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...Chamber Music--Jordan Hall at 8 "Music After Five"--N.E. Conservatory's Brown Hall...
...John Heiss is presenting a recital of contemporary American works on Monday--same time, same place. "A Musical Offering by J. S. Bach," at King's Chapel, Sunday at 5 p.m., features performances on original instruments at baroque pitch with early tunings. Again in Jordan Hall, the NEC Faculty Chamber Music series begins on Tuesday at 8 p.m. The varied program includes Mozart's Trio for Clarinet and Piano, K. 498 and Ravel's Sonata for Violin and Cello. For info about any of these NEC concerts call...
During the debate, the chamber swarmed with gas-industry lobbyists, and Carter publicly warned the Senate against being swayed by them. Said he: "It is time for the public interest to prevail over special interest lobbyists." At a press conference later in the week, he softened his remarks, calling the lobbyists "well-meaning people" and saying of the Senators, "I am not criticizing them, but I think that as they hear the voice of the American people ... they will move to adopt the major parts of the program...
...Byrd has cautioned Carter against pressing for early adoption of the Panama Canal treaty, and he even publicly bawled out Vice President Walter Mondale for a minor breach of parliamentary courtesy while Mondale was presiding over the Senate (they later traded apologies). Having spent nearly two decades in that chamber, Byrd sometimes seems more interested in the rules and folkways of the Senate than in the issues it decides. "He makes the trains run on time," goes an oft-heard appraisal of his reign, "but the cars are all empty...
Among other virtues, it requires no chorus and can be performed by a chamber orchestra as small as 13 players. Since the economics of opera are parlous, that alone should ensure the work a long life...