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HAYDN: THE CREATION (2 LPs; Decca). One of the last great works of the skeptical 18th century was this triumphant affirmation of Haydn's faith. Translated from the German and sung clearly in English, the oratorio will seem especially vivid to U.S. listeners because the music so closely fits the words. One hears the tawny lion roar, the insects swarm and the tiger leap for the first time on earth. Frederic Waldman conducts the Musica Aeterna Orchestra and Chorus, and Soprano Judith Raskin, as Gabriel, sings brilliantly, at times eclipsing her more earthbound fellow archangels, Tenor John McCollum...
...designed by Howard Bay, was hard to believe, but it worked. Two bizarrely carved pseudo-stone things hung above the stage and see-sawed back and forth at scene changes. They were a bit unnerving, but combined with Bay's vivid lighting and Conrad Susa's music they added to a ritualistic atmosphere that Carnovsky often exploited in his staging...
...these particles-mostly protons and electrons-approach the earth, most are caught in its magnetic field or absorbed by its atmosphere. They cause long-distance communications blackouts and set off vivid displays of northern lights, but they do no harm to humans. The moon, however, has no atmosphere or magnetic field to stop the particles; they reach its surface at velocities great enough for -the heavier protons to penetrate space suits and the thin walls of a Lunar Excursion Module (LEM). Caught on the surface of the moon, astronauts might receive a fatal dose of proton radiation before they could...
...abdomen and shortly thereafter undergo an ulcer operation only to discover that he has no ulcer, that in fact there isn't a doctor in Italy who can explain his symptoms, which nevertheless increase in severity and peculiarity, the pains accompanied more and more often by such vivid evidences of acute anxiety-colitis, exhaustion, "testicular commotion" and finally even the delusion of facing an "attack by crooked lines"-that in time the wretched man is persuaded to consult a psychoanalyst, an experience almost as painful for the hero as it is for the reader...
These casual words ought to open the way for a stirring semi-documentary about the impulsive, unpredictable nature of suicide. Unfortunately, Thread does not follow through on its inspiration-a vivid 1964 LIFE article in which Shana Alexander described the psychological crisis that led one anonymous Seattle housewife to attempt self-destruction. The movie is a routine, sometimes mawkish melodrama, and a sorry misuse of talent...