Show r Symphony Scores Triumph 1 f Abravanel Opens With Quality By PEGGY SUE The uniquely successful Utah Symphony Orchestra has begun an-K other season in a manner of inor- high excellence of this organization could be accepted as a matter of course only in areas several times more Partial credit for the orchestra's apparent goal of perpetual im- l provement under the guidance of Maestro Maurice again evidenced in the opening perform- might be given tp the expanding group of symphony goers who seemingly are becoming more more appreciative and more Such a beginning was marred only by some inconsiderate The pseudo-sophisticates who enjoy the social excitement but then find themselves bored and feel called upon to walk out during the performance should think twice before The program ran the of musical The audience joined in the opening with Star Spangled which Maestro Abravanel set a rousing Brahm's is a of Ger man student songs certain to heighten the enthusiasm and mood of the Debussy's prelude to of a and Ravel's and both controversial French have other The inspiration for each is basically Greek and they are predominantly of an ethereal By its musical the reputation of of a has been altered from merely a piece of bad tp a regular part of the The second suite of and creates a vision of living Greek mythology in its dreamy strains and in the passages of the beginning performances were fittingly concluded with Beethoven's 3 in E Flat Major the admitted favorite of the A Beethoven ever to the regular is the most satisfying to the person who attends only occasionally for whom the name Beethoven is the epitome and the one most familiar in classical requires the attention and thought of the There isn't the depicted emotion as seems characteristic of Beethoven s There is as powerful much or more in the but one must conscientiously listen for Despite the expansive dimensions of this symphony there are passages the exposition ot more subtle in feeling which to the casual seemingly accentuate the of this The second night's performance was highlighted by the presence of some specially invited foreign students presently attending schools in this They were greeted before the performance by dignitaries including Maestro Abravanel and Governor Extra benefits are promised this year in the symphony's move to Highland Auditorium because of in the Salt Lake Because of the difference in acoustics and the addition of the special shell the delayed echo has been The orchestra is now beard in balance and proportion by all instead of one section becoming almost inaudible because of the location of the listener's |