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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Dvorak: Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op. 33 (Justus Frantz, soloist; New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, conductor; Columbia; $6.98). Critics frequently poke fun at this stepchild of the late 19th century piano repertory. The orchestral Sturm und Drang, it is said, overpower the naive keyboard design. There is nothing naive about Frantz's virile interpretation, however. The young Polish pianist effortlessly bounces off rippling melodies and roaring cadenzas...
...student who works in the basement of Lamont said that the design is very nice--"one of the main things I'm impressed about is the light they're able to get in here...
After one issue in the old style, Mendelson and Bliss approached the Student Advisory Committee, which published the Review, with a package of proposals for wholesale design revamping, trading advertisements with other periodicals, and extended fund-raising. Mendelson asked the SAC for an increased subsidy, anticipating a one- or two-year stimulus which would set the Review firmly on the road to self-sufficiency and entry into the national periodical market. Like a parent putting out those last few thousands of dollars for college, hoping that the degree insures the kid's future, the SAC went along...
First results were positive. Graphically, the magazine shed its basement-mimeograph image. According to Mark J. Saylor '76, who succeeded Mendelson as editor, "Rick had an abiding faith in professionals--that first issue was designed by a student at the Design School (Scott Reid and Associates)--and the cover was drawn by a professional artist in Los Angeles who still does our cover." There were three times as many photographs and illustrations as in the previous issue, and a sharp new logo took its place on a stiff-paper color-coded cover...
Alexander Calder, prints and tapestries at Graphics I and II, 168 Newbury St. Calder has a magnificent sense of design and color--not since Matisse have tapestries been so exciting. Graphics is a good place to know; they have drawerfuls of Picasso, Miro, Matisse, etc., etc., just...