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Show Inaugural recital gets good marks SasP.G. Arts Council kicks off event By KAREN BLAYLOCK and BEVERLYN LYNN HONEY Pleasant Grove City is offering a series of concerts, recitals and other artistic events to the citizens in the valley. This offers more opportunities for enjoying the arts ' by just listening and by performance. per-formance. The inaugural recital was held Thursday, April 6, presenting two combinations, violin and piano, and I a string quartette with clarinet. The combination of the - surroundings, players and music todefor a very enjoyable evening. The new Pleasant Grove City Library auditorium is an excellent setting for presenting small, intimate in-timate recitals. The color scheme of maroon and gray is very pleasant and the rug on the floor eliminates the noise of scuffling feet and dropped objects. The seating capacity, which is very com fortable, is around 130. The players came from various walks of life, from college professors to secretary. Only one player earns his livelihood from music, the rest work at other professions, using their skills for their own enjoyment and the enjoyment en-joyment of others. The first composer represented was Beethoven. His "Sonata for Violin and Piano, op. 12, no. 1," with a charming and informative introduction in-troduction by Dr. David Brian Honey, violinist, was beautifully performed. The accompaniment, played by Dr. Michelle Stott was wonderfully sensitive. The musicians were very complimentary com-plimentary to each other; their effective phrasing and attention to dynamic detail was extraordinary. Sarasate was represented by his "Romanza Andaluza," which conjured up visions of Spain. The concluding number was the Quintet for Clarinet and Strings composed by the great Mozart. Mr. Leon V. Honey performed on the clarinet. His tone was very rich, yet warm and colorful. He demonstrated demon-strated the many capabilities of his instrument as well as his own mastery of it. The string quartet was composed of first violinist, Dr. David Honey; second violinist, Norma Houston; violist, Jay Young; and cellist, Beverly Vogan. The quartet was exact even in difficult passages, and provided the necessary accompaniment in a complimentary style,' The contrast in the various tone colors of the instruments made the quintet very enjoyable. It was a very pleasant hour spent listening to sophisticated, classical music beautifully performed. Thank you, Pleasant Grove, for making beautiful music available to the public. Kudos to you! |