Show Are Given Ovation In CM A. A Series The ancient lute of 0 oJ oriental origin tamed famed in song and story of ot olden times was brought to music musie lovers here ast night in a singularly beautiful beautiful beau beau- tul concert at South high school auditorium as the second feature of ot the season of ot the Civic Music tion ton The Aguilar Aguiar quartet demonstrated demonstrated demon demon- not only the sweet toned instrument instrument in in- strument with wih its it wide range of ot color but too their own impeccable musicianship musicianship musicianship musi musi- and appreciation of ot the subtle beauty of ot compositions whose interpretation appears to be Harly susceptible to the favorite instrument in strument of ot the medieval troubadour The concert of ot these virtuosi partook partook par par- took of ot the temper of ot the string tet tet The ensemble is i Indisputably entitled entitled en en- titled to classification with wih other chamber music groupings The original original nal lute played by Elisa Elsa Aguilar Aguiar is pitched an octive lower than the vio Io 10 in lin ln and the small smal lute is equivalent to the violin while the medium lute is in the compass of the viola and the large lute an octave lower In their playing plying the melodic strains appeared to be mostly to the medium lute in the hands of ot Pope Pepe Aguilar Aguiar with sonorous and full ful toned harmonics harmonies coming from the deep and resonant laudon ludon or large lute played by Paco Aguilar Aguiar and sweet upper tones from the laud laudin in or small smal lute played with wih superb discretion by Eze quiel quid Aguiar Aguilar The ensemble imparted to the whole program a fine sense of unity The shading in all al their numbers numbers num num- bers bels was exquisite and there was an expressive feeling in every composition tion ton that stamped the players as masters masters masters mas mas- not only of their instruments instrument but butas as possessing fine understanding of or orthe the poetic values in the appealing compositions which made up their pro program ram The audience was entranced with wih the first evanescent beauty of ot Cou Cou- perin's penns Rondo Appreciation grew with wih the richer substance in a sonata in iii D by Matco The Te warmth and spirit of ot old Spain came forth in the colorful Granada by Isaac A canvas of ot barbaric anlon- anlon dor unfolded in thc l-thc- the exotic D Danza 1 b. b by Luis The Te march romance minuet and rondo of ot Mozart's Mozart's Mozart's Mo Mo- Serenade were tumultuously received and the artists were forced to an encore giving a fifteenth century century cen cen- cen tury song in alluring manner A Fishermans Fisherman's Talc by M M. de Falla Fala and a pastoral dance by E. E Halfer were two delightful little numbers La Oracion del Torero the toreadors toreadors toreador's toreadors toreador's torea torea- dors dor's prayer by Turina was was perhaps the outstanding number of ot the concert concert con con- cert It I gave cave full ful play to the possibilities possibilities bil tes of ot the lutes for expressing in Parts of the number with wih muted strings were were particularly appealing The Te musicianship of ot the was superb in this exacting composition Nin's Nm's richly colored tone picture of ot peasant life in Murcia was the concluding number on the pro I gram It I revealed the scholarship of ot the thc composer and was a fitting climax to the artistic presentation of ot these world famous For an encore encore en en- core they played a by Bach The Te quartet was greeted by a lar large e audience appreciation which was outspoken in its is |