| Show c S- S j 11 44 1 1 Lv 5 5 fr S Pr I 3 J 7 to 4 f 5 S k ir iri i sd 1 P PU U ItI I II S WE i I I 4 H I d dS S Jr S g f f'S S SS S'S S 'S w cc 4 F Fx x S 5 fr c- c r PRACTICE MAKES PERFECTS PERfECT Guest Director DriUs S Symphony Orchestra The To c audience pushes as the condu conductor con con- du ductor to steps Jo to the podium raises his baton and music flows through the concert hal hall The orchestra moves noves as a. one being and the music is in perfect harmony Behind this seemingly effortless effortless effortless effort effort- less music of the Utah State Symphony Symphony Sym Sym- phony orchestra are hours and hours of hard physical and mental work during weeks week of Individual and group rehearsals such as the theone theone theone one recently in Teamsters hall hail at which th the orchestra surpassed any previous highlight of or its career Guest Conductor James Sample was Wa-i putting the string section through Its Ha paces making the player toe the line in producing satisfactory tones in the Concerto for Strings by VIvaldi for the opening concert of the season in Kingsbury hall hail Fri Friday Fridy y and Sat Sat- Directing them with expressive hands and facial contortions ns Mr Sample drew out of the strings the exact quality he desired A tireless worker he lie strives for perfection perfection perfection per per- in the preliminary practices practices tices not only mechanical perfection tion Lion but inspirational also A flashing smile tells the group when it is doing fine Im Tm very pleased with the way they're coming the conductor commented after the rehearsal The Concerto is doing well but they have never played Richard Strauss before and we are having our big trouble with that From the light melodious theme of the concerto the orchestra swung into the scherzo movement and there Mr Sample encountered some very sloppy staccatos but went over the troublesome spot until it was smoothed out and the violins carried through the melody A Able ble to detect the slightest mis- mis tak talc from one instrument Mr Saz Sample told them One person spoils the quality of the whole se selection selection selection se- se lection and listened very carefully carefully carefully care care- fully the next time through for forthe forthe forthe the mistake which had been cor cor- Individual mistakes are not all that Mr Sample works against for he stopped the strings many times to harmonize the ensemble chaos when the violins cellos and b basses 1 ses each went their own way Repetition after repetition finally straightened the parts out and the music once again flowed smoothly The finale of the concerto rises to a thrilling climax and both the conductor and the players were working hard to do as Mr Sample said Make your instruments sing dont don't Just play the notes in front of you Complete program for the first concert will include Concerto for Strings Death and Transfiguration tion episode from rom Carnival in Paris Pans and Jubilee overture from Symphonic Sketches by Chad- Chad wick Dusolina Giannini Metropolitan opera soprano will be guest star of the evening with the orchestra accompanying her Symphony rehearsal under tinder a 3 anew new Dew conductor conduct r and everyone puts pets his all into the Concerto for Strings Upper left the bass section solos concentrating ing irIg on the score while lower left is a n. conductors conductor's view of the first violin group Above James S Sample a a. m p pIe 1 e conductor shouts for even more crescendo crescen crescen- do to build the number Into a climax for opening the season |
