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Show , - November 28, 1948 . THE ,. DESERET NEWS ,'- A Cappella Choir o Appear in Yule Festival East High School's nationally famous a cappePa choir will be featured in a "Christmas Song Festival" at the Assembly Hall on Temple Square Dec. 15 at 8 p.m., it was announced Saturday. Under direction of Aisle Bradford, the choir will be heard in favorite Christmas carols and sacred masterpieces identified with the Yuletide season. More than 200 singers will be heard on the program, which will also feature several solo performances and numbers by ?peck!' groups from the choir. Probably the first of many outstanding high school choirs in Utah to gain national recognition, the East High group has become a Christmas tradition in the Solt Lake area, both on the radio and in concert. The program Dee. 15 will be sponsored by the Douglas Ward Sunday School or. ganization ohd all proceeds will go to the Douglas Ward building fund. , ' - 1 '',z , . By Conrad B. Harrison (Deseret News Music Editor) chal- it Utah with and hope A RTHUR JUDSON presented weekend. Lake Salt to his visit City,last lenge during The manager of the Ntw York Philharmonic-SymphonSYMPHONY OY HAR11144 Orchestra and Columbia Concerts, Inc., said he was sure No. 3, one of the most Maurice Abravanel could be kept at the helm Of the Utah Symsupport ? Ameriof c8ntemporary played phony Orchestra- "if you people in Utah will dig in and him and your symphony organization." can compositions, will receive Its sixty-fift- h As the man who has Mr. performance and I. ' re. will apAbravanel under his manager- - rrioned the brass seition as FEATURED BY SYMPHONYA symphony by Roy Harris Alexander Schreiner ial wing, Mr. Judson had been "quite outstanding," showed a if pear for the second time as so (left) will be heard on Utah State Symphony Orchestra's third concert, during which Organist Alexander Schreiner approached with: "You're not more than 'passing interest in loist in features of the Utah Timpanist Walter Rothaar and (right) will appear for the second time as a featured soloist. Symphony Orchestra's third going to take Mr.Abravanel said the orchestra sounded concert of the season Saturday away from us, are you?" muat bigger than 77 pieces' in at 8:30 p.m. at the Tabernacle. "You almost lost him last .the Tabernacle. Dr. Harris, now a resident of But of greater interest to him I year," he answered, referring Logan, where he is a member to a big offer from Houston, was the fact that the orchestra is so loaded with local talent. of the music staff of the Utah T e x., which the conductor with State Agricultural College, will turned down to stay in Salt He was greatly impressed that here the state of the fact conduct his own work. PROVOThe Brigham Young University Symphony Or- Lake City. Utah was "making its own mu-H- e Mr. Schreiner is scheduled chestra under the direction of Lawrence Sordoni will present sic" and calling on a minimum then offered his challenge to appear at the console of the its premiere concert of this season Wednesday evening in the of imported talent and admitted that symphony Smith Building. Joseph newly enlarged Tabernacle or development in Utah could Mr. Sardoni will feature the first Utah performance of a gan in a performance of a Hanslide back considerably if Ab- ExPANDED on this work by Leon Da llin, brilliant young composer and professor del Concerto for Organ and Orof composition at Brigham Young University. the work is ravanel moved, not only be- - thought before the Tabernacle Cuckoo the and chestra, "The Choir Sunday morning in a Professor Dallin'.3 "Sierra." which received its first performance cause the orchtstra would lose Nightingale," under direction of on the 1947 summer series of the Redlands Bowl at the base statement before the fabrief muand conductor a brilliant Maurice Abravanel. Also to be mous of the lofty. Sierra Nevada Mountains from which the title organization. slcian, but because the state as performed under the Abravanel was taken. of us hire profession"Many C are Schubert the influbaton Major well would lose a great The orchestra will open the concert with the Mozart's al musicians oo coem. e ion and Symphony and ence and personality. h said. Overture to the "Marriage of Figaro" and will present in addimake music "Cappriccio Espagnol. tion to the Da llin work, the Schuman D Minor Symphony, the "But here you do it yourselves. for Strings by Samuel Barber, Handel's Concerto Grosso Thus you not only promote ALL EXCEPT THE LAT- Adagio it JUDSON also agreed and hear N. 6 in G Minor, and the Prelude to "Die Meistersinger" by WI great music, but you would interest that lag through Richard Wagner. TER work will be receiving get the greater value of prohe But lack of support. their tint performance locally. ducing the music yourselves. 0, wouldn't go quite as far as did I wish more cities in our counThe,Harris Third Symphony I Leroy J. Robertson, composer tryy could know such satisfac,received Its first performance and University of Utah music tion." In February, 1939, by the Boshead, at the symposium which Mr. Judson's simphony inton Symphony Orchestra under, the recent symphony preceded comments also hitermission since and Koussevitzky Serge concert. In speaking of the orcluded a word of praise for has been performed by others Robertchestra and Abravanel, Mr. Robertson's "P relud e, among the world's leading conson warned listeners: "If you Scherzo and Ricercare." He ductors and in 16 different All instrumental, however, Is OME'OF SAMMY KAYE'S let that thing get out of your was amazed tS find a comcountries. "Dusty Manuscripts" (RCA-Vic- .- Henri Rene's "Dizzy Fingers" way, you'll wait another 100 One of the more than 75 poser in these modern times and "Spanish Dance" (RCArec- before the gods willATut four years in the true Bach idi"writing Vie. compositions by the native S something else in your laps." ords) aren't so dusty (in the om" with a modern touch in Oklahoman, the Third Symur something new, however, matter of time, that is), but the We caught Mr. Judson at intreatment. sound contrapuntal sections five is is but phony, in dusty tunes win the top favor. Buddy Clark has one that is termission time during the played without interruption. It Take "Down destined for a top spot on the symphony concert it the TabIs 18 minutes in length and is "hit parade" and an early ride ernacle a week ago Saturday the ALSO PRESENTED a Among written in dynamic fond. on the Jukes with his "Greenup him found information on e of and advance generous bit quite Sheltering As are most of the Harris Time" (Col. 38294), This is a in his praise of the orchestra for inPalms," the future of the conducting works, the symphony was stance. It's the one that Sammy catchy tune that has strong and the famous building as a New York Philharmonic, statwritten on commission. The concert hall. put on a single record with backing in "Here I'll Stay." ing that it is likely the orcomposer recently completed a good results recently. And "I "Underneath the Arches" is chestra may not have a single to even had He something work for the Houston SymWant a Girl" does nicely, too. given another push by The Serpermanent conductor for some say about the benches, but eon phony for viola and orchestra Some' of the eight numbers, enaders, who perform the old fined--hitime. In place, he said, two remarks to materials which will have its premiere such as "I Still Love You" and ballad and a backing after the diminutive conductors will take over, English n d a at Houston Dec. 13 with Wil"There But For You Go I" are of "I Want Some Money" (Col. with both of them likely to be Mrs. Judson had charming liam Primrose as soloist. He as soon as he returns in Sammy's "musical-readinselected 38274) in a straight march time. were true asked if.it similingly also has under commission his to New York City. His trip style. Roy Rogers and Elton Britt had them built Young Brigham ' Seventh Symphony for the will take him to Denver, Los that way to assure an attentive Just the opposite to Keye's fans get breaks in two new Boston Symphony, a violin is bums released this month by audience. Angeles, San Francisco and incidentally, music, concerto for the - Cleveland Kansas City, where he will to Mr. frenzied Dizzy Gillespie was Judson the attracted the although Symphony, a symphonic poem continue his project of listeners set may disappoint some the wood in the benches, claimin "Minor Walk" for the Louisville Symphony in leaving out "Pecos Bill" ing the "Norway pine" to be ing to as many of the nation's and "Algo Bueno" (RCA-Viand a cello concerto for Garorchestras as possible. g. If you like your befrom "Melody Time." The "Roy some of the finest for basova. At present he Is preto the Metropolitan k As And is. it here s ever with noise, "If er decide Souvenir Album" they Rog bop on harmony which opens next paring a text-boo- k (RCA-Vi- e. to get rid of those seats, the Opera, foltr10-inc- h type of rhythm, for anothey for Norton Publishing Comweek, Mr. Judson called it an occasion should provide a there is the popular "Sicilian includes pany; "anachronism" and said Its Tarantella" by Reina's Orcheseight hits from the cowboy's paradise," he said. Mr. Schreiner first appeared hope is to set up a smallonly Rene's offering Henri best tra and movies. er company with fewer as soloist with the orchestra e. 20- (RCA-ViBritt is featured in a set of TUE of "La Rispa" "name" stars, doing fresh "new two years ago in a concerto by VISITOR ALSO empha31$9). "Country Song Hits" (RCA-Vi- c. in English. Billy Rose Marcel Dupre. Regarded as one Opera" sis& of local Beneke impressions many four Orchestrally, it's Tex records), in-i- n a "showman and called he of the world's outstanding orfollowers regarding "East of the Sun" arid an old , eluding such of his favorites as symphony seeker" who is uspublicity ganists, he will be. playing on Mr. Abravanel. He praised him "Blue "There's A Star Spangled one of the finest and most Glen Miller etandard, ing the Metropolitan for pub20- (RCA-Vi- e. ner Waving Somewhere," "She not only for his musical tallicity purposes. complete instruments in exist:. Taught Me To Yodel," "Chime ents and achievements but for 3131). Sammy Kaye gives nce. his outstanding personal qualBells" and others. "Lavender B 1 u e" sprightly ities as well., treatment and backs it with oommloo.,,toommow,,nompo "We have many GOOD con"Down Among the Sheltering ' 1U1 few with the ductors, but very 9P)1,t Palms" (RCA-Vi- e. t rare combination of musicianand Freddy Martin's newest is I. gi to be character found and Whatcha ship "It's Whatcha Do With I 1 I i i in Mr. A bthriasvacnoemi '13'inhaetionsaitdo 14, 110 LI I Got" and "So Dear to My "It takes Heart" (RCA-Vi- c. The University of Utah will fit a man for his task and Mr. Junior vocal and piano stureTwo unveil its 1948-4- 9 dents of Madame Barbara' cordings of "Sunday in Old symphony Abravanel certainly fits beaua orchestra, ensemble tifully into the picture In Utah." re sure-fi,A Eldredge Bedenkoff will be Santa Fe," a juke box His comment on the orchesdirection of Albert underSheph refavorite, are offered by Xavier presented In an "fine the at went 4 tra from erd, gunday in profesp.m. Cugat, on the back of "El Lobo" cital Sunday at 6 p.m. in Barthe Union Building ball room. sional balance" to the superb . , Jose and 38327) (Col. Morind, ' The concert will be the first quality of section at- -. - -- rett Hall, 60 North Main St., as a string to "Con Maracas" of several under auspices of the Utah Tabernacle. He tained in programmed by the orchestra for the season and Federation bf Music Clubs. 4A side More on the sophisticated th,e will consist of the Symphony Features will be a presenta, lit-tis Russ field a 1 No. popular C in tion of "The Impresario," with Major by Beethoven, Case You of a offering "Tonight suite by Bach, the "Petite the English translation by MaTHE Belong to Me" and "Look for Suite" by Debussy and the, dame. Bedenkoff and accomc. "Somerset Rhapsody" by Gupaniment by a string trio of the Silver Lining" (RCA-ViCO' featuring the strings stav Hoist. 38300 September Soma junior pupils of Mrs. Melba and vocals by Billy Williams. Admission Is free. Lindsay Burton. THE OFFERS WORLD't, Performers will include Scott Harry Jame Flandro, John Nelson, Dixie BEST Black, Ann Cordell, Lorna 38333 My Darnel, My Fetzer, KatherineWinnerstroem, 1 Darting Yvonne Nordhoff, Jimmy Bish..,,4 Met -Consist k Penty', op, Betty Nordhoff, Eifrieda Adrienne Dirk Ehlers, Aberdeen, bey 1 Middy Choose From The You Can Hear the Stories of Madeline Blitz, Phyllis Burton, o , Clark Maurine Whitaker and Warren World's Famous Lines of S13.0w White, Pinocchio, Peter Rabbit and many Burton. The public is invited. 31344 Red Soils . i ? ,. , . i ,.;e--:7- . t.'', c,'qp 1...-- I 1 DIRECTS GROUPLisle Bradford will lead East High choir in Festival of Song that is scheduled for presentation in Assembly Hall. 41 HE History on Records. Proves Most Interesting of NewWoxings PIECES like Columbia's "I Can Hear It Now may never completely replace American history books in the schools of the country, but they cer- will tainly have a big hand in keeping the record straight. Without hearing this amaz- , big set of records (Col. MM- -: 800, five 12 inch), it it bard to realize the tre- mendoua scope of the pro- duction which brings to life an audible history of the pe- nod from 1932 to 1945. With the exception of the integrat- int narration, the entire work is made up of actual broadcasts, taken from transcriptions. From out of the past come the utterances of Will Rogers, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Huey - Long, the Duke of Windsor, Florello H. LaGuardia, Alfred tendon, John L. Lewis, Ne- ville Chamberlain, Adolph Hit ler, Charles A. Lindbergh, Be- nito Mussolini, Paul Renaud, Winston Churchill, Wendell Truman, Willkie, President General Eisenhower, Charles Gaulle, King Haakon of Norway, Josef Stalin, Thomas E. Dewey, Edward Stettinius and General MacArthur, There are also the actuat broadcast descriptions of the Hindenburg air disaster, the knockout of Max Schmeling by Joe Louis, Lou Gehrig's fare- well to baseball, the French surrender at Compiegne, the invasion and the Roose- velt funeral procession. And through it all comes the clean, rate narration by Edward MASTER- - i - - n 4:0 towsOineh Shore of Happiness. Art Mooney On '.: , t ' A- - Slow Beet To Chino Benny Goodman Y.4I Were Only Feeling. Blue Berea , , UntilTommy . - Dorsey - Cornholt Symeitoa- rNev. Simmons . Ono Hes My Hoed ITho.Other Hos Woke!), My Nente)-4inu- ny : , . My Darling, My DarlingBoris Doty end Buddy Clerk . rer what "chola" invents for voint asnottimoN, both Wombs egg album& ,we hove Sao qmostoot wad meet cow lams ooloctioak la VIs. COMO Is and e , browse seem& aZXZMRU TONI CHRISTMAS SHOPPING STARTS k , . i ' AT , II I iv 07 IP ' ' , , ,, e 0 .0 II . :4", z ': ' - , NUIL 42 t - , S, 4 ,- . ,4 , ' ,c, , ' (.' ., ri' .0 i 0 . , f l' 1 z ti, 51111-77- i estomitevetweete -- HISTORY FOR EAREd- ward R. Murrow is narrator for new record album, which, has actual voices and words of people in recent history: R. w, e. 5, P-2- ed Recital Set For Sunday e. is also ). I Another single presents Leonard Warren's dark i tone quality in Speaks' setting of Kipling's "On The Road To Mandalay" and Teschmacher's "Until" (RCA-Vite YOU WANT some , ' . Salt Laker , i Records ' Till Mom and Daddy that is what you Christmas. , c, 1 VII;ITER i IND It Fill Out the Coupon and We Will Medi You a List of Children's Records to Select From . USED SUMMIRHÄYS MUSIC CO. a list el children's records. - ' - ' Neste L Wirth's, ; . - Address. , , , ,sir Until , Phone -- - 0.144v Dksh own eLptnitys OR 4-43- Center State o 21 ' . i T- ' eo Cheriettars 38214 Buttons end Bowl ' . .... 1 O163 E. BROADWAY II Otiose seed ate, wirbeet . ' , COME SALT LAM! CITY, UTAH . P PIANOS ' . ' , 31329 its Toe Sees To Kiev BOUGHT end SOLD . IY WEST FIRST SOUTH th. Sunset Frod Lewory . 11111 , . . for . r- . wt la lottormesse - her vocal activities ' ItILIBALL , SIngs in N. Y. NEW YORK - 'Continuing in New York City, Mrs. Georgia Ostler Christopherson, Salt Lake soprano, was heard Tuesday 'night in a program of opera at Carnegie Recital Hall Mrs. Christopherson appeared as Santuzza in a section of Mascagni's "CavalleriO Rusticans" on a program of favorite opera scenes presented by her. voice coach, Floyd Worthington. She was also heard as Frasquita in the card scene from "Carmen. NAM VALUES. other interesting stories on records I' . 011Columbia - ' THIS AD FOR CHILDREN . . ce Ab-N- . - . Utah Music New Books Allen, Towne & Heath, Inc., will issue Sept 22 a new series of ,books which it believes will prove to be a revolutionary innovation for music lovers in general and opera lovers in particular, the publishers announced Saturday. It is a pocket libretto library, beautifully designed, with imitation leather 'covers. Besides Including new translations of the famous operas by Prof. Edward J. Dent, one of England's foremost musicologists, these little volumes will also contain extensive introabout the ductory material composer, opera, libretto, and music, marginal cues in the original language, excerpts of famous melodies from the operas, a list of recommended of ;cord gs,;earndEaa portrait to handle tit; , i while listening performances, broadcasts, or recordings, these volumem will also prove to be a handsome ornament for the library book shelL harA II he e. Librettos in Ensemble To Be Heard rim hitS 10-in- ch I violin-- makers' 10-in- ch goothm heard with Margaret Harshaw in a coupling of "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" (RCA. Vic.10-1449- violin-makin- recordsho, 10-in- ch Tian" Steber on 0. DISCS are all 10- inch and they contain ican favorites. Eleanor Steber does a full album of eight songs from her 'Firestone Hour" MOperformances (RCA-Vi1243, four records). Included are the two Firestone themes, "If I Could Tell You" and "In My Garden," and others as popular. Interesting is the artistry employed by the Amer-receiv- , RCA-Vict- Major. VOCAL 12-in- ch hit-tun- g" de thought-provokin- a haunting effect, ts the new waxing by The Caldwells of "Within Your Heart" and "Irs Like Taking Candy From a Baby" (RCA-Vi- e. Believe it or not, Bob Hope does a bit of straight singing (and quite you read e, the "Buttons and Bows," and in "That'll Not the Knot" 'Map. s B-F- Gude, have done in selecting the excerpts from more than 500 hours of old broadcasts. ' For, although directed at an emotional reaction with good effect, the work is also educa- g. tional and Meanwhile, the field of re- corded music'masterworks has an excellent perform- ance of the Liszt Sonata in B Minor by Gyorgy Sandor (Col. three records). Most Important, perhaps, is the fact that the young pianist once more shows himself to be an accurate interpreter so f pLreisvzitouas fact brought out in set of this composer's works. In another new set, not even the performance by the New York Philharmonic-Symphon- y save under Efrem Kurtz can the music of Lecocq ' in the "Mlle. Angot Suite" (Col. MX- records). 305, two Kurtz apparently is trying to the sensation he caused In big, recording of the but his vehicle is even less impor- tant as music and the result Is quite uninteresting. HE Popuiar other concerto is the familiar Minor by Tschaikowsky (Col. MM-78five records), and though it receives one of Pianist Oscar Levant's better performances, outside of his re-cording of Gershwin and one or two other moderns, and brilliant orchestral support, it is still somewhat behind the older ,Columbia set featuring Egon Petri's deliberate and clear cut performance. On the extra side, Levant lends a pleasingly artistic touch to the Rachmaninoff Prelude in G S IMPRESSIVE as Mur- row's narration is the job he and two colleagues, Fred W. Friendly and Producer J. G. 38364). More of the same, with quite 0) ,The A 10-in- ch 8, ch I2-in- ch - S bum. C'This Is London") Mur- CBS commentator. 6, 1, f's Sammy Kayels 'Dusty Tunes Win Top Favor presents Rosina Lhevinne and the piano duo of Vitya Vron- sky and Victor Babin with the Little Orchestra Society, Thom- as It. Scherman, conductor, in a "first" recording of the Mozart Concerto No. 7 in F Major for Three Pianos and Orchestra three (Col. This delicate and records). delightful music comes off very well and the fact that it has been made available is most important about the al- 1 . t I 1 I s . Vic. Of two piano concertos in the new listing, the most musical , ,, t ( ,,,,,,,, !I ,"i ' .- - , , , , - 444'n'te'.-i, , . , ,c,-- good 4214 $O. STAtt . , , ,....... . ( . , sentimental ballads. Try Dinah Shore with some effective two piano accompaniment "in "Far Away Places" and "Say It Every, Day" (Col. 38356), both good for the Shore style, or Frank Sinatra, with Axel Stor- d a h l's incomparable accom- paniment, in "If I Steal a Kiss" and "Senorita" (Col 38334). Buddy Clark is also around with The Modernaires and The .Skylarks in a eentimental coupling of "Brush Thom Tears From Your Eyes" and "One Sunday Afternoon" W el. Bluebird ' ,, ' , MAYBE Maybe Yea Be ThereGerdes Amities. Softens end ., Ith, T , ':. ,. :, 12-in- ch PP.JP) . , ,,o 1 3131-711- Popular - 4--, , - . ... , Classic ay Rimsky-Korsakof- 15292), with help from the Clark Sisters. Speaking of "straight," Dick Jurgens handles things that way in the ancient "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" and "Short and Sweet," with Jimmy Castle on the vo- .cals (Col. 38335). Johnny Vadnal debuts with "Vet's Polka". and "Loge Never Dies" (RCA- - .r , :4,,, y' Premiere by Utohn Scheduled by BYU Group ., 4 '''liotoe, ,I - - . OCUMENTARY ' R ., On the Record i Arthur Judson Praises Utah And AbraNfanel ; - Symphony Slates Concert ,,,,,,.. , ' N , East High .' Salt Lake City, Wall , , -, - dui g- -d ii ., . re. ,, |