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Show October 21. 1965 REVIEW B3 THE PERFORMING ARTS by LOWELL DURHAM Hank Star, Humility? Utah Symphony Opener Best In 19 Years wind. two weeks 19-y- POSTSCRIPT TO LAST WEEK'S ABRAVANEL STATISTICAL COLUMN: My research of the Abravanel SL Tabernacle subscri- ap- pearance of the season. That ceased to be the case over a decade ago when Ogden became the first Utah community (outside SL) to sponsor the orchestra in ? multiple-conce- Recent years have seen concerts multiply. This year seven scalps were in hand prior to the official opener. ktuch helps to account for the orchestra form. Since then the maestro has led the ensemble through four more concerts in Cedar City, St. George and Richfield . .a rigorous schedule for instrumentalists a blessing to the state. With his 1965-6- 6 model the maestro adventourously programmed Sibelius Second Symphony . . . something unthinkable years ago - perhaps a gamble even now. But the gamble paid off in the face of a Halloween-is- h pre-seas- on mid-seas- on dress rehearsal L( W ption concert repertory during the 19 years of his directorship served as a catalyst to LL DURHAM ( further statistics. For example, I discovered rt season the night before in an empty - rever-berati- Tabernacle. The ve TONITEiS UTG JOG Sibelius, although a repertory fixture nowadays, presents difficulties for both performers and listeners. The latter tunes attuned to the of the 19th century, balk at the Finnish masters fragmentary like melodies which of the begin in one tone-col- or orchestra and move subtly to another (or disappear, depending on ones ear). Sibelius presents technical to performers. problems Particularly in scherao. And the maestro - always a master at the long line, overall rhythmic challenges and the gradual rise and fall to final climax - brought off the closing 4 minutes with enough reserve en route to guarantee final triumph. This is a genuine problem in the Second and, unless well at the helm, can fizzle before journeys end. The Sibelius was wisely programmed during the first half, on the heels of the same composers (now pops) tone poem, Finlandia, which got things off to a rousing start. And gave the charge of the late brigade something to charge into after Finlandias final clap of- thunder and prior to the Seconds quiet start. must realize that One contemporary Sibelius was old enough to have been Brahms son, but not old enough to have been his grandson to appreciate the feet that he is of the 19th - rather than the 20th - century. His spiritual fathers Tchaikovsky and Mahler. While he is no Brahms, Sibelius nevertheless is a towering northern giant to be reckoned with. The evening was Brahms, Lowgyer. Its difficult for anyone (save Beethoven and the Hamburger come off second best. Particularly is this true with that he brought a world premieres nacle audiences per season. The full-blo- reaching was, seasons M ary far- - perhaps, last Music. That should be an exciting night. Perhaps the Tabernacles most exciting, musicFor, in addition, the ally. maestro will serve up fee first of relocal performance volutionist (early twenties) Edgar Varese. Also on deck: Milhaud's ballet score to Hompie et son Desir, the first anywhere of performance Leroy Robertsons latest opus, FESTIVAL OVERTURE, and Honeggers PACIFIC 231. The Robertson overture is an pops piece built on UU school songs HAIL, UTAH, UTAH MAN, etc. Dr. Gates 14 performances during the maestros reign included 10 of his llstenable INTERLUDE from PROMISED VALLEY, a beautifully scored Jyyical excerpt from fee centennial production. yot premiered by Utah Symphony were three of Robertsons most significant works: the prize-winniTRILOGY (Detioit Symphony 1347), (Athens Symphony under Scherman 1956), and Piano Rhapsody (1944 in days) Glaring omissions from last weeks published repertory: Alexander Schreiner's Organ Concerto premiered with composer as soloist; Schon-be- rg who was overlooked at 2 performances; and Ned ng has 7 concerts behind them plus the programs first half. They had warmed to their task and obviously enjoyed playing fee Brahms. It had a buoyancy about it that one does not always hear. -The reason: three-wa- y Brahms, AbravaneL and the perBra- was great hms. Who, by fee way, didnt enter fee valley until fee maestro did in 1947. Both are here to stay. Third and fourth movements remain in memory as I write this piece five days after fee fact - a luxury, believe me' Ro-re- new UU composer-in-residenc- m, e, whose EAGLES was heard season before last in the Kingsbury Hall Contem porary series. Also fee st truly 'American composer, Charles Ives whose Second Symphony delighted theContem-porar- y audience three years ago The Abravanel repertor becomes more significant as one studies it: of a total 139 composers programmed 70 are contemporary or recent, 57 are American (native or naturalized) and 14 are L-- The of the playfulness the immediacy of scherzo, sifetle tempo changes and the in genius-inspircontent rank it in rfiy booi among .fee alltime great internal symphonic movements The finale was one of those -- election affairs the-re-- ed most most-premier- ed sunny Second. Which, in my book, is the greatest Second in the literature. Abravanel has often led off a season with Brahms. It is It was more always sure-fir- e. so last week, for fee orchestra formers. This to TaberThats two Robertson is the Abravanel composer: a total of nine new works Crawford Gates had five He conworks premiered ducted all. Or will. The fifth (his Third Symphony) was conducted by the maestro last April at a special Rockefeller Dr. Gates grant concert. will be on the podium for its second airing (prescribed by fee Rockefeller grant provisions) November 24 as a feature of fee UU's Seventh annual Festival of Contempor- -c- ontrolled dedicated-enthusias- tic total of 39 hell-bent-- HEIGHTS SHOPPING CENTER JUST IN TIME drop-o- ut and therefore Is most enthusiastic about fee many letters he has recently received from young people who feel that the TV show, HANK, fans fee Came of higher education. In HANK, Mr. Kallman portrays a college student who has never formally registered but attends classes, while constantly changing identities to avoid running into fee regis- COMPLETE I SERVICE Popular Price1 Elections for student body officers and cheerleaders were held at Wasatch Junior High School September 16fe and fee winners were announced in a special assembly fee following day. Last years officers and head cheerleaders returned to Wasatch from Skyline to present fee new officers, including John Ramsey, president; Dell Felix, Janell Pearce, secretary; and Sheryl Poulson, historian. He spent several years struggling toward a stage career, secured by his eighteen month tour in How to Succeed In Business Without Really TryMr. Kallman Is a harding. working and dedicated performer, who is selling himself and his show hard, and getting onewhale of a bang out of doing both. He enjoys his role as Hank and believes in fee show. 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I Dry Laundry 8 (Prices Unbelievably Low) SPARKLEEN e HI-BURG- m Dry Clean load) Mull Advertising Men To secretary I & press wife each vice-presid- ent Hi , min. FREE-1- 0 TIL OPEN EVERY KITE clean and hang Brent O' Neil was named president of fee seventh grade wife Baird and Morgan, Bonnie Cox, secretary. Three Cottonwood Mall advertising and promotion committeemen will attend fee annual Promotion Advertising Conference of International Council of Shopping Centers ' being held Monday at fee Hotel Mark Hopkins inSan Franby fee cisco, Bureau of Advertising of fee American .Newspaper Association (ANPA) and fee International Council of Shopping Centers, of which fee Mall is a member. They are Alden Wignal of Makoffs, committee chairman; Ted Bushman, committee member and promotion manager at ZCMI, and Wayne F. Richards, manager andex-ecuti- ve BOYD H. HAUSER, Owner DRAPES terson, secretary. jeans, dirty fingernails and sloppy living. We wish him well. ..the family store CLEANING? and Nancy Pe- vice-presid- ent PICK UP YOU CATALOG TODAY! HOUSE vice-preside- nt; Richard Romney, OFF . HAIRPIN imiinunninmii dent; Marty Plunkett, Julie Gustaveson secretary. Eighth grade of- president; YS LAST. YEARS PRICES VILLAGE Fbe results were announced In fee Hello Day assembly by fee student body officers- - Elected to lead fee ninth grade were Bill Montogue, presi- ficers are TOYS-TOYS-TO- UP TO nt; TV career. He decries as phony those of his profession and generation whom he feels flaunt fee life of fee blue All-Americ- an r BEAUTY Names Officers HOME-MAD- All-Ti- FOR DICK KALLMAN trar. Attend-Conferenc- YOUR ONE-STO- P classes himself as He PACEM IN TERRIS, a collaborative effort of Milhaud and Pope Paul. MOST WERE BY UTAHNS OF BOCK Robertson's ORATORIO preMORMON miere in 1952 (and subsequent repeats in later seasons) probably ranks next. In some respects, being an indigenous work, it outranks the Milhaud - 003330 Stopping in Salt Lake this week as part of a twelve city tour to promote his new TV comedy senes, was Dick Kallman, star of HANK. Mr. Kallman, an attractive and impeccably groomed young man, makes up in candid charm for the humility he lacks when discussing his life and career. He u fee son of former Broadway actress Zara Whitman, was brought up in Nev Hampshire and educated at Tilton Academy, a prep school for Dartmouth. Although accepted by Dartmouth at the age of sixteen, Mr..Kallman left Tipton to follow a stage career. that Maurice takes like the It was exciting and wrapped up the entire proIt also gram dramatically beat the elections by nearly UTAH SYMPHONY OPENER: Maurice Abravanel led the Utah Symphony through its most polished opening nif$t subscription performance in his tenure last week in the Tabernacle There was a day when the Tabernacle opener was the orchestra's actual initial No, Candid Charm? 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