesto Bitetti's performance Tuesday night, however, remind- ed us of the guitar's rightful no- bilitv. The program consisted of a wide variety of selections from the 17th through 20th centuries, including Baroque and classical styles, avant-garde contempor- ary, and several Spanish folk dances in traditional and modern idioms. Unfortunately, the domi- nance of Spanish works made the program a bit lopsided. Many of the selections were plagued by imprecise tuning and an overemphasis on certain mu- sical lines, thus obscuring other parts. GEORGE ROSE HDIJMID THESMASHHIT THRIL LR SLEUTH * . OPENING TONIGHT 8 P.M. SHARP Dept. of Speech Communication and Theater University Players Present "EN DGAME" by SAMUEL BECKETT OCT. 19-20, 24-28 ARENA THEATER Frieze Building Individual Tickets $1.00 Trueblood Box Office open 12:30-8:00 p.m. Latecomers will be seated at the intermission! ADVANCE SALES: PTP TICKET OFFICE MENDELSSOHN LOBBY Subscribe to The Daily-Phone 764-0558 I L I The three Baroque and clas- sical selections of the first half of the program were specially arranged for the guitar. Bitetti's interpretation of them was ex- quisite. There were gay Eliza- methan galliards, stately French pavanes, and vigorous flamen- co strums in the Spanish Suite as opposed to the flowing melo- dies and embellishments of the Bach Cello Suite. The Sor work was fascinating being a Roman- tic composer's treatment of a classical work. The product was a fusion of the two styles into a work of rich chordal pro- gressions. What should be em- phasized is the importance of using just the right amount of dynamic and tonal interpretation in these early works. Too much will be artificial and schmaltzy and too little will be boring and lifeless. Bitetti for the most part kept a judicious balance between the two even beyond the demand- ing technical work. The second half's five selec- tions (and two encores) were all basically Spanish-styled dances. Sonatina and Danza No. 5 were far more substantial from a compositional viewpoint than were the others and, for that matter, most works written for guitar. Leyenda and Study No. 11 contrasted sharply with the two preceding works. Not only were they structurally and ex- pressively inferior works present in any guitar student's reper- toire, but Bitetti's performance of them was atrocious! He ruin- ed many lyrical parts by rush- ing or dragging the tempo,' and his tendency to over-emphasize certain parts was worse than ever. The lack of preparation of these selections was apparent in the sloppy tremolos and ar- peggios. After a rather non- descript atonal work, Bitetti made sure that no one walked out disappointed by eagerly playing two encores. Both were charming Spanish flavored dances which ended the evening on a humorous note. Bonanza rated low NEW YORK (P)-The national Nielsen television ratings for last week are in and they show con- tinued woe for NBC's durable Bonanza. The program was smote by CBS' Maude for the third straight week. The venerable NBC Western began its 14th seasontlast month on a bright note. It came in fourth in the national ratings and was seen in an estimated 16.2 million households. But then it faltered. Maude picked up steam the next week and the estimated number of households watching the Cartwrights dropped by nearly five million. It dropped Bonanza to 39th place in the week's national rankings. C aca ONE SHOWING ONLY! 7-10:30 P.M. Admission $1.50 CHELSEA GIRLS Andy Warhol. 1966. This important avant- garde event is expensive- Support your own educa- tion as well as the oldest Ann Arbor film society, and see this series of films If yo udon't liLe iF- -a rbage! have to count reflection. The promoters boast that they use "26 separate projectors." You might think, after reading this, that they also use 26 sepa- rate screens. Wrong again. All the projectors were aimed at one movie screen. Since all these images could have been present- ed using only one reel of film at a time and two projectors, pre- sumably the only reason they truck around 26 projectors is so they can claim to use 26 sepa- rate projectors. All right, folks, what we have here is a movie going for $2.50 a throw. What kind of movie is it? A terrible one. The sound track consists of bits of old rock'n roll songs splicedtogeth- er, followed by bits of Beatles songs handled in a similar man- ner. Not bad, but hardly worth the price. The visual part of the show consists of a jumble of stills and actual moving pictures, often superimposed on one an- other and/or juxtaposed. The subject matter portrayed is a mixture of pix of The Beatles, newsreel clippings, paintings, artsy porn, abstract designs not even worthy of the Ann Arbor Film Festival, and just about everything else the film's cre- ators could find lying around. At times, the visuals manage to enter into some sort of dis- tant relationship with the sound track. All in all, The Beatles: Away With Words is a worthless piece of garbage whose promotion bor- ders on false advertising. The members of UAC responsible for its, coming here should be at least tarred and feathered, if not drawn and quartered. Better yet, they should each have to shell out $10.00 and watch all four of its showings. Oh, I almost forgot to tell you the theme of the film. They stated it right at the beginning: "Yes, the Revolution has be- gun ...." i PIONEER TP-700 By MARTHA MINOW "I feel like I'm battling the downfall of classical concerts due to the popularity of records," says Lyndon Lawless in describ- ing his situation as director of Ars Musica, a small locally based Baroque chamber orches- tra. Realizing that it is a hassle to go to a concert which might not turn out to be as good as New. tonight 6:00 2 4 7 News, Weather, Sports 9 Eddie's Father 50 Flintstones 56 Sewing Skills 6:30 9 Jeannie 50 Gilligan's Island 56 Secretarial Techniques :00 2 Truth or Consequences 4 World Series Pre-Game Show 7 To Tell the Truth 9 Beverly Hillbillies 50 I Love Lucy 56 Dateline America 7:15 4 World Series 7:30 2 What's My Line? 7 Half the George Kirby Comedyour 9 Irish Rovers 50 Hogan's Heroes 56 Behind the Lines 8:00 2 The Waltons 7 Mod Squad 9 News 56 Advocates 50 Dragnet 8:30 9 Word of Power 50 :Merv Griffin 9:00 2 Movie "The Legend of LylahClare" (1968) Unknown actress reach- es for the life style of a late movie queen. 7 Assiginent: Vienna 9 Woods and Wheels 56 International Performance 9:30 9 Countrytime 10:00 4 To Be Announced 7 Owen Marshall 9 News, Weather, Sports 50 Perry Mason 56 Masterpiece Theatre 10:20 9 Nightbeat 11:00 2 4 7 News, Weather, Sports 9 Cheaters 50 Golddiggers 11:30 2 Movie "Damn the Defiant?" (1962) E n g 1 i s h vessel command- er troubled by opposition by second in command. ARTS __.. --- i I listening to a record, Lyndon feels, "We ought to emphasize what a concert has that a record doesn't, which is people and the interaction of performers and their audience." To encourage and enhance this essential interaction of a con- cert, Ars Musica tries to create an open, relaxed and informal atmosphere that allows the audi- ence to perceive the musicians as real people. The musicians, whose average age is 24, try to relate to the audience by remov- ing the artificial formality that typically envelops classical con- certs. Instead of wearing tuxedoes or formal attire, the performers just wear n o r m a 1, informal clothes. "We're not showing dis- respect for the music; we're just r e f 1 e c t i n g contemporary life styles that are comfortable and relaxed, conducive to human in- teraction," Lyndon explained. The 15 musicians who play string and wind instruments take turns providing verbal program notes, thus giving the audience an opportunity to learn about music and also become familiar with the personalities of the per- formers-something records can- not capture. Also, the musicians don't dis- appear during intermisison and Daily Photo by DAVID MARGOLICK Endgame Hamm and Clov converse in a scene from University Player's production of Samuel Beckett's play Endgame which opens tonight. Go Baroque wIth rs Musica CULT URE CALENDAR FILM SPECIAL-UAC presents tonight at 8, 10 in Power, The Beatles: Away with words, a multi-media presenta- tion using 26 separate projectors operated by computer and a 360 degree sound system. An experimental "journey into your soul" that pays homage to musical genius. DRAMA-University Players production of Samuel Beckett's Endgame opens tonight at 8 in the Arena Theatre, Frieze Bldg. POETRY-Richard Tillinghast reads his poetry this afternoon in the UGLI Multi-purpose room at 4:10. FILMS-Cinema Guild shows Underground Retrospective- Program 6 tonight at 7 in Arch. Aud.; AA Film Coop shows Taking Off tonight at 7, 8:45 in Aud. A. About this film, Daily reviewer David Gruber writes: Taking Off presents a kid's-eye view of the generation gap. It follows the half-interested, fumbling efforts of two parents to first find, then understand their runaway daughter, who definitely can not understand them. The subject is treated with a good deal of humor, and its emphasis on the parents' problems is a pleasant change of pace. 4 Johnny Carson 7 Dick Cavett 9 Movie "I'll Never Forget What's 'Is- name" (1967) Story of a busi- nessman unsatisfied with his life, yet unable to change. 50 Movie "Saddle the wind" (1958) Gun- man turns rancher, only to then take up his guns against his younger brother. 1:00 4 7 News 1:30 2 Movie "Hey Boy! Hey Girl!" (1959) Musicians aid a charity ba- zaar. 3:00 2 News after the concert; instead they try to be available to talk with anyone.interested. Another important element of the informality is the use of a small place for concerts, which seats no more than 300 people in a semi-circle around the per- formers. "We're just trying to create the type of concert we'd like to go to, and people seem to be responding," Lyndon said. In fact, the response has been so great that there is more demand than can be accommodated in the room at St. Clare's Episcopal Church. But instead of moving to a larger hall, the group de- cided to quadruple its number of scheduled performances in order to preserve the intimacy and in- dividuality of the small room. Individuality is another attri- bute of the live concert that Ars Musica tries to emphasize in con- trast to r e c o r d s. "We're all homogenized by records - we grew up saturated with the great performers on records and end up with a fear of moving too far out of the bounds of recognized greatness in interpretation and style," Lyndon said. Ars Musica tries to infuse the classical with individuality by returning to au- thenticity. Discovering the com- posers' intentions through actual research of treatises and ac- counts by contemporaries, the group works together under Lyn- don's leadership to create 'an authentic yet individual sound in terms of style, tempo and inter- pretation. The group feels that authen tic Baroque music has great ap- peal and meaning. "The music of Bach, Vivaldi, Handel and other Baroque composers is more practical 'and direct than 19th century bombastic dramati- cal romantic music; Baroque music has shorter movements, more s t e r 1 i n g theme, lilting tunes . . . it's more immediate and colorful on a small scale. In fact, some of it is beauty that cuts right to the soul. It doesn't have the universal impact of rock; Baroque music is more subtle and cerebral. But there ought to be a place for all kinds of music." Ars Musica attempts to make this subtle music avail- able in an informal, comfortable atmosphere. "We try to eradicate the psy- chological and physical barriers between the listeners and the ar- tist and replace them with lines of communication and under- standing: we hope to foster a feeling of fellowship among ev- eryone gathered to experience the music. It's not just a gimic. The whole purpose is to get peo- ple closer to the music by get- ting involved. Deluxe 8-track with FM MPX The TP-700 gives you the best of both audio worlds wherever you drive. From your favorite stereo tapes or numerous FM stereo stations. 7.6 watts of R.M.S. power puts concert room sound in your car with power to spare. Put the TP-700 through its paces, and you'll know why Pioneer calls it the Deluxe. 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