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Tuesday, November 26. 1963 Amarillo G1obe*Ttmes |]Llano Estacado 4Desert9andApaches Interest ViolinistBy SALLY BIVINSAmusement* Editor“Could you tell me,” asked violinist Gabriel Banat politely, “if there is a desert near here called the Llano EsUcado?”The Hungarian • born violinist was relaxing after a rehearsal with the Amarillo Symphony Monday, with whom Banaland ‘cellist Paul Ilefsky will play Brahms' Double Concerto for Violin and 'Cello today at 8 p.m. in Municipal Auditorium.Upon learning that he is squarely in the Llano Estacadoand that it is no desert, Banat was both delighted and astonished.• • •Every little boy growing up in Hungary. Rumania, Germany and Austria, he explained. searches the m u s t yshelves of bookstores for copies of books by the 19th CentumGerman writer. Karl May. and reads them avidly. May, who never visited the United States, nevertheless wrote thrilling ad-• ventures of the Wild West. prominently featuring immi , grant German trappers with superior prowess and flawless tracking ability. Co starring‘ are noble Apache chiefs with, as Banat says, “the highest Chris-■ tinn principles.” Together, they ' confound frontier ruffians and venal white settlers.lure kept optimism alive; hence Both musicians are teachers his delight at actually being on as well as artists. Banat com-the Llano Estacado. mutes once a week to SmithBanat and Olefskv arrived in College, where he gives v*oun Amarillo from disparate parts instruction. Olefsky was artist-of the country — New York and in-residence and conductor aFlorida, for each pursues his the University of Iowa before separate career when they are three Rockefeller Foundation not teamed for performances of sponsored tours of Europe occu-the Brahms' Double Concerto, pied all of his time.We met when Gaby played Banat and Olefsky offer ar*with the Detroit Symphony,” example of the new breed ofthe Chicago - born Olefsky ex artist who has forsaken prim a plained. “Then later, we came donna airs for professional aou-under the same management, ity. Although each isla topmu-who suggested that we team up sician in his own right, both atefor the Brahms.” willing to work together for“Besides.” added Banat. “we such rarely heard numbers as are good friends and neighbors the Brahms concerto, making itin Manhattan and Paul eats possible for audiences to heaiat our house all the time likes my wife’s cooking. proudly produced pictures of his children, six - year-old KathvHe fine music lost without cooper-He ation among artists.Both had high praise for theAmarillo Symphony and its newand three-year-old Peter, al conductor, Dr Thomas Hoh-readv manfullv struggling with stadt. following the rehearsala little violin in the photograph. His French-born wife is a de signer for a large flooring corporation.• • •The next time the two musi“Your orchestra is as good 1 have heard outside the major orchestras in this country,” said Olefsky, his nice blue eyes twinkling in friendly fashion above his red - and-1 1 i %||- l * Vi-1 » v ' ^ *cians will join forces again for black checked bow liethe Brahms number will beinThe dark-eved Banat agreedTrondheim, Norway, in late Jan- that, after all. good music is uarv. Banat will go on through more important than nobleEurope for a tour and Olefsky Apaches on the Llano Estacado. will return to the United Stateswhere he is scheduled for six SERVICES FOR concerts in New York City in FIRE VICTIMS One of Banat's favorites of lhe near future, two at Carne-the May stones concerns t he gie Hall and one in Town Hall.In one of the Carnegie concerts. Olefsky will premiere a ,nconcert bv American composer ^meiery u.pacitate foes by a lethal blow Qeorge Kieinsinger with the Or ‘'chestra of America.recentlyhero. Old Shatterhand,sonamed for his abiliton the back of the head withhis iron fist. A band of outlaws. living on an oasis in the middle of the Llano Estacado desert, craftily lures wagon trains to its lair by moving the stakes on the staked plains. But Old Shatterhand. swearingMay’s conception of authentic frontier oath (“Zounds!”), and one of this noble Apachechiefs, foils the outlaws andleads a wagon train to safety.• • •Banat admitted that he had always thought May’s romantic descriptions of the West weretoo good to be true, but a lin goring sense of boyhood advon“Kieinsinger justwon a great deal of praise for his score of the NBC television special on Greece.” he said.ATLANTIC CITY, N.J lt;AP— Funeral services were scheduled today at Rodef Sholem ....... nearby Pleasant-ville for 13 unidentified victimsof last week's Surfside HotelfireA U S. passport is valid for a term of two years.• CONTACT LENSESCUSTOM FITTEDmod-w w—-A ** *tOPTICAL COMPANYNext door to Firbt National Bank on West 8th
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