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3Greenville Symphony!I)By Lillian IVL Mehr,Greenville Symphony SocietyEn orgy crunch not withstanding, there is a trip planned Saturday evening, albeit a musical one, for those attending the Gr e e n v i 1 I e Symphony concert at Passavant Center.One of the finest ways to get the feel” of a foreign country is through its music, and the local symphony orchestra, under the baton of Music Director Ivan Romanenko, invites its audience to “visit” five ports-of-call. Though International Night (-0 at the Symphony” may have become trite, they are fun and can avoid the hum-drums through exciting programming. This iswhat Saturday’s concert promises to do.way, Allegro” in Italian means cheerful.” It’s n.ce to know in what mood we’re supposed to be traveling.11hNext in the musical itinerary is a stopover in Roumama with the Roumanian Rhapsody No.1” by Georges Enesco. Herewas a man who wasn’t content to perform splendidly on the violin, piano, and the organ. He also won acclaim a.- a conductor. Enesco then proceeded to put Roumania on the musical map with his composi-tions based on the folk music of his homeland. Romanenko has performed this ‘ ‘ R o u-manian Rhapsody” with Enesco himself conducting the orchestra, so our interpretation of the composer’s wishes should be very authentic.aKrtIt is logical that the vehicle used for a trip to Russia be a work by Mikhail Clmka. Hewas Russia’s first significant composer to introduce Russiannationalism into music. inJ his influence can be felt ;n theof every R u s s ia n composer since the nineteenthcentury. The overture to hisopera. Russian and Ludmilla has bright, captivating rhythms, easily rememberedmelodies, and is his only workprogrammed with anyregularity in concert halls.workJoseph Haydn’s 1 0 t t hSymphony can lead us to twodestinations: either Aust ri awhere the composer was born,nr in I ondon. England whereJourney’s end is Los Angers where MacArthur Park” is located. Actor Richard Harris recorded this composition by Jimmy Webb in 1969, and the recording was sold by the million copies. It’s a vigorous, brash, downright loud opus with Gershwin-lik* melodies andcryptic lyrics, but it held therecent school concert crowds spellbound.There is much of today’s music that is valid and snouid have a place in concert programs. Can you picture the concert hall of tomorrow, though, listening in hu-hedrespect to “classics from the
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Greenville Record Argus
Greenville, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Feb 05, 1974
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