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Belligerence & Fun. The obvious intent was to involve the audience, much as Happenings and psychedelic rock try to do. Still, most of what Kraft had to say was musical. His style projected a cool blend of rich dissonance and easygoing lyricism, and though Contextures seemed to owe almost as much to Broadway and jazz as to Stravinsky, there was never any doubt who the Kraftsman...
...inherently a far-out composer, Kraft, 44, obviously is not afraid to be bold theatrically. The huge rear screen, on which the films were projected, was not the only innovation. At the end of the first movement, Kraft provided a brief interlude of jazz in which a solo violinist and snare drummer were picked out by spotlights in the darkened hall. Then at the end, he bid the audience a cheerful adieu with the rippling tinkle of an offstage jazz quartet...
...Since Kraft also happens to be Mehta's principal tympanist, it was not surprising that he made extra use of such percussion esoterica as roto-toms (a set of small tuned drums), muted gongs, anvils and Chinese wind chimes. What was unusual and effective, however, was the relaxed, jazzy undercoating that showed that even an age of turmoil and anxiety can have fun. But Contextures mainly had to do with fierce tensions and dissonances in which various sections of the orchestra played frenetically against each other. "I suppose this is a belligerent work," says Kraft. "But that...
Last year's Illinois Junior Champion, Chris Nielsen, had an easy time at the fourth spot, and triumphed, 6-0, 6-1. Fifth and sixth singles players, Bill Brock and Ken Kraft, breezed by the Engineers, and won by scores...
Benbrook and Rick Rosenthal teamed up in first doubles for a quick 6-3, 6-2 victory. Cavanaugh and Brock took second doubles, 6-3, 6-1; while Kraft and Jaime Gonzales walked away with the third doubles, 6-1, 6-0, to complete the clean sweep...