The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 1972 Page: 7 of 8
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Win a few, lose a few in 72's second symphony offering
BY THOMAS ZIMMERMAN
The second subscription pro-
gram of the Houston Symphony
Orchestra was played on Sept.
24, 25 and 26th, and featured
the tone poem "A Night on
Bald Mountain" by Modeste
Mussorgsky; Concerto for Pi-
ano and Orchestra by Alberto
Ginastera, and, as the major
Gary Ferguson ignoring Clemson defense.
jim lawler
Owls...
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throw from the pocket. In ad-
dition, they provided adequate
blocking on runs as Coleman
and Ferguson averaged 5.0
yards per carry.
On defense, the Owls kept
the., Tiger, offense out of scor-
ing range for most of the game.
They were especially impres-
sive in the first half when
Clemson could manage only 55
yards rushing and 2 yards pas-
sing.
One must remember that
i Clemson was not the offensive
torrent it was made up to be
against Rice, the famous Clem-
• son Bounce iLateral Option
Fumble Pass Play was not what
it usually is. And, in the pass-
ing game, we give the Murphy
Sprinkle Award for diligence to
Mark Fellers and Ken Pengi-
"... I know the voices dying with a dying fall
Beneath the music from a farther room . .
J. Alfred PRUFROCK's (Beer Parlour)
A most unusual atmosphere—Chess, Classical recordings,
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For those over 21 —-JQaily Four 'til Two
Noon 'til Two on weekends
work, Tschaikowsky's Sym-
phony No. 4 in F minor. The
young American pianist Jerome
Lowenthal was soloist in the
Ginastera concerto and the con-
cert was conducted by Law-
rence Foster.
In less competent hands the
popular Mussorgsky work can
sound banal and tedious, but
Foster saw to it that textures
were revealed and the com-
poser's harsh orchestration
came through with glowing
transparency. A bit more mys-
tery could have been made of
the beautiful final section, but
this is the only quibble in an
otherwise fine performance.
Alberto Ginastera is the fore-
most living Argentine compos-
er, and enjoys a great reputa-
tion in this country. His piano
concerto is probably his best
known work, and was first per-
formed at the Inter-American
Music Festival at Washington,
D.C. in April 1961. The work is
in four movements, and gen-
erally follows a pattern set
down by Bartok and Prokofiev
in their works in this form,
wherein there is always a tre-
mendous interplay going on
with lots of percussion and co-
lorful effects. In fact, the first
movement would fit nicely as
program music for a dramatic
film. The third movement is by
far the best part of' the con-
certo, with a pensive viola solo
opening, (beautifully played by
Wayne Crouse) which develops
into ^strong piano statement
with carefully controlled orches-
tral support. This movement al-
so brings to mind, curiously, the
music of George Gershwin. The
finale is a masterful distilla-
tion of Bartok, Prokofiev and
Gershwin with theatrical effect.
As a program symphony, the
Tschaikowsky 4th has always
ranked high in the number of
perfoi'mances given during the"
normal symphonic season. In
this, it has by-passed a much
better work, the 3rd, by virtue
of the flashy and fragmented
orchestration lavished on the
work by its composer. "
The piece is hopelessly episodic,
and only in the middle sections
did Tschaikowsky achieve any
real cohesion in stating his case.
In these movements Foster was
most successful but in the open-
ing of the symphony his brass
section was in a wretched state.
The finale came off very well,
considering what the musicians
had to work with, and I say this
with the knowledge that Tschai-
kowsky was a great composer,
but not in his 4th symphony.
A fi^e program is scheduled
for October 2nd and 3rd, with
the Haydn Symphony No. 99
and Bartok's Piano Concerto
No. 1. Also featured will be a
rare performance of the com-
plete Op. 56 of Dvvorak's Sla-
vonic Dances. Lawrence Foster
will again conduct.
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tore, who continually amazed
the fans. &
Generally, the Owls per-
formed quite well. Furthermore,
we must commend Coach Con-
over for the variety of play se-
lection employed against Clem-
. son. For example, his readiness
to go to the pass enabled Rice
to move virtually at will
throughout the game. In fact,
the only flaw in the Rice attack
was its inability to score from
within the twenty-yard line.
Next week the Owls journey
to Atlanta to play the always
semi-tough Georgia Tech En-
gineers. We think that this
game will be especially mean-
ingful in evaluating the 1972
Owls. This week we go for our
third straight exact score pre-
diction: As we see it, it will
be 38-16 or 23-14.
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Jackson, Steve. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 1972, newspaper, September 28, 1972; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245140/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.