Word: vez
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Next stop for Viviane and Violin Concerto: the U.S. première in Los Angeles, with Chávez conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic, later this month...
...andante itself was slightly reminiscent of Bartok. But from then on, the rest of the concerto was undiluted Chávez-bursting with repeated-note, marim-balike rhythms, themes sometimes curiously plaintive, sometimes broad with the flavor of mesquite and wide-open spaces, and orchestrated throughout with all the colors of a Mexican scrape. Some listeners found it too long (45 minutes); there were eight movements, plus a long cadenza which demanded, and received, much from its performer, but added little to the concerto. Once Viviane halted calmly to tune her violin, while the orchestra played on, and drew...
...young Manhattanites listened with growing interest as the fine Sinfonia India of Mexican Composer-Conductor Carlos Chávez boomed from their radio. Viviane Bertolami, a tall, dark-haired girl with a passing resemblance to Hedy Lamarr, was even more intent than her husband, Murray Kirkwood, an employee of I.T. & T. Before she married at 18, she had made her debut as a concert violinist; at 22, she had a child to think about, but she also wanted to pick up her career again. The Kirkwoods made "the decision of our lives." They would use their savings to commission...
Viviane followed fiery little Carlos Chávez onstage. He stepped up on the podium in front of the National Symphony Orchestra. Viviane launched into the broad theme of the opening andante with a firm, strong tone...
...Against Covarrubias' huge, color-splashed drops, 64 masked dancers tumbled, twisted and stretched. In the final ceremonial dance of thanks, they were reinforced by a corps of musclemen from a local physical education school. With 65 musicians and a chorus of 36 to play and chant Chávez' powerful rhythmic music, the effect was volcanic...