Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, May 10, 1972 May Festival '72: Fine By DONALD SOSIN The sounds of fine music and loud ovations filled Hill Aud. last weekend as the University Musical Society presented the 79th annual May Festival. The main attraction was the Phila-. delphia Orchestra, appearing with its renowned conductor, Eugene Ormandy, as it has ev- ery year for the past 35 years. The series of five concerts be-. gan last Thursday with an elo- quent performance of Mahler's Kindertotenlieder. Baritone Die- trich Fischer - Dieskau was the soloist. This was singing at its best. Teher just isn't anyone who can match Fischer-Dieskau for superb, dramatic interpreta- tions. To see him put his entire body into his singing added a dimension to the moving exper- ience one has come to expect from his innusmerable record- ings. The tragic quality of Reuc- kert's poetry, combined with Mahler's ultraromantic setting, was the perfect vehicle for the singer, and a high point of the Festival. Also on the program were Roy Harris' Symphony No. 3 and Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique. In the latter, Ormondy drew every ounce of sound from the orchestra for a thrilling close to a performance that did, how- ever, seem to drag in the middle. Friday night Thor Johnson took the podium for the first of his two concerts, a tradition at the Festival. He led the Festival Chorus of the University Choral Union, four soloists and the or- chestra in Mozart's Vespers, K. 339. The majority of the solo singing went to the soprano, No- elle Rogers, who proved to have a lovely voice, if somewhat heav- ier than necessary for the float- ing phrases. The work itself is not very spectacular, but was handled capably by Johnson; the chorus was in rare form, and had obviously been well coached by Donald. Bryant, its director. After an innocuous orchestral work by Hewell Tircuit, which contained s o m e interesting sounds but little to hold onto otherwise, Susan Starr was the soloist in Schumann's Piano Nota bene! This is the first issue of The Summer Michigan Daily, and as a get-acquainted promotion, it's free. The Daily will publish five days a week, in this tabloid for- mat, from now through the end of August, in conjunction with the University class schedule. You can order a subscription and get The Daily each day of publication by calling 764-0558 DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN The Daily official Bulletin is an official pubcation of the Univer- sity of Michigan. Notices shold e sent in TY-WRITTEN FORM to 409 E. Jefferson, before 2 p.m. of the day preceding publication and by 2 p.n. Fiday Sac Saturday and Sunday. Items appear once only. Student organization notices are notraccepteafrpuhlication. For mace inormation, phone 74-9270. WEDNcSDAY, MAY 10 Commission for women: Homer Heath Lounge, Mich. nion, 4-6 pm. Highway Safety Rese'rch Inst.: Paul Olson. "Field Theory and Driving Per- formance,' HSRI Seminar Rm., 4:30 pm. Concerto. Her technique was solid, and her musicionship fine; The tempi in the first and third movements left me wondering, though. The opening Allegro sounded like a dirge most of the time, instead of the impetuous romantic piece it is. And the final movement was brilliantly played, to be sure, but many fine points of phrasing were glossed over because of the breakneck s p e e d. Schumann clearly indicated metronome markings - why are they ig- nored? The best all-around program was Saturday night's, featuring works of Johannes Brahms (whose birthday was Sunday, by the way). I am a sucker for Brahms. Perhaps he repeats de- vices too often in his composi- tions, and can be long-winded, but of all the late Romantics, his themes are the most glori- ous to my ear. The orchestra's sound, furthermore, seems in- credibly well suited to the lush textures of his symphonies, and thus I was in a state of rap- ture throughout the evening. The two major works on the program, the Symphony No. 3 and the Violin Concerto, pro- vided the best playing of the Festival. The symphony is some 40 minutes long; yet one's sense of time was truly suspended as one shared the involvement of conductor and orchestra in each movement. Considering that there had been no rehearsal of the work, the results were am- ple, testimony to the calibre of the performers. This holds equally true for the Tragic Ov- erture, which opened the pro- gram. After intermission, Mayumi Fujikawa gave a remarkable performance of the Violin Con- certo. Her flawless intonation, amazingly supple bow arm, and sense of timing all contributed to as polished performance as I've ever heard. She is only 26 years old, and certainly belongs in the front ranks of violinists her age (Zuckerman, Perlman) and those of greater experience, too. Sunday afternoon's concert began with a fairly pedestrian of Mozart's Symphony No. 29, K. (from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.), or by coming to The Daily building (420 Maynard) during the day, or by sending your name and address to our Circulation Dept. If you live in the immediate campus area, we will deliver The Daily to you each .morning, Tuesday through Saturday, for $3.00 per half-term (IIIa or IIIb) or $5.50 for the full summer (May through August). If you live outside the campus area, we'll mail The Daily to you and if you're in Ann Arbor you will still get itithe same day of publication. Rates for mail subscriptions are $3.50 per half-term or $6.50 for the full summer (in Michigan or Ohio . . . elsewhere it's $4.00 and $7.50 respectively). Subscrip- tions going outside Washtenaw County must be prepaid, please. 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He is a top - notch musician, with great facility and a blend of wit that works just right in making the concerto sound more than a naive early Romantic work. The third movement in particular was delightful in every way, and one hopes that some recording company will look into the con- certo soon, The Festival concluded Sun- day night with a Rossini and Wagner program, with Marilyn Horne, soprano soloist. A Bach Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C began the evening, and seem- ed to serve the orchestra and Ormandy (who transcribed it) better than it did Bach. My music 'taste in Mach runs to purity, not to lush arrangements, however well performed. Three Rossini arias provided Marilyn Horne with the oppor- tunity to display her phenomen- ally rich voice, and she made each of them a jewel, especially the "Willow Song" from Otelo. Horne graciously added an en- core, from Mignon, with a leap at the end from high B flat to low C which she shrugged off at the end, as if to say, "See, it's perfectly simple." The accom- paniments went fairly well, con- sidering many problems which arose in rehearsal. Excerpts from Wagner's Die Goetterdaemmerung closed the evening, first a carefully shaped orchestral interlude, and then the final scene, with Horne singing the part of Bruennhilde. The orchestra contributed some of its best playing, and all con- cerned did justice to the im-, mensely powerful scene. The Michigan Daily, edited and man- aged by students at the University of Michigan. News phone: 764-0562. Second Class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Mich- igan. 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. Published daily Tues- day through Sunday morning Univer- sity year. Subsertion rates: $10 by carrier, $ii by mail. Summer session published Tuesday through Saturday morning. 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