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...last year's musical hit Company, Composer Sondheim seemed cloned from Lyricist Sondheim. Indeed, the score packed so many syllables and notes into each bar that it gave the sensation of a double-crostic for the ear. As Pianist Artur Rubinstein observed: "A most brilliant score. I couldn't hear all the words, but then I don't hear all the words at the opera, either...
...forte is music, not films. Nonetheless, last week in Paris, Pianist Artur Rubinstein, 81, received an honorary Oscar for his contributions (the dialogue and the music) to L'Amour de la Vie, a movie based on reminiscences of his life. Asked if the pianist could also be considered an actor, Gregory Peck, an Oscar winner himself (To Kill a Mockingbird in 1963), who presented the statuette to Rubinstein, replied: "Good Lord, yes. He's a much better actor than...
...behind-schedule glance into La Grenouille, and Lyons is off to the Cote Basque: Hurok's come and gone, but there's Artur Rubinstein, who puffs a long Havana and says his wife cooked Polish chicken for an after-concert gathering the night before. Out comes Lyons' black lizardskin notebook and tiny gold pencil. A few cryptic notes, and he Ts off to Le Pavilion and, finally, the Four Seasons. The latter has a coat hook marked MR. LYONS. A coat, is already there. "Who's been hanging their coat on my hook?" In his consternation...
...followed that gaffe by indicating one tempo with his hands while calling for another. Still, the musicians did not seem to mind, as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra staggered through Brahms' Third Symphony. "I have never in all my years on the concert stage conducted an orchestra," Artur Rubinstein had confided to the concertmaster. "I have dreamed of it since I was a little boy. You will think me a fool, but would the orchestra permit me to conduct a rehearsal?" The orchestra was only too happy, and the great pianist, 80, was delighted. "I learned a tremendous lesson today...
...ARTUR RUBINSTEIN (NBC, 8:30-10 p.m.). An exploration of the life and music of the famous pianist, narrated by Rubinstein himself...