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THE THRESHER
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1 56
Chamber Concert
Declared Success
By PHIL MARTIN
The first of four concerts by
the Lyric Art String Quartet lost
week demonstrated that Rice stu-
dents have an invaluable musical
opportunity this year. Playing
to a packed house and a warm,
appreciative audience, the quar-
tet turned in a competent and
occasionally exciting perform-
ance. It Is unfortunate that so
few students were able to at-
tend.
The program was well-chosen
for the opener of the season—
Haydn and Beethoven for the
more conventional testes, Bill
Rice anld Arthur Hall for the
more esoteric. The diversity of
the selections also enabled the
quartet to try its hand at sev-
eral different problems of musi-
cal expression.
Haydn Quartet
The Haydn quartet was boi-
sterously executed; it is written
in a gay and sparkling manner,
which the quartet came Very
close to capturing. But" somehow
the many delicacies seemed to
be lost in an exuberant rendi-
tion. Humor was evident, but too
bold for complete satisfaction,
The Beethoven was the most
widely appreciated work on the
program; nevertheless, the varia-
tions in this work as in all of
Beethoven's other variations,
were almost unbearably dull.
The execution, however, added as
much life as seemed possible.
Hall and Rice
Of more immediate interest to
most concertgoers were the
works by Hall and Rice.
Mr. Hall's Lente con dolore
from his third string quartet ex-
hibited the best lyric qualities
of the quartet. Intense and ex-
tended melodic lines over quietly
dissonant harmony were effecti-
vely executed to create mood.
Mr. Rice's trio for violin, viola,
UTAH.
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featuring a little bit of every-
thing.
The Utes possess a 3-3 season
record, owning successive wins
over Montana, Brigham Young,
and Denver following a loss to
UCLA. However, during the past
two weeks Utah has suffered up-
sets by Wyoming and weak Ida-
ho.
cal ability of the quartet as
much as the notorious Beetho-
view, and they met the challenge
adequately. The technical pro-
blem of the double fugue was
cleverly stated and solved; the
lighter interludes were charming,
achieving a wry humor at times.
(Now that this trio and the work
for strings have been successful-
ly performed, perhaps Mr. Rice
can stop hopping about like an
excited circus flea.)
Credits for the best individual
performance go to Marion Dav-
ies, whose brilliant technique and
Fine Arts
Symphony Opens Season
With Polish And Ease
BY HELEN MORRIS
With polish and ease the Hous-
ton Symphony opened its season
last Tuesday evening playing to
a packed house. The entire pro-
gram was well executed — and
therefore well received and thor-
oughly enjoyed.
Leopold Stokowski demon-
strated both the classic, restrain-
ed elements of Handel, and the
Symphony's skill in execution in
the opening number, Overture in
D Minor. The piece was whole-
some and lovely as it progressed
from the beginning, light violin
passages to the more solemn mel-
odies suggestive of Bach and
Vivaldi.
"Everyone enjoyed the Brahms"
—although his Symphony in D
Major, No. 2, Op. 73 is one of
his 'lesser appreciated' symphon-
ies. The opening movement had
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and gay, as strings and wood-
winds conversed in great varia-
tion and low and high voice. Cello
stacatto, in particular, made the
non-serious third movement mer-
ry, as it swept along in a springy
style. The fourth movement was
magnificent at times, and con-
fusing at times, in that the loud,
passionate passages just seemed
to happen without much reason.
I believe the confusion lies in
the composition and not the Or-
chestra's pjaying, because re-
cording of the Symphony display
the same confusion.
Davies' Solemn Melody was
wonderful! The long cello solo
with which the number opened
set the solemn, peaceful mood
in a way that only cellos can,
wjth their melodic, human voices.
Concerto for Winds and Per-
cussion Instruments by Rice was
a fascinating experience. I found
the first movement confusing
because no sooner did I think I'd
caught the melody from an in-
strument in solo, than another
instrument would be playing an-
other melody. Before long I
didn't know what the melody
was! Curiously enough^*! think
my difficulty was that I'm not
familiar with the old form of
concerto, in which the melody
was passed from instrument to
instrument, and not section to
section.
The second movement I loved!
Trilling winds were a parody on
Mozart while other winds carried
a slower and slightly somber
background. I could follow the
melody in this movement!
The third movement was a
mixture *of the first and -second
in which two seemingly non-re-
lated melodies were woven to-
gether—as in a doilie—the pat-
tern is inseparable and compli-
cated.
Wagner's Overture to Tann-
hauser was well played, and bet-
ter than the record.
If there is to be a suggestion
for future performances — the
Symphony might well consider
hiring two or three more drum-
mers. . .
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production.
After the tremendous success
enjoyed by "Drizzle", last year's
offering, the SL's will turn to
deeper stuff; this year they will
do a parody on "Helen of Troy."
The members of the SLLS wish
it to be emphasized that the pro-
duction this year is a parody,
not a take-off, to avoid any pos-
sible misrepresentation to the
male four-fifths of the school. '
* Mary Lou Clark is the general
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hard working Phil Shannon will
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, November 2, 1956, newspaper, November 2, 1956; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth231038/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.