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...last piece on the disc is the widelyknown "Tahiti Trot," based on the popular Vincent Youman tune "Tea for Two." As the story goes, Shostakvich orchestrated the theme in 40 minutes after a challenge by a friend. Chintz turns into schmaltz at this point; the listener is treated to a seemingly endless (actually only three-minute-33-second) passing of the mindless theme from section to section. The best advice here is to listen for the melding of one texture into the next. Shostakovich manages to keep within the same balance of bass and treble parts, though he sometimes bursts...
...cover photographs reveals Shaham & Sollscher in a blue-washed cafe--a rather clumsy allusion to Vincent Youman's "Tea for Two"--with their respective instruments, complemented by coffee cups and an open score. But, the intimacy which looks rather staged on cover appears very convincingly in the actual playing. Deutsche Grammophon's sound engineers have even gone so far as to use a new 21 bit recording technique dubbed...
...production continues at Brandeis University's Spingold Theatre in Waltham through July 17, to be followed by Shaw's "Too True to Be Good." July 19 to August 14; Vincent Youman's "Hit the Deck," August 16 to 21; and a new musical by Clark Gesner, "The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall," August 23 through September...
...Eliot Youman, brother of Lowell Youman, Summer School Student who was injured last Wednesday, August 8, in a traffic accident on Massachusetts Avenue, requests that anyone who saw the accident or was at the scene immediately afterwards get in touch with him at Hollis 17 or with the Summer School office in Weld Hall. The accident took place at approximately 10 a.m. in front of the Widener Gate...
...mixed doubles, round one, D. Dustin and P. Marx beat J. Rydel and E. Beer, 6-2, forfeit; W. Tucker and C. Hansohka beat T. Lyttleton and D. Spencer, 6-0, 6-1; J. Stokes and R. Converse beat L. Youman and M. Russell, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3; H. Watchel and B. Bradbury defeated E. B. Senehi and A. McCormick by forfeit...