Two areas of musical pleasure converge here: the English choral tradition, as old in some places-like Winchester Cathedral-as 900-plus years, but still alive and vibrant; and an indigenous musical literature in which is combined the work of gifted composers with great poets. (It was to be Hungary's entry at Berlin, where it won the jury, or second, prize; Szabo's "Colonel Redl" an obvious foreign and Hungarian favorite; Gazdag's "The Package Tour" a wrenching documentary that follows a busload of Hungarian Auschwitz survivors on their first visit back to the camp, 40 years later, and the piquant and arresting first feature, "The Philadelphia Attraction" by Peter Gardoas, about a celebrated and retired circus performer and a tenacious young one. He added that incarcerated Israelis are political prisoners in a sense too because the vast majority of them are Sephardic Jews, who he said constitute Israel's oppressed underclass. The stars include William (Refrigerator) Perry, Walter Payton and Jim McMahon.
And warmth is sorely missed from Joseph's reunion with his father Jacob (Scott Weintraub, in flowing gray wig. Though some festival events are scheduled at the County Museum of Art, at USC, in Hollywood and in the Wilshire District, Stone said most of the sound-installations will be downtown "for the convenience of our audiences" For a brochure that lists all events, call the festival office at (213) 689-9446 For information: (213) 850-2038 or 850-2039. . These include projects by the Bowers Museum, Laguna Art Museum and Newport Harbor Art Museum, and performances by the New American Jazz Ensemble and the Orange County Opera touring troupe. The sections on sliding and playing catcher are especially well done A terrific primer for youngsters. .
As he continued on into a closing medley of "Autumn Leaves" and an impromptu "Cherokee" Makowicz's dazzling technique exploded into a whirlwind of Tatumesque runs that confirmed his status as a world-class jazz man. Gravity is out of whack here, in thrall to the Spider Woman (Christine Avila) The actors, who have been with the project since Mednick started writing the plays in the 1970s for the Padua Hills Festival, are extraordinary. I have yet to be disappointed; if anything, these stylish young men (and women) who seem to be reeling from the impact of some unseen force get more interesting. " While it was clear that Berle felt a mandate to perform, he also had a few more serious things to say as well.
Elsewhere" and its humorous homage to the old "Mary Tyler Moore Show" The vehicle for paying tribute to "Mary Tyler Moore" and other series from the MTM production stable was John Doe, a psychiatric patient who didn't remember who he was. Veteran trumpeter Clora Bryant couldn't wait to talk about it. Its underlying message-that man's fateful efforts to unleash the secrets of science can bring tragic consequences-seems peculiarly timely, or timeless. No one went quite so far as to call up the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse to describe the agony of writing at the Writers Guild of America's 38th annual awards dinner at the Beverly Hilton Friday But the pain and anguish were apparent. The song laments the deadly byproducts of the nuclear industry from the angry, unsung viewpoint of mine workers "One day in a new clear age/they may understand our rage/Build machines that they can't control/and bury the waste in great big hole . But there's a lighter touch here as well. According to admiring critics, who have dubbed him rap's "intellectual" his lyrics are more far-ranging and insightful than the usual rap chatter. "I look for dancers who have a lot of movement imagination and who are consummate technicians" said Lubovitch, whose company will perform Friday through Sunday in Royce Hall, UCLA.
The guy who threw it, disrupting what might have been the winning field goal, shamefully confessed to the San Francisco Examiner and apologized. "I think I can get rid of that teen-idol image very soon" he predicted "After this tour, people will be looking at me differently They'll see me as a good singer-songwriter. With last week's announcement of their preliminary 1985 concert schedules, officials at both of the county's amphitheaters are projecting between 50 and 60 concerts each this season with major pop, rock, country and jazz acts. After so satisfying a repast, I couldn't help feeling just a little bit sorry-as I sat there over a snifter of superb Armagnac from the restaurant's formidable collection-for those swells over on the rue Castiglione, who were probably picking bits of bone out of their duck terrine. Ives has also agreed to perform at a benefit in the near future at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, as well as the opening of next year's "Imagination" festival, expected to be held at the Center. No transcendent musical moments in any of that, mind you, but Palmer has assembled a unit of four men and four women that can effectively put its gloves on the grooves of both urban America and the distant tropical isles that Palmer favors. If they hadn't been patient, things would have been much, much harder for me" The group has only recorded three studio albums in 16 years.
It was neat and orderly, but Beethoven in D minor takes more doing than that Nor did it sing with any particular persuasiveness. She exhibited more control of this hybrid idiom than she did of Berlioz's "L'Enfance du Christ" in her 1984 appearance with the orchestra. FINAL CURTAIN: A memorial service will be held Monday, 9:30 p. m, at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in Hollywood for one of its founders and prime movers, actress Sarah Cunningham, 68. Flanagan, who is as irresistible as her name, played these six characters on stage in a production of her own devising.
It says something about the rising sophistication of the audience that Nelson Riddle's death earlier this week was felt as a sharp, sad loss far beyond the ranks of professional musicians. It's a good sign) In fact, Pakula was a boy wonder, but not of the directing branch. A splendid dinner for one is thali (or "tray-nine small brass bowls whose nicely varied dishes include steaming basmati rice, puffed pooris and deep-fried pappadum Service is graceful, the setting coolly attractive. Conceived by Steven Goldberg, Joseph Gannon and Nancy Gregory (the Chipmunks themselves are attributed to creators Ross Bagdasarian and Janice Karman) and written by Fred Smoot and Jay Grossman, the show features familiar music, Chipmunk-style (pre-taped, as is the dialogue, and a weak story line (Magic Camera can zap Chipmunks into any movie, evil Shutterbug steals Magic Camera, Chipmunks get camera back and teach Shutterbug a lesson.