CAMPUS AND AREA
University Daily Karisan, November 12, 1984
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Choirs, orchestra combine notes to give requiem
Chris Magen/KANSAN
The combined choirs and orchestra perform Johannes Brahms's 'A
German Requiem'. Nearly 350 students participated in the concert
yesterday afternoon at Hoch Auditorium and about 850 people attended.
By DAVID LASSITER Staff Reporter
During the brisk Fall afternoon yesterday, nearly 350 students combined their voices and instruments to present a musical celebration of man's mortality and his hope of heaven.
James Ralston, director of the choral activities, conducted the concert. He said he was pleased with the success the presentation had held either
The KU combined choirs and orchestra presented Johannes Brahms "A German Requiem" to about 850 people in Hoch Auditorium. The concert was part of the celé performance of the music department's centennial.
"THE DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC presents one major work each semester," said Ralston. "For many of these kids it will be their one exposure to a performance of this kind."
Bartineon David Holloway and soprano Martha Randall, two guest alumni solists, performed with the choirs and orchestra. Because of conflicts in schedules, the soloists and the orchestra did not have a chance to practice the entire work together.
Randall practiced with the orchestra on Saturday, and Holloway was able to hold a short practice with the orchestra yesterday, an hour
RANDALL, WHO RECEIVED her master's in music from the University of Kansas in 1966, performs with many opera companies in the Washington, D.C., area, such as the Washington Civic Opera, Washington Opera, Hartford Opera and the Annapolis Opera. She was a soloist with the National Symphony, most recently in Bach's "B Minor Mass" as part of the celebration of Martin Luther's 350th birthday.
Randall said she was impressed with the ability of the choirs and orchestra.
"For the amount of time that the orchestra was able to spend practicing the music, they are very much professional orchestra," Randall said.
"And without the amateur choruses, these types of concerts just couldn't be done. The choruses sing in sync, but they don't get laid like the orchestra."
RANDALL SAD SHE also had seen the music department's presentation of "1776" and was impressed with the high level of musical ability.
"It is a pleasure to come back," she said and "see how good of shape the music department is still in
"I also came back because it's a musical reunion. David (Holloway) was my classmate."
Holloway, who earned his master's in music in 1967, sang with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. He also appeared in a television appearance at KU between his
performances as Lescaut in "Manon Lescaut."
Holloway said that when people asked him where he studied music, he loved to tell them the University of Iowa's history of music by such as The Juilliard School
"I'm from the small town of Gas
ALTHOUGH HE HAS PER-FORMED in front of much larger
City, Kan., near Iola," Holloway said. "It was a long road from Gas City to the Met, but now that I'm there, I love it."
"It's a thrill to be back at Kansas performing. The Met is the largest house in the country, but Hoch was never little."
"You never know if you're going to be able to hold on to each note," he said, "or what it will sound like in this building."
audiences. Holloway said he was still nervous.
Not all the performers yesterday were nervous. Margaret Salisbury, Topea freshman, who sang for the first time in front of an audience in
Hoch Auditorium said she wasn't nervous.
"There are a lot of people up there," Salisbury said. "The audience isn't going to notice if one person is a little off."
Sahsbury said she felt at home as member of the large chorus. She said that the only difference between her high school performances and this first one at KU was that the chors weren't given as much time to practice each piece of music.
ARIC CLELAND, TOPEKA sophomore, said his choir had spent about two weeks practicing the Requiem
"I think that makes the performance better, though, because it means more effort is put forth to learn the music."
"The Requiem is harder than the Messiah that we did last year." Cloerd said "Not as many people familiar with this piece of music.
This is the second semester Grudy Hallenbeck, Lawrence senior, has sung in the choir Because she is blind and her music is in Braille. She has spoken the entire semester because he familiarizes with the score and lyrics of the work.
"I'm studying the use of the keyboard, organ and piano." Hallenbeck said. "It takes a lot of time to just learn all of the music for the instruments. This concert uses more time spent learning more music."
She said that she also sang in "Missa Solemis" by Ludwig V. Beethoven two years ago when Rachel Shaw was the guest conductor.
HALENBECK SMD SIE, sheed
the other voices in the chair to help
her follow the conductor's directions.
Chancellor Gene A. Budtig said performances like the one yesterday made him proud of the music department.
"That one was not as long as this piece," she said. "This is a gorgeous piece, though. I like this one a little bit." The harmonies are very exciting.
Glickman says farmers uncertain
By United Press International
"Returns from farm states clearly indicate that some farmers want to
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Rep Dana Glickman, D.Kan., today will tell a bankers' group the re-election of many House and Senate Democrats means farmers are uncertain of student Reagan's agriculture policies.
"While the president is personally popular, the election of Democrats to House and Senate seats clearly indicates farmers are skeptical about Mr. Reagan's farm policies." Glickman's prepared remarks said
make sure that vital programs do not fall to the zeal of budget slashers and the Office of Management and Budget in the next Congress," according to a copy of Glickman's speech released yesterday.
Glickman said the top item for the 99th Congress would be to reduce the federal delicail
"With work set to begin on a new farm bill next year, those of us who represent farm states must make sure that our constituents are not sacrificed on the altar of slashed federal spending," his remarks for the American Bankers' Association's national convention said.
Shuttle attracts thousands at stop in KCI
By United Press International
KANAS CITY. Mo. — The space shuttle Enterprise and its carrier aircraft, a modified Boeing 747, continued their trip woes yesterday.
between 30,000 to 50,000 visitors.
The Enterprise's Kansas City visit coincides with a week of heightened interest in the shuttle program. The crew of the Enterprise's sistership, Discovery, launched a second satellite Saturday.
The Enterprise arrived at Kansas City International Airport Saturday from Mobile, Ala., and was on display until yesterday afternoon at TWAS Overhaul Base until it left for Boston on Friday. The mated the space shuttle attracted
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