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Show I ;i I I ' . 1 8 ' X J ,3 I V t T x . J feuv ... 1... . . V.i. . . :JJj MOXA BRADFORD, contralto, returns to Salt Lake with "A Xight in Old Vienna" group. Young Artists Give Concert February 25 Feb. 25, next Tuesday evening, one of the outstanding performances perform-ances of the local concert season will be presented at the Granite High School auditorium by the Granite Arts association. According Ac-cording to Dr. L. D. Burbidge. association manager, the presentation presen-tation "A Night, in Old Vienna" will feature five of the most gifted younger American artists ever to appear on a concert stage. These young artists include: in-clude: John Gurney, basso; Mona Bradford, contraltto (who appeared ap-peared here last year); Richard Gordon, tenor: Laura Castellano, soprano; and Eduardo Rael, baritone. bar-itone. When "A Night in Old Vienna" plays here on Feb. 25, Charles L. i Wagner's concert company will reveal in song, much of the nostalgic nos-talgic charm of Vienna at its hey-day. The blended voices of the five young American stars will present a program both novel in its theme and of exceptional excep-tional . entertainment value. Opening with a special arrangement arrange-ment of Johann Strauss' "Voices of Spring." the company will then.eivp a .concert vprsinn nf von Flotow's opera comique "Martha," in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of its premiere at the Karntner-thor Karntner-thor Theater. Vienna, Nov. 25, 1847. Following intermission, highlights from Johann Strauss' sparkling score of "Rosalinda" (The Bat) will be given by the ensemble. The closing group will be a special arrangement of Vienna's most famous melodies, songs by such well known contemporary con-temporary composer as Lehar, K.alman. Benatsky, Oscar Straus and Robert Stolz. In the days of the Emperor Franz Joseph to be in Vienna was to dance all night, sleep all day then dance and sing again all night. Enormous ballrooms vied with each other in attracting attract-ing public patronage. Brilliantly lighted with thousands of candles, can-dles, flors waxed to a glowing perfection, ceiling glittering with ornate .rococo moldings, the whole effect set into constant m'otion by the whirling couples was an effect calculated to take one's breath away in admiration. Evenings of song in the homes of the aristocrats alternated with the large functions, and it is the spirit of such an evening that Mr. Wagner's concert, "A Night in Old Vienna" seeks to capture. |