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THE PRESS APRIL 30.1971 PAGE 4Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody am a Theme of Paganini, performed by guest pianist, Lorin Hollander, -will, he one of the highlights of the Svracuse Symphony Orchestra concert tonight at Cortland.The concent, third and final in a series presented at Cortland this year by the- Syracuse group, will be held at 8:30 p.m. in OldMain Auditorium, «»-While the Russian flavor, is always present m Rachmaninoff smusic he is not as characteristically “slavic” as most. Russiancomposers. His Paganini theme is a collection of 24 varieties. Heworks in the “Day of Judgement” theme, as he does in a great dealof his music.Hollander, a veteran of over 500 concerts at the age of its, has played with more than 50 American symphony orchestras and has appeared more on televisioti than any classical performer* He has been on the Menr Griffin, Mike Douglas, Today and Dick Cavett shows and in 19*69-70 did a television special for National EducationTelevision network- , ' .Hollander gave the first .classical concert at the Fillmore East, New York’s Reck.-Theater, where he introduced the Baldwin electronic concert grand, The success of the concert surpassed all expectations and a live recording has been realeased by Angel ^Records. vIn addition to performing for television and youthful caudiences, he is well- known for his appearances with symphony j orchestras both in the UniteStates and abroad.' (The concert also will include “Deserts” by Varese, scored for winds, piano, percussion and two maghetic tapes of electronically s organized sound! to be transmitted in stereo. It was first performed u in Paris in 1954 hy Hermann Scherchen. .. fcSymphony No. 5 in E. Minor, Gp 64 by Tchaikovsky will be performed by the Orchestra under the direction of Mihai Brediceanu, principal guest conductor and musical advisor of the | Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. A native of Romania, he became! g chief conductor of the Bucharest Opera in 1948 and made his 3 American debut in 1967 with the Syracuse Symphony. He returned t to Syracuse last year after the unexpected death of the orchestra’s music director, Kail Kritz, and still retains his post as chief s conductor of the Georges Enescu Philharmonic in Bucharest. 1Tickets for the concert are on sale now at the box office of 1Corey Union, open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Telephone ^ reservations can be made by calling 753-2700
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