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Show J 1 by LOWELL DURHAM THE PERFORMING ARTS aestro Ahravanel: Utahs Dynamic Comp oser EDITORS NOTE: He did not confine his activities to past decade, he has served as head Tne Utah Symphony opens its new season basking in the glory of an invitation from the Greek governin': ut to perform it the Athens Festival next year and the recent gamering of the Mtihler md.il by maes- Dukas, Paul Dvorak, Antonin nation's most heralded Summer Camps Music Academy of the West Nor has he neglected the national worlds or international music Guest conducting appearances are too many to list include New York, Los Angeles, Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics plus many stops between Canada, Pacific northwest have welcomed him And this past summer saw him ride herd on Crmandy's superb Philadelphia Orchestra at Robin Hood Dell No exclusive-long-hai- r, the maestro has brought professionalism to L'U Summer Festival productions of the best Broadway shows And no wonder He left the Metropolitan Opera conductorship to promote Kurt Weill's great They included One Touch of Venus Broadway musicals (Marv Martin), Seven Lively Arts, Lady in the Dark (D ,aye), Street Scene No wonder his two Gershwin albums are the orchestra's biggest sellers! More could be said But let's look at the 19 year record Including the 1965-6- 6 announced repertoire, maestro Abravanel has brought the g, colorful pllette to the following expansive, vallevs: They tro Maurice Abravanel. By way of com npnt on the achievements of this group and it's leader. Dr. Durham presents the first over-vie- w of the Maestros 18 years here LOW I LL DURHAM ly Maurice Abravanel, during the past 18 years, has changed the cultural face of SLC and Utah As the most significant figure of the state's second century, he became the focal point around which developed our present enviable national and international reputation in symphony, ballet, oratorio, and summer opera He had help From valiants who struggled in late 1800s and early 1900s From a dedicated group of predominately fund From equally dedicated buffs youthful musicians etc. From UU President ARay Olpin raisers, and from composer Leroy Robertson But - in a larger sense - the first two decades of Utahs Second Century - have been the Abravanel years History will record as much Interestly enough, he is an adopted rather than native son Which may be significant particularly in the arts He brought professionalism with him. It was contagious' Nor has he been satisfied with any particular gain He is a constant seeker. A constant fighter for excellence in everything he touches It was his presence more than anything that brought William Christensen home." It was he who brought Brahms to acceptable performance in Zion AndStravinsky, Ravel, Debussy, R Strauss, Robertson, Sibelius, Bartok, Webern, Schonberg, and contemporary American composers And a significant number of Utah composers He put Utah on the international market, recording-wis- e The US's 25 albums (Westminster 10, Vanguard 15) attracted an unusual amount of prime space in national and international recording publications and daily newspapers single-handed- rs, . wide-rangin- (omposer Per No. Com poser 1 Faure 1 F ranck 5 Gabrieli Gates, Crawford Gershwin Adam 1 Gluck 5 Gold, Ernest 1 1 Goldmark, Karl Gould, Morton Grainger, Percy Grieg, Edvard Gnffes, Charles Grofe. Ferde Halevy Handel, G F Karris, Roy Alexander, Carlos 1 Albenu 1 Antheil, Geo 1 Bach, J C 3 Bach. J S 22 Barber, Samuel 7 Bartuk 12 Beethoven 89 Berg, Alban 1 Berlin, Irving 3 Berloiz 10 Bernstein, L 2 Boris Blacher, 2 Bloch, Ernest 7 Bocherini 1 Borodin 3 Brahms 50 Britten, Benjamin 3 Chadwick, Hovhannes Hindemith, 2 l 2 Geo. 2 Chavez, Carlos Chopin Cimarosa Chopland, Aaron Croelli Cowell, Henry Dalby, Glen Dallin, Leon j 4 l l 3 2 Debussy Dlndy Delius, Frederick 2 19 2 Dohananyi 1 Donizetti Durham, Geo. H Durham, Lowell 2 1 1 9 3 2 1 16 2 2 l 14 5 Kennan, Kent Kodaly 1 1 4 1 ov 1 Sanders, Robert St --Saensj Schubert, Franz Schumann, Robert Schumann, William Shepherd, Arthur Shostakovich Sibelius, Jean 2 6 13 Top Americans 1 Still, Wm Grant 5 Smetana, Bedrich-Straus- s, 7 Johann (waltz) 17 Strauss, Richard 15 Stravinsky 3 Sousa, John Phillip 1 Sowerby, George 1 Surinach, Carlos Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilych 35 4 Thompson, Randall Stravinsky Gates, Crawford Gershwin, George 1 9 14 Vaughn-Wllllam- 1 1 18 7 2 A glance tells how well MA has programmed the Masters, Moderns, Utahns, Major-Min- or composers all their innings. Beethoven surprises no one by leading the pack by a large margin. His 89 performances is followed by Mozart's 60 and Brahms' 50. Wagner and Tchaikovsky are next with 38 and 35. Then it is Ravel (one of the maestros specialties) with 26. UTAH'S Leroy Robertson finishes seventh in the Abravanel sweepstakes with 23 performances! A tribute from the maestro to Robertsons emimence mong the nation's composers. 60 1 icolai 1 - Holladay building at 4711 Highland Drive will be formally opened to the public Friday, October 22, it was announced by George S. Eccles, president of First Security Bank of Utah, N.A. Final touches on the $75,000 building are now being completed by the Jerico Construction Company of Salt Lake City. In honor of the occasion, bank officials plan an open house, during which there will contest be a with valuable prizes, free souvenir gifts, and refreshments for all. Designed by Dean L. A Associates, A. I. A., Cottonwood ng o. Ous-tavs- on B THE BUILDING HAS FULL BASEMENT AND SUGG Th ORIENTAL INFLUENCE. UNTRA-MODE- RN ONE-STO- ' floor contains 3,627 square feet of worklnr area and houses three teller stations, sJW a ls Also In the are, In order. J. S Bach 22, Debussy 19, Sibelius & Mendelssohn 18, Richard Strauss and Franz Schubert 17, Handel and Aaron Copland 16, and Haydn each with 14, BUY'sCrawford Gates 13 (Promised double-numera- window, vault, and drive-i- n 8 Others: Alexander, Antheil. Berg. Berlin, Bernstein, Blacher, Britten, Chavez, Cowell, Dalby, Dallin, G H Durham, L M Durham, Dohananyi, Falla, Gold, Grainger, Grofe, Harris, Hanson, Hatton, Honegger, Hovhannez, Hindemith, Kabalevsky, Kaufman. Kennan, Kodaly, Liebermann, Martinu, Mecham, Neseritis, Pemu, Piston, Poulenc, Respighi, Riegger, Rilsager. Rosza, Sanderz, Wm Schumann, Shepherd, Shostakovitch, Still, Sowerby, Surinach, Randall Thompson, Virgil Thomson, Toch, s, Varese, Villa Labos, Walton, Webern, Weinberger, Wolf. Opens Branch new bank 11 Gold. Morton F irst S ec ur ity First Security Bank's 23 16 15 14 Robertson, Leroy Copland, Aaron 4 Neseritis N 7 Rosa, Miklos 8 Paul Humperdinck Kabalevsky Kaufman, Walter Mecham 1 Bloch, Ernest Robertson, Leroy Rossini 5 Mendelssohn Milhaud, Darius Moussorgsky Mozart, W A 1 Rimsky-Korsak- 1 Lalo Liebermann Liszt, Franz Mahler, Gustav Martinu 16 11 4 Honegger, Arthur Bruch Chabrier Chaus son 1 13 Glinka Glaxunov Composer Per. Penna, Joseph Piston, Walter Purcell, Henry Poulenc Prokofiev. Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sergei Ravel, Maurice Reger, Max Respighi, Ottorini Riegger. Wallingford Rusager, Kundager 2 .10 3 Hanson, Howard Hatton, Gaylen Haydn, Josef Per. iVo. da Falla Elgar Per. So. Per. .Vo. Composer officers' area. A conference room, employees lunch room, rest rooms and storage area are located In the basement. Exterior of the bank Is constructed of flemish bondbrlck with white mortar joint. Special structural work has made which Is locatthe building ed Just 200 yards off the earthWasatch fault line quake proof. Customers may enter the building from one of two main from Sycamore entrances, Street at the south and from the north, leading from the parking area which will accommodate 19 cars. First Securitys Cottontood Holladay operation has been conducted from a trailer to the north of the new building since the office opened lad December. Manager of the office is David H Kesler, assistant vice president. Valley Interlude was performed 10 times over), Bartok 12, Berllez, Dvorak, Saint --Saens, Raehmaninoff, Schumann all with 10. It's Just Minutes to Midvale to: EARLS HOME FURNISHINGS 0tyJD UGH ITAUAN PtOVtNQAl 0 I-T- new dimensions DU's cn IKlntf! in sound Mni style COMTtMAOtASV WALNUT TtfNCH rtOVMOAl CHMtV FREE DEMONSTRATION! cruiswo EASY WITH Soloncsd pokf tyitsm wood C obi ns try 9num wood Ko,,wood S NEW Equipped tor PortoFi S Top fork. ... vnsr, or . 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