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They met, as U.S. harpists do every year or so, to play under the direction of the most famed harpist of all, Carlos Salzedo. Dark, wizened and peppery at 70, Salzedo claims that most of the 9,000 harpists in the U.S. are his students, "grandstudents or great-grandstudents," i.e., his students' students taught them. When he sounds the call for a festival, all the harpists who can wangle invitations are eager to come. Explained one: "I always sound better when he's conducting." Looking over his ensemble last week, Salzedo snorted: "Unfortunately, men in this country...
...harps), sometimes mysteriously vague (Debussy, arranged for five harps), sometimes murmurous like the sea (Salzedo's own Fraicheur, for 54 harps). When it was over, the audience applauded enthusiastically. One observer noted that even the older performers looked young. Harp Master Salzedo had the answer: "Most harpists are young or look young. I have known only one old harpist, and she was not good. Harp keeps them young...
...from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 8 that had the Philadelphia cellos singing with a tone of thick-piled velvet. Then came the symphony, as prodigal with melodies as a bargain basement with wares, innocently loaded with hints of other compositions, but still characteristic and convincing. The concerto, expertly played by Harpist Nicanor Zabaleta, was paler, but it did have 'some gripping episodes, notably the haunting harp harmonics accompanying a string song in the slow movement. Both works were put in the shade by the concluding piece, Chôros No. 6 (written in 1926), a fine tropical thunderstorm accompanied...
...rose to loud applause spiced with a few frantic squeals and called for "some get acquainted music." Then he minced across the stage, introducing the Jazz trumpeter and finally the blonde harpist-"the only feminine member of our group." "Oh yeh," queried a male voice in the balcony...
Next after his recital, Harpist Zabaleta will make a record (for Esoteric), then load his harp into an airplane and take off for a month-long Caribbean concert tour. After that he heads for more recitals in the U.S. Northwest and Alaska...