4 ARTS The Michigan Daily Friday, October 12, 1984 Page 6 Cleveland Sympi lacks much need By Knute Rife THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA, conducted by its new music director, Christopher von Dohnanyi, performed in Hill Auditorium Wednesday evening. While the performance was enjoyable, and technically solid, it lacked the spark needed to make the evening special. The concert opened with Mozart's "Symphony No. 38 in D major." The symphony is subtitled "Prague," not because there are any programmatic references to Prague, but because it was first performed there. It is a darkly moody piece in three movements that could be subtitled ''Gathering," "Calm," and "Storm," although the third movement is not-very stormy. The piece gave the orchestra a chan- ce to show its discipline. The violins sounded good, a tight ensemble with a light, understated touch. The quality of the violins remained throughout the evening. The orchestra as a whole maintained formation well, except for a persistent intonation problem in the cellos during their soli in the first movement. The only other problem worth mentioning is that the orchestra seemed too disciplined in the second movement. The movement is supposed to be dark because of the unresolved tension from the first movement, but the orchestra's handling was a bit heavy. The next piece was Beethoven's- "Grosse Fuge."Originally written as the final movement of the String Quar- tet in B-flat, it was replaced and has iony ed spark become an independent composition. Beethoven apparently wanted to create the fugue to end all fugues and stretched the form and his control over his music to, and perhaps beyond, the breaking point. It is a great, Gothic edifice, and like the Cologne Cathedral, it demanded new rules and transcended its form. But the rules required were beyond the period and, it seems, just beyond Beethoven's capacity for rulepaking. The orchestra was technically solid throughout the piece and had a good en- semble sound, but again, it seemed too disciplined or incorrectly disciplined. Without sufficient passion this piece becomes a clockwork technical showpiece. The orchestra was seemingly unable to delivet the sustained amount of feeling the piece requires. The final piece of the evening was Schumann's "Symphony No. 2 in C major." It is a likeable piece but un- challenging. Schumann, renowned for his piano compositions, never seemed to gain full grasp of the symphonic form. 4 4 4 NEEDA JOB?. Students, only, Part-time work available at North Ingalls Building Eateries and Commons. MUST BE AVAILABLE DURING LUNCH HOURS Apply in person, Room 2400 Michigan Union A non-discriminatory Affirmative Action Employer 4 Doily Photo by DOUG McMAHON The Cleveland Symphony orchestra gives a disciplined performance at Hill Auditorium on Wednesoy. 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