THE MICHIGAN DAILY rts & En tertc inmfn Tuesday, November 18, 1975 Page Five. Have a flair for artistic writinq? If you are interest- ed in reviewlog poetry, and music or writing feature stories a b o u t the # drama, dance. ftim arts: Contact Arta E d it ox. oo The Michigan lDaily, (Brana' proves ambitious 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' again a success !' 1, r r )i i s .i . : t 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." a i s a r ,, ai 3 ? 7 a f A T: t i Dai 1 y Classifieds Results Get 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 Join The Daily Staff U-M SCHOOL OF MUSIC presents PUCCIN I La Boheme November 20, 21, 22, 23-8 p.m.-$4.50 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre4 JOSEF BLATT, conductor RALPH HERBERT, stage director Box Office: Nov. 18-19-12:30-6 p.m. 763-1085 Nov. 20-23-12:30-8 p.m. SPECIAL ADMISSION to working rehearsals of La Boheme is being allowed to UM students with valid ID's. $1.00 tickets avail. (balcony). Tues., Nov. 18 & Wed., Nov. 19-7:00 p.m. TICKETS AVAILABLE at the box office Tues. & Wed. symphonies, thrown together in WEST SiDE BOOK SHOP FINE USED and RARE BOOKS at REASONABLE PRICES LIBRARIES PURCHASED 113 W. Liberty Mon.-Sat.: 11:00-6:00 Thurs. and Fri. Nites to 9:00 995-1891 CAROL REED'S 1949 THE THIRD MAN Orson Welles (as Harry Lime) and Joseph Cot- ton star in this original "Chase Through the Sewers" thriller. Welles in one of his best per- formances as a fascinating man of evil who sets his traps in the ruins of post-war Vienna. With a screenplay by Graham Green and a haunting musical score, t h i s is one of Reed's finest movies; WED.: Bogart in A LONELY PLACE TONIGHT AT *LD"',,si jCinema Guild 7:00 is 9:05 Admission $1.25 !" T - ^ tate-I~- were smart-ter ucx -enougn !tosof the work, includinhe I11L'1I~I A formula is' beginning to tions of "Cort ofcLove. the to get their seats in advance surface: take one best-selling openig of Court of Loveo were rewarded with a memor- novel, preferably appealing to soloisthethree faculty o a ble evening of music and the morbid curiosities of the s otsbaritone Leslie Guinn dance. masses; adapt it to the screenwa outstanding. Each of them by turning the taskoverstoa faced parts that challenged their promising young director; so- ranges, but he was the one who CH AR iNG CROSS licit the talents of the best spe- performed withoutveflinchinge,a BOOKSHOP cial effects men in the business solo which called for Guinn to Used, Fine and Scholarly Boks (invade Disney if necessary); leap from an intensely quiet 316 S. STATE--994-4041 wait two years through a seem- near-falsetto to a virile, rich Open Mon.-Fri. 10-8, ingly doomed production sched- bass, didn't phase him. He seem- Sat. 10-6 ule, and - presto! Anyone re- ed to thrive on the showiness of-- sembling a human being will; the music, and played his role be subjected to the final pro- to the hilt. duct in one form or another. 'The r e al selling -point that; The process worked in 1973 separated this production from with The Exorcist, and it looks any typical concert performance as if it may work even better of Carmina Burana, was, of this year with Jaws. 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