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By NANCY COONS their motions into one clear nated the program, giving it
stance without the seeming in- full visual impact, requiring cos-
The University S c h o oI of direction that made the other tumes, set, ahd lighting to sup-'
Music filled every inch of Power "sins" less complete. All were port t h e i r elaborate choreog-
Center with sound, color, mo- entertaining, h o w e v e r, and raphy. If the nuances of music
tion, and crowds this weekend, laughable though not in the and text were somewhat lost in
Two evening performances and least horrible, as the program the flurry of feet, overall it was
a Sunday matinee were sold out notes suggested. still stunning and beautiful.
well in advance as Ann Arbor Carmina B u r a n a followed.
anticipated one of the most am- C It is a powerful choral work There were some superb solo
bitious productions of Carl Orff's with all the emotional impact performances on the stage. Syl-
Carmina B u r a n a with two of a Wagnerian production, and vie Lambert danced the roast-
choirs, orchestra, three vocal ofwas composed in Nazi Germany. ing swan, contorting herself andr
soloists, and a stageful of Two themes in the poety, Fate fluttering one hand pathetically
dancers. Gratefully, the group Two thst ie poeby Fate efore being carried off to
was quite successful in this over- Iyand lust, are powerfully co - 'gnashing teeth.' Gay Delanghe
whemin unertkin, wh ic hveyed with stark, percussive ef- gnedasgteth"wayeanhe
whelming undertakas somewhat reminiscent of fects in the music, while the soloed as the woman whose
lover rode away on horseback;
was omehat emmscen ofgentler themes of young love lvrrd wyo osbc;
Band Day in its crowded and gnlspringtime are presented !her motions were smooth and
spectacular effects. With only a and sprigte a sted taught, and more attuned to the
few exceptions, it was a fault- th meiyfSymes n sr music than those of any other
less performance. The Univesit y o Or dancer. She was joined in the
Faculty-member William Al- contrasts and under Thomas |next segment by a pair of lov-
bright's Seven Deadly Sins could Hillbish'sb a ton the group j ers, danced by Elesa Chernin
have been overshadowed by the achieved several stunning ef and Gary Schaaf. All three were
tremendous production w h i c h ac: t n sensitive and disciplined; the
followed. The work did provide fects. . result was beautiful.
an introduction for what was to In the opening of the "Spring-' Perhaps the most stunning
come, but held its own as an time" section, the piccolo and effects of the production were
amusing and complete spec- percussion w e r e outstandingly the opening and closing scenes,
tacle. alert; the horns were full andwhere all facets of the nerfor-
Each of the sins was personi- vibrant in its closing. The only manle were combined. Fortune
fied in a solo dancer, whose less' weakness in the orchestra was stood high in her fantastic robes,
than subtle costumes included its general lack of precision is in which headdress and sleeves
green for Envy, red for Wrath, the tricky attacks and transi- combined to make a wheel-like
and a pink glitter heart below tions, and there were plenty in orb.She overlooked a mob of
the navel for Lechery. Sylvie a composition containing over hooded dancers, who writhed be-
Lambert communicated her dy- twenty-five sections. neath a suspended black cloth.
namic and energetic Wrath as The University Chamber Choir The full chorus sang "Mon-
successfully as Eileen Green- was beyond repproach. Their strous and empty fate, thou,
bain did her drained and loose- diction was crisp, their voices turning wheel, art mean . ."
limbed Sloth. Both coordinated full and well-blended. Even the thileng t naiponed
usullypaifulhig noes n Ethreateningly. I was extremely
"Where is my Lover?" were dramatic, and brought the audi-
":.:.. true ndandrbroughtve.the
greand veyect ie. The ence toctheir feet when repeated
glee-club effect of "When a boy 'at the close.
and a maiden are alone to The entire evening's program
I gether," using a few male was an ambitious undertaking,
IO i11l iIL voices atcapella, was delightful. and each department prodnoed
r1 Joining the Chamber Choir, the excting results. An unbelievably
Clague Middle School Concert long waiting list for tickets was
jaws Choir added their pure sound to well-justified, and t h o s e who
some of the most moving sec- m t ,n k ih
'Toledo'
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By TOM GODELL opera after Shakespeare's Much
Ado About Nothing. Although,
Berioz: Overture to eatrice and sadly, this work is seldom heard
Hummel: Trumpet Concerto it ranks with the best music
Shostakovich: symphony no. 15, Berlioz composed. This careful-
Op. 141 ly crafted miniature was played
Telemann: sonate de Concert for magnificiently. Balance between
martini: Trumpet Concerto in D the orchestral choirs, unfortun-
The Toledo Orchestra, an en- ately lacking in previous con-
semble that has established a certs, was perfect, and the tone
considerable reputation over the was wonderfully even. Overall
past few years, may have failed Maestro Fornet's reading was
to live up to its potential in the impassioned and exciting.
first two concerts of this season,
j but the third time proved to be The next portion of the con-
a charm. cert featured Trumpet virtuoso
Last Friday's concert began Maurice Andre, playing Hum-
with Berlioz's Overture to Bea- mel's Concerto. Looking more
trice and Benedict, from an 'like a tenor than a trumpeter
he entered briskly and took his no particular order. The humor
place within the orchestra. An- is strained, and the climaxes are U.S. BEST
dre, no flashy virtuoso, empha- forced. Yet, Shostakovich could IN R&D
sizes his role as a member of not find a more sympathetic in- MINNEAPOLIS t - In an-
the orchestra by standing be- terpreter than Serge Fornet. He nINg the establishment fn
tween the conductor and the held my interest with this twounci new computer-based syof
second violins. From the mo- music, poor though it is. Fur- tems designed to speed the
ment the music begins, one her, the orchestral playing was world-wide transfer and 'ex-
senses his complete involve- brilliant, particularly the solos. dchange of technology, William
ment in it. Andre enjoys whatIC.aNor tch nof CWol
he is doing, and he easily con- After intermission the audi- C. Norris, chairman of Control
veys this 'to his audience. He ence was given a special treat. Data Corp., has reported . . .
achieves a tremendous rapport The orchestra was reduced to "the United -States will spend
with the orchestra which allows chamber size (18 strings), and ,35 billion of the world total of
him to dialogue with them beau- Maurice Andre returned to play $70 billion on research and de-
tifully. a pair of lovely baroque con- velopment in 1975.
Unfortunately this excitement
was rapidly dissipated as the
orchestra began the final work
certi by Telemann and Tartini.
Once again Andre and Fornet
combined to g e n e r a t e great
verve and excitement, and their
reward was a well deserved
standing ovation.
He said, however, that "this
cumulative stock of knowledge
is likely to be unevenly put to
use, particularly in the develop-
ing societies of Latin America,
Asia and Africa."
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on the first half of the program
-Shostakovich's 15th, his last,
but least symphony. This music
could cure chronic insomina, if
one could keep from laughing
long enough. It is little more
than a potpourri of themes from
Rossini, Rimsky-Korsakov, Wag-
ner, and o t h e r Shostakovich
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