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Show I Casals softens Bv Maitm Cenihcimir box Angeles Times Wntu MAKLBOKO. T Nevwpaptr peo pie ore supposed to be hardbo..ed I Used 1 to think waa hard as nails Then I visit-ePablo Casak I had that fumij t .! rg n the pit uf ms critical stomacr. ,s 1 negutiatid the little road through the b.ukwoodx of Marlboro. t to the modtxt white houst hich is C'asulj summer home I snatched at the few seconds kit to analvze these most unprofessional feelings No. I had not felt this wu before not een on the most form liable inter view missions Reveres faxalx Vet here I was abont to talk to Pablo Cabals, and wishing I were somewhere eke Anv where eke Pablo sears Kepi at He is, as all the writers who have ever mentioned his name rmind us, a legend, an institution, a sj mbol Ca-a- is ls old Martita Casals came to the door I had been a bit uneasy about her loo She hat made headlines sears ago when she became Casals fourth wife She was 21 at the time, he 81 Disarmed by a few polite words and warmed by her devastating smile, 1 was ushered into the room Don Pablo was sitting placidly in the corner waiting He was smoking a pipe and he looked like a benign statue writer hard-boile- d wife fa'tbfully repeated q.,m in sp.ii.Mi ifiJiinii Subject provided answer thought "al, some trues uepplex unsvui' m impeccable lus.ils t' EiigUMi benevolent an (.mod 'i ,r only once wnen I bioaihea the submit of modern mu ie I asftd if he took he idea toil.ix is to do what no out eKe lia done before, at anv eot. Instead of jibing what they van ie in a normal way, composer' yy ant to 'hook. They at t like had little hoys.' says Pablo Ca'als. pleasure tion contemporari enmposi Not much," he replied "Not much He .shook his head sadlv "The idea today is to do what no one has done be fore, at any cost Instead of giving wh.d can give in a normal way, compos ers want to shock Iney act like bad lit they tie bovs all tin I ipi ' i 1 1 i'.l If ( Sri bn nr il .VI ,1 1 m atv .1 Via Music i i MW ' W A ie do I, .ill as t' 'si I h 0 1 alwavs bien .. lomposir m !' t hu i k of endrell, .to e w,.s iin tiii si plus the musH i.c i . s i in y n,, still plav mv hn hi, 1 is(i C h uf i,, i ,i let it in u. s, lelona is.ils' fatner used !i be the p i ish organist theie Don Pablo still has tune too lor tie ci.nlv l duals that have hi ought order and inspiiation to his nine plus decades (. get up eatlv evers morning and walk In Puerto Kuo I walk along tl.e beach I ain a man of the sea Here I walk m tlie woods but miss the sea I no I. v ill l t tll'V ' tot oi I i . d 197.n. I1 ' Us d - ' M I I d i'l- - In ' , 010 III , s.'li n I'l do v ' t i .0 ilo' II I,, . y il till I oi i t v l loins W i ing ink Patrick (Hibson w in Ihnvir m i I ' I ll I i i ll! 1'iUi i f. ' . be i VI unpleut in l'Cn i i( Olympus Fashion Place3 Iminte'.in (i Valley Fair Downtown Ogden opuignt) Provo n iiactu the piano Two pie-laand Urn'ii x mm.i the fu Cla lei H.ii h " tasals utters the con pnsi i s name as if it weie sau ed I u s Small Man Will-tem- "Mtei the piano e tne ullo I do the same exorcises t o.d when I was Is Scales, thirds, octaves even thing more than an hour Then I am ready lor the Bach suites On Mond.ivs, I play the first on Tuesdays the second ..ml so on On the seventh day I repeat the sixth suite It is the most difficult " 1 What a targe cha.r' I thought to myself Then I looked again and corrected the impression What a little man' Casals was wearing a colorful New England shirt. His spectacles perched precariously on a noble Latin nose W hen he talked, his eyes squinted while his hands provided economical expressive J 4 I ventuie a mock cmestimi Does Don 1969 I have just read about a concert m which every member of a symphony orchestra was asked to play whatever pleased him at the moment Then there was something about a piece tor piano in which the piano-- was not allowed to touch the kevs And, of course you know about the ktuv who pavs the cello weai ' mg nothing hero Casals pointed to his venerable chest and smiled faintly t 1970 He seemed like an old counterpoint man, yes But not like a tired old man Certainly not a man ot 96 better When the formalities of getting acquainted were completed. Casals turned to me expectantly He said nothing His manner made it clear, however, that he was ready to be grilled I produced my pen and pad. and started asking stilted questions Martita I began to feel swooped forward translate the questions for him His English, as you can see, is exI always cellent But he worries about being misunderstood. I hope you dont mind Ritual Begins didnt mind. The ntual began Interviewer posed query in Engish Subjects I F xpennvntation is fine," he summarized "But they should not call it musm They should call it something else The quasi diatribe recalled Casals' reactions to rock n roll a few years ago I think it is a disgrace," he told a reporter Poison put to sound When f hear it I feel very sad not onh for the people who are addicted to it 1 am also very sorry for Amenta that such a great country should have nothing better to pour into the expectant ear of mankind than this raucous distillation of the ugliness of our times, performed bv juveniles for juveniles I asked if he might not hav e taken up that is. if he had it conducting earlu r to do again - I always conducted, said Casals "I started conducting when I was 5 I composed and played the cello then ton It 1966 tablo feel he know s the Bach sum s y ut not know them " he replies never will know them I tind giaveiv something n w every day Then I won der why mwer had discovered that detail soonei I do 'I 1 Don Pauiu sums to be m no lmmi neiit d inger of aging senouslv "My legs me less good than they used to be, he admits almost apologeticaliv. but my biam still functions Hie legendary symbol knocks his left timple with his left list and grins His grins, too The man wno works is never bored he explains, "is never old To retire from my work s the beginning of death I will never retire w He Fablo Casals rmans it IV WAY BOX SCORE Current atti actions, leading players, theaters and ticket situations in New York A Little Night Music" e Glvnis Johns, Len Coriou, Si ubert, eleGingold, gant new musical about van ous romantic problems in turn-o- l century Sweden, capacity Dont Bother Me, I Con't Micki Grant. 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