Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 February 1951 — Page 22

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Ln THE INDIANAPOLIS TIES ___________— SUDAT.PER 4d, Immortal Performers of the Past Are Heard Again ~~ "7, wepe a

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Violin, Piano, Orchestra Numbers by ‘Modern Composer Are Inclyded on’ LP List

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Orchestra an Israel Symbol

Musicians of ‘Many Nations

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; : : Sev Are Members of, Philharmonic THERE ARE those who sdy of music that they are “fed up" d x vers oh gnonie; | | men and tired of the socal Oa “arforems ack Siv ¢ Be | ‘ |Beethoven: et al—and want to hear things are ferent’ By Henry Butler ‘ | l“modern.” Well, here is a group of Columbia long-playing records Faber THE BIGGEST event of this week will be the Israel | that should be just their dish. | ; : : § concert at Philharmonic Orchestra's concert Tuesday evening at the | HINDEMITH: SONATA S149), on one side of 10-inch ML-2050. Despit: | | e- : Murals : | So bomuluire Eapagnole”; both|harmonic-Symphony Orchestra of 2 and 4 That's not forgetting the Symphony's ninth pair of recorded by ‘Isaac Stern, violin, New York. WR a) : A iption “conc his . with Alexander Zakin, piano. Appropriate for this: month ‘o subscription Concerts this afternoon and tomorrow: eve The Spaniard. De Falla, and February is Aaron Copland's Report is ning, in which Fabien Sevitzky's assisting artists will be. Paderewski {the German, Hindemith, are two musical portrait of: Lineois wislels pony, pu ket lof the 20th century’s most im-|was composed in at the sug- concert in BiheliBartiett and Rae ROb- {anne “evidently will pack the \portant composers While Stern is|gestion of Andre Kostelanetz. It with more ertson, duo-pianists. Murat Wednesday evening and lone ‘of today's greatest young one first reads what the music is strumental . Nor is it forgetting fomor. Thursday aclernoon and evening violinists, ‘The De Palla tite a3/ntended to portray, It Is easy to berg's “Gu row's afternoon and evening visit| yr. at tha : [transcribed by Paul Kochanski,| understand. in e > > ernoon hac to Cathedral High School of Play- My Love, oe Kuh N Beinn has some-sharp, stunning rhythms tion, Morton Gould sought to con : ers. Reas ers, Inc, touring theater from ,..c Bocton yA phe \and sensuous harmonies; but the vey t 8 IoD gr A hr than we h Washington's Catholie University, jico =~ written more or less in the Hindemith opus is all Yeehnique}Spiritua : Te £ RS iy an Yaags. or the Lunts’ Wednesday and y.aqition of Noel Coward's! japd no._melody, bo . al Suite ay | Miss Thursday sojourn at the Murat in «cavaieade” the Behrman play | MORTON GOULD SYMPHON. °rigina . * Soloist ¢ “I Know My Love.” "gives both the Lunts great scope IC BAND: An original and pleas-| FACADE: Poems by Edith Sit- gram last The ‘ Israel Philharmonic de-/ "e oo te URS Buen) Ope ling recording, on the two sides of Well, music by William Walton, a oDrat serves top billing here, not only I ——— Ln { {10-inch ML-2029, of, these well-fon 10-inch record ML-2047, in the seas as a musical organization of in- y known and popular compositions; Record produced in cooperation berg's tour ternational renown, but also as a | Gould’s “Fourth Of July,” Proko- With The Museum of Modern Art, Mica’ Eh symbol of a new natid® with new 0 I i \fiev’'s “March,” William Grant featuring Miss Sitwell reading . Miss | hopes. 1 Still's “Work Song,” Sousa’s her own poetry to the accompani- sequined EH “Washington Post March” ment of music by a chamber the perenh!

New Operas to IU

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and orchestra conducted by Frederick

out the Unite tons Loongl “Home for Christmas,” Grain- Prausnitz. A most unusual re- classical 1 scribed the Israel orchestra in| ger's “Irish Tune from County cording that cannot he adequately Ma a uli ample detail. Many of its mem-| ‘Die Fledermaus’ and Derr” and “Shepherd's Hey.” described in this short space, wan, Ho bers are former first-chair men of This is the kind of music that except to say that the spoken p

. ” symphony and opera orchestras; ‘Don Carlo’ Coming high-school and college concert Poetry is distinguished by wit, Hero." . Bul

in countries since devastated by : | ~ bands go in for, and will be of humor and. imaginistic wealth, offs war or shut inside the Iron Cur-| Times State Service a especial interest to those who and the musical accompaniment Willia tain. M BEOOMINGTON. en. 3 athe EP ED | a ork with such organizations is skillful and ingratiating. Meétr i 0. W oo IAC § jo RE oh : y : | —H. W. M. 2 Many of them have gone two iS HW Cra be nos p britz WE hel AMMICLL ¥ DEBUSSY'S “PRELUDE To By : through the dreadful ordeal of yy i or ity Mav 7 and 8 Harold ; |The Afternoon Of A Faun,”

ponenration samy ving geal W. Jordan, director of auditorium striict their lives, their health, I 8'AMms, announced today. their hopes and ‘their musical! On its annual Bloomington visit, skill. In that sense, the Israel|the touring company will present orchestra represents what the Johann Strauss’. “Die Fleder-

"Treasufy of Immortal Performances” . . . golden music of the past brought into your living room.

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Personality Class of | the Record — Lie fombination sf ily 2nd ine hu- mans. ay 7 and Verdi's “Don Is Slfercd > 3 New RCA Album Series Contains icy ‘Treasury of Timeless Music’

future from a disastrous past, “Die Fledermaus,” revived in eet onesie The current problegs -and fu-/New York last New Year's Eve,| A PRACUICAL workshap ture hopes of Israel”may seem has been restaged by Broadway course called "Making the Most Waller's “Honeysuckle Rose’; | Meade (Lux) Lewis’ “Honky Tonk

Popular, Classical Entertainment Included; >

Dukas’ “The Scorcer’s appren: Panel Scheduled r tice,” and, Honegger’s “Concertino! : 5+ for Piano: and Orchestra”—all Qn Great Artists played on 10-inch ML-2156 by, : Oscar Levant, plano, with Fritzl A panel discussion of great Reiner conducting the Columbia artists will be given at 8 p. ms Symphony Orchestrd. Three out- next Wednesday in Herron Art standing compositions of - t h e|Mufeum under sponsorship of the French School. {Herron Art School Alumni AssOe The Débussy and Dukas works ciation. * £ : |are program music that is known,| Miss Leis Jackson will speak onl Important primarily to the Jewish and Hollywood director. Garson of Your Personality” will be of-| [understood and loved by mostfl Greco, Ralph Peck on Wiististy community in this country. But Kanin. / " Ifered for teen-age girls by Jordan everyone who ever listens to good John Howett on Arozco and Garg: Eversons, non, Jews 2 felt hei Sing Lead Roles College of Musle during the sec-/ Artists Range From Caruso to Columbo { Train” or Earl Hines’ “St. Louis Isle, ae loneg ger work jsjAntreasian oa Roualt, wis Roba, WS, arf much from the gi. cine lead roles in “Die 0nd semester. : ; By DONNA MIKELS Blues.” an. and attractive but with.(ert. .O. varia, Suraior. 9 By ements of A mall, ifedermaus” will be Patrice Mun. | Taught by Mary Marfard mol you RE SITTING at home, dozing after a big meal, listening| , i. Out Shetifie programmatic content. [mse 25, moderator, » Just BT BAe ony a i im, (51 and Charles Kullman, with | i oe IL meet at 11:30 t0 your favorite records playing softly on your new three-speed h THEME SoG gl, in- in RORORIEY: SONATA NO. Bl Bley I “ mense part of our ethical intel (Marguerite Piazza, Nana Goliner,| ¥e ory Saturday for 10 weeks player. ’ No Sin es Se ous Fon 4 a inor and Suggestion Dia-{Lo0 P John Gre teakid TB tual 4 artistic herits Brian Sullivan, Jarmila Novotna, | TM. EVE BC : Maybe it’s a song or an artist of more than a few years back— rong SoUEINE Iie ane Here RL omone one Nde of 10-1 + ey Sn Jee ual and artistic heritage toy... prownles, Hugh Thompson, [starting Feb. 24. : the records many people treasure most are those bathed in meinories. 00 “Sleepy Time Down South,” inch ML-2099; on the other side, Giotto, Miss Margaret Garrison on hen people in Westernip,,; pranke and Jack Gilford in| Included in the course will be 0 ~.° sudden you begin thinking . .. what if you could €all back Artie Shaw's memorable “Night- Scriabin’s “Etude No. 11 in B-flat Fra Angelico, Tames Tibbetts oft

supporting roles.

Local musicians—string and|

dy—will be interested in the style

i i have . of the Israel orchestra, which thrasal ‘h Something like this. must i : { appé : , $ § 34 » ines, expressive speech. : : «1. INg selection, old-timer Gene Aus- appeal to the average listener, critics elsewhere, have pronounced |’ Cesar Biepi- Jerome Hines, expre been going on in the minds of album Bunny Begigan plays In 8 “Carolina Moon™ ne “Ra-ibut_ should: be high] 28 t . : Nicola Moscona, Delia Rigal, RCA Victor executives when they , wrics » ; jtin’s arolina Moon” and “Ra-| ghly interesting quite aifferent from the style {inne Bolinger, Paul Franke,| TIMES AMUSEMENT lareamed up. the “most : significant a Mist,” Goodman's Quartet does mong” : to the advanced musician studyanajor American orchestras. In imygpae Hayward, Lueine Amara 3 ‘record release of the year, their: Stompin’ at The Savoy” and! pis just skims the surface. !P8 the technique of piano com-

the string and wind departments, ! it probably will represent a fusion jand Tilda Morse. of various top European tradi-|

tions, now all but dead in the Ballet Booked countries where they .formerly _° .«.e. . In Cincinnati

Alourished. o ” » ” * DR. SEVITZKY'S program for|

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| voice and diction; posture, _exer-

Robert Merrill, Richard Tucker (cise, walking and figure control; Wind-instrument players especial-|,;q Bjanche Thebom will have the use of makeup; pantomime to de-

leads in “Don Carlo,” supported velop poise and social ease, and Y®

the past 50 years, the greatest or ur own particular favorites?

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“Treasury of Immortal PerformMURAT ances” series just reaching the

Indianapolis’ Symphony Orchestra, record counters. Fabien Sevitzky, Sondupiing, iin | u » ” I uo- sts, “ YT y Sarflets and Roper ison. Suurpian | THE TREASURY of timeless CIRCLE recordings, issued in new album

“Walk Softly. Stranger,” with Val- series, runs the gamut from long-

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that heretofore was unobtainable, jor a collector’s item.

mare,” or Charlie Barnet's “Cherokee.” Even the !‘Folk Songs” album, a selection of music that has

In the “Small Combo Hits" limited appeal, has one outstand-

there's Artie Shaw's Gramercy Each of the classical albums also)

Five “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes,” |

Lionel Hampton's “House of Morand © Coleman Hawkins’ “Body and Soul.” The album of vocalists includes]

Russ Colombo’s original “Prisoner

embraces categories, some featuring the individual artists, others grouping numerous artists into one album under such heading as “Genius At The Keyboard,” “Golden Age at the Metropolitan,”

minor” and “Nocturne for Left Picasso and Robert Lohman on {Hand Alone;” both recorded by the sculptor Milles. iSigi Weissenberg, pianist. ee ————————— This ‘music is not likely to

position. | Weissenberg is an extraordi-| inarily gifted’ young pianist, born iin Bulgaria of French parents, {whose talents survived imprisonment in a Nazi concentration) {camp. He and his parents escaped to

lO INCIN ; _| 1 and Joseph Cotten, at 12:45, 3:55, Lee "oa wi through Turkey Palestine on ‘this afternoon and tomorrow, CINCINNATI, Feb. 3--The Cin | a ARd sen : hair to jazz, from Caruso to of Love” and “Goodnight Sweet Golden Duets,” “Magic Strings 'where the fifteen-year old pianist| © William evening in the Murat already has cinnati Symphony Orchestra will “The Man on the Eiffel Tower, { Columbo. neart” a somehow different Bin and so on. \was guided back to concert pitch. y ‘been announced. But here's a re-| bring the Ballet Russe de Monte Mith Franchot Tone and Jean Wal- The catalog of artists and se: VW © SIUC IEE COON aug At present there are 12 classi-l 0° 0 CT OC romcert | ‘Mary Ficl minder that Bartlett and Robert-/Carlo to the Cincinnati Music Hall ESQUIRE {lections in both classical and vlust a olo™ and one: of the cal albums and six popular bOOKS. | 1. ist ’ . members © son Will play Mozart's E flat Con- for two performances, Feb. 24 and “Thunder Rock,” with James Ma- popular category is a. thing of most: Ro mbers Frank But the field is unlimited. The COPLAND: LINCOLN POR-| My Love,’ “terto for Two Pianos and Or- 25. sop, and Lill Palmer, at 2:30, 3:10, |heauty. Unfortunately it is too ~, eau i 3 an future may bring even more lel-impsyy” on one side of 10-inch and’ play chestra and also the Symphony| The full 85-piece orchestra willl, _ “Our Mr. Shakespeare,” with Leo (lengthy to/ be repeated in en- SINAira ever sang MPUGRIET'S | ving into the dust-covered shelves yr onds. chy Y f . Genn' and’ John Gielgud. ab 2:30, |: Serenade. lof Victor's store to bring M1-2042; on the other side, : Wednesda No. 5 for the same combination accompany the troupe in “Romeo 9" 7.55 and. 8:20. {tirety. Every individual album boasts 0 clor's siorerooms, 10 DFINGinarion: Gould's : “Spirituals for | ni ith ‘by Gian Francesco Malipiero,let Juliette,” Tchaikovsky's “Blue INDIANA | But to mention a few high 8 ,, Into your living rooms the great-'..pactra” both recorded by | ings, with deading = contemporary Itallan|Bird” the new ‘Prima Ballerina” “Operation Pacific,” with John (lights, first in the Red Seal classi. One Or more "gem among gems. est artists of the past. LArtur : Rodzinski and’ the Phil-| ; ‘composer. and a revival of Fokine's master-| 3" pd Patricia Nov at 1215, ical series, there's the immortal In the “Dance Band Hits” it's) ara TE Rn f rape Ee Erreins roel

. At Cathedral High School to-|piece, “Prince Igor,” with music| amorrow afternoon, Players, Inc, hy Borodin, Saturday evening,

- "will give “Macbeth” especially for wen. 24.

students in local Catholic high| sunday afternoon, Feb. 25, the) #sghools, though the public alsoiprogram will include “Les Elfes,”|

(Caruso, Rosa Ponselle, John Me{Cormack, Marcel Journet, Luisa {Tetrazzini, Feador Chaliapin, {Madame Schumann-Heink, Geraldine Farrar, Mary Garden, Lu-~

KEITH'S “At War With the Army.” with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, at 2:05, 4.45, 7.30 and 10:15. i “Barbary Pirate,” at 1, 3:40, 6:25 and 9:10. .

: f : { LOEW'S i i i, Galli-Curci, Ignace it's the Duke’s “Solitude”; Fat’s will be admitted. The evening itn Mendelssohn music; Tchai-| “The Flying Missile,” with Glenn Sredia Son ar Re o2% glace a - Cf “BUCK PRIVATES” i sperformance of Shaw's “Arms ysky's “Pas de deux classique,” Ford and: Viveea:Lindiors, atl 4: 1 ah raceleywss, 3 nN - a - | ‘the Man” has been planned; om “Swan Lake”: the new Span-| Stare lo Tuéson’* with Rod 'Cam- | I inza series,’ Sergei Rachmanin- Today S————— meee - 46r the ‘general public. lish. ‘ballet .“Madronos” and the sron and oh ayne Morris, at 2:30, Off; 1929 and 1931 Mischa Elman Mon.., Tues. — —— 3 og » | : a 5:35 a 4G. i | “Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fon-| is ‘famous -. ‘Graduation selections and a dozen others. 2 Big Hits if 4 . a : onranys BEIOY ne Era 2 nn Toel McCREA—Wanda HENDRIX INDIANAPOLIS nN TOP TWIN-FEATURE SHOW! f . 3 Jas » pnotist, at 2:10, 6 and * . i FT 93 Color by i | These Cincinnati appearances 3 10 ndercaver Girl," with Alexis IN i THE POPULAR Category SADDLE TRAMP hd SYMPHONY ‘will precede the company’s Indian-| _ Smith, at 12:50, 4:45 and 8:20. practically every. record .is ong Leo GORCEX—EAST SIDE KIDS |apolis visit, Monday evening, Feb. “TROUBLEMAKERS”

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