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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...orchestral musicians. The Berlioz was a failure, but this shaggy, distorted reading can be set aside (though not excused). Neither the orchestra nor guest conductor John Corley was ready to bandle such a wildly gyrating piece, and with a little spiritless effort they got it out of the way. Mr. Corley had obviously cultivated a style better suited to the three remaining works--a straightforward approach that concentrates on accuracy, balance, and ensemble. In any case, the consensus at Sanders Theater (both orchestra and audience) seemed to be that there were better things to do that evening...
WHAT everyone was waiting for was Tonu Kalam's appearance as soloist in the Beethoven, Mr. Kalam, winner of the H.R.O. Concerto Contest, gave an astonishingly mature performance which was first-class in all respects. His tightly sealed conception projected a powerful sense of unity. It also preserved the concerto's familiar yet still voktile interplay of traditional restraints and puckish invention. Unhampered by technical difficulties, Mr. Kalam was the master of every phrase. By choosing not to extend dynamics to the upper limits, he achieved the ideal of every performing artist--the illusion of complete control with power...
Anyone following preparations for White Sale expected several things. The show could be depended upon to prove moving, disturbing, and funny, to weld gaiety to bitterness as easily as it moved from song to spoken word. The reputations and records of Mr. Mayer, his cast and his collaborators, put White Sale under a real obligation. As it turned out, White Sale met this obligation payed it off with interest, and moved on to do what theater seldom anywhere accomplishes, to deliver on its promises as well as its commitments. Particularly, White Sale delivered on the promise of its suggestive subtitle...
...format, the show is a musical review. The song texts are Mr. Mayer's and the excellent music was composed by Bradley Burg. In content, it is both the record of a day in Cambridge, from late morning rising til next morning's dawn, and a series of forays into political analysis, artistic exorcism, historical recreation, lyric and comic experiment. Informal in atmosphere, the action of White Sale is remarkable for the case and familiarity with which seemingly disparate ideas, styles, and techniques move together on its stage. These actors, who both take parts in individual sequences and retain strong...
...Mr. Mayer's stagings share space in Howard Cutler's handsome, structural set with four impressive short films by Tim Hunter, a brief slide sequence by David McClelland, and some fascinating footage taken by a recent American traveller to Hanoi. For once, mixed media is something more than convenient compromise. On this catholic stage, it does not seem improbable that Nathan Pusey and Che Guevara should meet to discuss the role of youth and the values of revolution, and in fact, in a dialogue excerpted from their writings, the two gentlemen seem occasionally to agree uncomfortably well...