Monday. December 3. 1973
University Daily Kansan
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Concert Featured Passionate Music
By DIANE YEAMANS
Karavan Harirama
Ensembles Perform Beethoven
Kansan Reviewer
A mass by Beehaven and two romantic works by Brahms were combined yesterday in a concert, presented by the combined University Choruses and Choirs and the University Symphony Orchestra, which was given by y the passions of the two composers.
Beethoven's "Mass in C Major, Op. 88" was performed by more than 250 singers. The sound is massive and at its best the excitement of the Gloria and Agmus Dei.
A chorus of that size covers many of the little errors that often plague amateur singers. However, the size creates problems of its own. A feeling of ensemble is undermined by sound, and the vocal lines lose many of their subtleties. The beginnings and endings of phrases sometimes become muddy.
The mass was written about the same time as Beethoven's Fifth, Fourth and Sixth symphonies and contains much of the material from that period. Although the mass reflects Beethoven's genius at its height, it was rarely performed until more recent years.
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Johannes Brahms' "Rhapsody, Op. 53" was the second work on the program and featured alto Inci Bashar Paige, visiting lecturer of voice.
Brahms mourns the loss of a love in the piece written for contralto, male voice chorus and orchestra. The deep sounds of the lower voices leave the listener with a melancholy feeling. The piece was a good contrast to the two heavily choral works.
Psychotic Killer, Violent Society Examined in KU Student's Play
Two lifeseble body lies in an apartment living room. Bood stains the couch and carpet. Nothing else in the room is there, and may still wonder when the play is over.
"Half-Eaten Heads" is a disturbing play about the role of violence in our society. It was written by Dan Duling, Mauphe, Inr. graduate student, and opened Friday night at the University of Kansas Experimental Theater and will continue through Sunday.
By CHERYL CROOKS Kaman Reviewer
Duling's script also has been entered in the nationwide Playwriting Awards program of the American College Theatre Festival.
To offer a synopsis of the events would be futile. The play is more easily performed than described. As with a previous Duling, the narrator must have seen he seems more concerned with the continuum
The events of the play become so con-
tented that without retracing them, it’s difficult to determine exactly what is real.
One thing that is real is the psychotic mind of the audience. It needs a murder.
Whether he actually does commit murder is left for the audience to decide.
influence of a certain situation on an individual than with the situation itself.
The play is in two acts. The first scene is a but lengthy. Fortunately, Dulcimer provides the best way to convey Jeremy's eccentric Aunt Luthe restages one of her immortal, passionate love scenes that evoke her longing.
The second act moves at a much more rapid pace and demands an attentive response.
Except for the first scene of the play, the production progresses smoothly. Director Marcia Grumb, instructor of speech, drama and dance, allows little time to be wasted.
The set, designed by Don Essmiller,
Great Bend graduate student, isn't
especially interesting but is convenient and
economical for the stage action.
William Opperman, Garden City senior, lacked credibility in his performance as the psychotic Jeremy. He seemed to lose the look of a boyfriend, especially with his girlfriend, Elaine. His characterization is marked by continual, unmotivated shouting. Although Duling's motivation for the shouting will be clear, it seems that he doesn't carry through. The character itself
is a difficult one to portray, and perhaps
Oneroman should do some re-evaluation.
The Brahms work also displays the richness of a low female voice. The sound is rare and pleasant in its mellowness. Paige was an excellent choice as soloist because of her versatile voice and consistent technique.
Aunt Leatha is splendidly played by Robin Salem, Wichita sophomore. She appears in some ravishing movie queen roles. Aunt Leatha graduated from Herman, St. Louis, M. graduate student.
Salem's character isn't overplayed, something that could easily happen. Instead, she showed good judgment and restraint in her characterization.
Barbara Wilkinson, Wichita graduate students, portrays the girlfriend Elaine. Elaine is a former student of Barbary.
Jean Averill, Topeka graduate student, and Richard Moses, Rumman, N.H., graduate student, share some good moments as Jeremy's parents. Gary Teckenstein, Leawed freshman, in the role of Warren, is too artificial. He does shine as a Major in the second scene with Robin Salem.
If you are looking for answers about out violent society, forget it. Duling doesn't give you any. The play does induce some thought about its theme. "Half-Eateen Heads" shouldn't be lightly digested as a product from the psychiatrist's couch.
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but worked together for a more musical sound. The ensemble of the four voices was much tighter, so the solo lines carried all the manaces and romantic subtleties so they were more musically cohesive. It was simply more artistically performed than the massive work of Beethoven.
the final piece, "Nanie, Op. $2." also by Brahms, because it displayed the best choral techniques. The chorus was about half as big as for the Beethoven mass, and the feeling of ensemble prevailed. The chorus and orchestra didn't fight each other
A rousing and fiery speech by the charismatic Mexican-American leader, Reies Lopez Tijerina. Once an itinerant evangelist, he has now emerged as a militant spokesman for the Mexican-American struggle for justice and equality and was recently a candidate for the office of Governor of New Mexico. Filmed at a public symposium at UCLA in 1968, and flanked by his protective "Brown Beret" guardia, this highly controversial figure speaks for a people who have not felt the changes of the 20th century. In English.
A history of El Teatro Campesino (the theatre of the farmworkers) from its beginnings in the fields boosting the morale of striking Mexican-American farmworkers and winning over non-strikers to its present role as theatre committed to social change on a broad front. In promoting the solidarity of Chicanos, the theatre presents plays and music stressing the relationship between economic advancement and politics. The group performs musical numbers, a satirical skit, a puppet show, and an excerpt from a full-length play. In English.
The first film on Chicanos made by a Chicano tells the story of the August 29, 1970 Chicano Moratorium in Los Angeles. The film includes footage of the mass march plus excerpts from the official inquest into the death of Chicano journalist, Ruben Salazar, killed by the police during the demonstration, and an analysis of its significance of the the Chicano community. In English.
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