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Leon Kirchner has had a startling career as a professional pianist, a most prominent composer, and now Professor of Music at Harvard. He put this versatility into practice last night in performing with violinist Joseph Silverstein and cellist Samuel Mayes; yet the quality the three produced in works of Mozart and Kirchner himself was not uniform. As is so common with ensembles that feature contemporary music, the performances of modern works surpassed those of the classical ones...
...Every moment of its sustains a high emotional pitch, ranging from raucous frenzy of hushed placidity. The work requires great virtuosity throughout, but these demands always have a purpose: for example, the piano provides either intricate counterpoint or a clamoring backdrop for the violin's protesting flourishes. Kirchner and Silverstein had the necessary technique, and established the rapport such music needs...
...Mozart was another matter. Opening with the Sonata in E flat Major, K. 481, for violin and piano, Silverstein and Kirchner lost their coordination several times and displayed poor balance generally. Kirchner had rather sloppy technique, especially in scale passages. The Trio II in B flat Major K. 502, caused them still more trouble in keeping together, and they gave a generally perfunctory reading. Perhaps the saddest commentary on the evening was the number of people who left (unwisely, as it turned out) before the work best performed: the Sonata Concertante...
UNCLE SHELBY'S ABZ BOOK-Shel Silverstein-Simon & Schuster...
...called Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book. Uncle Shelby is a 31-year-old bearded nut named Shel Silverstein, who draws satirical cartoons for Playboy and illustrates conventional books for children. His ABZ Book contains many interesting suggestions for idle little hands. Like D-is-for-Daddy: "See Daddy sleeping on the couch. See Daddy's hair. Daddy needs a haircut. Poor Daddy. Daddy has no money for a haircut. Daddy spends all his money to buy you toys and oatmeal. Poor Daddy cannot have a haircut. See the scissors . . . Poor poor poor poor Daddy...