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Show Thursday. October Arts 25. 1984 - Page THE HERALD, Prow, Utah, 25 Music, drama, the people film art, and the productions Symphony Opens Chamber Series M S . ' r; The Utah Symphony opens its Chamber Series in Ogden at the Hilton Hotel at 8 p.m. on Friday and at Symphony Hall at 8 p m. on Saturday. Conductor soloist will be the renowned Oscar Shumsky and the program for the intimate evenings include: Schubert's Rondo in A Major for Violin and Strings; J S. Bach s Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major, Kreislers Concerto in the Style of Vivaldi, and Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings. Franz Schubert wrote the Rondo in A Major lor Violin and Strings when he was but 19 years old, and, say music historians, he probably wrote it for no other reason than '. I " r X I "1 .. ..... - center Herald Arts Editor Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard prove themselves an unbeatable combination in their latest effort, Country. The hard-hittin- g drama about a family that is faced with the government's imminent forced forecloseure of Oscar their farm is a sure-be- t contender. Lange and Shepard 'play a farm couple who manage little more than the barest existence Review on land that has been in the wife's family for generations. In spite of inclement weather, falling crop prices and inconsistent foreign policies on grain exports, they stay on the farm, content with their lot. At the beginning of the film, the main characters are forced conflict into a with a tornado. They survive that, even shrug it off. These are strong, simple people whose roots go deep in their land. It is not until they come face to face with an impersonal government agency that either of them fal- ters. Then it is the husband who stumbles, momentarily losing his way in a sea of and pity. He becomes an abusive drunkard. The wife never even misses a beat, she simply goes on, doing what has to be done to survive and keep her family together. Lange plays Jewell Ivy, a basically introverted woman who becomes the courageous self-dou- bt of artwork of Annette Aiko Hori-ucNoduring the month of vember. She 1s currently a part-tim- e meetinghouse, located on the corner of 2nd Avenue and G Street in Salt Lake City, on Fridays and Saturdays through Nov. 3 at 7:30 to come p.m. Patrons are advised early. Noted playwright and composer Luacine Clark Fox based this iv.. 7V 3f on events original in drama the book of 3 Nehp recorded This play is of special interest to those who have been of studying that book as part recent in coursework church i "sumi-e- Luacine Clark Fox is best known as the composer of "Love One Another," widely used in church services. An older generation will recall her as the Miss chilAnna of KSL's show "Storytelling radio dren's Time" of the late 1930s and early 1940s. She has continued writing for radio and television since that time and has produced many Salt Lake presentations in the Tabernacle. Mrs. Pederson was also heard on "Storytelling Time," as RoseGolden mary, Keeper of the Book. She appeared in the films V Available in English Tweed, Country Squire Plaid, Boston Herringbone Li x i:? Fine Stores Melvin and Howard, Chilly Mary De La Mare Pederson Scenes of Winter and Take-Dow- n. Music and special effects in quadraphonic sound were de- signed by Reuben Fox, audio producer and sound designer for Hansen Planetarium. Production coordinator is Orval Fox, Jr., senior production designer for the Curriculum Audio-Visudepartment of the LDS Church. Much of the music was recorded by the Tabernacle Choir for the first production of this drama and it has now been electronically upThe public is not under high-fidelit- 533-640- Girl' Opens in Salt Lake 'Star-Spangl- ed presented onstage in New York City in 1966, starring Connie Stevens and Tony Perkins. It was d Neil Simon's The Girl will open in the Little Bowery Theatre at Promised Valley Playhouse tonight at 7:30 p.m. It will run through Nov. 17, with a Saturday matinee on that day. Starring in the former Broadway and film production will be Carrie Biggs as Sophie. Chad Murdoch will portray Andy and Scott Anderson will play Norman. Written by Neil Simon, The d Girl was first Star-Spangle- later made into a film that starred Sandy Duncan. The story is about a patriotic Southern girl, an Olympic diving champion, who big city to find that next-doo- r neighbors are radical newspaper writers. arrives in a her new Tickets are available at th door. For more information, 364-567- Star-Spangle- - - -- Ik, Sizes 6-1- 6 Sold in i graded to today's sound standards. became the Blazers, Skirts & Pants -All with Beautiful Coordinating Blouses Blazers $68.00 Skirts $38.00 Pants $38.00 y production is open to the free of charge. However, it recommended for children the age of 8. 1st Pykettes Price f $38 $20 $20 m role written especially for her when the play was introduced 25 years ago to audiences throughout northern Utah. It was revived 10 successful years later for another to cais and playing again tour audiences. pacity He youngest prodigy ever to have studied with the famed violin pedagogue Leopold Auer. Fully-line- d a Mary De La Mare Pederson, Provo-Ore- resident of the area, appears in a featured recognized. 224-108- (monochromatic " appearance Pykettes Wardrobe for the Working Woman W66ks. ar major concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age eight. Born of Russian parentage, Oscar Shumsky's musical talent was almost immediatley Blazers; Skirts .& Pant s 9-- - Si Japanese calli- graphy and language at Brigham Young University. Mrs. Horiuchi has studied in Japan and has trained under several masters in Japanese first a family, then a Book of Mormon Production Presented in Salt Lake it in instructor community effort to stave off the nightmare of foreclosure. It is her innate strength that becomes the core of the family's unity. Shepard is her husband, Gilbert, a good man who momentarily loses his way. Shepard has been compared to Gary Cooper by other reviewers, and the similarity of manner is indeed striking. He has the same a quiet strength qualities that tinged with vulnerabilty made the legendary Cooper so appealing. Wilford Brimley is wonderful but rough-edge- d as the warm-hearte- d grandfather. As usual, he brings an intense honesty to the role that imparts a sense of stark reality to the whole film. The part of Lange and Shep-ard- 's hardworking teenage son is played sensitively by newcomer Levi L. Knebel. Another unknown, Jim Ostercamp, is touching as a mentally retarded young neighbor. Both of these young men are incredibly effective in their roles, a tribute to the director's skill since neither of them were professional actors before this movie. Country is a powerful movie about the resilience of common people who are faced with extraordinary difficulties. The story is told in an unsophisticated, straightforward manner that is somehow fitting. The music and cinematography are beautiful, and the acting and directing are uniformly superb. One small weakness is a somewhat abrupt ending, but that seems inconsequential in the total context of the production. It is a vital, motivating tale that is masterfully told. Wnnr nf Glnrv will be oresented on the stage of the 20th Ward Shumsky wasted no time in making his professional debut. In fact, he made his first painting). The artist holds her bachelors and masters degrees in Art from Brigham Young University. She specializes in water color and calligraphy. Mrs. Horiuchi is a native of Tokyo, Japan and presently resides in Orem. Inquiries about her artwork displayed in November, may be made by calling Central Bank's University Avenue office will feature the Country is Sensitive, Hard-Hittin- g Drama By LAURA JONES Conductor violinist Oscar Annette Aiko's Art To be Shown in Provo . - Sam Shepard and Jessica Lange star in Country, the stirring drama of a contemporary farm family waging an heroic struggle to keep their land. . Shumsky graduated from the esteemed Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with the renowned violinist Efrem Zimbalist. Dnng the current and upcoming concert seasons, mr. Shumsky will appear with all three of London s major symphony orchestras. He is a frequent guest artist with many of the leadu l festivals of North America and Europe, and as far afield as Japan Tickets for the Symphony Hall concert is $8 and may be purchased at the Symphony Hall box office or at Basil's in Trolley Square. For ticket information call the Symphony box office at icnaikovsKy s serenade for Strings in C Major, Opus 48, was written in 1880 when he was 40 and among the leading composers in Russia. The Serenade boasts a lightness of the musical language rather than weighty symphonic textures pure enjoyment J S Bach s Violin Concerto N 2 in E Major is considered one of the greatest treasures of the literature Written with the usual three movements m the Allep.ro. the Adagio, and the finale, an Allegro, the concerto was written for the sophisticated private audiences of the eighteenth century court whose orof Anhait-Kothechestra he conducted between 1717 and 1723. Fritz Kreisler's Concerto in C (In the Style of Vivaldi), was published in 1927 and is, as the compsoer subtitled the work, written in the style of Vivaldi with the easy to listen to rhythm, melody and harmony of that era. 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