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Jose Serebrier, Artistic Director
OCTOBER 14-30,1984
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MUSIC
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The New World Festival only con-
firmed what many thought obvious —
that Miami is not a cozy festival site.
!y JAMES ROOS
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MDiami Is back on the festival
�1 wo years after the failure of tAe
New World Festival of the Artt, the
University of Nam! last week an.
pounced the complete lineup of Its
International Festival of the Ameri-
cu. scheduled to run two weeks,
Oct 14.30
The festival focuses primarily on
music, though Its creators — Dean
William Hipp of UM's School of
Music and Uruguayan conductor
and artistic director Jose Serebner
— hope It will eveatualll encom-
pass all the arts
Nevertheless, a glimpse of what
may become an annual event makes
It evident that music — especially
contemporary music — is the festi-
val's claim to attention Elliot Can-
er, Gunther Schuller. Carlos Surl-
aach and Otto Luening are just a
few of the major composers who
will be involved
The American Symphony
Orchestra from New York will be
on fund to pity music of Charles
Ives And half a dozen chamber
groups, ranging from Mexico's Lat-
in American String Quartet to
America's Boehme Wind Quintette,
will perform US. and world pre-
mieres
This may seem a trifle esoteric: In
fact, the fetu�al'z showcasing of
the contemporary appears. on the
face of It, penlously close to the
New World Festival's approach,
which chalked up some notable at.
Ustic successes but failed to attract
many ticket buyers
So why should this festival suc-
ceed where the other didn't? Be-
cause the Fesuval of the Americas'
success will depend largely on its
academic character The success of
most festivals, in truth. Is deter-
mined by their basic character.
Puerto Rico's Festival Coals, for
lairtance, flourished while Casals,
the great cellist, was its fountain•
head, catalyst and instrument of
revelation But it faded and hasn't
amounted to much since his death.
Why?
The roison d'elre of the festival
was the opportunity for world-
fa-mous musicians to collaborate in
chamber music with Casals Today,
the festvval (in progress through
June 16) is just a senes of concerts
played by the Puerto Rico Sympho-
my with noted conductors and solo -
LAW
ibis money rap, of coupe. umpo-
rahly buy a festival presUse (note
the New World Festival) But mon-
ey can vanish Mexico's huge Festi-
val Cervantlno was bnefly this
hemisphere's Salzburg But it col-
lapsed with the thud of the peso and
the goverawnt of Jane Lopez Par-
tlllo.
Lopez Pon1110 lavishly funded the
festival to serve "a ehowwe for
Mexico's new oil wealth. But It was
too luxurious an enterprise In coo.
eept — involving international
dance, music and theater companies
of evrry description •- to meaning-
fully operate on a smaller scale
The New World Festival, for all
Its emphasis on the contemporary
and world premieres, was can.
eeived as a commercial event aimed
sot only at enriching Miami cultur-
ally and projecting a new Image for
the city, but at attracting tourist
dollars — which it didn't.
However, a university -associated
festival, such as the Americas ►esti•
val, has an obligation to present
programs that are intellectually
challenging, and no tUgma need be
Attached to an essentially noncom-
mercial enterprise for Its failure to
draw big crowds.
An even stronger reason for opti•
mism, however, Is that the Festival
of the Americas is not being overly
ambitious. Where the New World
Festival began by embracing all the
arts with a budget of $5 million,
this new festival's first -year budget
it just $325.000.
Moreover, last week, according
to Hipp, all but $125,000 of that
budget was already covered, much
of It in In -kind services donated by
the university. The rest is expected
to be readily raised through corpo-
rate and private contributions.
In addition, to financially break
even, the concert halls used only
average 40 percent of capacity
throughout the festival, and most of
the contemporary concerts, unlike
the New World Fesuval's, will be
free.
Alan, ticket prices to other events
will be reasonable Where an open•
Ing night ticket to the New World
Festival cost as much at $100, the
highest -priced ticket to the Festival
of the Americas will be 515 (for the
opening symphony concerts), and
most tickets will cost just 610.
This doesn't mean the Americas
festival isn't potentially a draw for
tourist dollars. Given the budget
and big -sole community backing, It
could display International talent In
all the arts, as Minotti's Charleston
gpoleto festival already does.
True, the New World Festival on-
ly confirmed what many thought
obvious — that Miaml, a $prowling
city, Is not a cozy festival site.
Charleston, with Its cobbled side-
walks and Intimate theaters, is a
eharmlog festival city, as apparent-
ly is San Antonio, Texas.
The San Antonio Festival, which
annually Imports the Berlin State
Opera and Ballet, has made Its name
In just two seasons by mixing Euro•
npeeaapn with local Went and by
flaunting a festival theme involving
theater, opera and ballet — last
year Salome, this year Carmen.
The Festival of the Americas,
however, believes it can make Its
name through flexibility in pro -
``ramming, aided by the fact that
Miami Is a gateway to both Europe
and the Americas. This makes
imaginative mixing of artists and
music from both hemispheres feast.
ble.
In fact, though the focus of this
first festival is new American and
Latin music, masterworks by
Haydn, Moon, Beethoven and
Tchalkovsky — Europeans all —
are featured prominently (no doubt,
pansy as sugar-coating) on most
festival programs opposite contem-
porary works.
Nor has jau or popular music
been entirely Ignored. Paqulto D'RI-
vera has been booked with the UM
Jars Band, and as a salute to North
and South Americas, the Montreal-
hosed Quartango group (composed
partly of Latin- Canadians) will play
tango music wlth dancers.
Next year, In fact, Serebrier says
emphasis won't necessarily be on
contemporary music at all. And al-
ready this season a gesture Is being
made toward Including the visual
arts In future festivals by importing
a work by Mexican muralist Raino
Tamayo.
Meanwhile, Serebrier and Hipp
are reaching out to the local com-
munity by Involving music organi-
rations (the Miami Chamber Sym-
phony, Miami Civic Music Series
and Miami's Friends of Chamber
Music) In several festival programs,
setting a precedent for the future.
Now the wider community re-
sponds to their efforts, of course, is
crucial to the festival's future. But
by beginning with a manageable
budget and still offering quality
musical experiences, this first
Americas festival Is helping to en-
sure there may be another.
eventually will encompass
The arts.
...and on the festival trail
91 And here comes another
festival, in this city of
festivals. This one means
business, and It's definitely
on the sober side. It's
called the International
Festival of the Americas
and Is under the aegis of
the University of Miami.
It's heavily oriented
toward music, and it will all
Sardrier happen between Oct. 14
and 30 at Dade County Auditorium, Gusman
Hall on the university campus and the First
Unitarian Church. The people who will guide the
festival met Jose Serebrier this week at a U-M
faculty club luncheon emceed by William Hipp,
dean of the school of music. Serebrier, a
conductor of world renown, has been named
artistic director of the festival. He's originally
from Uruguay.
Festival leaders aim for around 2,000
subscribers to the first annual event. If you're
familiar with such composers as Elliott Carter,
Roque Cordaro, Otto Leuning, Carlos Surinach
and others, you'll probably rush to sign up. If
not, well, the festival may be too esoteric for
your tastes.
Serebrier wants Miami to know that this new
festival is no mirror to the late New World
Festival of the Arts, which cost $5 million. This
one will cost around $325.000. and most of that
will be "in kind" services. There'll be world
premieres of works, too, but they won't be
commissioned as they were for the New World.
They'll all be volut)teered.
Herald
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UM plans Festival of Americas
The Istarnational Festival of the five" tttttsical world premieres are
Americas. a new three-week arts Pad. and that contemporary
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composers
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festival with strong emphasis on music will be "healthily repro-
repro -James
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Ipudte Gunther Schuller,
flee tettivai, thra weeks, and each year the
which promises festival will Iona os the music of
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EroestO Halftter, Roque Cordaro
and Carlos Surinach are a raw of
to be an annual three of four great composers.
the other Partidpaties composers.
event, is an Out- He also noted the Fastival of the
To Indicate the featival'e interest
' growth of the Anionic" will not be a "star
s school's Latin festival" Partly due to Its initially
and in future seawas will lsvite
Participation of other South Florida
In eventually broadening Its scope
to Include the visual arts, a 44•toot
Amman Music Mall budget.
Festival, begun Unlike the New World Festival of
universities and music orpaim•
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work by the Mexican muralist
Rutiso Tamayo win be displayed at
in 191112 by UMI the Alta, which in IN2 presented
music protector world premieres of eootemporary
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the Lowe An Muneum.
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Why University of Miami means music
Dr.'ti'llliam III" oa weak edecatbs
aced the latersatiosal Festival of the
AMerloas.
Dr. William Hipp is dean of the
School of Music at the University of
Mlamt. Coral Gables, Fla . one of the
leading music schools in the United
Stotts. Dean Hipp was in Washington
recently to receive the CiDEM
award of the Organization of American
Statesforfoundinji the International
Ftstivitt of the Americas in South Flor-
ida. He was interviewed by Washington
Times Adusic Editor F Warren O'Reilly
Q: Why art yea having as lartenso.
basal Festival of the America# In F'lor-
W instead of in Washington, the
headquarters of the Organization of
American States, or Is New writ City,
home of the American Symphony
Orchestra, which will perform the
"using eoseens of your festival?
A: Well. certainly Washington would
bean appropriate location. However,
Miami Is really an incredible interna.
florist city. the gateway to the Carib-
bean and South America Miami and
Washington, incidentally, have a few
things in common neither has any
heavy industry, both see thousands of
people come for & part of the year to a
city they don't consider home, both
have thousands of residents whose pri-
mary language isn't English. The
influx or Hispanics to the Miami area
has created a very exciting cultural
mix there, and inaugurating this festi.
cal to simply the university's way of
recognizing that mix and building on
ii
Q- The Utdversity of Mlatal Is spw
Nrissg this festival, and ant the city of
Miami or Dade County?
A: The festival was not instigated by
Dade County or arty of its many cities.
However, the governmental entities
there are in support of the festival.
While the festival doesn't begin until
Oct. 14, we've been gradually building
a very strong base of support among
local governments
Q: Two years ago there was an ambl-
tioue New World Festival of the Arts Is
Miami that won artistic praise, but
was a terrible rlaaacia. flop. it's quite
aenralteoas of yea, isn't It, to start a
festival M the heels of that a rper-
ram?
A. In some we" that may be true,
but 1 wasn't in Mains at that
time. Now, the festival we are starting
is ant patterned after the previous fes.
tival; it ia far more modest can that our
budget is less than 10 percent of the
mw before, and it occurs at a different
time of year. Oct 14.29. instead of in
the summertime
Q. And yet, lure the other sm. yea
are presenting a broad spectrum of
Musical activity, Including a great
Many works of contemporary musk.
Don't yen have something like a dozen
living composers from North. South
and Central Amerks coming to
take part?
A. Ttatti eor rect, and we are very
plessed about this. 1 should point out
that the festival doesn't have the term
"music" in Its title, though music is the
principal element in fact, the very
opening of the festival will be an
exhibit of a gigantic mural by the
Mexican painter Rufino Tamayo It was
commissioned by Smith College some
years ago, and is a very strong, impres.
sive work Of the 23 events in the fes-
tival, 11 are free, with most of the
adventurous programming of contem.
porary music occurring at the free
concerts
Q: We certainly haven't omitted
Beethoven or overlooked lighter music
entirely?
A: We have tried to have the festival
In stony ways reflect the diversity of
the Miami community, and we'll be
dealing with particular components of
our community each year This first
festival ranges from jazz saxophonist
Paquito DiRivers and the University of
Miami's prize-winning Concert Jazz
Band, at one end of the scale, to clas.
sical chamber music at the other.
We have a charming group named
Quartongo from Montreal, an ensem•
ble nude up of Hispanics who play
in the Montreal Symphony, who got
together a few years ago to play the
classic tangos We also have the young
Latin American String Quartet from
Mexico City. the Composers String
Quartet from New York, our own resi-
dent Chamber Players of Gusman
Hall; the Boehme Quintet. and our own
Percussion Ensemble Also. we have
the University of Miami Singers and
Civic Chorale, and the Master Players
from Switzerland,Besides the
American Symphony Orchestra, we
hie our University of Miami Sym-
phony and the Miami Chamber
Orchestra. We don't plan to limit our
music to American composers only,
but will Include something of our
Western European musical heritage,
which is at the core of our culture.
Q: Most people don'tthink of Miami,
a much younger city than Washington,
as a cultural center, tbough It's only
since the Kennedy Center was
built that music has become such so
Important pan of cultural life here.
What role is the University of Miami
paying In South Florlda?
A: For the past two years preceding
this, there had been a festival of Latin
American music founded by Professor
t+icas Drew, who teaches double bass
We discussed the need to broaden the
scope of the festival. and I brought
in Jose Serebner. the noted conductor
and composer, who grasped at once
what we were trying to do Mr Sereb-
ner became quite excited about the
concept and agreed to become artistic
director of the festival And Iona
before 1 came to the university, the
School of Music had sponsored
the nation s first major Gershwin Fes-
tival and the Charles Ives Centennial
Festival. 1974.75. the most elaborate
tribute ever accorded an American
composer. And we cooperate with the
Chopin Foundation of the United States
to its annual Spring Festival and the
American National Chopin Competi.
tion held every five years in Miami.
Q: How did the University of
Miami's School of Music reach the
position of being able to operate a
major resmal? I doubt that many peo-
ple In Washington have ever heard of
It.
A: Actually. with nearly 800 majors
it is one of the larger schools of music
in the nation, and probably the
largest at a pn%atc uniwrsily Our
school pioh"hl% Iws one of the mu.i
diverse act, or curricula that you i:jn
find in any university. Among the mom
innovative programs that have di vel-
oped there are a very strong jazz pro-
gram. music merchanditing, and
music engineering. The University of
Miami was one of the forerunners in
devioping a music therapy program. it
has a 30-degrce program, through to
the doctorate, including some nation-
ally recognized work in composition
and performance areas. Also. I should
mention that we are designing degree
programs in ethnomusicology. focus-
ing on the music of Caribbean and the
Latin American countries That is a
major priority.
Q: If It's a private and not a state
school, that means the goo music
majors are paying high tuition fees at
Miami when they could go to a good
state school far more cheaply?
A: Yes, that's correct. A school has to
have a lot of attractions to attract stu.
dents willing to pay basic tuition of
S6.900 a year. and we are fortunate in
being able to be very selective about
admissions The faculty is the true test
of any school, and we have one of the
best.
Q: If they are paying that much to go
to school there. they must expect to get
good jobs afterwards- W hat happens
to your graduates?
A: Our graduates are in major
orchestras. opera companies. universi.
ties and all sorts of music organiza-
tions all over the world, which is
remarkable for such a young institu-
7% Minimal Barak / flatw*y. Qetaber Is. im
Festival offers `New Sounds'
by JAMES RODS
Mod/ shale OPM
Among the to M Inaiguiag
"New Sounds From MluW"— the
fonrtb concert of the International
Festival of the Americas —were
Antonin Herdndez-iltaso's Pre -
hide and Dance for Csibon Percus-
sion and Don Wilson's intro-W
Cycle Number 2.
Nersindes•Ussao, who is City
of Miami Coordinator for Cultural
Affairs as well as an accomplished
composer, has bad many works
performed in Miami during the
plane decaf or so. But 9W one,
beard Thursday might In the UM's
Guarneri Ha seems one of his
best.
It Jumpoap mysteriously
bushed introductory measures
with a riotously busy. occasionally
explosive, melee for percussion,
evocative of all the flavor and
color of primitive Cuban music —
which usually has a boogo lurking
somewhere is the background.
Fred Wickstrom and his 11M
Percussion Ensemble brought off
the composer's strong stylization
with enormous elan. star nit
served and vociferous applause
from the near•250 new -music
music RGW@w
buffs who turned out for the
concert —a uuu but eothuslutic
audience.
Wllsoe's score. which capped
the evening, beta considerabk
interest. tolk in the composer's
faint electronic echoing said later•
mixing of Steven Smith's rippling
etaarimba and vibraphone sounds.
Comparatively, the scores that
awe between were less compel-
Usg.
John Van der Slice's Rega►dirtg
Artaud was a slightly long-winded
cob for flute, well handled by
Tom Kennedy in Its almost son-
swp turnings, which included
some breathy coloration& and even
speech -tones. A second hearing
might belp clarify this tour nit
torte.
J.B. 'a Waves, subtitled
Intemelated Spaces for Piano,
seemed more provocative In its
concept (permitting the pianist to
vary the rhythm and melody of
the piece) than It did in Its
repetitious whirl of notes.
non The University of Mrami is
scarcely 60 years old. after all, and thi
n ov the school has developed is some.
thing of a miracle in itself The stu-
dents in the School of Music come
from almost every state and at least
two dozen foreign countries Most of
our programs have 100 percent
placement of our graduates in the jot
market, because they respond to a rei
need in the profession; especially in
music•reloted fields that require a
dual preparation.
Q: So if somebody wants to get a Jio
In the field of music, you think they
should consider the University of
Sfla it as well as some of the more
famous conservatories. With the root
at the top limited, do many of your
graduates aim for stellar solo careen
or do most of them have different
ambitions?
A: i think our students are such a
i aried group that they have a broadei
range of objectives than at many
music schools We offer professional
music degrees which include courses
in the liberal arts, a liberal arts cur-
riculum; we don't pretend to be a
school for everyone. It varies mostly
ci ith the area of music a student is
working on. For instance, a singer's
voice doesn't mature physically until
well after a baccalaureate degree is
obtained; the undergraduate years or
really for the purpose of developing
hasic techniques. and further studies
are necessary. A conductor is not
trained in four years of college, nor la
a Lnmpn+er they are lifelong pur.
suits Ut course. an instrumentalist's
training may have started as early
as age 4. S or 6, and one can be a
skilled performer even before compit
ing the work for a degree. That's not
possible in voice.
Q: How do you rate MUSIC edseatie
in the United States today compared
that In Europe or ILtln America
A: The philosophies are different;
fortuna.ely, music is regarded as soft
ciently important by our citizens and
is included in the curriculum in most
public and private schools. Proportio
&rely. we have more people involved i
music in the formal sense in our
country than in the other countries y
mentioned, although, of course. in
Europe the musical culture is far mot
established in a certain way than it is
in our country For instance, the gov-
ernment in European countries subsi
dizes the arts to a far greater extent
than does our government
Q: How about In Latin America? iCk
you we much cross between this coati
try and Latin America at the present
time?
A. I frankly we less I think a part
of the problem, a major part of the
problem, is economic. It's very
sad because there are many rich tried
tions can Latin American countries. Wi
have faculty at the University of
Miami who are from those countries,
and we also have faculty who have
spent time in Latin Amenea on Ful-
brights. or doing research. We an thr
potential there to be enormous.
Alfred Reed's Two Bagatelles
for four trombones was the kind
of weU-craited exercise the oars -
poser is noted for, though in Its
harking back, say, to the days of
Gabrielil, it doesn't peer too in-
quisitively into the future, eoadd•
ering Reed wrote it in 1993.
Nor did there seem to be much
of significance In DebNs Kaun's
Bocce Variations If, which data
from 1975. sad features two
pitmen Kass took the acme Bach
cbomk used by Alban Berg Is his
Violin Concerto and chopped It
into aegmeats.
Following the first pbrase of Es
ist gene (from the cantata O
Ewlgketil, du Dowwrwortl, the
music baits to penult the piano
woes to resonate —a procedure
followed rigidly throughout the
work. Although this might be a
kind of pop an creation, it seems
Berg used Bach more imaginative-
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First-time performances
thrill chamber's
audience
By JAMES ROOS
1M•aM M,ulr Crtc,c
There were plenty of reasons for
the happy ludiencr that picked
the University of Mlami's Gunman
Hall for the tenth concert of the
International Festival of the Amer.
leas. Two world premieres were
elated, atoll{ with several first
US. performances, and the mar.
mots variety and verve of the
evening augurs well for those
planning to attend Saturday
slght'f free program — which
tecludes scores by some of the
same composers.
Wednesday night, however, the
presence of Otto I ueoiog, con.
ducting his Potowctomi for cham.
ber orchestra. was a high point.
The composer, who Is bd- ears
yours{ and a pioneer of the
electronlc music movement. turf•
ed to traditional instruments two
yeah ago to express his feelings
shout the Wisconsin territory of
kill forefathers. The piece, scored
for cello. trombone, bassoon. clan•
set, oboe, flute, violin, percussion
and piano (four harids), is marvel•
ously evocative.
Its tartly etched texture Is
nicked with the faint sound of
rattle,
and chimes, and runs a
gamut of Indian folklore to eight
eoociae movements, from Keepers
of the Second Fine to a charmin
Love Song for flute and a Dance 01
Eagles. Crows and Woodpeckers.
Luening conducted with ran econ-
any of style and the players
responded with a lucid, vibrant
performance. Not only the musi-
cians, but the audience responded
In Francis Schwartz's Gestos,
which had Its U.S. premiere.
An American composer bag
resident in San Juan. Puerto Rico.
Schwartz Is a man of ebullient
good humor yet sertouaeu of
ryrpore, concerned with breaking
the barriers between audiences
and performer His
seven -move —score. ranging in titles from
KaAa fn Rio P.M. to Trill. vs.
Troviata. begins gweUy In frag-
Music Review
C%~ P4rw$ a Gw~ Hail s
LhnY, Wm, G~ Wn ilif hft,M nd.
care GIWa Pale
etented sonoritles and builds to a
crescendo for the full orchestra.
which suddenly breaks into a
collective sigh.
After shaping more sighs,
Schwartz swerves on his heels to
urge the shocked audience Into
Imitating the orchestra, cresting
an uproariously funny yet musical
effect When Schwartz conducts
his A Festive Smite Saturday
night, you can only guess what
may happen — that is, how the
audience will be asked to p&Mld-
pale. Meanwhl le. Wednesday's
concert also Included two excel•
lent scores for percussion.
Jost Serebrier's twice -recorded
Symphony for Percussion emerged
as a colorfully effective tour de
force. mounting In Intensity from
cymbal wisps and tremolos. to a
Provocative into for drummer and
a crackling Congo finale Compar-
atively. Pedro Ipuche-Rlve's world
premiere Concero for Timpani.
with Fred Wickstrom as viruosic
soloist, revealed the composer as a
kind of Uruguayan Hindemith In
the artringent flavor of his distin-
guished scoring, notably In his use
of brasses.
For its part, the world premiere
of William F. Lee's Masque of the
Red Death. bued on Poe,, had
compelling moments. But the
work's almost ivesian texture —
pitting a narrator IWIIOam Hind -
Mani against Prokoflev Romeo
and Jaliebtype dance music for
singing strings — becomes over-
poweringly repetitious. Also. the
Involvement of masked costumed
singers suggests the music cannot
tell the storv. and Lee's orchestra.
tion sometimes drowns out the
narrator.
October 23,19M The Miami Hera c
Chamber hors symphony
yp y
has buoyant o ener
p
By JAMES ROOS Herald Music Critic
The Miami Chamber Symphony's first
concert of the season held some attractive
repertory, courtesy of the international
Festival of the Americas, but it was some-
thing less than an unqualified success.
The trouble went back to the fundamental
question of whether the orchestra, after
three years of existence, has enough reli-
able players.
in Ives' The Unanswered Question, the
woodwind group, directed by Burton
Dines, sounded mushy; the main orches-
tra, led by Serebrier, was not too well fo-
cused, either. To be fair about it, though,
there was still buoyant music heard Sun-
day afternoon in South Miami's First
United Methodist Church. Take Sere -
brier's Eroica.
Josd Serebrier joined the
Miami Chamber Symphony
for its first concert of the
season, which was also part of
the International Festival of
the Americas.
Music Review
— f
Beethoven's Third Symphony is one
those choices that looks hackneyed in a
vance and perhaps out of place on a
chamber orchestra's program. But It Is
quite easy to forget Just how great a sct
It is until you hear It and discover again
why it refuses to languish on the shelf t f
forgotten music.
Primarily because he was abetted by
the church's reverberant acoustics. Seri
brier managed not to dwarf the score.
which is brusque and powerful and rea l_
demands a full-size orchestra. However
Serebrier Is a conductor almost impossl I
to misunderstand. He knows what he
wants, and he asks for It explicitly. Wh t-
he wanted for the Beethoven was taut,
compelling force, plus clarity without it
of urgency. The orchestra, for the most
part, gave him that, and the result was
ten dynamic.
True, the slow movement, w1uCh Is {
funeral march, can be even more grave
and deeply beautiful (though it needn't .1
a dozen deaths, as some conductors do I
Nevertheless, there was a lot of nobility
and fire in Serebrier's Beethoven.
There were other things, of course,
worth hearing. Notably Gideon Waldroli
Songs of the Southwest, which boasted
Ryan Edwards as consummate soloist.
Waldrop, who is dean of New York'i
Juilliard School of Music, is a Texan, an:
his paean to the ranch country takes off
from a poem by the Norwegian -America
Andrew Oerke. It is a darkly lyrical
showcase for baritone, set against
a translucent, shimmering orcbes-
tra. Edwards, who has a resonant,
smooth and flexible voice, sang it
with deep commitment, and he
handled Mozart's Non piu andral
with intelligence and a flair for
characterization.
Dines, for his part, opened the
concert with Carlos Surinach'{
Ritmo Jondo, which remains a
flamenco -streaked score of Indi-
vidual brilliance. Asked by an
intermission "forum" audience
what he thought of the perfor-
mance, Surinach politely Implied it
was near enough perfection to
discourage quibbling. But it need-
ed more rhythmic thrust and
pprecision, and more assertive
handclappers.
Thurailmi, October IF. 1991 /The Miami Ilerald
Surinach shines in chamber concert
By JAMES RODS
1Nrald Mua,c Critic
The International Festival of the
America first chamber eoncen
booked more provocative on paper
than It was In performance. The
best Wag about It was Carlos
Surinach's conducting of his Sinfo-
nia Chico or Uttle Symphony,
with about 40 well-rehesrsed
members of the University of
Miami Symphony.
Composed in 1956 for a festival
In LA Jolla, Calif. Surinach told
the audience at UM's Gunman Hall
Wednesday night that the sympho-
py is essentially a salute to
authentic lath Century Spanish
music. Undeniably, the &core Is
deeply Spanish in character.
The first two movements. Alle•
gro and Adagio, are highly remi-
siscent, however, of Falls. The
frenetic finale sounds more like
vintage Surinach in Its waspish
wit and the pungent flavor of its
orchestration, which makes effec-
tive use of bnttle percussion.
Surinach conducted with
aplomb, which is scarcely surpris-
ing because earlier in his career he
was a noted skilled conductor, In
truth, the surprising thing is that
neither UM not other area music
schools have made more use of the
talents of this major composer
living In our midst.
Nnt too much can be said for the
rest of the eoncen Panamanian
Roque Cordero's SoliloQuy No. 2
for alto saxophone proved to be is
mildly Interesting solo exploiting
the Instrument's extremes of
range In the wide Interval leaps
typical of atonal music, and de-
spite some fuzzy tone. Gary Kel-
ler's deftly phrased performance
kept Cordero's abstraction from
sounding like noodling
Sunday, October 14, 19M Thp ♦iilmi Hrrn
Globe-trotting Serebrier finds Miami'
`irresistible
I hzs IIwovs been interested
Poser that Serebrier first galossd
in long Ifren relationships with
fame•
s, sera, orchestra- in different
And It it U a eompoaer, perhspe
tnuntnes rather then st rih those
more than U a conductor, that he
i •,,t would tie me up." the condor.
has planned the Festival of the
,nsisled Sn hI, spends his came
Americas, which Is in artistic mlr-
v here orchestras want him )can
rot of Serebrier`s whole musical
long enough to hold his Interest
development. Almost every com-
six weeks a }ear in Belgium, eight
Poser on the program, from Ives
v "ks each in Australia and Uru-
and Elliot Carter to Tchaikovalty
gus% four m Germany. live with
and Francis Schwartz, to either
Manchester's BBC orchestra
figuratively or literally a Serebrier
For all his globe-trotting In pur•
friend. And even the American
s ,lit of music. though, lust what
Symphedy figures idgnlflcantly In
kind of conductor is Serebrier"
W history
Some critics feel he locks spiri.
A youthful product of Montevl•
tual depth, but he hot been widely
Mo's Municipal School of Music,
rased for clarity in revealing
Serebrier wait so gifted he won a
complex scores. such U Ives'
stailotal prise for composition at
Fourth Ssmphoriy. which he tuc-
the ate of IS The composer -critic,
cesOulls recorded a decade ago
Virgil Tbomaon. then on a lecture
tnd w ill perform twice during the
tour of Latin America, was shown
lestisa with the American Sym-
Serebrier's work and was to im•
phony Orchestra However, he
pressed be recommended young
11nds it amusing that an affinity
Jost for study at Philadelphia's
for certain kinds of music is attrib-
Curtis institute of Music The re-
uted to him, depending on what he
sell was decisive.
'ronduccs in different countries. "My whole family moved with
"The truth Is that I am most in.
terested in whsteser music I bap-
me to Philadelphia, and my aim
was really to graduate as soon U
"
t
�-
-
pen to be conducting." he sold
postibit and become a conductor
t
"But in America. I have the repu-
B ,when Serebner's First Sym•
uuoa of a modernist and Iva ape
phony won a coveted U.S prize,
'
cialist because of my recording of
unbeknownst to him It was
c w oa is c iM w,.m, w•. f
the Fourth Symphony. These per-
brought to the attention of Leo-
Serebrier in reheanal:'1 am most interested in whatever music I happen to be conducting.'
formances with the American
pold Stokowski, then conductor of
Symphony, though, are actually
the Houston Symphony That was
aid of such now -famous friends as
His most intensive conducting
era " And. in fact. during the If
the Urst t have ever conducted of
In 1957. and the famed maestro
pianist Susan Starr and violinist
apprenticeship was actually done
val only one work of Serebrier
the Piece In the U.S."
was planning to present the world
Arnold Steinhardt to help him
as an assistant to Antal Doran
his Symphony for Percussion, t
'in Australia• they consider me
premiere of Ives' Fourth Sympho-
copy out the score overnight The
with the Minnesota (then Minne•
scheduled Yet the conductor's
IW Mahler specsst because 1 did a
ny.
premiere, though successful,
spoils) Symphony Orchestra But
thuslasm for helping contempo
Mahler festival for three years.
As things were, though, his or-
wasn't covered by the news mega-
for all his desire to wave a baton,
eery composers get a hearing it
and In Scandinavia, especially Flo-
ehestra couldn't handle the diffi.
dnet because the Russians' launch
Serebrter has never stopped wnt•
plUn and, much like Stokow•sk
load, they think my strength is
cult score, and 19•year-old Jose
of Sputnik apparently Inundated
Ing music — tartly dissonant, in-
he tries to help as he can
French music because I've done a
fall of Chaussom, Ravel and probe.
Serebrier got a message a Curtis
"Please call Leopold Stokowski in
'
their es.
WB
However, this was the sun of
terestin music of an astnn entl
B R Y
lyrical bent Today. with more
}'
"Man of the coin sera beer
y po
D resented a this festival. In is(
bly because my name sounds
Houston. Urgent Serebrier
Serebrfer's professional relation.
than Il)0 compositions to his creel•
will be represented m a festive
French. In South America and
thought It was a poke — the kind
ship with Stokowskl, who Later
P
it, including many large-scale
Bcontemporary
eontem r American music
Row.. I'm thought o► u. Slavic
his student friends often played on
made him an assistant conductor
works, he intends to continue ere•
am Uso directing for the RAI I 1
spectaist because I've played a lot
each other. But when a telegram
of the American Symphony Or-
ating
dio 1Wlanal In Turin, Italy. vex
of Tchaikovsky there'
followed he took courage in hand
ehestra and enlisted his aid as an
"1 would ideally like to spend
year. They were looking for sot
Tchaikovsky. In fact. It probably
and telephoned Stokowski, who
explained he intended to play Ser-
auxllllary time -beater In Stokow•
less time conducting and more
thing different, so I suggested I
the composer Serebrier Pale.lets-
ski's landmark recording of Ives'
composing, though I also a} s will
Serebrier wild, savoring the Ide.
err to, If only becasiae, as a child.
ebner's First Symphony
Fourth Symphony, following Its
want to do both things But it Sim•
connecting his Miami expenemt
fat beard Serewde for Strings on
Not only that. Stokowski
world premiere in 1965 "1 proba•
ply isn't practical." the conductor
with yet another country.
the radio and was inspired to be-
planned to play It in place of the
bly learned more from Stokowski
explained
eufaaitaii Srwwoavoacassrur
come a conductor. He made his
canceled Ives Fourth, and needed
than from any other conductor,
"I lust don't promote my compo-
wit Srot sewn AM Snww.I
prodigious Montevideo debut at
the parts immedialely Since there
but only by osmosis," Serebrier
sitions because 1 really feel better
raewav w�iT�wuld, Clef. ce,nn r A.0f
V asiar" Sisal ors.
irile
the age of 11. Yet It was U a Coal-
weren't any. Serebrier enlisted the
said
playing music of other compos•
1 ti i p • •
VQri Y/August 1984
International festival to hidhlight music, art
The Universm has recently
announced plans (car the Internatminal
Festival of the Americas. a two week
celebration of music and the art% tit far
held from Oct 14 ill
The Festival will feature symphnm•
and chamber orchestras from the
I United States. Europe and Latin
America, and several national. interna
tional. and south Florida chamhrr
MUSK groups The music of the classics
and romantics, jazz and other forms
of popular entertainment will also be
featured. as will dancers and art
exhibits Plans include several world
premieres of works to IW irth and 4ruth
American composers man} of whom
will attend and paroupalc
"The inaugural Fr%trvjl w ill empha
sire the music. mu%xtan, and it) some
extent the art of the V rmern Hc'mi
Sphere. within the framrwork of the
great European heriugr and tradiffun.-
said rise Serebrier. artistic dirrc lot
cif the Festoal He acklyd. ' If will further
focus on this beautiful part of the
world as the crussnsads between fv<rrth
and South and as a center of culture "
Serebrier is regarded as one of the
roust important conductors of his gen-
(M hand at a roc urea J)rrss /unthewn ri•i r/ifitm tit annount r Nor /rile cal u e•rr
(left to right) It itham / I et, l// prin,iut'slid r.ii•t utive rat r presufivif Jnu' St -re
brill+ dirrc for o/ the Jrslo tt/, and R tlltafit //tp/, dt'art rof the ti h(led e,l Ilimli
eration One of the most actise con
doctors in the world todav he has Con-
ducted all major orthestru in Furope.
South America. Australia and Asia, and
appears regularly w rah the American
and it..inadtan Svmphom Ort he%tras He
is among the most widely recorded
artists in the classical music field,
working regularly with the top Amer-
ican and European recording
companies
Serebrier is the recipient of most
honors and awards in music including
a pair of Guggenheim grants (he was
the youngest recipient ever), the Ford
Foundation Conductors Award, the
Dillon Award of Columbia University,
and first prizes in numerous interna•
tonal conducting and composition
competitions. He has also received
grants from the Rockefeller founda•
tion, the Harvard Musical Association
and the National Endowment for the
Arts
Since his early years, Serebrier has
been in charge of festivals from Mexico
to Michigan His Mahler Festivals and
three -composer festivals in Sydney
have received international acclaim
Several of his Australian Festival Con-
certs last yea were recorded live for
release by RCA Australia and were also
taped for cable television and home
video markets in the United States
Among the artists scheduled to
participate in the UM's upcoming
International Festival of the Americas
are the American Symphony Orchestra
of hevu Yorl. and the INasterplayers
( hamber Oft hestra from Switzerland
Also scheduled to perform are the
Montreal -based tango Quartet "Quar-
tango" and dancers, the Boehm Qu
tettte, the Composers String Quartet
Paquito D'Rivera; and the Chamber
Players of Gusman Hall.
Several composers whose w ail is w
be featured Includt-JENlott Carter
Roque Cordero, from Panama; Maht
Enrique:, from Mexico; Flidolfo
Halffter, from Mexico; Pedrolptat4k
from Uruguay; and William F. Lee Ill
Also featured will be works by
Antonio Hernandez•Llzaso; Otto
Luening; Francis Schwartz, of Puert
Rico, Carlos Surinach; Francis Thor
Gideon Waldrop; and Serebrier.
Subscription prices range from
$100 75 for nine concerts and gal
receptions, to $22.50 for one perfo
ante by the Americus Symphorry
Orchestra and any two additional
events.
Those interested in obtaining a h
schedule of events, brochure, ant
subscription information, may call i
Iriiernational Festival of the Americ
office at 284 - Z1161, or may write to thl
UM School of Musk. PO. Qptt 2$81t
Coral Gables, FL 33124.
futoo;saocnota,tag DIARIOLASAMERICAS-PAR.II
AbArfin Serebrier la American Symphony' en MiIF
ami
y a
el Festival International de Las Americas UniversdarlO
B A mien ofteter Un"o a Reer/ad of E"domento Mdnrrrfr it a Crnars on tlrr Asirdd en of idea a ltopohlo Stokowtkl on is Craft SkaPon/e /s Charles M,
twit Also to to Mimi Fmft s At Nissan Ogress pit Oftit Ape/ Grin Mtelev. SeNhisr Respende isyepwtes in 01AR10 LAS AMERICAS en was Erm,*l's Exdln
SI ►les Is welade Inaugural del primer 'Festival
International de lot Amtricas', qoe assplels is
Volversldad de Miami. ettari revestlda de on
ettroordtnarlo valor grlltllco con It presencls de
Is American Symphony' bale Is balots del famo-
me director areguaye Jost Serebrier, el pr6elme
Nees, quince de oclebre, a lam oeho de Is Bache, es
el 'Dade County Auditorium'; so es aeons clerto
Joe Is sceri6n tendri tsmblta macho de simbelis•
we y recordation evando In miglca de Is Charts
Siofosla de Charles Ives, que set& ekcalads &Ili,
beer Is estancla.
Y in ratio es que, preeb,meete, leers- lge-
re►rier y Is 'American Symphony', gsleaes sale -
Little a Stekowskl en Is dUusl6n de gists monu-
mental slits, estrenads cincuents &flat despots de
sea escrila, y conceblds pare one *rque$la de
grades preperclomes, dividids en Tres porciomes,
Jut Serebrler, n was Isle reeleste de archive.
rods one de ellas re$peadlead* a Ignal mineaw de
dlrettores.
"Le obre es tan dUiell, que cast que no psede Le•
terse". comest6 el in stairs Serebrier &I ser @sire•
wivlmdo par DIARIO LAS AMERICAS: y agreg6:
"Coando Stokowskl foe a eslrener rate sinlosia,
estswo ensaykndols detente Ire& metes, to coal
efrece perfectameate sea Idea de Ins dificsllade$
Joe elle liter".
Serebrier agreg6 qae tl no lea podido comerderle
&bar& tento Utmpe de essays, "porque hublera at.
do lecosteable pars el festival": pero d1jo que be
estado trabolando con Is orgoegta a ration de
dleclttts hotel diaries. "so die los primeres visit•
set, otro, $as segundos: el sigulente, let madermt,
y largo los vlentes y *trot Instruments%, halt&
completer Lodes las seccgoses sepsradameste".
Jett Serebrier grab# origimalmeole Is Coarts
Stelonis de Charles Ives pars Is compalia dis•
Jerre 'Columbia', de Is C.B.S., come Segundo de
Slokowskl—eslando em of letter podium el ma.
estro David Katz—: y mks lmrde, en Is eliquets
R.C.A., diriglesde tl solo Is obre, come Is bark
shot* to Miami.
En el mismo programs drl lunrs quin(e, be-
rebrler rooducirk Is'Amerlran S)mphon>' en Is
Fanlarrlm Americans, de Sharon Miranda: y en la
Castle Slnloms de Tchalko%sky.
Use welods adiclonal de role conJunlo sinloniro
con Jost Serebrier en el podium lendra Lugar el
wanes dlecittis. tamblen dentro del calendarlo
del Festival, pero at mismo tirmpo Tonic primer
programs de Is temporads de Is Atoclarion'Civir
Music', de Miami. En ego ocatloa, el pianists Ivan
pavlo sort el solists Invllado.
Davit eJecutark 'Rhapsody In Blue', de
Gersh*ln; y Serebrier dirigirs is orquesta en To
Americana en Pant', del mismo compositor; )
*its ver en 1* Simons Numero Custro, de Charles
Ives. Ambos conclertog comentaran a Las echo de
Is *oche, to el Dade County Auditorium, y conts•
fin I&mbi#n eon Is partlelpleft del MJanto TO -
Cal de Is Vnlversldad de Mlaml.
El primer movlmlento de Is Coarts Sinlonle de
Charles Ives, basado en temas de hlmnos favori•
tes del ester, esti tactile Para dos drapes dls•
Unto%: Is orquesto principal, incloyendo el piano y
feces; y on eon)unto de timers, Integrado par
lestrumlatos de everdas y orps.
El preledle comleata can go$ e*atrettsle$ tacos'
do faertemente at unisons ten el Plano, es go re'
glslro grove, contra el material que street de ion•
do el dlslanle grope, de timers y lot (rases IBe to•
tenon Jos votes, que was sleado elaborada$ beets
el final.
El segando UemPo es de Bus ■atwr&letm sly
temple)&, coo camblostes ritmot y stelereados
sabre one docens de lemes, que was entretellts-
dose halls que aparece an dalce solo de violin,
abroptamente Inlerrumpido por to$ metales. Y ■s
froseo del piano, mis tarde, conduce & varies Os-
boraelones ortiueslales alleroades con solo$ de
violin. on Is ■Isms alabders que earacterito el
■owlmleste bast& line coscloye.
El Letter tkape. Joe es BOB tram6eriPtl68 Or'
goeslal del coakato del primer Connote de ever•
do del motor. Be LOICI& cos one breve esPosiC160 Le•
mAtic&, bellamente eisbor&ds es las cuerdes, has -
to que Jot trombones y lot Corona Introduces an Be•
oo el prime-
TopEs to de errollo, el movlc mleotoat con 1 rte
to on& toga, que terming slmp6Ucamemte too wee
(rase de Handel em Jos trombones.
El Wilton Uempo comlents ketameste COO as.
peel,, ta(aslt em los laslnmentos pereativos, a
We que lot contrabo)os to tebrelapose el primer
native de Is obre, sobre el coal se clatters el wall•
alesto esters.
Pero en este apogee de sonoridedet, se pone de
maeLflesto Is preoencla de Jos ices gropes per.
fectameste deflaldos, Canada In orgaegta princl•
pal eotra y an corn de Clete vbUoes y arps It res•
posde, aleotrat time let laslrumeetos de ports•
slam conUmiam to trabs)o par otra parte. Sin em•
bargo, esta alm6slera de paronlgmo, en sonorid,-
des y emotloaet, conkuss a sonvltarse segia se
It sense lag vaces,pars trllaalneyeado to to-
leesidad, baste Littler a m fleal de gran gdetad y
recoglmleale.
La Comets Slafemle de Cberles Ives esLA escrila
Pero costre navies. dot doble naoUset,desoboes.
des elartuete$, tres $ssofones, dos legatee, dal
trompos, sal& lrompet,s, cwstro trombones, gotta,
piano a costre =ones, solo de piano, celesta. Argo•
so, Clete Umponot. Umber aUltar y tamber gas -
yet. goats. Users y grave; composes, trisagelo,
everdes, votes y on com)sato distaste de else*
vlollnes, viols y arps, adiclosefes &I everpe princi.
pal de is orquesta.
Hablaode es general sebre at Festival latens-
cgonel de Is& Amtricas, el maestro Serebrier dlj*
Rue lee gas Idea conceblds comJoetaaemle con el
Decone at Is Feculted de M611ce de Is Valveral-
ded de Miami. Wllllem Hipp. "nos el prop6allo de
airier In stesellin dr todos to nisei Iberommeri-
canoe, shore que #$to es Is soles cludad morte•
americans de mggnllad que se Uene ass orquesta
staf6nice propla".
"Estoy may felts per el Festival, y creo Joe vs a
set de gran envergodars en el luturo", exelam6
Serebrier, qulen, es director &riigtico del events.
V agreg6:
"El Depsrtamento de Estado Cali may contents
tambltn, porgae el Festival represents one
magnifies oportaslded part tot eomposilore$ es•
tadounidenses y estran)eros".
M6gico y competitor de largo lrayeetorls, Jos#
Serebrier he dtrigido profusamenle en Francis y
Australia, donde %us programst Nan leoldo rega-
laridad y sclerto en Jos ulUmos alma.
Recleskmeate cottda)o'Borls Godwnov', de No-
deste Moastorgsky, es Sidney; y deotro de pace
participari del estreso de was slice es el New
York City Opera. Y Como compositor, Serebrier
Irabab em see aseve pleas arquestal, que seri
estresads, aegis dile. el Pritims SAO as Nmews
York.
En Miami, Serebrier he side preseetsdo coo
mucho ttito dursete las dot tpocas de onestra or.
wquests l al de Motart, de I'Florida so vv
Philharmonic'encift en el .
1979. fee on werdadero acostecimiento.
Coando le pregamtamot at sceptari& vomit a for.
mar one oveva orquesta en Miami, Serebrier res.
pondib: "Me hublera encamlado bate algunos
allos, pero par shore al carter& esti desarrollbe-
dose en otras Areas y teago ys mucho% comproml-
&os intern aclonales". Sim embargo, tl tubray6 que
It entente el clime de eats region, y weaor squi a
resslrse coo famWares y amigos.
Estre gas ilUmos discos de Jost Serebrier estAn
at que cooUeoe I&'Sinfonim Nimero Uno' de Jess
Sibelius, con Is Orquesta Sinf6olcs de'Melbour•
me', en Is etiquets R.C.A.; Y ono grabaci6o
'Digital•Tlocb' de In Oberturs 1912. de
Tebalkovskl y el Bolero, de Ravel, con Is &isms
segseota. Y at freale de Is Adelaide Simphosy; Se-
rebrier grab6 Is Suite de Carmen, de duet. v av
oice de stres maestros lranceset.
1erebrier e$U casode com Is soprame Carole
rarity, on Is Joe vleme eoseebande Lrlenfes, Lee•
to ea el esceaarle operAUce come on to sale de
eseckrtes.
El Festival International de let Aatrlcas e*mti-
award basta el dia trelnts del eorrleele met, coo
actuacloaea de grapes de ciaaras, procedesles
de Iberoamtrica. Incloyeado'Quartmogo', de Ar-
iteatima; el 26 de ottabre, so el'Gwamos' oalvetsl•
Largo; y el Ceartelu LaUmosmericano, de Mt:lco,
s• el mismo auditorium, e■ ectsbre 2e. Soletes,
Usmando at 2e4•2141.
El leases, director arwgmayo Jost Serebrier (it, junto at failecido gram meenLro Lapold* Bls•
qulerd&) sp&rece to eats tote de IM estudiando ►owski.
Is partitore de Is Cast&& Sloloda de Charles Ives -
r
Jose Serebrier Makes Music in Miami
This month, a new International Festival of the
Americas celebrates the region's diverse cultures
Laura koplewitz
When Miami found hell sit 1911:
Iterelt of both in resident
ulohe%Ira and its hupet lot the tun-
tinuation of (tic New World Fewnal
of the Arts, a cultural crnu %at at
hand The Flui Ida Philharmunw had
disbanded petmanentl) that year
due to turtle between managemeot
and pla)ers. the festival. budgeted at
$5 mlimm. had collapsed in sit low n-
cal Ira(►s after the first seastnt Nor.
Is, o )ear %later, matters are to be rem-
edied With the collaburatwin of she
Umteruit of Mums's dean, W'dlwni
Hipp. an annual two -week Interni-
tiunal F esm al of the America► will be
launched this muoth under the musi-
cal directorship of conductor Jun!
Screbricr. Its cunobrord taus —an
emphasts on ctnucntpmat) cum)rts-
ersat %ell a unyau and South Amer-
ican pupular niubm—pro%odes the
expecutwn of a ling and successful
life
Screbiwi has deugnedslsepio-
gram with care A festoal-maker par
ra(rllrsite. he his becti urge tiring
rtnusr events since his earl) lernt inhis hometuunrit of Urugua) At 11.
he Ixgan sousing South Aosciita
%rah All utthesua of his Will, per-
lorwurg a huudird toncrtu III hwr
tears, and at 14. lie treated a festival
of Anletwan muss. n, Aluurrawlro
L%cr urxe, he has ►uataoted a chefs
delight in noatsernundmi; lesntds
rah an tniernaswsnal flavor
A to local etsWee
Munn [hose Sesebroel u, part
tstuusc. sit 1hr %taw sr ill •buss
rnserewtwtul condutmog career (he
is 44t. he has appealed their he-
quenils as a gust (undut tut uvri ttic
Past I%col) yeah Hu aftiun) *lift
!mouth Amrriuu tuhuict and list.
eslensl%c cmidutnng expellence
thosughom thal ctsntinrul made hnn
a Magical (htswe fill a cis) this has,
tectonic• a uatutil c nossitmds fur pcu-
pk imni Nurch and South America
aotl site (.inbttrao
The Internuwnuf tebmal of
the Anlericat n aimed at drawing in a
maximum number of people 1 rum ill
the iubcuhurrs of the Muuo area.
he
this in view, ek%nt of the twen
t)-five events are uttered free to the
public Front October Ih to So. at
team eight (unductun, three urchcs-
isas, iwem) cumpusen (Including
Lilian Carter, Otto Leumng. and
Guothet Schuller), and srtrn pupu-
Us,yu, and smaller t4usital eusem•
bles will u1e part (i.Imidetmg the
modest budget of $351.0,00U, such
diverut) is extraordinary Serebrier
rejected the suggesiwn of several
Miami music adrroontraturs that a
lestna) would hold the gicatrst ap-
peal of anists such a► Pavarutu and
Domingo were brought into tuwti
Instead. la has erseouuged strung
mvul%enrnl b) hocal musty gtuuln
rxaly hall the evetiis niclude {oral
ensemble partwq,atw,u
Old • mew
Serelxwr'► dual identify u is cuu-
ductur and it composer is per-
haps limkit mlluenwl in his lesuu6
tau►Wog tit It" %radio W%rl it huls-
di rd will let. (I um situ pact n fit $) m-
phumes, and he katned at All Call*
Age thr /mpul tatitr ill twits, I with an
audsnur (Sri,►u%ales pirmrrrd his
S)mphu i) NW 1 %nth the Houston
Ss l,,phun) when fir was 17, ud1 a uu-
drot at the Cu, to I nsnwle I Sias s Ser-
ebt ier. A IIIIIA (urkrrttire run, tut •
ceuful wirers the) Area cunibinarwn
of the uld and the new 1 also Wort
that n is impurunt for audiences to
hear nwrr than one *urk of a cum.
pond, it, develop it sense of his art lc
Nu stun a iluu lust, of the'giral'utn-
pine,s IMuurl, ltha,►uvaks. Bre-
tiscnro. and Haydnl arc ititluded in
The prugums this year, u, that mote
shall one work of each will be
played " The tame apprwch holds
true for the cuniennpurar) Amen•
tan. Stwih Aoinkan, acid Eusupeom
tutigicssecs in the frsu%al Serebitcr
lids nuniged tuxlwdule arine colso•
MUSICAL AMERICA EDITION
OCTOBER 1994
International Festival
of the Americas
World Prenderea
Catka Sunnach. String Quintet
Pedro Ipuche Rrva: Concerto for
Timpani and Orchestra
William F. Lee. Untitled work
based on text of Edgar Allen
Poe; )ace Ferrer, narrator
Framu Thorne Ori,rrtragri[e Ne. i
for Wind Quintet
U.S. Preataleres
Manuel Enrique:. Stnng Quartet
No. 4
Rodolfd Halrfter. OcAs Taaaw for
string quartet
Frarwis Sehwaru: A From Soak
Nestor Villa -Lobos: A choral
work
poser par(scrpatsun throughout the
twenty-five concerts Though there
were no festival-spunwred commis•
stuns this year, there will be four
world premieres, four U.S pre•
mteres, and many local frrst•tinse
hearings of new works.
Ttae neasie dictates
Serebrwr'b choice of ensembles
%as dictated b% the music to be
perlutmed, indicating again the
great ugoditarice ill ccinipuwr-pres-
en.e it the Irsusal "')fie mustcum
were selected betause 1 wanted cet-
our nluslt that the) pla),"he says "1
am bringing the Computers String
Quarlel because that group often
glass Elhol, Carter's music I at,,
bringing the Boehm (;timteur it)
pin a %urk it uommns"med ill Fun•
cis 7lr,srse And I warmed to du the
Ites FWorth. its clot American Sym•
phun% thehntia %ill come fur the
t*euurth aom%erui) of the first
petluimanceuf this *urk "'the Isrs
%III Ise ,undusled b% Serebriet film•
sell. rho tiwik part a% an auistant
tunduom in the INN New York pre-
nueir undel Sn,klotAl (Selehnrl
al,r, ward. Innrilyd a will) the la,n-
dun Isbilbarnimim fur KCA—a drat
thin ha. won nunienwt pion world•
*idr and %ill be rrmasirred lot
(+nnpar l Doc loess )ear in lhe(:han.
dies label I On Ortnbrr 14, the da)
before the Munn performance, Set•
ebrrr leads the ASO in the Ives at
Carnegie Hall —marking his first
U S live peritirmance of a score that
he has often conducted in Euriope
l he Iesti%al hat been endorsed
III the Organotatinn of American
Sutra and b% Meal groups. indicating
both stational and regional interest ail
the eveni Serrbnrr has signed alike.
wear contract its direciur. whale main.
,coxing his full-time guest appear•
antes uo four continents and his
minding anivities with mayor Lures•
peals orche tray He is mireduhng
future lesmals with a special theme,
including a locus sin Britten in Wi
At e%en turn in hit lesioal•
mapping. Serebrier hat shown coin•
tern lur cultural and communist
cohesion Local and national arts
themes will be merged. audience%
will have tkne, contact with romptst•
ers and perlurmers. and Miami. a
cut frequently torn bs ruul strife,
will be offered the opportu ran to cel.
ebrate its own many subcultures
And the Internticrnal Festival of the
Americas marks the close of a I%u.
year hutus in the reglnn's muot al
Ide—a cause for celebration PIA
fasuris Auplrwn: u u Corr lu,ur
writer sin ailoor whuse mlufri burr
ep/aruorJiuuuiiw(rrtaf Aru luiil•buerJ
puWtruuum
Thursdiet, nricher IR 1991 / Thr Miami If -raid
Gershwin leis due at International Festivagets
By JAMES ROOS
iiieru1J clinic f nor
Jose Serebrier displayed spec•
tacular affinity for Gerbn%►in it
the American Symphony OrcEnt.•
tra's second concert of the Inter.
national Feslital of the Ampricat
With I%an Datia as %em.r.te
clout in the Rhupcod% rat bit,
performed Tuesday night fit Uair
County auditorium. Serebrier
turned w hit is iin often hackneyed
score into a retelation Ile project-
ed its beautiful detail without
fussiness and captured the jaz?%
spirit of the music w (th a flair that
is rare even among So-called
Gershwin conductors
The truth is, there aren't many
musicians with a genuine feel for
the Gershwin style, which is
probably why the composer him-
self used to keep Bill Daley in low
as conductor. The Gershwin idiom
is crisp. angular, wry and witty,
with a dash of dreamy languor
now and then. Most conductors
either go overboard in shaping the
music and make it seem square or
they are vulgarly brusque. Sere -
brier avoided extremes and struck
A Ithcitous balance
Both in the Rllopsod% and An
American in Pans, which rounded
out the concen, there was a sense
of exuberance and excitement that
seemed totally spontaneous. and
Yet you heard all the v:• id
instrumental timbres that the
scores display. In the Rhapsud%
Davis had the sensuous touch and
the moonstruck feeling for the
slow sections, plus buoyant`y and
power, but for most of the
performance he 'A'AS plagued by
balky fingers
Ives' Fourth Symphony, which
opened the program, received even
better treatment by the Ameri
Symphony Orchestra than It din
Monday's festival opener.
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Lifestyles
TTMasd", °etoba* 11,1!
UM rovost real knows tale score: He wrote it
p �
ey BEA MOSS
Lee certainly knows About must-
away from what you know It
Doelum 1 — Meet the Composers
Wednesday at Broby Hill on
ohony and the UM Percuss
resemble Oct 24 at Gunmen w
rdn.te si•n w +u.
When the Inaugural Intern•
al resources. Before he WAS
vas tSchoot
sounds like"
the
festival thaevet btE nsts are lSundayree lit the
m� pNal�Ai dbihe IUniverslters of Guot
y
performet
L There are morue e free events
tlonal Festival of the Americas
deato n of the UMM
for Ig years.
Lowe Art Museum on the UM
Miami Symphony, also Wednesday
other programs that range is
rAlses its curtain Sunday fora
two -week run, there will be
"I think t may be the only
campus with Nature and the
The Work of Art and the
At Gusmsn, this featuring Let's
Trio. New Sounds From Miami,
single prices to subscription ra
For more Information or
aomething for everyone.
University provost who's a former
music school dean," he says.
Artist:
Observer.
Oct. 16 at Gusman and the
request a brochure of all eve
The University of Miami•gpon•
He may also be the only
Other free events Include Syria•
Chamber Players, the UM Sym•
call 2W216).
stored event will feature art.
etasslesi, contemporary and tau
University provost who has a
system and tape deck In his
'�� ' •
,. ;
music, chamber music groups. A
symphony orchestra and compos•
stereo
oltice just a flick of the switch
,�
en' forums,
But the festival won't be the
Oral thing that's new There also
wilf be a world premiere perfor•
Away from his desk.
Music. plainly, Is Dot new to Lee
— tar from It.
Masque, his 24•minute long
—'-.
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—
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4
Composition based on Edgar Allen
_sir
trance.
And there's still another first to
Poe's poem. Is lust the latest
achievement In an Illustrious mu.
go Along with that.
The premiere musical eompo-
sic caner.
sition. The Mosque of the Red
Bore in Galveston. Tea., bt was
Death, was written by UM Pro-
volt and Executive Vice President
playing the trumpet st 12 and
playing with the Houston Sym•
William F. Lee.
phony when he was 15. Five years
later he was bowing a double bass
But he's not boasting about his
part in the festival that also
In the Dallas Symphony. SUIT later
Includes another of his compo.
be was on the road with Gene
with
sitions, Three Crypefcs for Violin,
Krupa's band and played
Cello Ord Piono. he's plugging the
such jazz greats as Arlie Shaw,
whole event.
Charlie Parker, Red Rodney and
Lee, SS, who was named provost
Gem Mulligan.
in 19112. says It's timely to have
He has had more than 100 books
this kind of festival.
published and Is awaiting public&-
"Wit're at the crossroads of
uon of another. People in Jazz.
North and South America and It's
A proftwonal pianist -arranger -
Composer, he has also conducted
the opening of the musical sea•
Son." he says.
and recorded his many compost -
"We also have the largest pri•
Uons.
vale music School In the United
His Masque will be performed
States so we have the musical
Oct. 24 with the 90•piece Univer.
resources to do this," he explains.
sity of Miami Symphony orchestra.
The festival, he says, was the
narrator Jose Ferrer, and 23
brainchild of artlsUc director Jose
singers In costumes and masks.
Serebrler, world renown compos•
Yet he is reluctant to conduct
er and conductor and William
big owr. work.
Hipp, dean of the UM Music
"It's always exciting to bear
School.
your 0*a work but t don't
"it represents the traditional
Conduct It. I like to hear the
and contemporary." Lee says of
IsterpretatioA of others." Lee ex -
the festival's music portion.
plains "It's hard to get too tar
..1..,.ccAvtLt=.r Mt•nN tIM•le
Dr. William Lee, composer and conductor, has one of his works in front of hit
in his UM Dffir'r.
Pig 6•C-DIARIO LAS AMERICAS allvislaDoritraltct1164
Planifica la Univeisidad de Miami su segundo Festiva
In ternational de L as Americas con Tiffshurgh Symphon)
&V* W of agm" Jos San&W, el ftVft aiwd is flw of*/&# sill 1�d5 QDiI! 1I/ Llfltlktitl/fD de /fMI�C/ dislici tljYbalJe
PwLuu nupltMASsma "Es 1s" as soloul mureret time Is Orqectm de P)aubmrsk, stawarts retake pankolorm*ale rom►ucNe tee is nareM
quit as we nstaillet estimate &W@amee, as*t Coe undergone ae Use le NudkeclS &r M tsrl al ntrcN &r as Nrm 'Gates', Pus trey
Seluemt* was seas&& detwo sit qur A remittal latrnaeWal
At las AaMcam. de Is Valvtrsided At Miami. rulaW so eoleado•
fie sir activldedeg. I& Esemels at Moslem de nee eeetre date it esU
Ied& ye to Is ertasueclis del argue" nitrate At an title. to
mgi-
"Peru aborn N Pndom" &role Joe Wwass eoetraudm a Sadie
Idrmgisest*, sere rouses to eavenmclests tee to OrJvesu Ste•
families de PIU&bvrgb r Coo Steve SUAUS, core Follette WRlvers,
pre %me ranges a ►altar to el stamina festivl. toarnrides At one
Part udsvis was exltese At Is Jot be aide tole". declare a DIARIO
LAS AMERICAS of dwisr William HIP►. Decision "Is EMONAt
■aslts de onestn ■AalaotegoeisavNte&tle@&I. Y agrega:
"par tepteou Jet been Inside suedrss dMkgltades on "In Pfi•
goer ale. pen as se ►wed@ Sludge pit vt misos* Joe at FestHal be &I•
An as satin s►uttice y Joe to respeess del pablics lag eassldera W
goesk bar@$".
Desumada a astabieeer to Miami N erns* ■uslcai de averts.
Mrs. at cattle At led It&Unks do'Spektte' r'M onbers', el Festival
hunscles&l de leg AstAns fax Inotltolde per is tlalversidad de
Mlssel can so corselet novel. I fascio" per primers an surewt*
dkelstlg Also —e&Irc of Coupon y at trouts de Sombre ilUa►
Sloeekwds Ads cenekrtet coo Is 'American Sym►komy', sit Noev
Yurb. dir4lde per at maestro Jost Smarter; I as waste amen"
valaees saslcales, a cargo At mejates de @dean I a iusus de
Bras tawad.
Emtrr lee Iawrfreus de silica cuaka Jet fwmo hrslad" sets.
Mt'Tae Miami Chamber Sysphsay', quit dirist Rorue Dints; el
Coariete LauNaarfiCA" At C@erds&, de Mttico; 'The Master
Puyero'. leleSr&de par solutes esrwpen; y IN Army" srmyte-
pWs'Compevers String Qvsriet' y'Tae ttebme Quisittle',
De In mumm severe. particlparem aagalfkat ma)•vW mission'
In lormados per mleabiw de In totaling / @losuat avpsrlena de
toe&In wdalso train dornW
te, toss Is Orlonts Stal"is es
Urtlrcreldad de MIamL I"'C►&saer Players' del Gunn Mall, I
be Contere& At to Ualunldod; ademis de Is Carol Civits At
Muml, 4WSW& per Lee Kl$sN; I de soMatat come Jose Marc&•
dal, Iraq Davis / at bantam alas Edwards.
V to el cups do Is music& Pulsator, We Uterveschn" del a&SSle•
State ►aJvlto D'Rlver&,acampaagds per Is beads do lots de Is Ud•
versidad seo retail& cessapir ado per el FroUtal aesomentrw C&•
tassel, y del orop'Quan@mse% mlegrade Per ■sslc" de la 51816411•
tgwusuUleem 6"dolegmmajoret!"grammeMn ides�tWsevt&1.
Jost ben►rkr, quite s&rsis de limber sparecide come director
@tq"sul I compositor. to one de its creadem del Festival In.
teroultul At is America& r s& dlrecter ArtASUro, tale umbka I
DIARio LAS AMERICAS quit estabs say conplacldo coo el resel.
so alit primer de itavkag; / a&rte Isstissues prmemeres At be
Ise rl
"Mess apmdido see&@ eats vnj as experiescu a" service
sees gor of e&claoelerebtito riers&tk�admad ;Igia� diloiSamos sector ck do eallee•eemu",
is Itrleestlo del iota to is all aWSske del Stall XX slelaalee y Pibllre paructpootes, Joe ante dUen tin UPSI &r I
do due&@k Is elecatlam.
El nantre orutears se deter@ lev lmente to Is sesl►UTAmd de "Me ramirt rerNus quit at defies Crowe soy alretado
Jet at station FeeUv&I present* Nras At teal» musical Nrtemat- toot •noted ■e lecorpera a In obra: we sentl come we Basle+
closed. amallesutloses operdtites —mama sire ►arm nlMe— y 'be books boy at debut musical cos uled". cement& at na►oell
latleaga de &Anag1a, "Jae et vt tlagn Jae se let*rcse".
Adelson. Serebiier Puss especial taloals es Is orgeaisaclee de
@w mcierse do eosin clad" de tomNsiteres cNoses, mduclde
per 01. our pedrn cMtar uabke tire Is cenperaeida del director do
Min Attend" Henaades•Luase, esmportkado at polom.
"Cobs cat . "a gran via musical as Is Primers ►eru del dale,
two varied c oopeslteres gee an deaunrom kocknde beeps em
golden; I a mi at ►areee Jue sawn Jae to Miami bay am Pablo•
old@ tuam cat release. hater oo cenCIerte Jae agape *bras de Jo.
Him Or&@s y Avrelle de IS Vega, enter &frog, son& de gram Insenmr
car Pun eau rommaMod", oriole Serebrier ass adelamte.
ten Nun do too canrkrbikas oil sabrentleat*s del Festival
IMermatleaal sit Its Antrlcss, Jur Serobrier Pirelli Incremeaur
as at sparing &le,1st In de inviter a compealleree co tempnerse.
Nrteaserlcases y utleoamericones, seem get pnPaateras mn
Nras y me In expUnn■ &1 public*. get an radius a escockarl", as
slmpsles celebrating a In large At Us also sensual do duration del
*waste.
El aleas Asinine Meraln&rs•Luose, aster de abdoelas It con•
sedes*aes At climate, y Ae Is opera 'Sasebo PataA', ncsmeee IN
troueeNeacu de eau slums Canada dlce:
"Come cem eolur ere* late at festival ko side am gram &rude
pare speller quit as waeoes freeoemlemesie Is *psrmaldAd At esr
Peter estate.& eons &1 Publics. uses a steel level come ancient) e
Istera lee.
"Adesis. ark Festival be a►lerlm lag pesDililades a lodoe Ies
cospesluns, do duuaclenes de prseedearlsa at At amps; r get•
ales a too, at he lacado Is motion At udt at mends". egrets.
Y mnrknd*se a la Ispnoscia At In aim posing otrecl"o Mr ear
nmpeallerrs In to as, Mendndet•l.uose Stature: "Nonce Is
AgUtation de as aster N►rc so them Suede j stillear Is nulled de
dots &I aide do sales to escacka, pen to cteru to qua. an Units gate•
cal, trade a qte el poblice at tsstilenre cal In avdts".
Per so Pore, Francis Sebwarts, coepsstur Nfiasaane*N, ro•
dlcado to Puerto Rlro deade beer seat vtlste &los. dUo got tl Perot.
be el tells del Primer Festival International de 1.& Avil as Is
■edlds qag t&t* represents sea "Stan vnedtd de Nreelmlemte
coltwnl" a Is pblatlts de Miami. I. a Is ►es, stalker "so gram
espints Or c"peraelea I man ellckarle administrative gee N as
soy comma to at mundo AT lot Intivole&".
"Me State macho Is Idea de qag me tilt rUlltanda at enjor Ulnw
do *got I Joe Invited a dlounguldos rompotltorts r uttr►retes de
strop utters, sergme de rate forms el Festival represents on posts
de e&ratatro AT ortis:&d de ludo el Hemisleru", morose.
stawmrts Ali*. Oor Me. qu rs /arse skespre Is meek& in
eelrests Is resisleacls del pa►Iles. y tkga Jot "Santa arousal
Lust es ova !prat lovlerea algveoo de @sot pro►kmes"; per
Sato Joe avagee as tecdoierk musical sea Nuevo, slempre to
ease at recorw de etnterle al Public@ Its altemllve dilenalt
so Simple Integral de Is saps.
be ortgn pamemede. Now Carden. two aus &r We eempsh
a quite el FesUval intersectional An Ida Antricu it efreele to A
tmaldad At exposer too Nras: "S*ulagele Nisers Den". seem 1
lea, y'PegvNos Mevlks'.Ise an all an primers @adlelami.
Avter At nil de M Noes sera wheals y earlas comblssel
de leatruaeWg. Roque Carders as prNeser At eemseslcus
UolvenMtsd &r1 EaUde de IUlmelt, despots de babene de rml
"eons director del Insulate National "lassies de N sou/
sent. y At baker sirs tketl*r de Is Orgagsle Slef aka maclem
a" Pau.
"Me pare" stale to was del hauvai n exrekmie, IF @Wfo g
gadxlns SAs lew►tra a as aisrm worst At r@mpsdtern but
anericaNa. Sun peder latereem►ler onesuat taperkseles'
dAla.
Due unwo gut materfmraeask b serueyads AN verbs In
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ban, nle ilt&me, so massagers, de estedles an Tosgkweed.
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Carlos Sarleack. Gideon Waldrop I Gather Spastic.
Morlday, October 29,1984
The Miami Herald
`String Quintet' played witn vigor
11��
Carlos Surinsch, where Sin }onto
Made ade a coftilenble Impact
when he conducted It early In the
intermationat Festival of the Amer-
icas. has Scored a yet another
festival success with the world
premiere of his String Quintet
A riveting performance of Suri•
sash's new work was the high.
sight of Saturday's program by the
Camber Players of Gutman Hall
on the University of Miami cam.
pus. Shred for standard quartet
MA double bats, the hallmark of
the Quintet Is It energy; it begins
at a level of excitement most often
reserved for big finishes, with a
driving, perpetual -motion Allegro.
Surinach'S building blocks an
simple —a few short but incisive
fragments —and be plies them
onto one another closely and
Insistently to keep the rhythmic
pot boiling. Even his Larghetto has
A solid rhythmic underpinning, but
here be adds melodies, long and
sinewy to keep the level of
Intensity NO. The fUW Allegro
music Review
frtnetico, as Its Uut suggests,
brings another dashing outburst.
That W this came across so
forcefully Is to the credit of the
Chamber Players. They built the
fast movements with vigor, Mile-
elvenem Sad pungent tone, and to
the Imghetb showed the Coacen-
tration that tow-$ every line
throe`h to Its climax
Violinist Tbomm Moore opened
the evenloboldlyy with Rudolto
Halffter's A riccto for Solo Vio-
lin. Halffter haass clearly taken his
Bead from Paganinl, and adapted
all the Italian muter's favorite
tricks of vfrtwolty to a new
harmonic language, one of lean
and vigorous dfasounce. Moors
launches Into it tearlessly, and
made the most of Its drama and
bravura.
At the other and of the spec-
trum. Law drew gaveto Lueniq`` a deft
readaSonow for DSO" �t . to tilled
The Miani Herald Tuesday. October 30.1lgt
Chamber group
By STEVEN BROWN
$PKd to. Tar iw.aW
upetung its program for the
lstematiooal Festival of the Amer-
ieas with Mozart's Quartet in A
tnapr. K. 464. the Composers
Quartet (Matthew Ralma" and
AnaW Alemian, violas; Jean
Dane, viola; and Mark Shuman,
alb) bad one thing the younger
grasp could have used: an attrac-
tive, open sononty. It emphasized
Mozart's grace, especially impor-
ta::t in this light -heaved work. but
the extroverted fun of the final
Allegro ran groppo was sup.
ppleased in eke process. A got of the
Metidelssoha Quartet's settee of
drama would have tame in handy,
Modem music seemed to bring
the four players out of their shots,
as Gunther Schuller's Quartet No.
1 elicited a gusto and range of
color Dever suggested by the
Mozart. Their playing had a mo•
sphere. first and foremost.
They make the a" of the spare
first movement, setting a wbw
petetd oeaing against a rousing
tornht pof pl::ichto Isterjectiom.
The AUegro !wilt Wee as impas-
sioned conversation with fng-
menu tossed from player to
player, each flinging his comments
with Individuality and MCF-sharp
timing.
There was the same boldmas as
the Adagio brought Intricate ca-
deaw for violin and viola; then
the group let the leasion Slowly
dmssmpate as feathery trills gently
closed the work.
Elliot Carter's Quartet No. I
demanded, and received, to avail
greater degree of vitality and
commitment. The group made it a
aiogle sweep, gradually progreu-
f in groin atµ he swag xitylna ttasia
final tiD► y.
is releatiesslY eocivapuntaL sub
player resolutely goer his own
WAY, and Sunday evening the
easembk'$ tnembsn acted their
roles with sharpness and eoofl-
dence. in the Adagio they are
grouped into opposing pairs: the
tt and vigorous phrases of
the viola and cello — wrought by
Dace and Shuman with tar more
security than their shriukin -vio•
za let Mozart— an met by a
plaintive duet by the violins. Only
some alight Insecurities of intona•
tlon by Ralmondl and Ajemutn
hampered slightly the ettective
lieu of their contribution bete.
The group made a vinuoso can
for the closing Variations, follow.
fag its growing excitement and
away "the instruments grSdu6
ly came together on agreement,
then letting the work subside Into
a whlspy violin nob.
out Its cherry tuna with a rich,
oaken soeority--enhanced lushly
by the Gutman Hall acoustics
bounded lightly through Ira
all -pizzicato third movement, and
danced nimbly through the final
Mg•
Gunther Schuller's Five Moods
for Tuba Quintet kept things in
the sonic basement. Though led by
the composer, establishing moods
is Just what the University of
Miami Tuba Quartet failed to do.
Schulier's score keeps the instru.
ments low in their ranges, but he
does Seem to ask for melodious.
sets at times, and for flexibility;
but often the ensemble could
produce only a general, Inarticu.
late rumble.
Probably Francis Thorne had in
mind to create something light and
appealing In his Pop Partita, with
Its reminiscences of big bands, of
the mambo and the boogie-woogie.
But as each movement goes along,
It only became more and more
amgested. with all the Instru-
ments playing furiously, and noth-
ing neogDlzable Coming out.
"Congested" la the dart word to
apply to Roque Card ero's Petite
Mobile, for chamber ensemble and
solo bassoon. Actually all the
Instruments are soloists, working
with Cordero's transformations of
a few basic motives. Even on first
hearing It Is possible to follow his
workings —at least some of
then —but as the 10 movements
progress, they sound always the
same, never with any Individuality
of character or atmosphere.
Francis Schwartz' A Festive
Smile ended the evening on a
lighter note, following the vicissi-
tudes of a string quintet as it tries
to master playing a scale. The
breakdowns are many, and always
elicit vivid and vocal reactions
from the players *- gasps, shrieks
of horror, shrieks of delight, even
suggestions of words that can't be
printed here. Schwaru, acting as
conductor, turned to the audience
to Joao in, and everyone bad a
much needed laugh.
Hi h ho es
g p for thf
festival future
The latermaO" Fewty of the
Amerime, which rang down the
'4
cwuln on Its tiro season last
week, was never touted as a
Boas
tourist attraction. From the start.
k was billed as a two -week
edebration of music aimed at
Music
South Florida's cultural
stxo 1 — which It did to a notable
extent.
Trite, the event didn't lure
In droves. Ahem-
dance
toed a clarinet concerto by
� Shaw. Abo, such pis and
aging sou often he more eWour-
WAS o
aging thane the New World
rock anistS as Corea and Frank
of the Arts two yyearsago
Lppe are being considered for the
tutival.
Yet that
Yet the apootor — the University
Miami's School of Music
Gsrabwln't Po and Sets
�Y
didn't expect a bugs turnout,
eoosidering the. nature of the
—� as a likely opera In
smart form, even before the
programmm�sg: enotemporary ciao.
Im-and-classics theme was set —
may be performed. though Ideally
The an of Otto Luening, EUfot
a snore adventurous opera could be
Carter or Roque cankro Is to
programmed. An obvious choice
any people esoteric; and even
Charles Iva' fourth Symphony.
might be Ernest Kreaek's 1927
Johnny tpisht atif, Seldom beard
twice played by the American
Symphony Orchestra, is not exact-
Nowadays.
The tihytar-old composer is
ly a chestnut. Nevertheless, an
alive and well to Palm Springs,
estimated 6,600 listeners attsaw
Calif.. and could conceivably can.
the festival's 16 taocaret, 11 of
aunt his LDdmark score, white
which were free,
was the tint jazz flavored opera.
The idea of a university present.
Gives the money, perhaps from
ice worthwhile music that doesn't
area eapondotts. other PAW
pay Its way at the box office is
artiste who have bridged the
valid tad laudable — tar mom
jsxsclas gap tight be booked.
laudable than mounting. say. a
tatival of superstars performing
ti>>in �W am Yebudl
gym an two who Instantly
sunflre repertory. Uaiversidea,
after all. are expected to $park
coma to mlid, along with David
Amrao nod. of course. Guntbet
Intellectual rotearch, rod show-
"sing works IN contemporary
Schuller, who appearrd at this
year's fostivai. AU _this sW. bow.
anmposerS is a form of that.
It can be As educational and
aver. Ssrebrier makes char that be
iatends to keep the INS teauval
eottttalniDg to Mar Carter atriftg
divarsiflad. The musk of Schubert
gwrts4 la superior performance
will also be faautnd in cb mbw
as to taoounter the wry comedy in
_ the works of a Francis Schwartz.
The key Invariably is choosing the
&M orebtrstral performaoen.
A singer, to be aosottnood,
right music and having it played
w1U Sebubsnls Die Winter
hfim to recital, and &MODS the
WOL Desplto a few glaringly poor
symtbodp Serebrin ww on.
ormaaag asd tepid snores, the
duct, count Schubert's seldom•
ntival's overall levai was ts-
beard Sixth. He is also oickeriag
loarkably high•
with the idea of programming a
Still, than was a great deal of
tive
``real Dead of Dvorak plus musk
musk worth beariog,
thug
b Cuban-Amerkm and/or Cater•
world premieres
alas composers.
and U.S.
The visual ans. which rwWvad
Floridas EosrpeSoutth
nowar"It was Oct. C y
thew npraatiD this uasoo in
the peso-
tint of dorm of a Ruflso Tamayo
ggrtaamm featuriweabt, Polows.
ng
toned, raftIpuck3va's
mural at UM'S Lowe Art Museum,
sew
wW be more meaninjtul►y (Dctud.
CaNarto (or Timpani rod Ombes.
ad is 19K whan tbg Lowe
tn. and atti$tic dlnctor Joel
Syrnomy for Pcus-
exhibit$ palntlags by coSWnhlea
Arnoldw ergnmpe
lei relatedt tFsus
In addition. W Influence of jai
Why Deals said Fault! As it
00 no Century music has been
kapPsas. low maf:
uka aslo
choSea as am of the 19" fesuval't
anaivw"ry of the death of Flux
themes. The Involvement of the
Liszt, and Sorebrier plans to
UM jets school. goo. is a btticad
Commemorate the ac asion with a
feitivai devoted
step, as it is an of the sias",&
nuic
partlyy to music of
W&A4W and L.I So ouch for
Though Senbrier cautious that
futurep��
Ter the Festival
the u-sod-classics theme can't
ja
Sam, of W
be exhaustively explored, be wiu
Ameritaa, though t0, jung, exhsta.
rod mama is better, ail
conduct the Pittaburgb Symphony
In juz-IDsW$d scorn of Ravel
PAWAUY
INK&W of IL
Sad Stravinsky, and has pro.
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as Is easpletNed del mevisksta. d$de a "betake
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'estival of 1
) showcase
New York has Its Mostly Mozart Fes-
tival. San to Fe Its opera under the
aws. Tat iglewood Is a showcase
for the 8e mton Symphony Orches•
tea. Charleston Is American home o/ the
Italian Spoleto Fe stival.
And starting this
weekend. Mlan it —
gateway to the Ca ribbe-
an. Central and South
America will boat
the International FesU-
vW of the Amerit as.
plalnTy. R Is it new
venture that still has to
prove limit. But two
after the lavish
eau World Feed val of
the Arts failed to make
It as an annual event.
Miami is a festival town
again. This time +with a
University of 1 Alami-
sponsored two -week
celebration of a latem-
porary and ell tine$*
music (at ra . msbte
prices), rd main&
through Oct. 30. As Its
Dame suggests. tl se
Festival of the J ►meri-
ces is pointedly Inter.
American.
The first event. Sun-
day, is the South Flori-
da unveiling of a 44-
foot Mexican rawal by
Americas
music
a dozen of them. In fact. will be on hand
either to perform or hear their works
played.
Elliot Carter. Gunther Schuller. Otto
Loenlag and Francis Thorne are4wt a few
of the distinguished American composers
who will appear In public discussion panels
with such hemispbtric colleagues as
Mexico's Rodolfo
Luening
Thorne
v •
S
s:.
{
tartar
Schuller
Rufloo Tamayo at the
UM's Lowe Art M use im. The foUval's jars
star will be Cubat t saxophonist Paquito
D'Rivera. Them to dU even be an evening of
South American u ingos, played by a
Montreal group cc ampr(aed of Latin
American aDd Cam adiam mudelams — all
Canadian citizens.
To be sure, lots of Tebaikovsky. Mozart
and Beethoven art! listed for festival -goers
With less adventw ous tastes. But as a
`brace at Its progr am makes clear, the
Festival of the An tericas is primarily a
showcase for toot emporary composers'
active throuabout the Americas. More them
pf the Symphony No. 4, by the Miami Philharmon-
k under the baton of Frederick Fennell. This time,
We Ives Fourth will be played twice — Mondsy
ivith Tcbaikovsky's Fouts Symphony and an
Jtmertcon Fanfare by Shalom Mirands — Tuesday
with Gersbwin's An Anserfcsn In Paris and Rhap-
sody In Blue.
Ives, however, Isn't the only composer whose
music will receivt a welcome rs-bearlog. The third
of Elliot Carter's three prickly string quartets. in-
troduced here by the Julliiard Quartet several
ears ago, will be "eacored" by the Composers
Quartet. in &prograns featuring all three Caner
works. And Carlos Surinacb's Ritnto Jortdo, once
played by the Miand Chamber SymphoDy. will
•gala be performed by that group.
As to world premieres, Ipuehe's Concerto for
tympani and orchestra will low an a bill with for-
cer UM $tusk dean William F. La's new Masque
of the Red Death, which takes off from a story by '
Edgar Allen Poe. Frandal ltorme's Divertimento
Ao. 3 for woodwind quintet is also due for Its first
r� rformance anywhere. and Mantel Enriques's
Foumb String Quartet will receive its American
premlere.
local composers of new music will also be fea-
tured, magic& from pieces by Antonio Hernandez -
Liam (city of Miami coordinator for cultural af-
fairs) to works by the University of Miami's Den-
als Kam, Charles Campbell and John Van der Slice
Amd one of the nicest things about the Festival of
the Americo is that many of these performances
.— Includiag the world premieres — will be free.
Even ticketed events generally top at am more
than $10 — the most expensive festival Ucket be-
ing 615 for a choice seat to bear the American
Symphony Orchestra (Tuesday, witb IvsD:Davis as
Half fter and Manuel
Enriquez, Panama's
Roque Cordero or
Urugguuaay's Pedro
1puche. And to fewer
than three world
premieres and a half
dozen first Smth
Florida performances
are slated.
Beddes University of
Miami ensembles.
which figure heavily In
the performance
schedule. Interesting
visitors include the
Latin American String
Owrtet (from Mexico).
flee Masterplo yem
(froth Switzerland)`
plus New York's
Compose. String
te: ahw the noeam
I
tette(ofwituts�the American
phony Orcbest..
led by festival attistic
director Jose Serebrier.
The opening festival
cancan by that
orchestra, Monday
night Ia Dade County
Auditorium, eomesdirectly on
the beels of Its Sunday night performance In
Manhattan's Carnegie Hall — a
performance honoring the 20th anniversary
Of the American Symphony Orchestra's
world premiere, with Leopold Stokowski.
of Charles Iva' Sympbony No. 4. It is a
salute with double significance for
Miamians.
For 10 years ago this month. Miami
bunched an eight -mouth Iva Centennial
Festival with the first Florida perfonnam
soloist In the Gershwin Rhapsody). This is -in eta.
contrast to the New World Festival of theoArts.
which cost g5 million to mount and charged as
much as $100 for an opening -might open ticket.
But them, the Festival of the Americas was
launched on an entirely different premise. It is no
a commercially oriented festival aimed alluring
tourists to Miami, but a university-backed•event
that grew out of UM professor Lucas Drew's yeah
ly Latin American Music Festival.•Whem that
t mall -scale festival came up for budgetary review
last year, the UM's new dean of music. William
Wpp, thought why not expand It?
At the behest of former dean Lee, Jose Sere•
brier, the Uruguayan conductor, was brought in a
Mastic director and the festival was planned on
short notice last summer. With the university con
tributing the coat of Its halls, plus the use of facui
ty and student ensembles, and providing s small
staff of pbmners, the budget was4tept1oa comps.
atively modest 11323,000.
So far, says Hipp, all'butjabout 00.000 of that
budget has been raised. with the help of contribu-
tions from such major aria corporations as Ryder
Systems and Eastern Airlines(which is'f*yia in
eomposen and perforusers gratis). p� smaller
`rants from the city of Mlamiatd tke state of Fla
I". Miami concert series, Including the Friends of
Chamber Music and Civic Music. are alto particl-
p sting.
"We wanted to contribute something of i
substance — something a university should to this
area," says Hipp. "And. coming out of a universtt
situation, we felt we'd be able to keep the lestiv
"f small and oasts down." TbougA ticket aalso
have been slow, Hipp is now "guudediy
optimistic" the festival will aticcsad — aaDugh so
that a n otlew is in the warns for meat weans.
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Paquito D'Rivera performed with the UM Concert
Jazz Band Friday as part of the International Fes-
tival of the Americas
ft MART ARM S"NS
"W imr Safi WPIW
A plctura palate a thousand
words, and sometimes stories
punt pictures. However, It Is very
dtfflcult to convey the sound of
music
one-Of.
;kl— lspeelally senutlonsl,
nd music — without
doing it a disservice.
Last Friday. the University of
Miami Concert Jars Band per-
formed two shows at Gunman Hill
with special guest star Paqulto
b'Rlvera u part of the Interns-
ti(Mat Festival of the Americo.
Together they crested a sensation -
at, exciting music that charged the
audience with an overflow of high
energy.
Although "the music Speaks for
Itself" In the words of Whit Slden-
er, CJS director, one an describe
the style of music from Friday's
concert without sounding trite, At
It featured the rhythm section
with the ensemble in the back-
ground.
Ordinarily, the band's horn sec-
tions are featured. However, the
melodic function of these sections
subsided during this particular
concert In order to achieve the
style of music that coincides with
Paqulto's authentic Latin flavor.
in order to more appropriately
help the reader understand Fri.
Paqulto s definition ofne might present
q jazz as "the
music of America which reflects
the international aspect of the
country." He reminds us that "No
one is American except Indiansr'
The concert opened with a tune
ailed "The Chicken," recorded by
James Brown, "the godfather of
bul." according to China Voiles
the tacit of the concert and boat
of WTMI's )as program. it fea•
tured Sal G►orgtenl on alto Sato.
phone, Mike Abbott on guitar, and
Mike Sturgis on drums. Intmtdl-
ately the unique, Innovative sound
of the band was clearly vivid.
Then. Paqulto, a premiere Seen.
plionlit of the world pined the
red for the remainder of the con-
cert, along with Pete Manger, a
flugelhorn artlet who spent ! t
years with the Count Basle Or•
c ittn before coming to UM to
complete an undergraduate de•
The Latin never of music be.
came most apparent at this point,
enhanced with a tenor Saxophone
sob by Chip McNeil and energetic
keyboard playing by Jim Trompet•
er In the traditional American tune
"Body and Soul."along with out.
standing performance* by Walter
White on trumpet and Sturgto on
drums in "Marie)." which Paqulto
Fres ented with an overwhelming•
y heartfeltdedicatlon to Miu
Hemingway
Most Impressive was "Woppan.
go," which featured a saxophone
quartet with Mike Scaglione on
soprano sac, Sat Glorglanl on alto
cox, McNeil on tenor sax, and Ed
Malna on baritone us. The tune's
Inventiveness lies in Its opening
when these saxophonists accom-
Cnyy themselves while one melody
t sWbuted over four Individuals
until they are )deed by Paqulto
and the rest of the band.
Overwhelmed with the band's
ability to achieve a certain effect
at a rehearsal before the perform.
ance. the special guest star ex.
claimed: "That was fit,, after they
flnlshed this number.
Also, dust!` tht performance c
"WAP06 both At practice an
In the concert, Paqulto exacted
response of laughter from both It
colleagues and the audience wht
be demonstrated bee 0111ty to er,
ate humor by Improvising and pry
ducing what is unexpected mus
catty.
The moat ttaching moetent
the concert arrived when the e
to pert Saxophonist
whi h performed
his son who to Still In Cuba. Of tl
beadle performance, he pr
calmed Never have 1 heard
p�ayed ore good u these kids pp1.
ft' The arrangement definite
succeeded In creating a mels
choty mood with a comblo ition
tells In the background and mut
on the trumpet; accompanying I
qulto's mellifluent saxophone sot
Before the evening came to
close, this versatile musician tre
ed In his saxophone for his prin
pie instrument — the clarinet
and treated the audience to"San^
for Carmen," and along with t
fabulous accompaniment of P
Manger ended the concert on
jazzy, upbeat note leaving the .
dlence enthused and uplifted.
Again, Friday's concert we.,
part of the International Festl
which Intends to "further focus
this beautiful part of the world
the crossroads between north a
south, and At a center of cultur
according to Jose Serebrier, at
Uc director. And, It only seems
propriate that It featured the j
of Miami's M In light of Its re
tation and success with Its del
lure from the realm of the beat
path (no pun lotendedy
N 4b Mlud BamH / Wodseoday, October i 1.19M a
Quartet sents a difteitent
re
p Mozart
By STEVEN BROWN
blew a Tors ise ow
What a difference a day can
make. For Its second and last
program for the International
Festival of the Americas, the
CAROM Shang Quartet seemed
Aso bon teieaaavw t urep easaut
/rON ted ago" vitally
different from tmt of a *sere 24
boars before.
That sae was elegant aced pal.
Iahed to a fault, and finally father
The Miami Herald / Tfausday, November 1, f984
A provocative Mozart
from Boehm Quintette
By JAMES ROOS
ended Maur cnpr
The International Festiva) of the
Americas rounded out Its first
season with a provocative concert
of music for winds by the Boehm
Quintette of New York. Moran's
seldom -beard Fantasit. K. Go$.
written nine mootbs before the
composer's death to 1781, opened
the program to an excellent Ar-
rangerneat that may be an Im.
Ipth rMintat os e original Militia
Ior mechanical organ.
Certainly, the group (Sheryl
Mean. flute; Pbyllls Lanial, oboe:
Don Stewart, clarinet; David
Wakefield, horn; and Robert Wag.
ner, basown) made a convincing
use for the music, which In its
shadowed lyricism recalls the
`rave beauty of the Adagio and
Fugue in C minor, K. 546, con•
awed by Mozart barely three
years earlier, and which was
played during the festival by the
Latin American String Quartet
Like that noble score, the Fanta-
sie. too, seems inspired by the
stateliness of Bach and Handel, to
whose music Mount was intro-
duced by the Baron von Swieten in
the early 1780s. The Boehm five
gave It a clan, spacloUS, some.
times poignant, performance Tues-
day night at Guzman Concert Hall.
And it found a touch of gravity,
too, to Samuel Barber's Summer
Music, a art score for winds
written almost 200 years later.
Though iypnwl of the composer
In its lyric appeal. the work Is
barmonically more astringent than
�OlIC RsYiews
usual for Barber, but refreshing in
Its fragmented way. It was a
perfect prelude to the world
premiere of Francis Thorne's Di.
vertimen* No. J, a quintet In six
burllY dense MOV41111eats, flecked
With tongue -la -cloak flavor. its
dues are a clue.
T1e Score sandwiches a Fun and
Gaines movemeat, plus a Summer
Nacturna Sad Piccolo Fanfare
with an Intro and Allegro and a
iMadcap Finale llwwind of trills. Thehe writing
whirlwind
throughout has a biting st"Uty,
but is almost conventional by
comparison (it only by compari-
son) with Gunther Schuller's
and/or Elliot Caner's Woodwind
Quintets, which followed.
The Scb%Vm seen, daung from
1958. bouts a fascinating opening
Lento in wbka the Bost cod born
or clarinet are effectively con-
trasted with the other Instruments
In dissonant crescendo$ of tone.
There is A good deaf of clattering
for oboe, flute and bassoon in the
Agitated finale, which is reminis-
lint of Schuller's orchestral stud.
io on paintings by Paul Klee.
Caner's two -movement quintet.
despite some echoes of the Les Six
style, is more aggressive than
sprightly but remains • higAiy
effective vinuoso showcam nearly
four decades offer it was written.
rusk Review Moods and tertures
bloodless. Monday eight at Gus -
mom Concert Hail. with the (guar.
tat In G major. K. 387. the group
W
epka and more huuman t hiu awe
had the polish to bring out the
dMnt aide: but now there wax a
richer. more lustrous Sonority for
the Andante cantabile, which first
"*hoist Matthew Raimondl ttd
with warmth and ettpmaslvenen.
and s guider tee for the rollick•
letoo of the last movement.
Turning to Elliot Carter's String
Qtartet No. t, the ensemble
Jawed once again many of the
virtues of Its first Appearance.
Even more than the First Quartet,
the Second gives each Instrument
a Personality of Its own. main -
Indeed distinctly against the oth-
am. Though on ape* the work
new to have a Surprisingly
traditional four-movemmt form.
what comes ao:roea to the ear b
Much more fluid.
change rapidly in
Carter's Second
Quartet as the four
characters react --or
refuse to react —to one
another.
Moods And texWw change rep
idly as the four character react —
Air refuse to react —to One another.
The solo viola In the Andante
awipnrssivo. Shaped by Jean Dane
of elm Wail warmthwlgk lands an Ur
the furious ca0eau of the;
to
viola. which Ralmomdl rendered
with firt and security. Is met only
by Stony dlence. Second violin
Amblif Do" Wintookttheirlan AM alpuUtts with
color utd feclsiveaM so that the
whole conversAUna wax vivid and
anany-sided.
The String Queng No. 3 fettles
the scheme of exchange and
--•--.-•..... ww9I.cwSortswoundupthe,
Interastiooa! Festival with 2 poignant performance.
conflict, but the Una are dra-
differently: Now there are t
distinct duos, one for violin a
cello set against one for violin a
viola. The first bas a repertoire
four distinct musical moods.
second ken six, and it Is
Various matcbiop of these t
give the wort its enormous vs
sq_of texture and atmosphere.
Unfortunately the player W.
flat up to the work's ehallen
For the find time, all four w,
afnicted by ear•wreoching bra
downs In Intonation: and et
more crucially, technical diffic
ties kept some of the moods It,
being convincin``ly establish
Duo rs teggrriss(mo was a Ut
too clumry to really sound U&
Duo fi 's Scomrmle —"flowing
didn't always now very nuenti
Even the Andante espressivo
the first pair lacked line a
waviction. The more "*lent o
bonds always made their effe
but without there as a balance. i
peOOMAIoa never Seemed
TOM A balanced whole.
Sltvtn Brown frequentsrwn
about calmed music o► 1
Herold.
IK TM MissalHatald / Monday. October ft 1981 A
D"Rivera animated,
theatrical on sax
Of tOM MOON
0- Y T#e rinaY
faqulto WRivers, the Cuban
oho saxophonist who has risen to
frrmNntace In the Jazz community
Mete his I deftctlon, may have
coaceatrated too much on crating
S pvtai atmosphere and too little
icove ring jazz groundwork, but
his international Festival finale.
had the crowd to a rollicking,
rsvlvai•styk treaty.
An ANmated soterulner. D'RI-
vm's shrill alto sound and pen-
ehont for saxophone theatrics
(long passages spent In the ex•
tre" high register. waving mo-
atone with his fight arm to Indicate
the shape of the phrase) weakened
an otherwise solid and well-exe-
eated program that also featured
guar trumpet artist Pete Minter
and the Unlverlity of Miami
Queen Jazz Banda
During two back-to-back Inter-
ftUaul FaUvai concerts Friday
#"Nall at UM. D'Rlvers frequent-
ly rattled through dlspinted bebop
,/Noes without regard for the pte-
valung barmonic foundation
What D'Rlvers called his "black
bean version" of the standard
Body and Sou! turned out to be a
cluttered and forgettable succes-
afon of scaleilke runs. On his
Smabo for Comten (dedicated to
singer Carmen McCrse), D'Rive.
to's formidable (sad seemingly
W�roppaable) clarinet technique
everahadowed the batera Live UM
ehythas section.
ti contrast, trumpet artist has
Mftw (twke Introduced by D Iti-
�IIfiC �iA11A1Ns
vei as "Pete M%lus") rallied his
support expertly. Minter sprayed
the opening selection with a
strain of deliberately placed Ines,
each one reinforced by pianist Jim
Trompeter's alert accompaniment.
If D'Rivera was the frantic and
verbose "star" of the evening.
Minger was his reserved. sore
effective sidekick.
The saxophonist also received
genitive backing from the 21-
piece Concert Jazz Band. Working
through arrangements based on a
variety of Latin-American
rhythms (samba, channga. Afro-
Cuban), this group executed In.
vol"d emsemble sections with
rsxor•sharp cleanliness, and man•
aged the equally difficult task of
guying underneath the soloists
when Vying background seg•
tnenla. i rompeter's electric -grand
totted on Blowin' held the crowd
In suspense. as did the lotted•
highly contrapuntal saxophone
quartet introduction to Guapono.
Song to My Son, D'Rlve'S's
sumbing ballad was another
highlight. Hen the saxophonist
chase to play economically, allow.
lag Carlos Lasete's beautifully
scored arrangement —complete
with muted trumpet and wood•
wind textures —to shine through.
The evening closed with the Dizzy
Gillespie laWmarh Soft Pevmuts,
Is which WRivers worked the
hsnd.ciow"I Crowd into a rol-
Bekloa. revivai.styk treaty.
Ns WSun-SsM1nW. Saturday, Oct. 27. taal
Mexicans play Haydn superbly
by DAMES ROOS
ne'ess Muck C/1nc
Genenttals bowed benignly to
each other at the University of
Mlaml's Gutman Hall when the
Latin American String Quartet
played loth and 20th Century
music for the international Festi-
val of the Americas. the Mexican
foursome, making its South Flori-
do debut, turned out to be a
first-rate ensemble, though it was
a traction off Its stride In Mozart's
Adagio and Fugue in C minor. K.
S18. which opem(ed Its Saturday
daht program.
the group (Jorge Rill and Aron
eltron, vtollalsts: Javier Montlel,
violist, and Alvaro Bitran, cellist)
had the right Ideas about pro)ect-
Ing the !core': breadth and intend-
ty, but not siwayt Idai control In
bowing or In doveulting their
tote. Yet then was little to cavil
with In their performances of the
concert's Latin novelties or the
Haydn Quartet In G ma;nr (Op. 77,
No. I l which ended the evening In
high style.
Not quite ended It perhaps, If
Mcount the dazzling encore of
anlni's 24th Caprice.
the Imp's fine mudelsnahlp
here was evident In Montlel's
amngement, Including a clever
fugato section, which reminded
you how Psganinl (as In the I Ith
Caprice for solo violin) can some-
times,resemble Bach.
As for Rodolfo Halffter's Ocho
Tlentm, Op. IS. It was interesting
to hear the mildly dissonant.
wasetimes piquant, music of this
kedin1 Metkan composer.
His Eight Sketches are lively
aUrtlstures of occasionally, con -
trusting gtoods, marked by Halft-
let's use of npetitive $piccolo, or
spring bowing. The seventh sketch
In somber shod" had a plaintive
kind of poignancy about It, a
pleasant. and neatly played, pre.
lude to Villa -Lobos' teldom-heard
l,rM Quartet.
Though VIIIaLobos' toter wor
be" more Btgttlto" flavor th
this arty quartet. It is hill
"Soiling and accessible mus
and was to played.
Still. nothing could quite ce
PM with the quartet's pert,
mtance of Haydn's Quartet In
na)a, which holds a few surpri,
of Its own. Including A fa
reprloe"— that Is, false ret:api
ktion — In the Allegro fi
movement. This Is deeply enrit
ing music of Haydn's nuturi
Composed for his patron, Prlr
Lobkowltz. In 17". The endh
ingenuity of Haydn 1s on f
display, especially In the refre,
Ing Presto finale. which the Me
cans tossed off superbly.
Eclectic joyride highlights long evening
sy "a gsith
Us* eta"
Own Waft's do"V lines a"
"aotbing succeeds like excess"
coold tot have keen mote appli-
cable to liedetnday's installment
d the lotemtlomal Iruouval of the
Americas.
It tamed not to be a early three-
hour marathon of ttkh century
works, including two world pro
mteres and am US. premiere. It
Marled out ttpartety. with a lfal
work by t3oque Coedno for solo
double bow ago coded cap non
strongly. with Univml
provaet M411urrt F. LIo's brand -
now Aferw of sae Rao Death for
NReler. Cher" sad etereleee
i �att:aagtra.
to betwe" came everything
from simple art scaP by Rodouo
Iralttter to festival director dose
el'e ;e�►nL Sy Sebwa far
y b rTaacie Sekwartor
"OMmkstbuvkal" Castor
for achssera (and a�).
TM sack lichwarts creation,
ham un L Ma hest Aewieas
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Performance. Was Clowly the IM4
"I o►yart." the mingling of various
art forms into a giggle eatity.
Schwartz ku gone use step fwU w
with Gestos (Spealsh for "get.
Into I MW brought httmr aoisse
7%11 pro`�Me MGM which cow
wgg wch ass
veme , a Jraha In
Rio Pisrh; lalSasaw M &" JkM
and f,,lttn a ly.tdAta, the or•
cbestra member. are called spent to
emit. scenettmes sect►oe by section.
Sometimes tattl, a wide variety of
sounds. There IS a metanebohe
"assabbbb," a Senseous
"asaabbbb," as ecstatic
"aaaabbbb," e4aktion, biaeimg,
teagtse•clacbiag and whistuall.
Toe audience is ant AOowed to oft
idly dsrigg all of this. but is fr*.
s�n s facto lled � to who
des
cow for Tbee is MUSIC. too, mot d It
fascinating and witty. not to mew
tine artfully orebestratod, with vir•
tually every Itutnmestal terse
solar espk mtad At am paint, the
composer immu empbaue Oda
that o�ome • ekw as to is the striaga and W
the 0 � �� not AM
far its — there is a p�Ssg ror
bmtb ad odfkd Lim 1paa evae
anakee a ch111A igtpreSeloa
Tk battle d tdppeta tram Wag.
ner's Tristan sad Verdi's La
flevJate it eiow . then
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boom With the
wildly
pluckft thatan cieut tm aabe.
coos a� d blaxiag bras
smah"
tanwaaa� iappyg,lIS Mjt
hlwsrts , - , ,tI a the Im
oak with •dwKm dablle etthud•
attlg, sapedaUy *aft W bomap
to Jam Cap. Is" callied —
What am? -- tkainegic imrfbmaat.
ing to the sound at ali ws. Ik aw
coeraged a committed
performance from the University
all Wand and bad an
t+'��aadhace top
along th his scheme.
It sea a ta". •:hllanting ex.
pwiemce, and t hope L can bs for.
given for Yarboetng a desire to fled
Some South aFiorids =rpabl
t rably with as tetg Home lag a".
wee f prim and proper sub.
The two world prasWene of tie
evenigPedro I�pscbse-tuvaConierto
Otto Luening con-
ducted the perfor-
mance of his tribute
to an American In-
dian community in
Wisconsin, Potaun-
tomi Legends.
far'[loped and orebon ra Donn&
tWaaKemStr Ott o
"aj with Modern wvmty.
far Me gentle mbdle
an ingrart.
ice{, decidedl) If b orSttsrI helm
ohm tie Mm am Slide presented
IN clear" fashion. or approaches.tbs tube
aoMposur s tmtmmt of the fiat•
�"Wkmad dsd
melod1C �ie archrtrijan is
Frod Wkbb- - perfawteli III put with admirable skill, in
orchestra, cooducted by Ton
RalUam, was technically opotty, lot
,L:.a usinl a of W Red Death
the Sort of extravaganza !silo
me& for a university musk 6
oaetelsont — overyaw gets to c
something.
At N. Otto L.nsaing remains a
of America'" mad ran con
poSara, especially for tilt piottee
mg in the ttiSOs of combined s-
and electronic tape music. R
snot a tedxnt works are less radici
a evidenced by big 1912 tribute
as Amerima Indian community
WUKV eia, Pbtawatoml Legesc
which be conducted on tb
acesom
�uIIt is a moody lyrkal acoeu, wi!
gunk Rate "moods th � W Sogt nsoveatemk and maim
the Lab �ttdtesSo�tbe et pomiestir
Have Lad it does cant bold tolothi
mtbety and lacks a distinctive at)
111111 c point or view, but it maken tc
Pleasabe
yes d Chi Rau gavThe e it
Iar troth Wished reading.gave it
F.aruw u the program. Luca
Dees dteud asp asfve accom
of Cordeo's SA/Woo Na 5 fo
double bass, a tat:y, ye
Intraapettive, work that contain
obtained b600uuttft m that, tart�L b
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Festival of the
Americas
Ily 1% flsedth
us* are.
it .an, breNholy v r IbAl c to
hope 1►rl Sates days Idealhveat at
W
1Mernsttdad rouval of the
American would be as letrlgsdag r
OaHa thhave then, eras
craome e amerepresented oneamp"
pm
AN ail, is
sormume At".
The disappointment Started
•arty "a, tb conceal, which featated
LY h tar =amber L'Lvers d
do for solo vloun, yea spumy %
Tomas Mature, lea /Maack a
tree -movement String Qelatart
was given Its world premiere
Uawks do lower Setiaati mt
ale the festival has been highlight,
tag, this new piece Is der+. seism,
ewe aatriag it Is a grader, &
mast smids•oly diasonaat Isst1M
Tcumhe is blmests are treatpeidb�a�'oe~.00mw.imeot totl
Road
monk material and as thematic
material is itself. last how vl;ar-
Run� who this
wh twoas to be restarted Lafterr+`
Yoore broke a Wit during one
W L,s1f ferce a ttiatrodootw
rSletW doa
biat of the melodic charm
sultmad'a earlier manic seams
bave in sbumdance. Tiers Is a
live tam for enllo at tie
a the movemsel and,owtim k tM
The finale hhas�the� t �f
motion so ales encounterreaidis
music at
'11is oaiotat remallo WieiIke
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and aamplog sed Uems, and ep
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M experimental
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kioas contributions were only tentatively
fly explored.A Yoottral bmlie aumdt mar.
ace as something P.D.Q. Bad might
tog Come o silk. in Gana Schwartz
tebaa, meanded remarissmy. triampbeoUf
of taniqua.
No,'JI&srs4orwW. Saturday, Oct. 21, IN4
Cornpkted Ip 111 s (when It woes
have Catttee .riot In any mermen
balk., the wort «a ttpt beam b b
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the
s ebony Ot�lNS� gavee PP
Stekowsti
mlere with 1�,,asooppoold
the ptdism (aaslated, lecidettap
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by two other conductors. Weld"
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&To Nthis dare the Symphony r
MAIN an extraordinary example
musical Imaginotfon, daring and 1
r
Devotion. It sounds more eontemp
rary in places than pieces writs
yesterday by the moat radical
ovast-prolate. It is fiendishly dif
cult to ppay and to Interpret — ev,
Sere brler, wbo claims to be coopna!
of conducting the piece aler
called on his concertmaster to '
Am Serebrier
Music (�ViQw
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too eoptex tar c
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lot ak
hso" t pomprw►end,
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yen owebrw. nne•eea.r. as.ean mar
"es Deft CAWWF Arewarlow Poll M
Phony an the the one
Tcbbaikovsk , it received
IMa leterutlaeat nnuval of one
a"" tow
exhilarating performant
Serebrier favored galloping to
T
Toefeaaieat aka tea'
Faferr Merin M "Wohi snottA.w one e-
pea. especially in the finale.
result was a vselcerrne
axe eawFann►e, Own""" to Ytaeel
WHVAP Oat. as For taurmos" W
on the score's weaker idea as
sinking focus on the shear am
of the conception, the cleverness
There
momentaintricate
ithInemWm'mntswhen
brto would have been more Wh
.moments when rhythmic ah
symphony
could have been handled m
VUA
lfaahion�j,�butik thmonm btu
capably
ge
the int�tioe was halt to
list. The orcbatra's dynamic,
,
performed
fr,v�r a�Ea p1
squally 4n vfl.
The audience demanded an
By Tim Smith
.we and got a rousing aceous
Rim and Stripes Forever, take
1011e wreeT
be Sort of •igoroSo pace fit
Who OW wby be "'t wrfte
mode that people liked. Clarks
avorerf.
The prograAt opsnad with Siva
Iva replied simply. "I can't do It —
1 bear something she."
be Min a American Fa»for
rid, jaay trtM for brass
That onambing else is brWiantl
emission.
aptured in his Symphony No. 4.
Which was vividly partot•nedby the
American Symphony Orebestra un-
der Jae Serebmer's baton Monday
aitbt at Dade Gotmty Auditorium.
'IUe occastat was the IDan
gnra.
Ups of the Interns Festival of
Vp Americas, a two -week Intival
conceived and directed by
easdveWleampoW Serebrwr and
sponsored by the University of Ml-
alm. The fesUVAI, wbnca focuses on
music of this bernbpbere written
*rein{ fhb century, couldn't have
opened with a mac fascinating,
r velatory piece than the Ives
Fourth.
Saturday, October f7,1 aN / Tb o Miami Herald
Masterplayers showcase Mozart
by TM Foecid a TM Aid al%
Barely has there been a watTDer
MYtual admirstioo aotfety, or a
snore richly justified one, than that
between Mozart and his older
colleague Frans Joseph Haydn.
hach paid tribute to the other both
In, words and In music, and each
allowed the other's gealus to
influence his own.
As a ahowcase far each ma's
Music, showing what made each
unique. R would be hard to
improve on ThursdaY's program
by The Masterplayers. which
opened the new season of the
Friends of Chamber Music.
Cossistin{ of a dozen stnng
players and a hasdlul of wood-
winds. the Swiss group doesn't
achieve its effect by decibels so
much as with countless shadings
of color and dynamics, effortless
elegance sad polished execution
just a little sbon of perfection.
There was much trace in the
group's reading of Haydn's Sym-
phony No. 46 in B msppr, ial-
ly the deft Porn odogio and the
eminently danceable Menuet. At
KUM
the same time, though. conductor
Richard SchuDaeber did sot less
trick of Hayes the exper. master.
He empbulzed the undercurrent
of tessioo, notably as be led his
bushed wrings through the my$W
flow Trio section of the ifenuel.
Sdsamcbt•'s /wkless nun of
Kayda [ brought Jeater, too, Lbe o these
saute Menuel broke Is wAtdesy to
interrupt the finale.
With Mozart's Symphony No. 21
to A major, K. 201, as with Haydn,
there was more the mere reline.
meat. The Andante highlighted
Mozart the sensualist, a the
violins rovishingly Balled through
those long, placid melodies that
could have come from the greatest
of the Viennese prodigy's opera.
The brief Sinfonis Concertante
in A major for Violin, Viols and
Celia, K. 320e, is not so personal,
but It does show Mozart at his
most happily tuneful. Only some
occasionally tentative playing
front the 01011411 (Iidmusd Step
Wan, Anders Uedgrem and Rei-
mued Korupp, MPectivelylr us-
able to eomlortably assert
themaeives in the expenses of
Dells County Auditorium, kept
this from working the name magic
as the two sympbomles.
Gmft in the midst of so this,
Samuel BarWo oblow Addeo for
Strings seemed at first an after.
thought —Ponape to Justify the
Festivof ptthetionat
Schumacher didn't treat It a one.
His way with the moors was
spellbinding. from the tender,
almost whispered opening to the
climax of luminous intensity. As a
gem of sensitivity from a eoodue•
for and responsiveness from an
ensemble, playing like this would
be welcome In any surrounding.
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tam tue hater tower as Miami
at grape gme voostrd wI coals•
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coacepelieseo est#tleat pee
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respeto obsolete a lea ostores
qve laterpretaa, Uimesse Jost
Late Pedals, Jolli■ Plate.
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per NU=L Roperv=es quo an
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sue tea separ mi. Qoartasto not
to teWa at ewsro del resets
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lasso.
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do twit lategro too. al, porgve
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appear by permission of the (allowing:
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The Miami Heald
The Miami News
Miami Today
The Sun Seritmal
University of Miami Hurricane
wrttas
The Washington Times
WTMI+M Radio
cut surdeade of equilfbris or.
"sales tea to fettles gee Ns
stamps%*. Lot eamadfesses
Maruse Riopelle y Robert Bobts
satellite toes etiulllbrles cos to
persos*lldtd, tombloe dlousta.
Pero sto halt de Is =is, auttntico
#genets loagvtelice.
Qaorlaego, estate@$, lose
vokito, marhlslmo mtrito Pero
defer hire sestodo$ $as "ales
to lot "egloses de to grew histo-
PIS del lease, is esteles, Is use
of eoeent6 a eserlbtr twers de
leg hmhet del *is de Is Plots
per log amos diet. Cos eolidad y
feerst Interpretative mea !less•
rev lei oleo, tot sides y el rector•
R
de, ens n fnareaelbm berdeae
ads #sire el vie8s de Adevt
Boruttela r of plane de Rtebart
poet, oil conductor de lei
estrueturst maticalet. to slue*
pa que sports #1 bale do Rent
Gentle IF #i tnmelerable trato
mleato pe 116=ule Lorree It
otor{t ass boodone6a.
roe nor aeeriado to partlet
poel6a del Quartango to el ret
tivsl lateroselosal de lee Amtrl
eat, eentrlbsel6a valorable get
tads per to director, Jost Se
rebrier, to que peso le rota dis
unto on en evento de jerarqulr
Superlative.
DIARIO LAOmEmns
MIAMI, FLA., SAIADO i OE MOVIEMIRE DE I!N
Edcioii 1Moawl a btenaeiar/
Lomfe w6do pars m mi iff un %ran lflrsmar
El primer Festival International de late A=trless, de Is Val•
veraidad de Miami. termla6 el marten ilUmo eon el voltage ele•
vado espirtga que mastuve detente sea quince dies de duraeka.
so leelds veleda del'Qoisela Boehm', de ■ader e;, celebrade
as of'Gtuman HeU' de age Castro detente, que toe bogarde coal
led&$ tot aeUvidades.
lategrado par Sbery Reeder, en It (lauga; Phyllis Losfal, ea of
oboe; Don Stuart, on of elarimete; David Wakefield, en In
trompa; It Robert Waster, ea of (&sole; of quintet* escegl6 us,
programs que The deade N parameste clitleo bests, to sets yam
•
guardble, poaleedo an coda one de ties Iaterpretaceses vtr•
tooglaso y sensDWded par Ismail.
La prlmera plea& ejecuteds. Foogasia et Fa meteor, de Mo-
zart. (se de gram euqulsleg, desde Is pre"agacl6a latchl del
primer team y as absecotae fag&, basta to elaboraelss final,
skuleado at nisme esgrvoa, tralsda aealpre coo elarldied y
empress evionsetim.
'Misiea de Versus', "a tit, de Samuel Barber, fur Is segos.
do *bra de U uncles. Igoolmeme ejeevlado on grow lea►Wiled
tettmuent$L espeelalmente as Is voeladis que set"& Tmlcisi•
■eae of oboe, seeundado par Is tromps y at (agate.
Respemdiesde a moo de N objeUvoa rimelpieles del FesUval,
come es usual es sae Upe de events, el 'Qmlaee Beehvo' coat!-
met of program& can Is premiere del'DlwerUmesto No. !' del
compositor estademnldesse Francis Theme —que estabe $W
presents dlvidldo to clues, ■ewimlestos, de gran varieded.
La obra conleaa can us plontesalleato hero egpresedo per
seordes a assets de lotroductl6m, que se desorrolla y reple
coo elerio dramallsmo.
M&S Ingestive y gracious, Of gems alnempade del *agenda
Uempe ofrece not oportmaldad de especial lecimlento Interpre-
&MUve; y el nocturne, doude bay out especle de diilogo evtre to&
testruseata, esU dolado de was ■eledia molanebllea, que fuse
tregade eon Novi sclertee.
Gracbsomemte emlamado, of tarto movialeste tronscorre
coo ifopitieas elaboraciemes; y on of (te&L was tetroduccibs an
Unto sombria, to Is que Sebresele Is (iesta. sine de base a
caprlehosso loerveselotes de lee strut latnmestot.
Em of qutetelo de Gunther Schaller, que faith Is Segundo all.
tad de Is velods, se pose@ de o&stilests emoclewes tontradletr
rigs. represemgadas per tares gross Ne imentes, que wigs ve•
ces se ewtremettlam, y time lea ■lembras do Boehm' delimearom
tom gram domiselo. Peru en el segtsdt Uealpe, us mekdis Ise
op&rece as of that amgkru on eggWbre de Yeas, mosque sin
opargane de Is maturalega Wgillea de Is o►ro.
De mareado cordeter woueardloU, Is plus gametes rem von
UesPo'AglgaLO' to of qve at steps de testtevoeaUstes votive a
trabajar las df(icilel disomascles cots sgtraordtearis bobUldad.
El Programs cemclmy6 tom was obra de Elliott Carter, dlvldl•
do em tree Uempos, qoe avagme pertesece of mismo rertorlo
de seislem modern, $086 wo Pace sit conventional a log Sol&•
loses, que premieres It ties ejeceel6a del 'Qulakla Boehm'
con use repeUdo ovacl6t.
Y el -grope de Iatnmeal ates, viftalmewkal eoclesudog,
la reSlds de Is sedlescla lecande come 'encore'
wen boolga plot& de preloadas ralces voelbdicies, conee►Ida en
JPJg per Nro veterame compositor esUdomtJdeue: Noting
G
Amtediumeage, of sibado per is ruche. el grape'Qeigriasg&',
formede per lustre forvoYables ■islets de Is Orquesto Stef6•
like de M$ttrt$L atfeefb on eucelente programs de mullet
smtiet*us de Is Argentina, com of concerso de In Pare)& de buttes
formado Par et camadenses Robert Battles y Martfae Riopelle,
gelemes aladlerom colorido y belle[* of especUeolo.
El primer Festival International de lag Antricas—emyes
logral y proyeectooes tratemos ampllameue an tiro trabojo
que ter& publicado—, so sofamemte fee to IasUgUro #KILO —
graclat a sit director artistico, maestro Jost Serebr er y &1 De•
esso de Is Escuela de Musics de Is Ualversldod de Miami, doc•
for WUJIam Hipps also que eossUtwye tomblin ten$ perms•
seae prowess to *do& vemidetros pars sate cludad.
Miami News
Friday, October 12, 1984
Festival organizer singing Miami's praises
vat, "it will Involve the communi-
public and composer also will get whose works are
bung played an- missimv, Serebrier calls this op -
BILL von MAURER
ty to such an extent that it will be-
together when the composers swer audience questions at inter- !wrtunliy to meet the composers
61001110411
come known as the Miami Festival
—
of the Arts."
"a unique experlence" not often encountered.
and Asia. He's also regarded as among the most wide -
harried
You say you've never heard of
More than a dozen composers will be assembled in
ly recorded artists in classical music. working regu-
Jose Serebrier was a
Serebrier? And that also goes for
Miami during the festival. Serebrier emphasizes the
larly with American and European recording compa-
man this week. After all, be had a
such composers as Elliott Carter,
importance of his corps of composers and calls Cart-
nits.
lot to do.
He had cast often back from
Otto Luening, Francis Thorne ants
many others who'll be here?
er. for example. "one of the most important Amen-
� composersup
acee ni r
Why, then, is he giving so much time to Miami?
have always been close to Miami and have visits
Dusseldorf] Germany. where he
had conducted the orchestra fora
Serebrier recognizes the prob
Iem
ttwice
doesn't day."rrize ize
p everythere
calls Luening. 85. "a pioneer of American music."
as much as time allowed because my mother.
Frida, lived there for 10 years. IShe died last April. 1
production of Mussorgsky's opera.
"
and ,as a solution:'lf we just
presented everyday lhing�, there
There'll also be composers here from Latin Ameri-
There'll
many friends there and 1 have a job as adlunLt
Boris
About 1.500 tiles south of New
would be no international interest
in this Irstival. It would be lust
ca. Including Manuel Enriquez. 45. from Mexico, and
Rodolfo Halffter. 83, also from Mexico and described
advisoryl professor at the University of Miami. 1
have retained excellent relationships with the musi-
York. one of three home bases he
frequents. a mound of work was
one more thin in Miami. and you
"We
by Serebrier as the "patriarch of music" in that coun-
try. "It is going to be an amazing festival;' he adds.
was a
duetor with and
awaltiog him. His other residences
could forget It." he explains.
he orchestra (FloridalPhi harmonic
,*
are In Sydney. Australia, and in
London.
simply hid to do something out of
he ordinary."
"Music Is the main element of the festival's first
year," Serebrier explains. "but things will not remain
other names
He says he has "never worked so hard in my file
In a way. Serebrier is a symbol
That takes care of the problem
that way." The emphasis during this startup festivel
on a project. For the first time in six years I have can-
oe the new. arising Internauunal
Festival of the Arts. which is on
M drawing an international coterie
g
of mu%icians and composers here.
year will be classical. romantic and contemporary
music. two jazz concerts and Latin American popular
celed my Australian season, and this summer t
crossed out all my European engagements to work on
the verge of being born Sunday In
Serebrtrt. using his considerable
music slot very high quality." Serebrier includes in
the festival."
Miami with Serebrier as its artistic
influence. has succeeded in doing
the latter a Montreal -based tango quartet called
Serebrier insists the International Festival of the
director,
just that.
"Quartango." which will dance and play tangos not
Americas has nothing to do with the late New World
He's a figure of enormous status
Turtling the somewhat esoteric
to be danced bar the public. "It will be a concert of
Festival of the Arts. a i5-million fiasco that died after
in the western world of music. and
festival into a community attrac-
.tango listening.' Serebrier says.
its first outing. The International Festival is a much
status is Something that the new
tion is something else. Serebrier
"As time stoves along." he continues. "the festival
less ambitious projects with a budget of around =325.-
festival hopes to achieve. particu-
recognize-s the problem. "That is
will involve all Interests in Miami, including children,
000.
"We
laxly in ow hemisphere. He's also
why I have insisted that almost
senior citizens and minorities. There will be special
"Nothing will discourage us." he adds. have �J
a Saari of tremendous contacts in
half the events be offered free; he
events for children such as concerts for children•
already made plans for the festival through 1986."
the world of music, and the festi.
replan%.
The Irve concerts will be at Gus-
opera for children and even theater for children. And
they will be In both Spanish and English. We are al-
The free events will be at Gusman Concert Hall.
paid concerts at Dade County Auditorium. The festi-
vat Is eager to attract as many
Stella musicians to Miami as pool
man t onrert Hall on the Universi-
ty of Miami campus. it's there that
ready negotiating with a children's theater group in
Buenos Aires that might come here next year. In fact,
val will open Sunday at the Lowe Art Museum. Uni-
versity of Miami campus. where a 44-loot mural by
sible. Serebrier Is the perfect
bridge between muddans and the
Serebricr plans to get composers
we are In touch with many different groups that will
be narrowed down fir•
Mexican artist Rulino Tamayo will be displayed.
The opening concert will be Monday at 8 p.m. its
University of Miami. the principal
spans" of the International Festi.
and public to rub shoulders.
There'll be four symposiums dur-
Serebrier himself was born in Europe of Russian
Dade County Auditorium. with Serebrier conducting
Val of the Arts,
ing the festival in which such cele-
and polish parents. He's a composer and has more
the American Symphony Orchestra of New York
Serebrier is dedicated to involy-
brated composers as Carter. Luen-
than 100 compositions to his credit. tic's credited
with the University of Miami Singers.
A weekly Schedule of events for the festival.
ing the community with the festi-
vat to a maximum degree. "As it
ing and Thorne will answer
questions from the stage in an in.
with nudging Australian symphonies into the top
ranks of world orchestras. He has conducted all the
which ends Oct- 30. can be found In the Upbeat ealen-
growss" he Says of the new feed-
formal setup. At Gusman concerts.
dpr orchestras there and in Europe, South America
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