SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1952 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1952 PAGE THREE I U __________________________________________________________________________________ U wm EXTRA SERIES SOLOIST: Chilean Pianist Arrau Noted for Big Repertoire If Chilean pianist Claudio Ar- rau who will appear on Tuesday, Nov. 5 in the Extra Concert Series, started playing everything he knew by heart, the fortunate au- dience would sit through a con- cert lasting 76 evenings. If they waited a little longer, they tould listen to him perform the 63 orchestral works in his re- pertoire. NOT THAT the renowned vir- tuoso goes around giving 76 day concerts-although in the more than 500 concerts he has given in the United States and the thous- ands more performed while tour- ing five continents, he has had t occasion to run through his huge repertoire many times. Arrau is at present making his twelfth transcontinental tour of the U.S. and Canada, which makes one every year since his triumphant Carnegie Hall debut in 1941. ' Since then he has played with every major orchestra in the coun- try and received rave reviews. * * HOWEVER, HIS reputation was made before he ever stepped through the gates at Bedloes Is- land. After leaving for Germany, where he was sent by the Chilean government to study piano, he gradually built up an unequalled record. 'He brought German audiences to their feet and toured Europe, winning, in 1925, the Interna- tional Concours of Pianists in Switzerland. The Russian government even brought him all the way to Moscow in 1934 and '35, paying for the trip in jewels and furs. A m o n g Arrau's greatest achievements are a full month of appearances in Eondon where, he gave all Beethoven's 32 Son- atas and the Diabelli Variations in 16 broadcasts over BBC's famed Third Program. This was the first time the Beet- hoven cycle has been played in London by a major pianist since the late, great Artur Schnabel per- formed the feat in the early '30's. * * * IN AN accomplishment no Ger- man pianist has ever reached, Ar- ran played all of Bach's works for the keyboard in a series of 12 re- citals in a row in Berlin. Arrau has achieved public ac- claim in all of the continents he has toured-Europe, North and South America, Australia and New Zealand. Last year he began mak- ing some inroads on Asia when he performed in Israel, where he was so popular that tickets to his concerts were rationed at the box- office. Although this was an unusual incident, the man who was called by the Manchester "Guardian" the "greatest of the great pianists" will probably continue thrilling audiences all over the world with his pianistic achievements. * * * Messiah Will Be Included In Concerts December 6, 7 Set for Oratorio One of the University's major attractions of the pre-Christmas season is the annual presentation of Handel's Messiah which will be given December 6 and 7 in Hill Auditorium. Nancy Carr, Eunice Alberts, Da- vid Lloyd and James Pease are the star soloists scheduled to appear in the religious oratorio. * * * THE UNIVERSITY Choral Un- ion, organist Mary McCall Stub- bins and the Musical Society Or- chestra under the direction of Lester McCoy will also be featured in the performance. A familiar face to University concert audiences is soprano Nancy Carr who has appeared locally in the Messiah for sev- - eral years. She is best known for her many performances on the Chicago Theater of the Air. Miss Carr is a graduate of the Ameri- can Conservatory of Music in Chicago. Contralto Eunice Alberts was chosen by Serge Koussevitsky to make her debut as soloist with the Boston Symphony in 1946 while a student at the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood. Since then she has sung with such orchestras as the Cincinnati Symphony, the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Nation- al Symphony of Washington, D.C. and the San Antonio Symphony. * * * DAVID LLOYD, tenor, got his start on a musical career shortly after being discharged from the navy when he won the annual "Voice of Tomorrow" contest sponsored by the Philadelphia In- quirer. Versatile Lloyd has sung in every musical field-concert, op- era, oratorio and as soloist with orchestra. He has been a member of the New York City Opera since 1950 when he made his debut as David in "Die Meistersinger." A career in law was passed up by bass baritone James Pease for a career in music. On the same day he won a scholarship at Philadel- phia's Academy of Vocal Arts and passed his exams for admittance to the Indiana Bar. After two years of study he made his profes- sional debut with the Philadelphia Opera Company. He has appeared annually as a member of the New York City, Chicago, Pittsburgh and New Orleans Opera Compan- ies. Vladimir Horowitz, concert pi- anist, who will appear at Hill Au- ditorium on Nov. 19, believes that the best audiences in the wori~d are to be found in the colleges of America. In his twenty-two seasons of coixertizing in the United States, Morowitz has received the impres- sion the college audiences are "the most spoiled and unspoiled audi- ences one could find." * * * HE BELIEVES they are "spoiled in the sense that in most instances they have at their disposal the best in music, art and literature- unspoiled in that they are willing to try to understand and to ac- cept any composition which is per- formed for them." Horwitz's phenomenal career did not start with his being pro- claimed a child prodigy. Born in Russia in 1904, he began taking piano 'lessons from his mother at the age of six. It was she who unveiled his talent and saw to it .that he received the solid foun- dation which Horowitz today claims is "all important in good musicianship," Graduating from the Kiev Con- servatory with highest , honors, mark the 25th anniversary of Hor- owitz's debut in the United States. His first American appearance was in 1926 when he appeared as solo- ist with the New York Philhar- monic Symphony Orchestra play- ing the Tchaikovsky B-flat minor Concerto. Twenty years later, in 1948 he again played the same concerto with the New York Phil- harmonic, and will commemorate his 25th anniversary by repeating it next year with the Philharmonic under Sir Thomas Beecham. Besides his musicianship, Hor- owitz is famous for his genius in planning programs for his re- citals. "A good program," says he, "is one which brings emo- tional, spiritual and intellectual satisfactions to every member of the audience." Programs for his recitals are devised on the same basis on which a composer plans a sym- phony - an introduction, main body with a climax at just the pro- per moment followed by an ef- fective conclusion. He spends many hours balancing and analyz- Ing his music and arranging it in a pattern designed to satisfy the greatest number of audiences. VLADIMIR HOROWITZ ... piano virtuoso * It Horowitz made his formal debut in 1920 in Kharkov, Russia where the success of his concert marked the beginning; of his spectacular car- eer. His first recitals in Europe out- side of Russia made him a cele- brity uvernight, with concert en- gagements pouring in from all sides. * * * THE COMING year, 1953 will Horowitz Praises College Audiences BOY SONGSTERS: Vienna Choir To Sing Here in Tenth U.S. Tour CLAUDIO ARRAU ... Chilean pianist The famous Vienna Choir Boys will appear in a concert at Hill Auditorium on Friday, January 16, in the course of their tenth American tour. The group of more than twenty youngsters, aged seven to twelve, from Vienna's historic Konvikt School, founded by Imperial decree Accoutstically Perfect Hall Seats 4500 Hill Auditorium, University con- cert and lecture hall, while being architecturally beautiful, is also acoustically perfect. Scientifically designed by De- troit architect, Albert Kahn, the auditorium is built on the prin- ciple of the headlights of a loco- motive. From the paraboloid shape, direct and indirect sound waves reach the ears of the hearer simultaneously, making a perfect sound. * * COMPLETED IN the spring of. 1913, the auditorium is named for Arthur Hill, a member of the Board of Regents who was inter-' ested in concerts and gave the funds for the new hall which seats 4500 persons.. Previous to the building of Hill Auditorium, concerts were held at University Hall which stood where the new Angell Hall now stands, It was very unsatisfactory because of the narrow aisles and meager facil- ities. At the time of its construction, Hill Auditorium was the first large auditorium in the country and considered to be one of the best, since it was copied many times. Artists loved to appear at Hill and noted pianist, Paderew- ski, called it "the finest auditor- ium in the world." 450pesn * THE FIRST event to take place ip the newly completed auditor- eum was the 1913 May Festival. The house was filled to capacity. people to enjoy concerts. Each De- cember, two performances of the "Messiah" are necessary to ac- commodate everyone. Two years ago, Hill Auditorium was remodeled. It was decorated completely, new comfortable seats were put in and carpets were laid to lessen noise. 452 years ago, recently arrived in the United States after concertiz- ing in Europe. High point of their activities was their appearance at the International Bach Festival in Vienna. * * * THE SCHOOL has three choirs on tour. This is the third unit to appear here since the war. The rotation system allows each boy in the school an opportunity to visit each country on the choir's itinerary at least once. The concert, divided into three parts, will open with a group of sacred songs written in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. After a brief inter- mission, some of the boys will change from sailor suits to high- heeled shoes, dresses and wigs for costume operetta. The pro- gram will conclude with secular music and folk songs. The troups of more than 20 boys, seven to twelve years old, was originally established by Maximil- ian I in 1498. Subsidized by the Hapsburgs until the first World War, the group has included such names as Schubert and Haydn. THE BOYS are housed and re- ceive not only training -in music but in all scholastic subjects. Headquarters of the choir is a former Imperial palace. In 1926, the choir initiated tours which took it throughout Europe. It , was brought to the United States in 1932 by Impresario S. Hurok and they have visited here annually until 1938. The old adage, "boys will be boys" applies to these angel- voiced youngsters as much as to any average American boy. However, to someone watching them on the stage, they appear always to epitomize the courte- sies of a past culture. Under the supervision of their Rector, choral master and nurse, the Vienna Choir Boys make use of their United States tour to learn new customs and comple- ment their German and Latin vo- cabularies with many American phrases. * * * AFTER THE SMALL RATION of milk they had been accustomed to, the unlimited varieties of ice cream to which -the boys were in- troduced here made them indulge their stomachs more than was good for voice or digestion. Com- pared to Austrian milk, American ice cream was too rich for them to digest easily. New Orchestra Honors Music Of Gershwin (Continued from Page 1) Young soprano Carolyn Long turned down professional offers during the war to sing Gershwin songs to thte armed forces at camps, hospitals and naval train- ing stations. She has a record of many concert performances and noteworthy opera appearances be- hind her. Recent soloist in Benjamin Britten's new opera "Billy Budd," baritone Theodor Uppman is en- thusiastic about his latest innova- tion in appearing with the Gersh- win Concert Orchestra. Conductor Lorin Maazel has been praised by both Leopold Sto- kowski and Serge Koussevitzky for his gifted performances. He too is an ardLnt Gershwin enthusiast and enjoys Rresenting the compos. er's music in many facets-songs, symphonic works, and opera ex- erpts. THE WORLD FAMOUS TROUPE OF VIENNA CHOIR BOYS .. ,i IEJ I... r 1'P. 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