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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-02-24, Page 251 r A SUPERB BLEND, RICH IN BRAZILIAN COFFEES EIGHT O'CLOCK EiCHTq�� BEAN COFFEE Q.c'tncfr 0� ��FfEE�s 1:62 • f Rowers for All Occasions i Oistinctgve Gifts MBEI�'�D.o9r I�1 SHOPPERS call anytime Weddings Funerals Fresh cut• 'Flowers Dried Flowers Plants ,a,a.nmemie row.an.en06+44oese aviernuoisova avian amm"""o" 40 Homeownefs — Contractors SAVE; ENERGY ` Llbose Blown Insulation cellulose fibre - FREE ESTIMATES Phone Scott Pearson GODERICH INSULATION ' 524-6844 (Call Collett) Fluent, brilliant performances Sympi BY J. B. HERDMAN GoderIch Arts Council The London Symphony Orchestra played fluently and sometimes brilliantly in their last program of the season at the Goderich and District Collegiate Auditorium on Saturday evening, and they had chosen a program that posed many problems of tonal balance and control. The opening item - the Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major, op. 84 - was a work of Haydn's maturity, composed during his first visit to London, England in 1791, and first performed at Salomon's Concerts in Hanover Square Rooms in London on March 9, 1972. It is a work of great _:x charm and vitality, and demands clear and precise playing from both soloist and orchestra. Occasional_ patches of ragged ensemble marred the opening and closing movements, and from where I sat in the hall the, balance between the solo instruments seemed often to be less than perfect, an impression, that could have been at least partially due to the treacherous accoustics of the Collegiate Auditorium. The middle movement was taken at a rather slower pace than usual, which permitted some very effective phrase - pits('de� shaping at the cost of rhuth- mic vitality. A capable performance, then, but not the L.S.O. at its best. But if the Sinfonia Con- certante left some questions in our minds, the rest of the program more than com- pensated for them. 'Medea's Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23A', by the American composer Samuel Barber, was given as exciting _ a performance as we are likely to hear for a long time. This music was composed in 1946 asa ballet, founded upon a story of a woman's love for her children, her anguish at discovering her husband's betrayal, and finally her anger, and her decision to ,GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, T 4,4 destroy those responsible for her pain. The music was later made into an orchestral suite by `the composer, and later condensed intro the Tone Poem we heard tonight. A memorable performance. The same high standard prevailed in the performance of a very different but equally demanding work - the Adagietto from Mahler's 5th Symphony. 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Vaughan Williams embarked upon the composition of 4his Symphony at the suggestion of a friend and fellaw- composer, George But- terworth. One evening Butterworth parted from V.W., with the remark"You know, you really ought to write a symphony - you would do it so well". From that moment", Vaughan Williams later declared, "the idea of a symphony - a thing I had always declared I would never attempt - dominated my mind". The result was this 'Symphony by a Lon- doner". It is a glorious work, and was given a splendid per- formance. One thing only is puzzling Wby.did Mr, Evans d choose to start the sympbalny so loudly, instead. of : the very quiet opening: with Us air of hushed expectaicy, and the gradual dynamic build-up to the sudden electrifying chord that brings Condone to its early. -morning life again? i was sorry to miss that at- mospheric opening, but once the symphony •really got underway, it was a joy to the very end. It was tragic to see so many empty seats in the Auditoritfm. Regular per- formances by an orchestra of this calibre would surely have been wildly impossible only a few short years ago. A fine symphony - rorchestra is growing and developing in our midst. We . share a responsibility to see that it reaches full maturity= CLIFFORD EVANS Fund raising effort On Monday, February 21, the London Symphony Orchestra's 1977 Sustaining Fund Campaign commences under the direction of Symphony Association President, Robert G. Logan, and Advisory. Board Chair- man, John G. Church. The Orchestra's Administrative Officer, Martin Humphrey will co-ordinate campaign activities. More than 50 volunteer fund-raisers have a goal of $160,000 to meet over the twelve -week campaign. While the majority of the campaign workers are members of the London Symphony Orchestra Association's Board of Directors and Women's Committees, many com- munity -minded business people are donating their time and effort to help meet this goal. A "kick-off" reception is planned for the fund-raisers following the Orchestra's Centennial Hall concert on February 24, 1977. The goal of $160,000 must be reached if the London Symphony is to break even ' this year. When viewed as a' portion of overall costs, this amount covers less than half the fees paid to the or- chestra's musicians. The remainder needed to meet the current budget of $725,000, is earned through ticket sales, fees from out -of- , town concerts, tour revenue and grants• from• municipal, provincial and federal governments. consumer information Consumer Information is a phone in service offered to the community by Union Gas, to solve Consumer and Household problems. Our CONSUMER SERVICES REPRESENTATIVES have up-to-date information at their fingertips - everything from future gas supply, metric information and insulation, to recipes and appliance purchasing. Storing knives safely is a problem we have all encountered. 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