| Show ' 4vigrrwlooarbditNdppVWK 114wr‘ow1aagowenemoagq - - — I SE The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday October Day Night Day' wholesome LDS entertainment 14 1990 - Bemstem s retirement is major loss to music By James Roos r Newspapers From the moment he appeared on the scene Leonard Bernstein been associated with youth — youth and an alert and satisfied musi- - e'744-7- : ' ''''' ' cal mind And 1 11 ' so it is that i p Knight-Ridde- Bernstein's re- tirement from It p 11 the concert an- - 1 stage flounced Tues- day marks the end of a musi- cal era — and izt i' 10 i ik 3' ": ' ' :: '' -- I I r 'N 1 1 di fa 111 must give Bernstein pause Bernstein was the young conductor who created a nationwide sensation 47 years ago substituting for the renowned Bruno Walter in a radio broadcast He was the fascinating young man dynamic and emotional who magnetized audiences with his milestone television series "Omnibus" and CBS' "Young People's Concerts" But time marches on Bernstein is 72 and not well His sole contemporary of comparable stature was Herbert von Karajan conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic who died more than a year ago According to reports Bernstein plans to continue composing and will participate in special projects But his departure from active conducting is a major loss to music His gift of revealing the deeper beauty of a score harks back to an age of personalized music-makin- g At the beginning of his career Bernstein seemed a kind of Orson Welles of music a triple threat who composed conducted and played solo piano He is a fine pianist and a controversial composer — although his music has increasingly found favor especially in Europe Although he's probably best known as a composer for his music to the Broadway show "West Side Story" Bernstein's concert works include a Mass and such memorable scores as "The Kaddish" and "Age of Anxiety" symphonies and "The Serenade for Violin Strings Harp and Percussion" As a conductor Bernstein is outstanding He was music director of the New York Philharmonic from 1958 to 1968 and during the past decade has enjoyed a highly Lsuccessful relationship with the Vienna Philharmonic He has justifiably earned more and more I praise in his later years From the start he could discov- - matum: Unless the sign appears by a specified day all who will not deny Christ will be put to death Stewart's retelling with music by William Marsden is faithful to the By Catherine Reese Tribune Staff Writer Obviously no one is going to see "A Day a Night and a Day" expecting "Ain't Misbehavin'" The new musical by Doug Stewart author of perhaps the quintessential LDS mu- ---- audience His movements mirrored the music He had the plasticity to translate sounds in terms an audience could instantly grasp When Bernstein conducted say Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" he seemed so immersed in it — and probably in the Nijinsky legend back of it — that he fell into the pose of Nijinsky's "Faun" whose choreography was the forerunner of Stravinsky's great ballet There were the bent head the hunched shoulders the contorted hands the sagging knees But Bernstein's choreographic conducting so effective at first began to have its ups and downs with the repertory and for a while in the early 1960s his conducting seemed affected and provide wholesome LDS spirit if not the letter of its source Several supplemental characters family-oriente- d flesh out the story (for example there is a "Romeo and Juliet" subplot involving Nephi's daughter Ashna and evil Emron's son Jared) and certain events are telescoped Dialogue and lyrics are generally intelligent with cutesiness held to a m i ni m u m Stewart also arreasci tsetsr overare simplification: The h real people with real misgivings and there are several shades of gray between steadfast Nephi and power-ma- d Emron Nephi's wife Esther for instance can't bear the thought of her children being killed so she sends them into hiding without Nephi's knowledge And Jared and Ashna profess their faith that "all who believe in Christ will never die" even entertainment Stewart has said the impetus for "A Day a Night and a Day" came at a 1988 General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da-y Saints when President Ezra Taft Benson challenged the "artists of the church to use the Book of Mormon as a basis for creating great music and drama" Stewart set aside the "Saturday's Warrior" sequel he was working on and wrote a musical based on the first chapter of Third Nephi in the Book of Mormon In the Book of Mormon account Samuel the Lamanite prophesies that a day a night and a day without darkness will be the sign of Christ's birth The unbelievers issue an ulti- - "If I err which I do on the side of stressing underlining or overstating" Bernstein once said "it is in the interest of an educational direct approach to the hearer" No matter With so much shaping Haydn and Mozart for instance tended to lose their exquisite symmetry Fortunately Bernstein evidently realized he was exaggerating and somewhere in the mid- - to late '60s he began to shed affectation for a more crisply incisive yet subtle approach His expansive and dramatic way with Mahler was a touchstone for its time and many conductors today still try to emulate Bernstein as an interpreter of that composer The conductor's championing of Nielsen Hindemith and Copland has also been important to increased appreciation of those composers But almost any music Bernstein conducted from Beethoven to Berg was imbued with freshness and passionate conviction Just two years ago when I heard him lead the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's First Symphony — a performance that he happily recorded — Bernstein conducted it with a breadth yet a fierce penetration that were fascinating If health has forced him to quit the stage before many of his long-live- d predecessors — including Bruno Walter and Pierre Monteux who conducted into their mid-80- s — we can at least hope Bernstein will continue to make recordings But whatever he does now his contribution to the art of music is assured Bernstein's legacy will be enduring Night" Performances are competent all around Of particular note is Nephi whom Michael Clapier portrays as a h regular-gu- y prophet Nephi has a nice rapport with Esther sung pleasantly by Suzanne Decker Another strong performance is that of LR Noe as the villainous Emron Effective supporting roles are turned in by Curtis Scott and Taylor Anderson who play the cynical Pahor and Shez with gusto On the other hand Thom Alden's Paanchi with mannerisms that seem borrowed from Bert Lahr's Cowardly Lion is It 141k AA 41 r rinri---r TU7 71 - 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N I I 1 011 IL s S non-LD- down-to-eart- ' ' — All good-nature- --- I part ing and their singing is refreshingly free of the annoying affectations that characterize all too many young singers The chorus is also noteworthy In memFriday's performance chorus real-ha- s bers demonstrated that they can ly sing when the soundtrack disappeared during the curtain calls And there's no denying their sincerity especially in the closing "Anthem of Faith" arguably the show's most powerful number Stewart has said he thinks "A Day a Night" will appeal to a large cross patrons section of LDS and but some knowledge of the Book of Mormon is helpful if not necessary Allusions to such figures as Ammon Helaman and the Gadianton Robbers are frequent "A Day a Night and a Day" plays Mondays Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm through Dec 10 at the Vine Street Theatre 184 E Vine MOO South) Tickets are $8 for adults $6 for children 5 to 11 Children under 5 are not admitted LDS-radi- Theater review "Saturday's Warrior" is tarto a specific audience As such the production now playing at Murray's Vine Street Theatre is highly successful at what it sets out to do: sical geted er in a score the urgent lucidity that can make it come alive for an slij ntly over the top 'he children in this production for refrain from overactth3 most as they plan to run away The music is also effective and a few numbers appear destined to beo come favorites most notad bly the family scene "She Knows What's Best" and the children's "Hang On Be Strong" In the Vine Street production the choral scenes and it would seem a few of the solo numbers are augmented by tracks The recorded accompaniments work better in some places than in others instrumentals could have been toned down a bit in such spots as "Let This Be the Center 1172 Brickyard Road For Women ' - : — -- MEW t -- i 1 These Students !Know The Basics :Of Reading And Riding e e s e : e e: e 0 e e i- — is00W'T - :::: :: ----- -f— 0 z4 ”" 0 ! 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