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Show 'Commitments' fails short Page D6 THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Turtle Island String Quartet On the Town Windham Kill Jazz Grade: A I have to admit that I used to think of this group as a new age version of the Kronos Quartet. Unfair, I know, but how could I a strong quartet on help it Windham Hill, for heaven's sake! This album shows them asserting their authority, however. "On The Town" consists of quartet arrangements of 30s jazz classics, sometimes incorporating a rhythm section. Though many of the titles "Fascinatin' Rhythm," "Body and Soul," "Cheek to Cheek," are familiar, these treatments are revelatory. The arrangements show an understanding both of the jazz idiom and of the experimental mood in classical music of the period; the pieces turn spiky and elliptical at times, but rarely lose that swing which is their essence. This is not to say that every tune on the album is an unqualified success. There are a few missteps, but they are more than outweighted by frequent mopiano-bass-dru- Sunday, September 15, 1991 The remarkable dolls made by Gudrun Kalt will be on display at the McCurdy Doll Museum during the month of September. Kalt, a native of Germany, came to Utah in 1955. She studied art in Stuttgart, Germany specializing in pottery and sculpting. About nine years ago she started ' cloth making European-styl- e dolls which are much in demand by collectors. Beautifully crafted from felt, each doll is totally different and unique. They have expressive painted faces and are dressed in individually designed felt-clot- Rick Anderson ON MUSIC bly inspired, though the horn section provides some memorable moments. While there's no doubting the sincerity of these kids, this is music that requires more of its performers than they have to give. hosts felti dolls, stone Doll Museum h clothes. Thin plastic forms are used for the faces, the bodies have wire frames and are hand-stuffe-d. Some of the dolls have flax hair. Kalt's dolls have won many awards, especially her musician dolls and many of her ethnic dolls. Some will be cn exhibit at the Utah State Fair for a few days but the extensive collection will be at the Doll Musuem during September. These will include her "Sacajewia," "Christo- pher Robin," "The Little Prince," "St. Lucia," eskimo dolls, black dolL as well as her set of musicians with the cellist, harpist and violin players. Some of the dolls belong to the permanent museum collections, other are on loan from private collections, includprize-winni- ing many literary and historical characters. On Saturday she will be at the museum to visit with doll lovers, and there win be g y and a honoring her and her dolls. Reservations may be made by calling the museum, Tuesday through Saturday, dur- story-tellin- tea-part- 5s ing open hours of noon to 5 p.m. In October, Shirley Pack, nationally famous doll maker for American Beauty Dolls will be at the Doll Museum to give a program, and the museum will launch a puppet play series. In November the Museum will host the famous doll, "Hitty" with her furniture and wardrobe, made famous by Rachel Field's y winning book, "Hitty." The original doll will be on loan from the Sturbridge Library in Mass., after a visit to Cornell University in New York. New-ber- Stur-bridg- e, , ments of arranging genius. "Love For Sale," "Fascinatin' Rhythm," and "Angel Eyes" have never sounded like this, and if "Dancing Cheek to Cheek," sometimes staggers where it should bounce, well, no one's perfect. The Commitments Soundtrack MCA J ,1 Grade: on the novel of the same name, "The Commitments" is a new film about a group of working-class Irish kids who decide to soul music to bring Motown-er- a V--j Dublin.. The soundtrack, of course, consists of such soul classics as "Mustang Sally," "In the Midnight Hour," and "Chain of Fools," all performed by the cast. This sounds like a great idea, of course, but the actual result is disappointing. There's an essential shallowness to these interpretations that no amount of youthful enthusiasm can overcome. The featured singer is 16 years and while he's a good vocalist and does sound quite a bit older (my wife guessed 45), he doesn't bring anything more than energy to tunes that require soulwell-kno- r0 an n 0) j-A-, ful depth. Some of the problem, of course, is that these songs are classics and it's impossible to hear these versions without comparing them to earlier, more definitive renditions. You can't hear singer Andrew Strong's performance of "Mr. Pitiful" without hearing Otis Redding's voice in your mind at the same time, and there's simply no comparison. And even David Byrne did "Take Me to the River" with more authority. The girls fare a bit better; Niamh Kavanagh's version of "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" is one of the album's highlights. The instrumentalists are skillful, but again, not terri- - ells (o) (s m mm, sMsiWd NT (5 Barbershop at Tabernacle Monday night "An Evening of Barbershop" will open the Provo Community Chamber Music Series Monday at 7 p.m. in the Provo Tabernacle. Three quartets, The Bamber- ger Express, Sound This season, Real 14 KXIV has attracted some great entertainment for the Winter. Incredible shows like Beauty and the Beast, Disney's Darkwing Duck, The Joan Rivers Show, Geraldo Rivera's Now It Can Be Told, A Different World and much more. So stop changing channels, tune into Real 14 and throw that remote control away. Our new fall line-u- p will make even the ducks stay for the winter. At Real 14, we've got it! and Lasting Impressions as well as the Skyline Chorus will perform. The men's groups will go to Colorado Spring F-- X to compete in the Rocky Mountain District of the S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. contest at the end of September. Last year Express Bamberger placed eighth in the district finals of 28 competing groups. The series is sponsored by the Provo Arts Council and The Flower Basket and is free to the public. Families and special interest groups are encouraged to attend. The fall series includes "Thefolkmusic by the Buskers" Sept. 30, Tom and Gael Shults with hammer dulcimer, Celtic music Oct. 14, The Rich Family, a country fiddle band Oct. 28, Variety Musical Instrument Nov. 11, BYU Jazz Ensemble and Big Band Nostalgia Night with guest soloist Ralph Laycock Nov. 25, and Brass Works, Christmas Program Dec. 9. 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