2 fHE MICHIGAN DAILY a -A usic and 7Jrama +l J0 t THE WHIP-CREAMK 4 OF MOZART MATINEE MUSICALE PRESENTS i t i By Marion Barlow The special qualities of the music of The next ccncert of the Choral Mozat, as far as they can be analysed, Union series is not, strictly speaking, depend upon melodic novelty, richness a concert and that alone; it is an and variety in orchestration, and opera. But the Coral Union is the certain other virtues which all cul- only organization in the neighborhood minate in the one word "brilliance." which is adequate, and of a nature It is 'as dainly as old lace' in the authorized to bring an opera here. words of "Musical America," and the Nct everyone, it is safe to state, will comedy is intelligently funny. object to a touch of the drama in- If you will, these two concerts will terminglcd with his music. Wednes- instruct you and help you to acquire day, November 19, which is Wednes- culture. If you are not particularly! day of this week, is the date set for interested in the instruction, you will the production of the "Marriage of surely find it all entertaining; you f lga seo.' The opera will be given, will find the music appealing, the cf course in.Hill auditorium.! scenes in good taste, and the acting* Thee i a lotto he Mariag offinished. Then, perhaps the cultureI There is a nlot to the "Marriage of will come without being bidden. Figaro" which borders upon con- fusion, if one takes it too seriously. .... Yet lie who lays aisde his taste for; realism, and accepts the exaggerated c'rcumstances of the story will findI therein a delicacy and sparkle of wit Pavlowa Abused which is scarce in all times, ancient,' medieval, and modern. This plot culminates in a happy ending which; excuses itself by being funny. It was By Sidney Faites. written, moreover, in the days when Poor Anna! How she is being toss- there were at least fifty million fewer ed about on the waves of personal satisfactory conclusions in the world opinion throughout the East. The than there are now, whole situation arose because of an A boy, Cherubino, who is really a article written by Mr. Olin Downes, lady named Celia Turrill, is one of music writer of the New York Times, the chief comedians. He is the youth who made the assertion that a dancer -who falls in love with every lady, can greatly aid music in helping to near or far; which proves that Mozart, liberate it. Since the appearance of too, knew the type. the writeup, the Times has been in Figaro himself is a useless, enter- receipt of numerous communications t.J.I fiIZn i UT fi t IL h A The Genius That Is The Kennedy's By Normann Th l icharacterized by exquisite psycho- Drama-which yearly finds its place tlogical truth and subtlety, emotional t on the programs of the Oratorical mastery and matchless form.ji association-will hold the stage Tues-r Ranging through the centuries, Mrs. s day in Hill auditorium. But it will Kennedy's art has taken in the drama a not be Just ordinary drama, it will of ancient Greece, the mediaeval mys- p be the well-known Kennedy-Matthi- teries and moralities, Shakespeare (in g son players, who have been called i which she is said to excel), old com- "the smallest wmpany, with the edy, and the best moderns. biggest reputation." pt Margaret Gage, a pupil of the Ken-S IgThese players will present "The nedy's, is a fine example of natived Chastening," a play whosereception genius perfected by sound training- , I especially in "free speaking" England, She is said to possess rare spirituall has been such that it cannot fail to distinction and endowment, and has attract the American audience. And ialready won for herself the plauditsl that Americanshave not failed to ap- of critics on both sides of the Atlantic. !lpreciate both players and play is Of her "Lad" in "The Chastening"s shown by the favorable comment that the London ,Morning Post said, "-itv has followed them in every part of the would be difficult to imagine the part country. !better or more beautifully inter- The company is really not much of preted."t t in.ize But hI The London reception of The Editor's Note: The follo isle reprinted from the lates ssue of The New York Tir pecial interest because of ppearance of this exceptio any under the amspices of t gan Theatre LeagAp. A little wooden church, dE such, is tl. home of in dr uma in Cleveland. It is Playbouse it is the offsprin Theatre Guild, and it selt uncomfortably, about two It is crowded night after r ts neculiarly eager audienc seern to mnind the narrowne wooden seats or the broadu highbrow dialogue. As a hardboiled cos theatre-goer one arrives the benevolent condescension to Tie Clev-dandP aylic a conm an at an-n ie nL . I I a~znng sort or person. int ne open- ing situation he finds himself engaged to one lady, a servant, and about to marry another. At some time before the curtain rises Figaro, in a moment of . desperation, has pledged himself to marry lady the first, or to return to her the funds which he has borrow-y ed. That is undoubtedly a fair enough1 bargain, if the maiden be not too proud. The agreement, however, is the nucleus for a complication of circumstance 'and a variety of char- acter which all proves that men and humour have not improved greatly through the past few centuries. Concerning the actofs, there isl Pavel Ludikar, bass-baritone, of the Royal opera house of Milan, Turin, Rome Bologna, Dresden, Vienna, Prague, and the Grand opera house of Paris who will play Figaro. He is able to sing when it is appropriate in Ita'ian, English, French, Spanish and German. As' an actor,; he is known best as "Mephistofele," "Wotan," and "Figaro." William Wade Hinshaw, who was himself an opera singer of consid- erable import in his day is the pro- ducer of the "Marriage of Figaro." He was also responsible for "Cost Fan Tutte" and the "Impressario," two other Mozartian operas which have appearqd here in other years. * * * concerning the subject, and some of them have been rather strenuously phrased. For instance, one person looks upon a Pavlowa ballet as a usurpation pure and simple, while another protests against the general idea that a dancer "can in some way interpret or illumine or give some real significance to music" that it did not have before. And then there are those, and 1 happily they constitute the great majority, who claim for Pavlowa and her ballet all that she is justly de- serving of. Her art-is not essentially that of interpreting the musical works of the composers, but rather a thing apart and as supreme as the best of the numbers performed. It is a dis- tinct expression, as complete and as satisfying as any other of the arts. There is behind the Pavlowa creation a t spontaneous outburst pfl life, a naturalness of rhythm, which perhaps is the most important fundamental of all in music, and a grace that is in itself enough to make one feel the swaving of branches, the sighing of winds, the songs of birds, the gentle flowing of strdarms alcrng ccuntr; hillsides. 'TIhere is an indefinable something that is forever fresh and new, and which never loses its ap neal in an expr-ssion that is nwtural that is free, and that is without bounds 02 artificiality. CC tv u j-.y a. i c . . would probably be difficult to find any Chastening" was probably as interest- most painfully pleasant sn other organized group with as high a ing as that ever received by any play Thaere is no occasion for conc peientage of real dramatic talent in any country. The Lord Chamber- sion. One sees an ensemble- as is found in the three players who lain refused to license the play be- of a few professionals and man Scomprise the entire organization. cause, as- he said, it was "too near the amateurf'-of alwxy-s compete s Charles Rann Kennedy. the leader life of Christ." sometimes ins.ireU actors th of the group, is not only an actor, The situation was saved by a Gil- stand com arisu with the bes but also an author and producer as bertian twist peculiarly English. kind. well, and is perhaps equally well. His Lordship felt "deeply moved" by They were playing Karel I known and admired in .all three a- the play and thought it should be done. "R. U. R." without malice and these fields. Of classical sympathies, So did that "highest dignitary of hysteria-it was the best perfo a....of, theisurec"tanihoahe fantasia and descended from a distinguished the Church" to hom he had suechanical fntasia line of English Greek scholars, he is imitted it in his dilemna. The easiest ever seen. I am saying this yet a modern of moderns, in many way out was talc'n,-the doors were any ('oo(sideration for the respects ahead of his time, prophetic thrown open and the world invited. paralyzing limitations of a tiny .both in form and idea. -And the world attended, members of It is astonishing to see how mi His modernity seems amply proved royal households, actors, artists, lit- be done by 9assionate devotic by the following statement from Shel- erary men, the clergy, illustrious talent). don Cheney. "Kennedy has been cry- members of the bar--and the Lord Frederic McConnell, the it shuco 'Trio '' ing out in the wilderness for the sort Chamberlain himself. working director of this exe of thing the youngsters are now com- Thus "The Chastening" was intro- repertory theatre, Thas a mo Musicale. They are, left to right: W ing to. Kennedy, with his remark- ! duced to London. And there is every bitious schedule for the season. illem Willeke, 'Cello; Aurelio Giorni, able reaches into regions beyond the reason to believe that Tuesday night his next productions will be Piano; and William Kroll, Violin. usual vision of play writers, with his those who view the performanceI Davis's "Icebound," Clare Ku flashes of genius, his superb irony here will say, with the Boston Even- "Rollo's - Wild Oat," d'Ani and his imagination; is bound to grow ing Transcript, "The effectiveness, of "Francesca da Rimini," Jean C I in stature in histories of the stage, the performance was astonishing."- version of "The Brothers Karai THE 'COMPLETE story of the Air- I and to be recognized as having in- Vellmoeller's "Turanidot." Mo: plane Fliglht Around the World, ac- fluenced a large following." j Edgar Lee Masters has written the y er to his elbow, and a bigger complished by U. S. Army Aviators, l Edith Wynne Matthison, who is text of Summer Day, a new song by for his creative enthusiasm! really Mrs. Kennedy retaining the Roland Farley, published by G. Schir- Living up to the shining e at first denied publication by the Gov- name under which she became famous, 'mer Inc. One of the poems in The of the Theatre Guild, the C1 ernment, is now being prepared under is said to be one of the most ii.'ohEdI New Spoon River by Mr. Masters Playhouse has become self-sup official sanction for publication by artists of the ?ay. Equally gifted 'n (Boni & Liveright), is dedicated to soon after having been sta: Houghton Mifflin. tragedy and comed, her work is Mr. 'arley. beach of the ocean, The El, Who will make their first appear ance in Ann Arbor Monday night in Pattengill auditoium at 8 o'clock, under the auspices of the Matinee GEORGE MOORE IS abandoning his principle of publishing only in limited editions and allowing Conver- sations in Ebury Street (Boni & Liveright) to go to the general public. This is the first of Mr. Moore's books to appear, except in limited editions in almost ten years. e t coral Union I r Another musics for this week is t en by the EIshu( (-mber 17 at 8 ruditorimn. The three bristly for men who becam conceit in New Musicale, compos sasts of Ann A Flizabeth Shurtle this citvi. It is,V most pretentious tempting this se will be classical, ly. There will b peal to the so-ca * To return to t' aro." Wolfgang most of those' t believe today th not do. Sill hi though he wrote pressure. The was composed it al event scheduled he concert to be giv- There are of course many musica? co trio Monday Nov- compositions that should never be at- o'clock in Pattengill tempted by the dance, and Pavlowa trio is composed of has the good ability to leave these en- 'eign looking gentle- tirely' to themselves.'' In this she .e famous after one differs from such a performer as York. The Matinee Isadora Duncan. But such numbers ed of musical enthu- as Saint-Saens "The Swan," Schub- rbor is bringing the ert''s F minor "Moment Iviusical, eff Coolidge group to Glazounow's "Bacchanale," and a host we are told, quite the of others that could be named, and thing they are at- all of which are snatches from various ason. The program suites by these composers, are ex- strictly-and honest-I tremely appropriate for the dance, be no attempt to ap- and it is due to Pavlowa as much as alled collegiate tast'e. to any other interpreter that these * * works are as well known to the he "Marriage of Fig- music public as they are. Amadeus Mozart did Pavlowa's art is a soundly establish- things which people ed one,' the oldest and most inherent at an author should of all, and all the king's- horses would s operas have lived have no effect in trying to bring about e rapidly and under an alteration. It is as near the true 'Marriage of Figaro" beauty as comes within the scope of n one month. Then, mere mortals to contend with, and all vast numbers of the criticism that could be gathered do impossible things, for centuries against it would be but to 'add to the charm as a single grain of sand on the great generous loans. 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