Monday, March 8, 1976
University Daily Kansan
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Pianist shines in tough program
By MARTHA D. MINOR
A near-capacity crowd filled the University Theatre Friday evening for a recital by the young pianist Misha Dichter. Dichter's appearance was one of several from the tenor series Series, which has brought other well-known performers to Lawrence this season.
The first half of the program was devoted to works by Beethoven—two sematas, the Polonaise in C Major, Op. 89, and the Rondo Allegro in A Minor, Op. 123, “Hage over a Lost Penny”).
THE SONATA IN G Major, Op. 79, which opened the program, is a relatively short sonata from Beethoven's middle period of composition. The work is Classical in form, but shows some elements of Romanticism, particularly in the second movement.
The Sonata in A Major, Op. 101, is a large work, more Romantic in style, in which the sonata is played on strings.
Between the two somatias, Dichter played two shorter works, the Polalomean and Rondo arias. He was an English composer.
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from the opening theme is used in other movements of the work as well.
frequently as the sonatas, but are delightful pieces.
Sergei Prokofieff's Sonata No. 3 in A
Dichter's interpretation of Beethoven's style was most convincing. The frequent and sudden changes in volume, mood, rhythm and texture were skillfully exvoked, and the lyrical passages were feeling and a fine sense of musical line.
Observatory . . .
From nage one
was one of the first made with a highly reflective pyrex mirror.
Pitt, a Kansas City astronomer, drained indoor swimming pool and used the pool in many of its locations.
The mirror is positioned at the bottom of the telescope and reflects images up a cylinder to an eyepiece located near a platform at the top of the dome.
Next to the 27-inch telescope is a domed transit telescope, which Tholm said isn't in use.
A transit telescope is an immobile
position of stars directly overhead, be said.
The third dome contains a 90-year-old, six-inch refracting telescope. Tholen said that the telescope was bought by KU for $1 million, an antique value was now closer to $10,000.
A gravity-driven system of weights and pulleys can rotate this dome at the same rate the earth rotates, allowing the viewer to track a single object across the sky.
Because of their size and complexity, however, the domed telescopes aren't as useful for open house viewing as the portable, open-air telescopes. Tholen said.
Minor, Op. 28, was heard first after intermission. This brief sonata (about seven minutes) is very appealing and is one of Prokofiev's more popular works. It is in one-movement form, and is generally dated 1917, though it is based on some material from his student days during 1907-1908. The sonata is made of several sections varying considerably in tempo, mood and harmony, but these are often found from one to another. For this reviewer, Dichter's performance of this sonata was the musical highlight of the evening.
THE PROGRAM ended with three works by the 19th-century composer and virtuoso pianist Franz Listt. First was Mephisto and then a dance with the audience and beard Friday evening in a form which makes tremendous demands on the performer. It was as much a pleasure to observe Dichter's amazing technique as it was to observe the audience the audience responded enthusiastically.
Listz's Lorelei is a lovely, more lyrical piece in which Dickier again demonstrated his understanding of that style. Dickier seems to be at home in any kind of music.
Below the observatory, lights from Lawrence's skyline surround the viewers, causing skylog, which is a problem for astronomers, Tholen said.
The Hungarian Raphodes are among List's best-known works, and were in use as early as 1789.
astronomers use are mounted on rounded cement stands around the edge of the roof. Four of the portable telescopes are six-inch refracting telescopes. The other is an eight-inch refracting telescope, a style of telescope which provides a long focal length in a small telescope.
Because of the city lights, he said, it's impossible to see ever the Milky Way from the observatory. To view faint objects, you need to take their telescopes to the countryside.
The five portable telescopes the
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spired by Hungarian gypsy music. Rhupsoa No. 14 was written in three versions—for piano solo, for orchestra and for piano and orchestra combined. Dichter proved master of this difficult work, and the work's conclusion brought the house to its feet.
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