Chorale Thrills with Wagner Led Program at Pavilion
The Los Angeles Chorale opened its season with a 3 pm concert at the Music Center Pavilion. Roger Wagner conducted a program including Advent music, Resphigi’s Land to the Nativity, and holiday pieces, featuring soloists Carol Nebbel, Margaret Davis, and Melvin Brown. The Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra performed Copland El Salon Mexico under Lawrence Foster, with Kates and Auer supporting Chopin and Schumann. The reviewer notes musical drama and suggests Auer’s future growth.
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Death Takes Puerto Rico Songwriter Rafael Hernandez
Rafael Hernandez, famed author of more than 2000 Latin American songs, died at 72 after a long cancer battle. A lifelong Puerto Rican musical icon, his career spanned decades and sparked a nationwide broadcast tribute last November. His hits include Lamento Borincano and Capullito de Aleli.
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Geraldine Chaplin Talks Father and Films in Waldorf Suite
New York interviews Geraldine Chaplin after arriving from Paris, discussing her father Charlie Chaplin, Omar Sharif, and her plans in New York. She jokes about chewing gum, reveals crush on Sharif, and imagines late night American television with a Waldorf kitchen hamburger plan.
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Midnight Earl Nightlife Amid El Morocco Revels
Social column notes Jacqueline Kennedy and Alan Jay Lerner hosting at El Morocco Champagne room solo. Ed Durrell Stone’s wife joked about his Pakistan business trip fueling a sale while Nai Bonet performed for Bob Saffron’s book launch. Garry Moore, Jonathan Winters, and the Kirbys joined the post‑event party with cheers and quips.
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London Praise for Korean Pianist in 40th Civic Messiah
London critics hailed Tong Ji Han a 24 year old Korean pianist sent to study in the U S for his performance in Long Beach. The Long Beach Civic Chorus presented Handel's Messiah at First Congregational Church, with Lloyd Halsgraf guest conducting and a strong ensemble despite occasional balance issues.
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Pianist Wins Leventritt as War Refugee Guitarist Shines
A Korean pianist born in 1947 who fled to South Korea during the war earned attention from U.S. forces in Seoul, received funding for studies, and won the Leventritt Award in October, recognized for astonishing performances of Brahms Beethoven and Prokofieff with encores by Rachmaninoff and Chopin.
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Fragmented Theatre Timetable With Faded Times
The page shows a garbled list of show times and titles including references to "The lactess Flie" and "The on" with numbers like 8:50 and 2:90, plus scattered prices and seat codes. Readable items include vague mentions of Teddy Bear and Miner, with cryptic notes that suggest a cinema or theater schedule fragment.
Orchestra Strike Over Second Fiddle in Birmingham
Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 80 members walked out after first violinist Wilfred Pook 53 was moved to second chair amid a reorganization. Concert canceled and BBC recording halted as management refused reinstatement and threatened further engagements.
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Songwriter Barbour Rites Slated in Van Nuys
Memorial services are planned Tuesday for songwriter musician David Barbour 53 who co wrote Manana and Its A Good Day with Peggy Jee His death followed a weekend illness from internal bleeding due to severe ulcers Barbour and Miss Lee were married nine years ending in an uncontested divorce in 1951 Friends spoke of a near reconciliation He played with Benny Goodman Artie Shaw Red Norvo Teddy Wilson and Bunny Berigan He is survived by a daughter with Miss Lee Mrs Nickie Lee Foster his parents and a sister
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Laborer Rescued After Cave-In Near Tijuana Home
In Thuan a Mexico, a 21-year-old laborer Rodrigo Cedeno was buried up to his chest in a cesspool cave-in. Rescuers pulled him from a 20 foot deep hole about four teen hours later. He was unconscious and taken to a hospital, later listed in fair condition. Officials said he had been digging behind a Tijuana home when the walls caved in.
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Tijuana
A Wise Investment for Selling Piano
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