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1 I' 1-by Chrisjtbpfier Young- Contribuljirid Editor _JI PROGRAM:CHtltnCh'li . r^-'4Marni Nixon Symphony Nb. 9 !',in D Majormg the.scene, “They’ve got a ?good is, a farewell to! life from a'mah who hand tuere.’j If the strings, most knew he was 4ying, arid the ‘.Rondo riotab^f . the |i.violins, could be aug- chiirlishly twists some of thea sensiSehufltrmann Soprano ^*irientei, the SSO wouldindeedbe a tivethemes which appear later in the 1 fine orichestra. The talented winjds; ^hymn-like adagio. The scofe *Wpeeiajlly the Mahlar p str0|ig coi;e for building.j But 11 • ^ present] only^the core 4^ts.NOVEMBER- - - ___ .. _________ ^- ,7 for the.pecially thje brass could provide third movement/depicts the deep-\s.t ~ ^ rooted cynicism of - a suffering soul,but the; SSd only‘sketched this theme.Last Satprdjy, evening the SyraeiifcO • ,;!.thei^cnch*h6rn$ were particularly:.*.arid*' second. Synyphony Orchestra, Under ^the Mr. ;^xc^enta thrOughdut^ the * evemn|v * -i^ovenjBttts; 'jbpie ihdme.^ persistedJre-rection Of Frederik I Pfrausnitz, pre- lYorii tjleir exuberant ojpening in file jsoundingly ;/brass, brass, brass!sented program withLmixed success, ii3rst M|vevmerit to ’their Charalt;rieris—jaek. of continuity generated by iy_:L_,L ^qvkI- tically mellow resignation in the the performance was due to imbal-fpurth, jthe horns outshown all. Prin-\ ance between the sections. Violins'Gipai Robert [Halgreeh of alia herald- were repeatedly weak and left whatSchUermapnPs TCliuench’i”Cd a pleasant and welMbhefrom the!usual concerti. repetoire. - r- r, .. ■- .. . —: —■_-----^^Menchi’fy .an airy cycle of;seven f maj^ca ly, intended to be, futti climaxes to.songs• lifted fiom the writings of se- t.measur? |asthough,- ckffiftg % the tossV the irwJ.nf* comodo. . lect Chinese poets. Miss Kixori, who sung itsj. World1 preihiere,! displayed Criyiablejltalenf as shle - achieved /the sort of /‘effortless’;’! rendition /the ;songs demandachieved rendition The JSSO ] was commendable sins 4ts^ ac^ompariiment. t.!. |,j ; The iriajor ^prk\ojf the' program was the f Mah.er Ninth symphony,. and if j ppyejf to ibe| k major disaster. The S$Q gave 4 lesson in how riot to tackle aj diffic lit wotk. “ By the time normally heiuiotic fljlahier composed, the Ninth | Sym phohyj ^ his last completed/ he. h ad learned of a serious heart Condition. The| program notes (by/Henry SFpgel of Syracuse’s V^ONO-j?%'d|esmb;ei {the Ninth (as^‘‘de3pict§.iplacedl itself In 4 similar Iiiferno withijts perfqrihahca® TlUt_ the . Mahler No/ 9 | -\vasuniorgetably disjointed |Was not! due si much to MaestroPrausnita s inte:The Syracuse, symphony j was boldpieceto tfy such % a difficult piece. Orchestras which attempt such * works usually fall/in one of three categories: those who; manage to get played-all.the notes, on. the score; those which1 go beyond mere production of notes to offer some Interprirtatlon of the Wprkf and thoise' whose efforts ■ (and/heref the C9ridilctor is most iri-slrumental) produce ^ Clearly outstanding interpretatipris^ Such*..are^the deferences between the Syracuse Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony^nd. the: New ;Yofk ^ Philharmonic ' under I^nardrnstein. ; * ' ..\ ^Esspntial^to building a..distinctive ’iriterpretatipn^of^te^ is the achievement, of some coritlnuity^^^^^tnemenever reallyr ^presented)SSO’s iriaWlitvi to play the music.halves ofthemeIthe1 mGustaV !Mah|a.. the rest IfMeanwhile, tra hurited fpr bare mount! of proddingmust ;give fiifth ^to another, and uthat in tiirri/lb ^iV another, so that eacl^ iesr« themd/takes its urflson d’et^ fromno itsjpredecessojf Sucfil is the: logic pf.Maestro.' Fost ^music.^hp SSO could not often• . Tjrausriilz- could1 helpj them find tUeir /taitiate tlmnmflc development, and, The !w|nds were Jgenefally^ much Way exception: The tjiird when It did/the theme could/not, bemOre ^ihp^ertt than Ihe strings.. So ipovement wks fine. ’The orchestra got ^eveloped full^by- all parts, of the or-unbaiariced iris ability were these two oif to I strong startfini the Rondo-^/eheStra.^was .lacking, endorchestra that brie Bprjaskt, And in it there were some ^isJhrip^ m^sic resulted. vThe SSO ^ t - riother was aimply beautiful moments, such as the moy- failed because lt could^not prese^ dropped Sin jtrriiisition from the jWirids M^ trufe arises un©x- Mahler’s Ninth as ato the j stjtihgsi One member of the :p|ctedl^ halfway through/the bitter- The Syracuse Symph^ audience;iwps:peard [to remark, leavcoherent/whole. Symphbny has doneue themes/ Mahler’s Ninth much better!
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