For his Ambassador recital, he chose works fitting his polished virtuosity, his intensity as a performer and his lightness of approach. I wasn't trying to hit the big home run, I just really want people to like it Hell, I'd settle for a double. "They thought it was hilarious that I wanted to play bass" she recalled with a cringe "I started saving money to buy a bass. The other figurative and abstract works (on view through Oct.

"If you look out there and don't see anyone" he added, "you're in trouble". And the very openness of George's ardor, as well as his working-class lineaments, terrifies her. " Morning shows in the United States have their flaws, but at least they occasionally reveal a pulse, and NBC's "Today" recently even traveled to the Soviet Union. So while the pressure's on Bill to perform, we're going to give him the ability to attempt to do so" On Wednesday, Adele Shank's "Tumbleweed" opens at the center.

That's what eventually happened" When Power Station toured, Palmer stayed home. They're busy making pop albums like "Mike & the Mechanics" which retains a little of the quasi-mystical sound of the old music but none of its ambition or vision. Besides being shortchanged on giveaway concert tickets, black stations have been slighted by recording companies in several other ways when an artist attains crossover status, Christol said She cited: Refusal of sponsorship rights. Then a realization sets in that, miraculously, six finely shaded characters have been etched in the memory.

TRUTH IN ADVERTISING DEPT: The Philharmonic chose a rather curious quote to herald its 1985-86 season in a two-page Calendar advertisement on Aug 11 "The Legend Is Back Andre Previn Is at the Helm" boasted the ad The source? The Times, of course. Along with his bitter professional memories come pieces of his personal struggles: a long bout with the bottle, three failed marriages and nagging doubts about missed opportunities. CBS, now second in season-to-date ratings after six seasons as No. EXTRA: Due to a clerical error, the following nominees for the 1985 San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Awards were omitted from Saturday's announcement (listed in Sunday's edition of The Times: Director: Steve Pearson, "Hedda Gabler" San Diego Public Theatre. The inquiry involves the question of whether the salaries of the Shubert Organization's leaders, Gerald Schoenfeld and Bernard Jacobs, are too high Each is rumored to make more than $500,000 a year. In a small practice room-bare except for a gleaming Kawai piano-voice coach Goldberg held one of those coaching sessions one weekday recently.

First, he gives us a prologue, narrated, via tape, with crisp British inflections by his wife, Valda Setterfield. I think if they had their way" he says with a laugh, "they'd keep me there for a month and interrogate me" Lin-known to friends as Jimmy-explains that the tour came about as a result of an earlier visit he made to China as a private citizen Contacts were made with teachers and musicians there. Japan, after all, has a 7,000-year-old ceramic tradition, and ceramic artists there have traditionally ranked above artists in the "minor" forms of painting and sculpture. A statement released Wednesday by CBS Records expressed concern about "negative impressions that may have arisen from the recent wave of allegations regarding independent promotion" The statement added that while CBS, whose major labels are Columbia and Epic, was "unaware of any illegal activities" the company was curtailing "substantially (its use of independent promotion) while the various investigations are taking place" CBS officials refused to make further comment. Buildings nestle among dry brush and trees, as if they had grown old together D. J. The program ended with Blomstedt exploring-after a fashion-the cozy terra cognita of Brahms' Third Symphony.

It's 24 days until Neofest, Sushi's fourth annual festival of new arts, a collection featuring a few local and many top out-of-town innovators. Hyde" which Jacobs said will focus on "the love/hate relationship we have with ourselves" will make its world premiere on the Lyceum Stage "Master Harold. "I've undergone a lot of changes since this 'Human Animal' experience' he said. You won't see the usual run-of-the-mill celebrity guests here And it's all done live. Knowledge of electronics doesn't mean you are creating art" One approach to curbing this dilemma is to hit the industry head on, he suggested. That's why cassettes are so nice-nothing is cut" MORE OLD MOVIES: The 1949 Italian film, "The Bicycle Thief" which always gets votes when critics assemble their all-time Top 10, is available this week, only with subtitles, on Corinth Video for $69. 95. At the same time, Wolf ruled against CBS' argument that Landham be compelled to submit his complaint to arbitration with the Screen Actors Guild.