Evening star. [volume], April 15, 1963, Page A-11, Image 11

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NEWS OF MUSIC
Art Gallery Suite Takes
Listener on Sound 'Tour'
By JOHN HASKINS
Contributing Critic
National Gallery Orchestra. Rlch
ardl Bales, conductor. At the Nation
al Gallery of Art. Program: Cancer
fl. , TOe , iN»Uona!' Gat
lery of Art (rive Impressions). See
both (Premiere): On Hearing the
First Cuckoo In Soring, Delius: Sum
mer Night on the River. Delius:
Symnhonv No. 1 In C. Weber
At the National Gallery of
Art last night the fountains
in the rotunda and the east
garden court were banked high
with a fortune in white lilies
as a salute to Easter. In keep
ing with the festive nature of
the day Richard Bales dressed
up his Gallery Orchestra pro
gram with a premiere of a Gal
lery-inspired piece by a resident
composer.
. Max Seeboth’s five-movement
suite of National Gallery im
[ pressions (The Rotunda; The
■ Fountain in the Rotunda; The
] Sacrament of the Last Supper
. by Dali; The East Garden
; Court; Mr. B.) proceeds along
, expected lines, conservatively
1 made, idiomatically modern.
. The impressions challenge
those familiar with the gallery
I to see the building and its hold-
■ ings through the composer's
■ eyes.
Thus, is the impressive ro
tunda, with its classic fountain
and its Bologna bronze of
Mercury, really that pompous?
Most of us would say no, but
then, how is grand simplicity
to be depicted in music with
out leaning on the sound a
little? Music tailored to spe
i cific and real things might do
! better to carry the identifica-
• tion only in the title, and for
• the movement make out with
, simple musical titles. Allegro,
• Andante and so on. The suite
! is a good piece, but this auditor
> would be happier without the
precise Identification of the
< movements.
; The Gallery Orchestra cov-
• ered itself with glory in the
• two atmospheric pieces by
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Frederick Delius, both of them
exercises in coloristic exploita
tioh through chromatic har
mony. They sing a seasonal
song as well as any composer
has managed, and Mr. Bales
missed hardly any opportunity
to bring out nuances written
into the score.
The major work of the eve
ning, if one exempts the Siloti
arrangement of a Vivaldi Con
certo Grosso, was the first
symphony of Carl Maria von
i Weber. It was a long, and loud,
and sometimes rewarding piece,
played to the hilt for sound
effect, but in a Teutonic man
ner. It is rare on modern pro
grams. and we can do with
out it.
LETTVIN DRAWS
PACKED HOUSE
By WENDELL MARGRAVE
Contributing Critic
Theodore Lottvln. piano. At the
Phillips Collection. Program: Two
rileces In C Minor. Soler: Phantaale
n C Minor K.3M. Moiart: Sonata
in C. Opus 53. Beethoven; Three
Plano Pieces. Whittaker; Pour Piano
Pieces. Opus 110. Brahms; Mephisto
Walts. Usst.
On one of the most beautiful
Easter Sunday afternoons in
recent memory, and in com
petition with other musical at
tractions, Theodore Lettvin
drew a packed house for his
recital yesterday at the Phil
lips Collection. This is an in
dication of the number of
friends this gifted and serious
young artist has made in his
appearances here over the last
few years.
I believe that his power over
an audience rests on his mu
sicianship. To be sure, he has
the sure technique and iron
hands that can make a baga
telle out of its profusion of
rhinestones; but he can also
play a group of Brahms Inter
mezzi with the utmost in re
straint, yet with great subtlety
and variety of effect. ♦
His Walsteln sonata yesterday
was a tour de force. Only the
prestissimo finale was taken at
unusual speed; but his ability
to make every note count and
his unusually fine command of
the damper pedal made even
the allegretto sections sound
like the work of a virtuoso.
Midway in the program he
offered a set of three pieces by
Howard Whittaker, a composer
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the piano and are an excellent
vehicle for Lettvin’s facility
THE LYONS DEN
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NEW YORK. Elisabeth
Taylor’s movie enterprises op
erate through the MCL Corp.
The shareholders are Miss Tay
lor; her agent, Kurt Frings,
and Eddie Fisher. Recently
Frings and Miss Taylor met
with their accountant to study
the corporation’s records. One
puzzling item was a SIO,OOO
check issued by Miss Taylor to
the Actors Fund here.
"Elizabeth," Frings asked,
"how is it I read nothing about
this SIO,OOO gift in the news
papers?" ... She replied,
"Kurt, you wouldn’t want me
to get good publicity, would
you?”
•* a •
ACTION: Jean Seberg is in
New York in connection with
her new film. "In the French
Style.” When, as an unknown,
she was signed to play St. Joan
for Otto Preminger, she sud
denly became a cover story
subject for a scandal mag
azine. . . . Her father, the town
druggist in Marshalltown, lowa,
studied his weekly shipment of
magazines and saw the story.
He Immediately closed the
store for the day, got in his
station wagon and drove to
every newsstand within a 50-
mile radius. He bought every
copy of the magazine and
burned them.
•« * •
PROJECT: Frank Sinatra
has assigned-a screenwriter to
prepare a modern version of
"Robin Hood.” It will be set
in Chicago, at the Sherwood
Forest Hotel. Sinatra will play
the title role, as head of a
gang that will include Dean
Martin, Joey Bishop, and Sam
my Davis, jr. They rob bookies
to give to the poor.
with repeated notes and his
tremendous control of touch.
The early pieces by Soler and
the Mozart fantasy suffered a
bit from over-playing. There
was so much of nuance and so
many exquisite little contrasts
that the real nature of the
music was obscured.
Nevertheless, this program
ranks very high among the
piano recitals of this or any
other season, and is a gratify
ing step in the direction that
may make Theodore Lettvin an
artist of the first rank. Most
of his real competitors are at
least a couple of decades older.
What? Change
That Image?
IyUONMP LYONS
DRIVER Dean Martin in
cidentally, was reported
stopped by a motorcycle cop
who ordered him from the car
and said. “Now walk that
straight line." . . . Martin re
plied. "Not unless you put a
I net under it."
*• ♦ *
GIFT: Last week Truman
Capote went to Tiffany's with!
a friend who asked, “What did'
Tiffany’s give you for having!
written 'Breakfast at Tif
fany’s?’ Capote said he’d re-;
ceived nothing, not even a
thank-you note from Walter
Hoving, head of the firm. He
brooded about this neglect, aft
er all the publicity from the
book and movie—brooded while
he shopped.
A gold cigaret box, priced at
SI,OOO, caught his eye. Capote
had it charged to his account
and took it with him. “I'm
sure.” he told his friend, “that
when Walter Hoving notices
that I selected this gold case,
he’ll never bill me for it. He’ll,
Joke about it.” ... He was as
sured that Hoving has no sense
of humor about such things.
The next day, after break
fast, Capote went back to Tif
fany’s and returned the box.
•* * *
ACTOR: In 1943 Max Rein
hardt, directing Irwin Shaw’s
"Sons and Soldiers,” chose a
tall, unknown actor for the
leading role, and said: “You'll
become a big movie star.” Shaw
agreed with that, but added:
He's not right for my play.”
.. . The actor got the role, and
the play flopped. . . . That ac
tor, Gregory Peck, Just won the
| Academy Award.
•* • *
EXPENSE: In Rome last
week Count Rudolfo Crespi, a
member of a noble and wealthy
family, expressed concern over
the new U. S. expense-account
tax regulations. “They affect
me very much,” he said. “After
all, when I’m in New York, I
wouldn’t dream of dining in
such expensive places as the
Colony or Le Pavilion unless I
was taken by someone with an
1 expense account.”
HOLLYWOOD
In Princess Pulls
I Royal Strings
By SHEILAH GRAHAM
HOLLYWOOD (NANA) .
Princes* Grace Kelly is pulling
some royal strings to have
"Love and Taxes" filmed right
there in Monaco. Royalty can
always use a film royalty. And
I was amused when I was in
Monaco a few months ago to
see all the souvenirs, post cards,
ashtrays, etc., the photographs
of Grace, Prince Rainier and
the children, sold with serene
approval to the tourists. . . .
Eddie Fisher will be on the
same program as Princess
Grace in a few days at the big
charity affair in Philadelphia.
. . . Young Robert Walker, son
of the late actor, told me that
when his wife gave up smok
ing, he broke out in a rash.
“It disappeared when she
started smoking again." Well,
that’s something for the ciggie
ad writers to chew on. . . .
What’s this I hear about R. J.
Wagner leaving Marion Donen
behind in Hollywood while he
returned to Europe? Weren’t
they all set to be married?
** * *
George Burns won’t go too
far from Beverly Hills where
| his Grade abides. She has not
been too well in the past few
years, which is why George re
cently turned down some East
ern nightclub offers. ... His
ex-partner, Carol Channing, cut
her Marlene Dietrich imperson
ation from her act. Marlene
didn't like it.... I hope Danny
Kaye will take his present show
at the Ziegfeld Theater in New
York to the London Palladium.
It's the old Danny—which
means the best there is. . . .
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takes on Zsa Zsa and Eva Gabor
at the same time. A guy can
go crazy, with each sister de
manding equal time.
** * •
Max Schell flew right back
to Germany after the Oscar
awards. He’ll be very busy for
the next few months. First
comes his picture with Melina
Mercouri and Peter Sellers in
Greece, for Jules Danin. Then
he is a triple threat in Ham
burg, starring in "Tonio Kroe
ger” by day, appearing on the
stage in "Hamlet” at night and
directing the play “Atlantis"
also by day. How can this be
done?
Maureen O'Hara's almost-as
lovely daughter Bronwyn makes
her film debut with mama and
Henry Fonda, in “Spencer's
Mountain", for Warners. Young
Bronwyn has been dating Tony
Rogell, son of the film execu
tive.
** * *
Carolyn Jones is sporting an
SIB,OOO diamond ring, which
she found in her 10th anni
versary marriage cake. What
if she had taken a big bite and
swallowed the ring in the cake!
Just the thought gave loving
husband Aaron Spelling con
niptions.
If you want to know why
Paul Newman’s "Hud" was in
black and white rather than in
color, Director-producer Marty
Pitt explained: "The scene of
the slaughter of cattle
would have been impossible in
color.” The rotund Marty
stalled life as a character actor.
THE EVENING STAR
Washington, D. C.
Monday, April 15, 1963
They sometimes make the best
directors.
** * *
Shelley Winters will never
get to live in her New York
apartment. She had no sooner
returned to it from her Para
mount picture, in Hollywood,
than she was called back to
the west to play “The Woman
Taken in Adultery" for George
Stevens in "The Greatest Story
Ever Told” in Reno, Nevada.
Because of a crippling child
hood injury, the doctors pre
dicted she would never walk
again. So she took up dancing
to regain her strength. This
led to a film career and even
tually an Oscar. In "The Care
takers" she gives aid to sick
people. She plays the head
nurse in a hospital. Her name?
Joan Crawford.
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