Barbra Streisand's meteoric rise and CBS hour
Milton R. Bass reviews Barbra Streisand at 23, noting her unique singing style and impact. The piece traces her early Malden Bridge days, CBS hour special and 16 year deal with CBS, plus Broadway success in Funny Girl. It highlights her provocative persona and enduring influence on music and pop culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbra Streisand
Miss Streisand
Malden Bridge Playhouse
Malden Bridge
CBS
Julius Caesar
Barbra
Bergdorf Goodman
Olo
Barbrara
Chamber Concert to Close Season with Bach and Beethoven
The Chamber Music Society of Pittsfield concludes its 1964-65 season Sunday evening at the Berkshire Museum Ellen Crane Room with Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 and Beethoven Serenade Opus 8 for Violin Viola and Cello. The program includes rare pieces by de Mandonville and Handel Halvorsen. a large Bach ensemble features Hanford, Colby, Knott, Roberts, Rosenfeld, Lessing, Kubli, Rubenstein, Stocklinski. Admission is free.
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Chamber Music Society of
Pittsfield
Beethoven
Bach
Berkshire Museum
Berkshire Athenaeum
A Music School
Ellen Crane
At & Pam
Bethoven
Jean de Mandonville
Handel-Halvorsen
Margaret Hanford
Marriet Colby
Malcolm Knott
Brahms German Requiem Performed by Worcester Choirs
The Oratorio Choir of First Congregational Church and Wesley Choir of Wesley Methodist Church Worcester presented Brahms German Requiem Sunday. Lou Steigler directed with Leroy Hanson at the organ. The work will repeat next Sunday in Worcester. Review notes mixed tone and strong soloists Mac Morgan and Mary McEwan with praise for Brahms’ color and vocal clarity while criticizing some tempo and balance choices.
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First Congregational
Wesley
Wesley Methodist Church of
Worcester
Lou Steigler
Pittsfield
Leroy Hanson
Brahms
Mac Morgan
Mary McEwan
Brahme
Morgan
Miss McEwan
James R. Ubsinger
E. Roy Burchell
14 Concerts Being Given for Young Audiences
The Berkshire County Young Audiences series comprises 14 concerts this week in public schools under South Mountain Association sponsorship. The Metropolitan Brass Quintet of New York will perform in eight Berkshire communities and three schools in Chatham New York, with instrument demonstrations and audience Q A. Members listed include Ligatti, Berger, Goldstein, Hauck, Waldeck. The program features fanfares, dance music, music structure, and Stravinsky’s Firebird excerpt.
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Berkshires
South Mountain Association
Metropolitan Brass Quintet of
New York
Dalton
Great Barrington
Lenox
Sheffield
Richmond
Williamstown
Lee and
Stockbridge
Lee and Stockbridge
Berkshire County
Chatham
Berkshire
Brass
Albert Ligatti
Irving Berger
Arthur Goldstein
Robert Hauck
Lewis E. Waldeck
Petel
Strauss
Stravinsky
South Mountain Young Audiences Fund Fund
Pearl Bailey Collapses During Royal Box Show
Pearl Bailey collapsed Monday night at the Royal Box room in the Hotel Americana. She received oxygen backstage and continued with the second performance, with her physician present in the wings. Bailey resumes the engagement against medical advice after a heart strain and two years of heart condition. Hollywood notes: 20th Century Fox to spend 3 million dollars on sets for Fantastic Voyage surpassing The Rabes.
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New York
UPI
Pearl Bailey
Royal Box
Hotel Americana
Miss Bailey
Doctors Hospital
Bridge insight and the no guess rule in championship play
In a recent Intercollegiate Bridge Tournament hand the contract of three no trump faced a key choice. East must infer partner’s ace from the first two tricks as South shows only the king of spades, guiding the correct return to beat the contract.
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West
South
East
Wes
Mast
Reliable Crystal Ball Not Needed for Bridge
A bridge hand analysis discusses how to reveal side strength by signaling with a spade play, leading to a heart defeat of the contract. The narrator notes strategic choices, including bidding one spade with Spade Q85 and a specific heart and club distribution, and contrasts bids with notrump responses.
Bishop Kennedy Pushes Revision of Movie Production Code
Bishop Gerald Kennedy of the Methodist Church in Los Angeles calls for updating the Motion Picture Production Code. In The Journal of the Screen Producers Guild he says the current code is unrealistic and overly literal, noting it is being widely disregarded and that films should have more freedom while preserving family appeal.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Gerald Kennedy
Methodist Church
the Journal
Screen Producers Guild
Kennedy
Movie Timetable Highlights From Area Theaters
Capitol shows Mary Poppins at 1 to 3 30 and 6 00 with a late 9 49 showing. Palace lists Stop Train 349 at 1 00 4 10 and 7 25. Beach Blanket Bingo plays at 9 35 and 5 50 and 9 05. Union Square presents Major Dun Dee at 1 10 5 00 and 8 55. Code 7 Victim 5 runs at 3 30 and 7 25. Berkshire Drive-In opens weekends. Pittsfield Drive-In screens Rio Conchos at 7 30 and Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte at 9 30. Sunset Drive-In opens weekends.
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Capitol
Palace
Union Square
Dundee
Pittsfield Drive-In
Rio Conchos
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