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Horo wit 6reat at Hill
By JEFFREY SELBST
14), Rachmaninoff (Etude Ta-
bleau no. S op. 39), Liszt (Valse j
THERE are no further joys to oubliee, Au bord d'un source),
be had in this world: I and Chopin (Nocturne E min.,'
have seen Vladimir Horowitz op. posth., Waltz in A min. op.
play the piano. For the old mas- 34 no. 2, Scherzo in B min., op.
ter, this feat consists of effort- 20 no. 1)
less movement, or so it would
seem. He plays as if born to C L E A R L Y his best
the stool; his fingers glide over works were on the second half
the surface of the keys, float- of the program. The Rachma-
ing, swooping, executing a des- ninoff, which opened this part,
perate glissando or a delicate was characterized by harsh,{
appogiatura. To watch Vladimir violent attacks, and ragged,
Horowitz is an experience. crunched chords. For a piece,
f
'
certo without Orchestra, re- we are speaking of one of the
sembled the Rachmaninoff in finest interpreters of Romantic
its sweeping intensity. And piano literature since perhaps
there is no need to talk of these its inception. What is there to
pieces' performances: Horo- say?
witz played them, and he was
brilliant. To thunderous applause, and
Horowitz was most clearsynrepeated yells of bravo, encore
Hoowiemt (asorst clyh and the like, Horowitz returned
his element (insofar as such a to the stoll after his concert
rounded performer can be said had "officially" ended, and'
to have an "element") with his pad tfe dayedelicatd
selection of Chopin. In his per- played the dreamy, delicate
forane o te Emi. pstu-Traumierai by Schumann.
formance of the E mn. posthu- Ehimmering passages, excel-
mous Nocturne, he made the lent tone - what else does one
ornamental work that Chopin need in an encore? Fire, that's
found so obligatory seem or-dr F'
what.
1 had my share of musical of this nature, this amounted'
-a tonir ripor
riches Sunday afternoon at Hill. ganic to tne work as a whoe
Under the auspices of the Uni- In contrast to such bravura and not merely the effete ro-
versity Musical Society, Horo- style, his concert opener, the coc effect that the Polish com-I
witz played (at $15-$10 a throw) Schumann Arabesque, resem- poser intended. And this is not
to a packed crowd of mostly af- bled the Liszt Valse oubilee. a complaint; merely an ap-
fluent types, regaling them Each were light, figured works, praisal. I heard Chopin for whatG
with a recital that included presaging impressionism in seems to me the first time, in
NK Schumann (Arabesque op. 18, their tonal colorations. The oth- Hill Auditorium Sunday after-
Concerto without Orchestra op. er Schumann piece, the Con- noon.;
Daily Photo by KEN Fi
Vladimir Horowitz
Hitchcock
returns with
'Plot'
By CHRIS KOCHMANSKI
A L F R E D HITCHCOCK'S
Family Plot is more pleas-
ant than it is suspenseful, but
its quick, yet relaxed pace and
genuinely witty script are so
well calculated that the film's
rather long 120-minute running
time seems all too short.
This, the 53rd effort in Hitch-
cock's 50-year filmmaking ca-
reer, finds him in a most gen-
ial mood. The Master draws
upon familiar devices (like
missing heirs, kidnappings,
tricky disguises and frantic car
chases), while portraying a
quartet of his most delightfully
perverse, attractive characters.
The end result is altogether sat-
isfying Hitchcock which, sur-
prisingly, is quite unlike any-
thing he's done before.
The "family plot" of the title
is, in fact, two separte dramas
which ultimately converge. One
concerns a fake spiritualist
(Barbara Harris) and her
would - be actor / cab driver
boyfriend (Bruce Dern) who,
for a prospective $10,000 re-
ward, set out to locate the long-
lost heir to a considerable for-
tune.
THE HEIR (William Devane),
unbeknownst to Harris and
Dern, is a successful jeweler
who, along with a reluctant fe-
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male accomplice (K a r e n{
Black), pulls a series of spec-
tacularly profitable kidnappings
on the sidec
The plot's details are all toot
complicated to outline here, but
needless to say, Harris' and
Dern's manhunt eventually (and!
ironically) leads to the trail of1
Devane's dirty work.
The mood of the film is en-
tirely comic; ;even in the mostj
of a faultlessly conceived and
executed heist.
Underlying all the plot me-
chanics is a very real sexual
tension. Dern believes Harris
is obsessed with sex - she
is - and the Devane character
is clearly sexually stimulated
by the successful completion of
a daring kidnapping.
Hitchcock then moves to his
well-trodden theme of disguise.
IF Family Plot has any ma-
jar fault, it is its tendency to
be overly talky at times. And
yet Hitchcock and Lehman'
counterpoint the generally su-
perb dialogue with hime re-
markable action sequences -
notably the systematic kidnap-
ping of a Roman Catholic bish-
op in ceremonial cathedral stir-,
roundings, and a car chase that
reminds one of the breathtaking
THE Waltz in A min. of Cho-3
pin has never been one of my
favorites- I was always stuck,
like a chump, on the C sharp!
minor - but, again, under the
talented fingers of Horowitz,
the piece gained definition, or
perhaps more correctly, rede-
finition.
Oh, enough. This is amount-
ing to hero-worship, notreview.-
The problem is that it almost
seems facetious to review
someone like Vladimir Horo-
witz - to say, "Well, Vlad, you
did us proud" or "Nice work,
kid - now make it pay", well
Which he provided, with his
second encore -- the Moskow-
sky Sparks. The title tells all.
But we demanded more -
Scriabin! Etude in D sharap
minor! Rachmaninoff! Finale
of the Second Sonata! Would we
never let him go?
At last, the concert had to
end, and Horowitz retired from
the stage with his c armingj
smile. Perhaps we in Ann Ar-
bor will be privileged to see this
great man turn an instrument
into a piece of gold again. But
if I never see him again, at
least I've seen him once.
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