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Show |S _ The Salt Lake Tribune ARTS § Sunday, January9, 2000 _ Speak Up, MonaLisa “Voices From the Gallery’ gives artworks their say in multimedia concert BY CATHERINE REESE NEWTON THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE @ Picture This Whyis “Mona Lisa” smiling? VY What is Veldzquez’s “Infanta Margarita” thinking? And what i | are the farm couple in “American Gothic” talking about? » Composer Stephen Paulus and poet Joan Vail Thorne dared to in “Voices From the i The Utah Symphony Chamber Orchestra, with condugtor Keith Lockhart and narrator Janet Books Thursdayat 7:30 p.m. in Abravanel Hall, 123 W. ‘South Temple, Salt Lake City, and Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Peery’s ater, 2415 Washington Blvd., Ogden. Tickets in Salt parton $14 to $29; call (801) 399-9214 for information’ on fhe “Ogden concert a multimedia concert piece that is the highlight of Utah Symphony Chamber Orchestra programsthis week. narrator, her task is to “makeit dramatically feasible within the demandsof the musical patterns. That’s a real challenge. Yet I must make it seem natural and “Thepiece is about listening to the innervoices” of11 well-known paintings and sculptures as the L Walker mansion at 610 E. South Templeis partially sh ded by folding A Fine Face Liftfor South Temple Mansion Even ona foggyor snowyday, there is considerable pleasure in meandering along South Temple JACK GOODMAN from 1300 East to Main Street — especially since the most presti- gious “boulevard” in our town offers an easy downhill grade when heading west. Plus, something always seemsto be going on — re- but that sum included an Otiselehome,then as now). The home also boasted a winecellar, a bowl. modeling of the mansions on what was once BrighamStreet, or ing alley anda tennis court. Like- jewelry, the shopkeeperrecognized thepieces and called the po- lice.” Then, says McCarthey, “the thief was arrested and served five yearsin jail — but David Keith felt so bad he supported the with wood and metal scaffolds, and sign outfrontnoting that thief's family while he was incar- cerated.” Thesoft-hearted Keith, as you reconstruction is under way. You mayknowthelong, low building by its proper name: the Matthew mayknow, owned several downtownbuildings, including the R. Walker mansion. However, three-storystructure on Main manyfamiliar withits history la- Street containing Sam Weller’s Zion Bookstore. His family’s original wealth came from Park City bel it the David Keith mansion.I alwaysthinkofit as the Aviation Club, which it was when I came to Salt LakeCity after the end of World War II. Architects havea bit of trouble whenconsidering the structure's mines. Not so with Walker, who reached Utah with his mother and three brothersin 1852. The Walker brothers gained their original wealth at CampFloyd, wheretheyoperated a store. They prospered immensely when the federal troops, sent to Utah to keep an eye ontroublesome Mor- style. Somesay it is “Spanish Re- naissance”; others, including Max Smithof the MJSAArchitectural firm involvedin the renovation, labelit “Italianate.” Theoriginal architects who blueprinted the homein 1904 for Matthew Walker were Walter E. mons,werecalled home whenthe Civil War broke out. The Walkers reputedly then bought quantities of governmentstores — food, wagons, harnessesandthelike Ware and Alberto O. Treganza two well-known and able men. for a few cents on thedollar, then sold thematfull price. Soon the brothers owned a downtown bank,a store andconsiderable Another namenow figures large in the building's reconstruction. Philip G. McCarthey,a resident of the mansion-girt South Temple neighborhood, boughtthe build- real estate. The Walker depart- ment store on Main and Broad- ing recently, he says, “because I've always admiredit, always way vanishedin Depression days, but the Walker Bank,with its liked the wayit looks. Not only its look butits history.” Hetold me of a robbery that occurred there in April 1924. Matthew H. Walker died and his wid- skyscraper office building, lasted far longer. Amongthesignificant features ow, Angelina, sold the hometo werea large grape arbor topped by a skylight of Tiffany stained David Keith II, whodid not main- of Walker's South Temple home tain a security system. Mrs. Keith wasrobbed ofher jewelry in 1924, glass anda $25,000 pipe organ, shipped from New Yorkby the “when the thief went to pawnthe Aeolian Co. The organ was completed with a rangeof1,500 pipes. but according to McCarthey, The mansion needed noskilled organist — the organ was selfplayer, using paperrolls like a more commonplace player piano. The house, according to newspaper reports, cost a cool $275,000, vator (an unusual feature in any new construction or a repainting job. Strolling down South Temple, as I did recently, it is a surprise to find the big mansionat 610 E. South Temple partially shrouded EARLIER eryae iz NEWDATES: Salt Palace Convention Center. wise a stable. Thelatter,I believe, vanished whenthe mansion, whenfirst being converted into an office building, was given a large, not-too-handsomeaddition onits west end. McCartheyandthe MJSAex- do.” She is delighted with there- action from critics and the public. (Mussorgsky’s] ‘Pictures at an painting or sculpture the same “It's an amazingly imaginative piece,” said Lockhart, who per- formed it with Bookspan and the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra whenhe was musicdirectorthere. “It has a theatric element that apPeals to me.” The works depicted range from the Greek sculpture “The Winged Victory of Samothrace”(190 BC) to Picasso’s 1950 sculpture “The She-Goat.” Also included are Hi- eronymusBosch’s “The Garden of Earthly Delights,” Botticelli’s Carthey’s office. The newly cleaned skylight andtheold elec- age 4, won renown asa director of ‘one hopes, old pictures will be re- hungandatleast one area transformed into something of a muse- Bookspan, who began acting at opera and musicaltheater. Before “Voices From the Gallery” um, recalling the grand days of Wasatch olianpipe organ, I did not wish to makeit appearthe family was not Finds a Niche at Home Brigham Street. While mentioning the mechanical functionsof the Walkers’ Ae- enjoystrolling past the mansion are happythebig house with the tiled roofis now beingso carefully restored. Jack Goodman has beenassociated with The Salt Lake Tribune as a staff writer orfree-lance writerfor 54 years. January 7 through Nie ndeSt2hoo fe Woop» 1apm Sunday: 1dam-Spe they're better together.” 0 on this week’s programs are twoother20th-century works, Respighi’s “The Birds” and Fau- ten that Eleanor Eisenmenger, founder of the New York-based Atlantic Sinfonietta chamber orchestra, told her, “You need an- ré’s Suite from “Pelléas et Mélisande.” Lockhart said he has been on a personal crusade, as musicdirector of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra and now in otherpiece.” Eisenmenger commissioned Paulusto write one; Bookspan had her choice of librettists and selected her friend Thorne, who in turn chose the 11 artworks and Utah, to dispel the “powdered wig and hose” image manylisteners have of chamber-orchestra music. “The other misapprehension people haveis that you're getting less for your moneyif there are fewer wrote the text. Finally, Paulus wrote the music. “Stephen took the colors, textures, environment and ambience andcreated a tone players,” he said. “The 20th cen- poem,” Bookspan said. As intended for forcesofthatsize.” ment of modern dance. Theyall returned. “Werealized this is a place where we could do what we believe in,” said associate director Schmit. “There’s a niche for us here.” tury is replete with great music That niche is promoting up- “We are not a repertory compa- ny,” said Walker. “We are always interested in doing new work.” They also emphasize collabora- tion with others involved in art, theater, music andfilm. Wasatch Dance Collective offered its debut concert, a benefit for the YWCA,in 1997. Next came a performance at NOW the Rose idiosyncracies.” The set design is Wagner, followed by a two-day New Yorkseason in 1998. In November, the collective offered by Salt Lake City artist Rebecca Campbell; music is by Heinrich Biber. Schmit’s “before AND after” is “BluePrints” at the Salt Lake Art Centerin conjunction with an ex- hibit there. an. investigation of the “AND.” Using 12 dancers as a metaphor ie f This month’s production,“This Time,” is the group’s most ambi- thesoloist’s subconscious, Schmit explores the struggle of interior decision. Mt by-Aphex Twin, Fugazi, David Byrne and Brian © Eno. Baker’'s“A Nurse/A Butcher/A tious to date. It is, in essence, an expansion of “Blue Prints” pre- sented on a prosceniumstage. In addition to multimedia pieces by guest choreographers Painter” is a series of three solos Stefanie Slade and Catherine raising Wright, each director is represented by a work. herited Dreams” as “a journey the women’s personalities. “So it is very much about us,” said Schmit. Se el ui RSE Stas tet (next to Old Navy) eaan Ca Ay Hal Holbrook alae Mark Twain Tonight! 2 ctow naturall concerning * The characterizations reflect through a dreamlike connection of memory andtruth and an exploration of ancestral in questions work, social delineations and foundations of spirituality, according to the choreographer. ‘ Walkerdescribes her piece “In- nee Sunday, January 9 Sat Pai Palace Convention Center fesyoutuarenst rately, but like a good marriage, piece was William Walton’s setting of Dame Edith Sitwell’s “Facade.” She performed it so of- at 355-ARTS. and-coming dancers and choreographers, themselves included. SymphonyandofBallet West. Just another reason those who premiered in 1991, her signature Wasatch Dance Collective presents “This Time” at the Rose the University of Utah’s depart- jor benefactorof the Utah is “notjust a story set to music.” “The story can stand separately, and the music can stand sepa- WagnerCenter for the Performing Arts, 138 W. 300 South, Salt @ Continued from D-1 er, Glenn WalkerWallace,the daughter whowas married beneath the mansion’s elaborate chandeliers, was to become a ma- Janet Bookspan will narrate “Voices From the Gallery.” LakeCity, Friday and Saturday at7:30 p.m. and Jan. 16 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 general and $8 students and seniors. Call ArtTix held in the mansion almost every Sundayevening, with Mormon perform, along with nationally famous musicians. Manyyearslat- ward that they'll neverlookat a way again,” she said. She suspects onereasonforits successis thatit @ Timely Troupe musical. Margaret Lester, in her major volume on BrighamStreet, notes that music soirées were Tabernacle organists on hand to “Manypeoplehavetold meafter- Exhibition.” mezzaninethat was Mrs. Walker’s bedroom is to become Mc- tric fixtures will be restored, and, she has narrated from New York to Oklahomato San Diego.It now accounts for “a good half of whatI Utah Symphonymusic director “The Birth of Venus,” Marcel Duchamp's “Nude Descending a Staircase” and paintings of Pieter Breughel, Andrew Wyeth and Pierre Auguste Renoir. perts planto restore the house as much aspossibletoits original state, except that the room on the This will be Bookspan’s 36th performance of “Voices,” which Keith Lockhart, who will conduct the concerts, called the work “a chamber-orchestra version of eG Fri conversational.” artworksare projected on a screen above the orchestra,said narrator Janet for whom “Voices” was created. “It's their reaction to what has been said about them, to them,of them.” duringits 3 KINGSBURY HALL SATURDAY, JANUARY 29 Thetrouble begins at 8 o'clock 1 1 RAWE OW! 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