THEAtlanta MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF THE ATLANTA MEMORIALArts ARTSCENTER FEBRUARY 1977 YxiCanlell AGood Ol’ Boy By What Keeps Him Company Used to be you could spot one a country mile away. Getting tougher all the time though. Because the good ol' boys ain't who they used to be. Exactly. Now you're just as likely to find 'em moving and shaking in the city as hunting Xt, and fishing in the country. They're run Brebel. ning fast and working hard, trying to change the South. But still, beneath all that "Wall Street'' outside, you'll find a little Main Street inside. Maybe that's why this New South everybody's talking about is turning out to be the real South. Because a good or boy has the sense to keep what's good, change what's not and the wisdom to know the difference. You can even see it in his whiskey Rebel Yell, made and sold only below the Mason-Dixon line. Rebel Yell's whisper of wheat im parts a smooth, luxurious flavor tailored especially for the good ol' boy in each of us. Keep company with the Host Bourbon of the South. Ask for Rebel Yell. And if you don't recognize any good ol' boys in the room, don't worry. They'll recognize you. Rebel AUI1 The Good Ol’ Boys Bourbon.
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ATLANTA CHILDREN'S THEATRE Fast-paced Production Running through February 17 Atlanta Children’s Theatre presents the musical farce Punch and Judy through February 17 on the Alliance Theatre stage with performances for school groups Monday through Friday mornings and a Saturday matinee at 2:30 p.m. February 5. Mark Young and Nancy Jane Clay as Punch and Judy head up an all-star cast in this fast-paced production which is loaded with slapstick, song and dance. Ray Stephens plays Toby, the singing dog, and Eric Price and Rob Zapple combine their talents as the front and back of Hector, the dancing horse. John Dance is the very funny and very confused doctor; William Colquitt is the scary hangman; and Patricia Landon is the professor who completely loses her head. Price also plays the devil who enters the to come to our collections story in several disguises—one that sounds a lot like Mae West. of fashion for the Accompanist on the piano and the celeste is Paul Ford. Designer Ruth Ann entire family, the home, Maddux and her costume staff, headed by gifts and antiques too. Renee Wolfe, worked hundreds of hours creating the masks each character wears Do stay for luncheon and the colorful and complicated costumes. Punch wears the traditional or tea at our Bird Cage hump-back, big stomach and hook nose. restaurant, open every
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A scene from Punch and Judy with Nancy Clay 9:00 p.m. ______and Mark Young. 3 iffl______Punch and Judy are based on stock characters from the Commedia dell’Arte Sears which originated during the Italian Renaissance. They later became the hero and heroine of the traditional English puppet play and were brought to colonial America by roving puppeteers. ACT So many ways to presented the world premiere of this Aurand Harris play in 1970. Shop at Sears Tickets for the matinee February 5 are and SAVE! available at the box office. 892-2414. The public is welcome to attend weekday shows at 10 a.m. and 12 noon when seats are 8 BIG STORES IN ATLANTA available. For information on weekday open every night and Sunday afternoons performances and group rates call 892- 7607. 17 Appliance Catalog Stores all around the Atlanta area Spring Offering Emphasizes Ecology 24 Hour Catalog Shopping by phone from home, call 892-4242 Noah and the Great Auk is the spring offering of ACT, March 9 through April 22. Written by Bix Doughty, the play deals Surplus and Bargain Stores with closeouts from catalog and stores with the problem of endangered species and ecology. Auditions are scheduled for PLEASE SEE YOUR February 7. For an appointment call 892- TELEPHONE DIRECTORY FOR MORE 7607. SPECIAL SERVICES INCLUDING Behind the Stage Backbone SEARS CARPET CLEANING Bix Doughty has joined the ACT staff as call 351-4082 Company Manager. Doughty worked in all phases of children’s theatre before a SEARS DRAIN & SEWER SERVICE four-year stint with the army. He returned call 892-6565 to ACT last year appearing in Presto! and SEARS DRIVING SCHOOL working on the technical crew of all shows. call 352-3400 Office Manager this year is Edith Love, who also is head of the Apprentice FLOWERS BY SEARS Program and liaison with the ACT Guild. call 325-0337 (Atlanta) Betty Blondeau is educational director and or 422-0656 (Marietta) is responsible for all grant applications of SEARS MEAT & FROZEN FOOD the theatre. 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The Atlanta Symphony has come a long way in its short history of thirty-two years. Last year after the Symphony’s tour to Washington and New York, it was hailed by the critics around the country as “a first- class ensemble,” and as having “attained major status.” Thus, as the Atlanta Symphony continues to achieve excellence, it must also continue to increase its operating expenses. No orchestra in the world supports itself solely through ticket sales and without the assistance of the community it serves. The price of unsubsidized tickets would be so outrageous that the majority of Atlantans could not enjoy their city’s Symphony. ; : ------Last year, some 3,700 Atlantans contributed more than $225,000 to help the Ours exclusively, Symphony meet the ever-increasing costs of performing. This year, the $115,000, I LOVE ATLANTA which will hopefully be collected from the Individual Gifts Campaign, is just a Truly a conversation piece! 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8 THE ALLIANCE THEATRE COMPANY DAVID BISHOP, Producing Director FRED CHAPPELL, Artistic Director presents
by HENRIK IBSEN Directed by KENT PAUL
with
CHRISTOPHER ALLPORT ERICA CAST RHODES DANA IVEY RENO ROOP SUSAN LARKIN MARY NELL SANTACROCE JOHN MILLIGAN
Sets Designed By Costumes Designed By PHILIPP JUNG MARTHA KELLY Lights Designed By Technical Director MICHAEL STAUFFER ERIK MAGNUSON Production Stage Manager Production Manager ALLEN WRIGHT DAN B. SEDGWICK
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A whole new season of cooking classes and demonstrations ... all in Rich’s Cooking School, Downtown. In the classes, you do the cooking. In the demonstrations, you watch and taste. Classes are available in basic and advanced levels. For prices, schedules and details, call 586-2525. HEDDA GABLER CAST (in order of appearance) Aunt Julia...... Mary Nell Santacroce Berte...... Susan Larkin George Tesman ...... Reno Roop Hedda Gabler ...... Dana Ivey Mrs. Elvsted .. . Erica Cast Rhodes Judge Brack...... John Milligan Eilert Lovborg. Christopher Allport
PLACE: Tesman’s villa in the fashionable quarter of town
♦ACT I Morning
ACT II Afternoon
♦ACT III The next day at dawn
ACT IV Evening
* There will be a 10 minute intermission after Act I and Act III
The Alliance Theatre would like to express sincere appreciation to the following individuals and institutions for their assistance in our operations: Furniture and set dressing by: American Eagle Antiques, Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta Antiques Exchange, Atlanta, Georgia Goldsmith’s Antiques, Atlanta, Georgia M. Ringel & Sons, Kennesaw, Georgia Peachtree Galleries, Covington, Georgia
Special thanks to: Dave Shulmann Dux-Mixture and Hardware Company Fedusiv Music, Inc., East Point, Georgia Fedusiv Music, Inc., Sandy Springs, Georgia Harper’s Flowers Jackson’s Music Store, Inc. McDonald and Little Advertising, Inc. Dixie Ornamental Iron Co.
The use of recording devices or cameras during the performance is strictly prohibited.
CHRISTOPHER ALLPORT played “Scapino” in our opening production. He created the role of “Tom” in Joseph Papp’s production of Kid Champion by Tom Babe at the New York Shakespeare Festival’s Public Theatre. He also played “Ariel” in the Festival’s production at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre at Lincoln Center. A student of the famed Paul Sills, he performed in the National Company of his production Story Theatre. He played “Laertes” to Jon Voight’s “Hamlet” and had a featured role in the Frank Perry film Man On A Swing. On television Christopher Allport has played the continuing role of “Tim McGowan” on NBC’s Another World, and has guest starred on M.A.S.H., Harry O., and Medical Story. He currently studies with Allan Miller. 11 the museum shop THE HIGH MUSEUM OF ART SALE 25% OFF EVERY BOOK IN STOCK
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12 DANA IVEY will be remembered for her brilliant portrayals of “Annie Sullivan” in last season’s The Miracle Worker and “Elizabeth Proctor” in ATC’s production of The Crucible. Miss Ivey was for several years one of Canada’s most distinguished actresses and has appeared as leading lady with major theatre companies across Canada and the U.S.A. She was Director of Drama Tech at Georgia Tech and has taught private acting classes here. For several years, she was host of “Atlanta Arts” as well as several programs of classical music on WGKA. She has worked with Forrest Tucker and Betty Garrett in Plaza Suite and has performed with Theatre Calgary and the St. Lawrence Center for the Performing Arts, as well as having appeared with Tony Randall and Jack Klugman in The Odd Couple. A classical actress who studied acting under a Fulbright Scholarship in London, Miss Ivey has also appeared on NBC with Robert Culp in the “American Odyssey” series and has also starred in six TV dramas produced in Montreal. Atlanta audiences will also remember her for her delightful roles as “Sister Woman” in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and the “Nurse” in Romeo and Juliet.
SUSAN LARKIN last appeared with the ATC as “Rosa”, the waitress in Scapino! Alliance Theatre audiences will also remember her from The Hot L Baltimore. She was with the Theatre Atlanta Repertory Company for three years and appeared with that group on Broadway in Red, White and Maddox. She has also worked with Theatre of the Stars Winter Play Season, appearing in Country Girl with Jack Klugman and the successful Streetcar Named Desire with Rosemary Harris. Ms. Larkin is also a professional makeup artist for commercials and films here in Georgia.
JOHN MILLIGAN’S numerous Broadway credits include Portrait ofa Queen, The Devils, Man and Boy, and Lock Up Your Daughters. He has also appeared in the Broadway productions of Love and Libel, The First Gentleman, and The Matchmaker, directed by the late Sir Tyrone Guthrie. In addition, he has had extensive repertory experience in this country and in Canada, appearing at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut, and in Stratford, Ontario. Recently he directed Much Ado About Nothing at the Champlain Shakespeare Festival in Burlington, Vermont, and appeared as “Prospero” in The Tempest, “Polonious” in Hamlet, and “Cymbelene” in Cymbelene. He played Geronte in ATC’s opening production, Scapino!
ERICA CAST RHODES attended the University of California, Berkeley, and while in the San Francisco area, she appeared with The Magic Theatre and the Napa Valley Company. In 1972, she portrayed “Mary” in The Playhouse production of In The Jungle Of The Cities directed by Antoine Bourseillier of the National Comedie Francaise. Miss Rhodes went to the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, as a Professional Theatre Fellow. Her roles included “Andromache” in The Trojan Women, “Lady Macduff’ in Macbeth, “Elizabeth Proctor” in The Crucible, and “Dionyseus” in The Bacchae. Miss Rhodes moved to New York three years ago to study at the Neighborhood Playhouse under Sanford Meisner and William Esper. Last spring she portrayed “Min” in the N.P. production of Truckline Cafe. Since graduating from the Playhouse in May, she has been working with an independent producer on a series of classical and period dramas for Manhattan Cable Television.
RENO ROOP was Deborah Kerr’s husband in Souvenir last season in Los Angeles. On Broadway he has appeared in The Emperor Henry /Fwith Rex Harrison and The Freedom of the City with Kate Reid. He played “Guildenstern” to Stacy Reach’s Hamlet and “Flavius” to Shepperd Strudwick’s Timon of Athens for the New York Shakespeare Festival. A graduate of Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, he was a member of its repertory company for two seasons. In summer theatres he has co-starred with Sylvia Miles in The Owl and the Pussycat, Blythe Danner in Barefoot in the Park, and Nancy Coleman in Butterflies Are Free. On television he was featured in the P.B.S. Bicentennial series The Adams Chronicles. 13 Van Johnson In "Said Me No Flowers” Van Johnson is alive and well and thinks he’s going to die. And you’ll die laughing. At his grave predicament in “Sena Me No Flowers.” A classic story of mirth about death. Evening performances Tuesday, Wed nesday, Thursday and Sunday, $16.00. Friday and Saturday, $17.75. Wednesday and Sunday matinees, $11.50. Free park ing at Peachtree Cain Garage. American Express and other major credit cards accepted. _
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14 MARY NELL SANTACROCE is one of Atlanta’s long time professional actresses, and is performing on the stage with her daughter, Dana Ivey, for the fourth time. Last season Ms. Santacroce appeared as “Aunt Ev” in The Miracle Worker, “Mrs. Antrobus” in The Skin Of Our Teeth, and “Mrs. O’Hara” in the musical version of Gone With The Wind. Other recent roles have been the wacky sister in Harvey, venerable “Rebecca Nurse” in The Crucible, “Big Mama” in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, “Mrs. Higgins” in My Fair Lady, the stern headmistress in The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie, “Frau Schmidt” in The Sound Of Music, and “Lady Alice” in A Man For All Seasons. She is a member of the Speech and Drama faculty at Georgia State University.
KENT PAUL has directed, this season, Eugene O’Neill’s Anna Christie for Theater-By-The- Sea in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit for the Cohoes Music Hall, Cohoes, New York, and, after the opening of Hedda Gabler, goes to the Milwaukee Repertory Theater Company to direct Vanities. Mr. Paul directed Murray Mednick’s The Hunter for Joseph Papp at the Public Theatre in New York, Christopher Fry’s The Lady's Not For Burning at the Long Wharf in New Haven, Arthur Miller’s A Memory of Two Mondays and three of O’Neill’s .S'. .S'. Glencairn plays at the Cincinnati Playhouse and the U.S. premiere of Jean Anouilh’s Dear Antoine and O’Neill’s A Moon For The Misbegotten for summer seasons of the Harvard Loeb Drama Center. A native of Nebraska and a graduate of Harvard College, he studied at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater.
PHILIPP JUNG has designed for LaMama and the Circle Rep in New York, as well as many off-off Broadway productions. Regionally, he has designed the sets and costumes for Pantagleize at the Yale Dramat, Oh Dad, Poor Dad for the Princeton Intime and Three Victorian Farces at Benedictine College. Trained in England, he has also designed for the Bristol Old Vic, Leeds Playhouse and the Midlands Arts Theatre.
MARTHA KELLY comes to the Alliance as costume designer from New York City. Her draping credits include several Broadway shows, the Joffrey Ballet, productions at the Juilliard School and the San Francisco Opera. Regional theatre has taken her as far as Canada, where she worked in Halifax, Ottawa and Winnipeg. In the U.S., Ms. Kelly has designed for the Barter Theatre, Circle Rep, McCarter Theatre, Wayside Theatre, Hayloft Dinner Theatre, Coachlight Dinner Theatre and several touring companies.
MICHAEL STAUFFER returns to Atlanta as production designer for his fourth season with the Alliance. He has designed sets, costumes or lighting for seventeen productions at the Alliance including The Crucible, The Miracle Worker, and The Tempest. Mr. Stauffer has served as design co-ordinator for the Guthrie Theatre, production designer for the Barter Theatre, Washington Theatre Club, Cortland Repertory Theatre, and guest designer for the Folger Theatre Group, PAF Playhouse, and The Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Mr. Stauffer has designed for a number of summer stock and dinner theatres, lectured on design in colleges and consulted on theatre spaces. He is a graduate of Carnegie- Mellon University.
FRED CHAPPELL was named ATC’s artistic director last season. For three years prior to this appointment he was resident director of the theatre and during this period directed such productions as Tobacco Road, Jacques Brel, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Boyfriend, The Crucible, Romeo and Juliet, The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia, The Tempest, and The Miracle Worker. He was also the original director of Alliance’s Studio Company and has appeared as an actor in numerous ATC productions. Outside of Atlanta, he served for three years as artistic director of the Cortland Repertory Theatre in Cortland, New York, and has guest directed at numerous theatres throughout the country. Last fall he directed Don Tucker’s Same Painted Pony at PAF Playhouse. 15 We salute the Atlanta Symphony and the leadership of its League and Women's Association presidents— THE BEST PART OF AN EVENING IS ALWAYS David Goldwasser and Mrs. L. Neil Williams—overseers of the Sym phony’s 1977 Individual Gifts Campaign. The goal $115,000. The dates—January 25th-February 28th. Regenstein’s THE END. Somethingto laugh at 5 nights a week. Downtown Peachtree, Buckhead, Atlanta's only comedy dinner showcase. North DeKalb & Perimeter Mall. Dine in the elegant WITS END PLAYERS surroundmgsof the Now m their 15th season. Sheraton Biltmore Dinner- TheWitsEnd Playershave Showcase and be enter become Atlanta's ton- tamed by the original wit most masters of musical and wisdom of the satire and fun
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Season Ticket Information Available at Box Office or Call 892-2797 DAVID BISHOP, a native of Macon, is beginning his seventh season with ATC as producing director. He came to Atlanta from Michigan, where he for three years served as managing director for the Meadow Brook Theatre. He studied at the University of South Carolina, Columbia University and the American Theatre Wing and has also studied acting with Lee Strassberg. A featured actor on television, he has performed in some seventy-five live and filmed network productions. On Broadway Mr. Bishop has acquired credits as both an actor and stage manager in such plays as The Desperate Hours, The Ponder Heart, The Happiest Millionaire, and /7ow To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. He has been associated with numerous off-Broadway productions, was production stage manager for the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut, and the New York Shakespeare Festival and served as production supervisor for Mike Todd's America Be Seated as well as for the Ypsilanti Greek Theatre.
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ALLIANCE THEATRE ANGELS — 1977 ANGEL CAMPAIGN BENEFACTORS Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Edge Mr. and Mrs. George Beattie, Jr. William N. Banks Foundation Mr. L. L. Gellerstedt, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Boldt Mrs. James M. Cox Mr. and Mrs. B. Harvey Hill, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Burton Mr. Ed Estes Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kennedy, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Rawson Foreman Harry E. Ward Foundation Dr. Leonard T. Maholick Mr. Wyche Fowler, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kemp Mooney Dr. and Mrs. Phillip E. Gertler PRODUCERS Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Parker Dale and Elaine LaLonde Mr. and Mrs. David L. Coker Mr. Allen Post Mr. Hugh L. Latta Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Ferst Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sanger Mr. Simon Moughamian, Jr. Ms. Jill W. Royce Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin T. White Mr. A. L. Mullins, Jr. Mrs. Lillian L. Rudolph SPONSORS DONORS Mrs. Frank Shackelford Mr. and Mrs. Shepard B. Ansley Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Bowen Mr. Wayne R. Vason Dr. and Mrs. John Griffin Mr. and Mrs. T. Hal Clarke Dr. and Mrs. John C. Warner. Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Hartley Dr. and Mrs. John B. Hardman Mr. and Mrs. Thorne Winter, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred D. Kennedy, Jr. Mr. Ben F. Johnson, III Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Sperry Mr. Henri Jova FRIENDS Mr. and Mrs. Wadleigh Winship Miss Linda Lane Mrs. W. C. Campbell Mrs. Dena Gray Short Ms. Cora Davis PATRONS Alex and Betty Smith Foundation Dr. Elizabeth L. Feely Mrs. Mary Blackwell Alexander Mrs. Francis Storza Ms. Rosi Fiedotin Mrs. Kitty Anderson Mrs. Leonard Haas Dr. Grover J. Andrews BACKERS Mr. and Mrs. Clarence F. Johnson Mrs. John G. Berg Mr. and Mrs. John R. Barmeyer Dr. and Mrs. Donald E. McGhee Mr David Bishop Mr. and Mrs. N. William Bath Mr. and Mrs. Oscar N. Persons Mr. Wayne Drake Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Battle Dr. T. R. Williamson Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ebbs
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The Alliance Theatre Company is conducting a direct fund raising campaign. It is called the Angel Campaign because in theatrical tradition a financial backer is referred to as an “angel.”
The Alliance Theatre’s budget for 1977-78 is $422,000. It is anticipated that ticket revenue will amount to only one-half of this figure. An allotment of funds from the Atlanta Arts Alliance, foundations, and government grants will help us greatly, but supplementary funding is a necessity. This year we will need an additional $20,000 to balance our budget.
We hope you will help us by making a contribution this year. Through your contribution we will continue to add to the city's cultural heritage and produce those productions which are so important for Atlanta’s cultural environment.
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18 ALLIANCE THEATRE COMPANY DAVID BISHOP — Producing Director FRED CHAPPELL — Artistic Director
DAVID COKER, President MRS. JOHN HARDMAN, President Board of Sponsors Alliance Theatre Guild
Administrative Staff Administrative Director...... Victoria Mooney Director of Public Relations I Advertising...... Sandra Johnson Administrative Associate...... Baxter Joy Public Relations Assistant ...... Jan Cribbs Volunteer Co-ordinator & Liaison ...... Virginia Beattie Box Office Manager...... Chip Murray House Manager ...... Steve Cucich Photographer ...... Charles Rafshoon Artist ...... Ken Ragan
Production Staff Production Manager Dan B. Sedgwick Production Stage Manager ...... Allen Wright Assistant Stage Managers . Trey Altemose, Dickson Lane Production Designer...... Michael Stauffer Associate Designer Philipp Jung Costume Designer Martha Kelly Assistant Costume Designer...... Barbara Hause Technical Director...... Erik Magnuson Property„ Master...... Michael Berkman Master Electrician ...... Cassandra Henning Master Carpenter...... Stanle* ^onczynski Scenic Carpenters...... Randolph Thrower, Lynn Van Horne
TECHNICAL APPRENTICES Lorraine Crane Liz Lee Jeffery Glave Lisa Miller Jeroy Hannah William Palmer
18a KYUNG-WHA CHUNG
“Kyung-Wha Chung gives a highly charged and wholly convincing account, worthy to stand beside that of Heifetz. . . RECORDS AND RECORDINGS
Kyung-Wha Chung Saint-Saens Violin Concerto No. 3 Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto No.5 London Symphony Orchestra Lawrence Foster
CS 6992* Bach: PARTITA NO. 2 IN D MINOR; “Chung’s technical capabilities seem SONATA NO. 3 IN C MAJOR limitless ... no violinist in the solo-Bach CS-6940 catalogue can surpass her . . . this vio linist’s Bach-playing is something to make you sit up and listen . . HJGH FIDELITY.
Walton: VIOLIN CONCERTO Bruch: VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 1 IN G Stravinsky: VIOLIN CONCERTO MINOR-SCOTTISH FANTASIA The London Symphony Orchestra The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra— —Andre Previn Rudolf Kempe CS-6819 CS-6795 oTchaikovsky: VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MAJOR Sibelius: VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MINOR The London Symphony Orchestra—Andre Previn CS-6710
-1 CLASSICAL LABEL (BILLBOARD). . . IMPECCABLE IMPORTED RECORDS AND * TAPES A-77 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Robert Show, Music Director and Conductor
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 8:30, February 3, 4, 5, 1977 MICHAEL PALMER Conducting CLAUDIO ARRAU, Piano
PROGRAM
MOZART *Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201 (1774) Allegro moderato Andante Menuetto; Trio Allegro con spirito
DALLAPICCOLA *Variations for Orchestra (1954) Quasi lento; misterioso Allegro con fuoco Mosso; scorrevole Tranquillamente mosso Poco allegretto; alia Serenata Molto lento; con espressione parlante Andantino amoroso Allegro; con violenza Affetuoso; cullante Grave Molto lento; fantastico
INTERMISSION
BRAHMS Concerto No. 1 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 15 (1854-1858) Maestoso — Poco piu moderaro Adagio Allegro non troppo
‘First performance at these concerts
The use of cameras or recording devices during concerts is strictly prohibited.
This concert will be broadcast on a delayed basis by Atlanta Public Radio, WABE-FM. 90.1, Tuesday evening at 8:30. 18c Guffey’s k of Atlanta send their tax deductible gifts to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, 1280 Atlanta’s Finest § Clothing Peachtree St., N.E., Atlanta, Ga. 30309. As always, one project is never enough for Men for the Women’s Association. On DOWNTOWN: N PEACHTREE CENTER Wednesday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m. they will (BEHIND THE SCULPTURE) sponsor another Open Rehearsal. The UPTOWN: TOWER PLACE I public is invited to see the “behind the (AT PIEDMONT ENTRANCE) N scenes” activities of a Symphony’s performance. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra League members are admitted free, for all others $ 1.00 general admission ••• •*« »•• •*. ••• »•« »•« »*• »♦« is required.
FAVORITES FROM THE PAST Award to Honor Board of Sponsors' Member specializing in The Atlanta Symphony has become DOLLHOUSES and MINIATURES such an impressive orchestra mainly CLASSES because of the dedicated people who have HOURS: TUES. - SAT. worked so hard to insure its success. Mrs. 10-4 Howard C. Smith, a Life Member of the ILLUSTRATED CATALOG $1.00 Symphony’s Board of Sponsors, is one of 2951 HARRIS ST., KENNESAW, GA. 30144 those very special people who has devoted 427-3921 her life to music and its development in Atlanta. Mrs. Smith will be recognized for her work on Sunday, February 13, when she receives the Governor’s Award in the Arts at 7:30 p.m. in Symphony Hall. The award is being given primarily for her association with the Atlanta PINKERTON & LA Symphony. It was Mrs. Smith who helped to found the youth orchestra which has BUILDS THINGS. developed into the Atlanta Symphony REMEMB Youth Orchestra, for which she serves on the Advisory Board. THE PINKERTON & LAWS COMPANY Besides establishing the Atlanta Member Associated General Contractors of America Symphony Women’s Association, Mrs. 2700 Cumberland Parkway, N.W. Atlanta 30339 / 432-0171 Smith’s other accomplishments include: past president of the Atlanta Music Club; several years as the regional director of opera auditions for the Metropolitan Opera in four of the southern states; and featured guest artist at the dedication of the Cathedral of Christ the King, where she has been in their service for years. The ceremony is open to the public and there is no admission charge. March Is Set Aside For Pianists During the month of March, Maestro Shaw will conduct three magnificent concerts, all featuring pianists as the guest artists. Such names as Joyce Johnson, Leonard Pennario, and Juliana Markova 18d PROGRAM NOTES by David Hinshaw
Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201 Variations for Orchestra Wolfgang Amadues Mozart Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975) (1756-1791) Michael Palmer has chosen for his final It is difficult to imagine the traumas of subscription concert a work by the very being an eighteen year old “has been,” but gifted Italian composer Luigi such was the case of Mozart in 1774, the Dallapiccola. Heretofore, Atlanta year he wrote his 29th Symphony. A new audiences have not heard his music. archbishop had arrived in Salzburg who Known primarily as a vocal composer he had little awareness of, or appreciation for, began writing in the style of Schoenberg Mozart’s genius. Consequently, the and Webern in the early 30’s. Yet his main brilliant young prodigy led a life of poverty purpose was not to use the twelve-tone and lacked the public acceptance which system as envisioned by Schoenberg but to had been his fortune in earlier years. add his own Mediterranean neo-classical At the time his public acceptance was temperament to an existing discipline. waning his writing was becoming more There are long stretches in his works where mature and emotionally profound. This strict observance of “note-rows” is becomes obvious on hearing his forgotten in the interest of expression and Symphony No. 29. To Theodor de variety. Wyzewa this work was, “in point of Variations for Orchestra is one of only invention and scoring, the most perfect four works for orchestra. It was originally product of the whole first period of a work for piano dedicated to and written Mozart’s career”; Georges de Saint-Foix for his daughter Anna. In 1954 the called it “one of Mozart’s most Louisville Symphony commissioned him characteristic instrumental masterpieces. to orchestrate it for presentation in ... I very much doubt if any youth, on Louisville. The work differs from the completing his eighteenth year, has ever traditional form of theme and variations shown an equal effort or produced by using variations on harmonies, rhythms comparable beauty.” and showing the variations of color in the Alfred Einstein offered the following instruments. notes on the work. While the music of Dallapiccola is There is a new feeling for the necessity of modern, his life style was tied to the past. intensifying the symphony through On one occassion a student of his asked for imitation, and of rescuing it from the domain a recommendation. Dallapiccola of the purely decorative through a proceeded to pull from his desk drawer a refinement of detail such as is characteristic of chamber music. The instruments change sheet of paper and a quill pen. After character: the strings become wittier, the writing his letter he sprinkled sand over the winds lose everything that is simply noisy; wet ink and finally shook the lose sand the figuration drops everything merely away. The bewildered student asked why conventional. The new spirit shows itself in he used such an old method of writing. The all the movements: in the Andante, which maestro responded that it was a symbol of has the delicate formation of a string-quartet the past, and it was the past which gave him movement, enriched by the two pairs of wind instruments; in the Minuet, with its contrast guidance and inspiration for his modern of grace and almost Beethoven-like violence; music. in the Finale, an allegro con spirito that is really con spirito, and which contains the Concerto No. One in D Minor For Piano richest and most dramatic development and Orchestra, Op. 15 section Mozart had written up to this time. It Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) is understandable that these symphonies The public reception of the first piano satisfied Mozart even in his Vienna period concerto Brahms wrote was less than and that he produced them at his ‘academies’ enthusiastic. Audiences found the music with only slight changes in the scoring. What an immense distance he had traveled from too austere and gloomy. Fortunately the Italian sinfonia! Who in Italy would have today’s audiences find it one of the most written such a work, and where would it have powerful and romantically brilliant works found its audience? ever written. 19 ini______Low price time will be performing with the Symphony. On March 10, 11, and 12, the Atlanta clock helps small Symphony Orchestra Chorus will be companies meet joining Mr. Shaw and Joyce Johnson. strict requirements For tickets or reservations, phone the of wage-hour law Symphony Box Office at 892-2414. HIGH MUSEUM OF ART Art World Lecture: Robert Stern to Speak At High Museum February 14 Robert A. M. Stern, the eminent architect and critic, will be the first guest of the new year in the Members Guild’s Art World Speaker Series. Stern’s reputation is based on romantic reactionary architecture in rebellion against the last LATHEM TIME RECORDER COMPANY stages of Bauhaus influence and the 200 Selig Dr., S. W., Atlanta, Ga. 30336 International Style. His projects have Telephone 404/691-0400 frequently been published in such TIME RECORDERS professional journals as Architectural PROGRAM TIMERS Record, Domus, and Progressive TIME STAMPS Architecture, as well as in House and WATCHMAN CLOCKS Garden and House Beautiful. His accomplishments include membership in New York’s Mayor’s Panel of Architecture and participation in the 1976 Venice Biennale as part of the American team of architects invited to submit exhibits based on a New Suburbia. With his partner John Hagman, Stern was one of the winners of the national Roosevelt Island Architectural Competition. Educated at great home furnishings Columbia and Yale—and presently on the begin with savings during Columbia faculty—he is the author of New Davison's February Home Sale Directions in American Architecture and George Howe: Toward a Modern American Architecture. Stern has also produced several notable exhibitions— such as 40 under 40: Young Talent in Architecture and The Shape of Cities in Our Time at the Museum of Modern Art— and is well-known as a provocative and entertaining speaker. The lecture, free and open to the public, will begin at 8 p.m. in the Walter Hill Auditorium. Seating may be limited. The lecture will be followed by a Members-only reception. Life Force The well-known local jazz group Life
(continued on page 24) jlji 20 NOTES (continued) “That’s a theme for a symphony,” engages the first three themes before remarked Anton Bruckner upon hearing embarking on a new idea—a rhapsodic the opening theme of the first movement. melody. But the essential mood of the movement is that of turmoil—so much so Little did he know at the time that indeed it that it is believed to reflect Brahms’ agitation had been the theme for what Brahms had on learning that his dear friend Robert hoped would be his first symphony. The Schumann had tried to commit suicide. shadow of the mighty Beethoven, however, The inscription above the second caused the twenty-three year old Brahms movement suggests that this part of the to write what some have termed a concerto may have been inspired by Schumann’s premature death in 1856: “symphony with piano accompaniment.” Benedictus qui venit in nomine Dei. It is a Following the famous first theme are deeply felt elegy. Muted strings and two rather introspective ideas played by bassoons share a melody which speaks the the violins. The first theme reappears in pathos of a broken heart. The finale breaks this extended development section. Milton the spell. The piano enters with an exuberant Cross wrote of the remaining work: and spirited theme which sets the tone for the movement. When the anger is spent the piano enters The work ends in D Major following a softly with a reflective theme. The piano then tempestuous coda.
ARTISTS
CLAUDIO ARRAU without any formal training. At five, he “One regards Arrau gave his first recital in Santiago, and at as a sort of miracle. He seven in Buenos Aires. makes the piano live, When his family moved from Chile to like God teaching Berlin, it enabled Arrau to study with Adam on Michel Martin Krause. Krause had been a pupil of angelo’s Sistine Chapel Liszt. Thus, one can actually say that roof; liquid, mysteri Arrau is a pianistic “grandchild” of Liszt. ous, profound, alive,” Arrau’s world tours began at the age of stated The Sunday twenty when he came to the United States Times, of London. for the first time. Since his debut some Throughout Arrau’s long career, which decades ago, Arrau has achieved fame with began as early as the 1920’s, he has consistently put a staggering keyboard audiences around the globe. mastery at the total service of his art. He Every season Arrau plays over one has achieved fame not only as a celebrated hundred concerts in all the music centers of interpreter of Beethoven, but also of the world. His performances take him to as Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, and Liszt. many as three of four continents in one As Sir Neville Cardus, the late and year. In 1968, he played not only in the revered dean of London music critics, has United States, but also in the Soviet written, “No living pianist surpasses Union, Japan, Australia, Israel, New Arrau’s comprehensive mastery of style, Zealand, Canada, Mexico, and South flexible enough to accommodate musical America. Outside of Peking, there is not a extremes from Chopin to Debussy, major city in the world that has not been Schumann to Mozart, Beethoven and charmed by Arrau. Brahms, to Liszt.” In the words of The Times of London, Arrau was born in Chilian, Chile. At concerning Arrau’s supreme mastery of the four years of age he was able to play a keyboard, he is both “King and Emperor Beethoven Sonata off a printed page Combined.” 21 1 CaHon States"^ PRIZED is1 for people. JEWELRY.POSSESSION ANTIQUES AND OBJECTS d'ART Cottoli^fates e is insurance.
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MICHAEL PALMER Robert Shaw, Leonard Bernstein and Michael Palmer, the Lukas Foss. brilliant young Ameri While studying at Indiana University can conductor, at age Palmer founded the Festival Music 31, is already establish Society of Indianapolis, a summer series of ed as one of the finest concerts, utilizing members of the young conductors in Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, which the country today. His for several seasons met with great response performances continu from critics and music lovers in Indiana. ally meet with wide Coming to the Atlanta Symphony at the critical acclaim and great public and invitation of Music Director and professional enthusiasm. The Washington Conductor Robert Shaw in 1967, Palmer’s Post labeled his recent performances at Kennedy Center with the National duties as associate conductor with the Symphony Orchestra as “brilliant and orchestra have included subscription memorable.” concerts, children’s concerts, family Recently, Palmer guest conducted the concerts, and tours. opening concert of the Houston During his years as Associate Symphony season. His performance was Conductor, Palmer has greatly well received by reviewers, and in the expanded Atlanta's musical experience by words of one critic “Palmer has a clear, premiering many works of Mahler, and by incisive beat to make the music come off enlarging the scope and structure of the cleanly, a natural intuition in matters of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Young phrasing and the youthful pizzazz to pull Peoples Concerts. out all the stops when such opportunity In 1974 Mr. Palmer was appointed legitimately presents itself.” conductor and music director of the newly Michael Palmer was born in founded Atlanta Symphony Youth Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1945. His musical Orchestra, a division of the Atlanta abilities were recognized early and formal Symphony Orchestra, which has study of the piano began at six years of age, performed to critical praise. The Youth followed at age eight with study of the Orchestra was honored by being violin. At 12, Palmer became nominated for an Emmy Award, as the interested in orchestral score study and result of a state-wide telecast of one of their conducting and attracted the attention of concerts. Michael Palmer started his third Izler Solomon, then conductor and year as the Music Director in 1976. musical director of the Indianapolis Mr. Palmer continues to maintain a Symphony Orchestra, who invited the busy schedule of guest conducting young musician to attend rehearsals of the appearances, which in the last three years orchestra where Mr. Palmer subsequently have included such orchestras as the coached with him. At the age of 14, Mr. National Symphony, 1974-75and 1975-76, Palmer organized from among young where he was also in residency during the talent in Indianapolis a full symphony summer of 1976; and both the Portland orchestra, which grew to such a level of Symphony and the Detroit Symphony in proficiency that it was invited to play at 1974-75. Additionally, he served as Music leading universities and cities in Indiana. Director and Conductor for two seasons, Mr. Palmer graduated from Indiana 1974-75 and 1975-76, with the Augusta University where he studied conducting Opera Company during which the with Opera Conductor Wolfgang Vacano performances received outstanding notices and piano with the Chilean pianist nationally. Alfonso Montecino. He also studied with Also in 1974 Michael Palmer was named the distinguished musician and conducting one of six outstanding young American teacher Julius Herford, whose students conductors by the National Endowment have included such eminent musicians as for the Arts and Exxon Corporation to 23 nn______Force will perform in the New Gallery of the High Museum in conjunction with the special exhibition, Two Centuries of Black American Art. The performance will begin at 3:30 p.m. on February 13. No admission charge. Informal seating. Southurick Film on Black American Art a tradition among gentlemen. A short color film, made in conjunction H. STOCKTON - ATLANTA INC. with the exhibition, Two Centuries of 80 Forsyth Street. N.W. Lenox Square Black American Art, will be shown on February 13 at 2 and 3 p.m. and on February 20 at 1:30 p.m. The film, which discusses the art and artists represented in the exhibition, will be presented in the Hill Auditorium. THE ATLANTA COLLEGE OF ART Montag & Caldwell Student Juried Show
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2901 FIRST NATIONAL BANK TOWER first of what will become a regular annual ATLANTA, GEORGIA / 404 658-1190 event, The Atlanta College of Art will have a show of student work in the Galleria of the Memorial Arts Center, February 10- 24. Readers familiar with the college know that we have been having an annual Student Sale and Exhibition in the Galleria for the past several years, the most recent being the one held late in November of 1976. These exciting shows have been totally organized by the students and have been open to all students. The work displayed has been selected by the individual student exhibitor and the only jurying has been by student committee. Although the Student Sale Exhibits have all been great successes and will continue to be held, the faculty of the college has long felt the need for an exhibit which would be more selective in nature A ROMANTIC RESTAURANT and would better display the great depth, variety and quality of the Studio Program. The work on exhibit will be selected by the faculty of the college and will be the best examples of work done by the students in all of the areas of the Atlanta College of Container Art. GOURMET FOOD • SPIRITS • GIFTS The show will be open to the public LENOX SQUARE during all the times that the Memorial Arts behind Davison’s at E. Paces Ferry Center is open and everyone is invited to Sun.-Thurs. Fri. & Sat 11 am.—11 p.m. 11 am— 1 am. come see what we hope to be a very 262-7872 exciting display of work. (continued on page 28) jifi 24 ARTISTS (continued)
participate in the Exxon / Arts Endowment Palmer will be leaving the Atlanta Conductor’s Program. He was renamed to Symphony to assume the position of this program for the third consecutive year Music Director and Conductor of the in September, 1976. Wichita Symphony Orchestra. Our Beginning the 1977-78 Symphony audiences will miss this fine conductor, season, Mr. Palmer will no longer be the who has become an integral part of the Associate Conductor of the Atlanta Atlanta music scene and whose work here Symphony Orchestra. He was recently may be summed up in a review of one of his appointed as Music Director and performances by Atlanta Journal Conductor of the Wichita Symphony in music critic, John Schneider, in which he Kansas. wrote, “Palmer conducts with stunning Beginning the 1977-78 season, Mr. brilliance, drama and lyricism.”
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ROBERT SHAW Music Director and Conductor MICHAEL PALMER Associate Conductor and EXXON/Arts Endowment Conductor John Head Assistant Conductor John Naskiewicz Conducting Fellow
The Mr. & Mrs. Howard R. Peevy Concertmaster Chair is endowed by the Tommie & Howard Peevy Foundation
VIOLIN* FRENCH HORN William Steck Kathleen Kee Bruce Klingbeil John Hemgbaum Concertmaster Principal Martin Sauser Larry LeMaster Nan Maddox Brice Andrus Co-Concert master Assistant Principal Robert Harrison Bonita Potts Paul Warner Thomas Witte Associate Concertmaster Christopher Scheufler Willard Shull BASS* TRUMPET Assistant Concertmaster Dale Schmidt David Arenz Principal John Head Principal Second Violin Jane Little Principal Oscar Pereira Associate Principal Joseph Walthall Assistant Principal Ralph Jones Assistant Principal Second Violin Assistant Principal Prin. Second Trumpet John Adams Harvey Kaufman Larry Black Jaqueline Anderson Michael Kenady TROMBONE Frances Arm Thomas Thoreson Shalom Ben-Uri Harry Maddox Randolph Ujcich Principal Sharon Berenson Wiley Weaver Piotr Haase Richard Hansbery Martha Reaves Head FLUTE Donald Wells Stephen Horvath Warren Little BASS TROMBONE Ruth Little Principal Karen Matthews Paul Brittan Donald Wells David Myford Assistant Principal TUBA Thomas O'Donnell Prin. Second Flute Michael Moore Alice Oglesby Angela Allen Lorentz Ottzen TIMPANI Benjamin Picone PICCOLO Paul Yancich Susan Pitard Angela Allen Principal Carol Ramirez William Wilder Juan Ramirez OBOE Assistant Principal Ronda Respess Elaine Douvas Richard Robinson Principal PERCUSSION Patricio Salvatierra Elizabeth Camus Jack Bell Edward Scruggs Assistant Principal Principal Ann Pinney Steck Prin. Second Oboe Eugene Rehm Patricia Vas Dias Patrick McFarland William Wilder Frank Walton ENGLISH HORN HARP VIOLA* Patrick McFarland Judy Beattie Robert Jones Principal CLARINET KEYBOARD Peter Bertolino Norman Baker Alice Oglesby Assistant Principal Acting Principal PERSONNEL MANAGER Ardath Cohen William Rappaport John Detrino Douglas Smith Martin Sauser Manuel Diaz PERSONNEL MGR. EMERITUS Enid Jones BASS CLARINET Marion Kent Douglas Smith Harry Robkin Haskell Marrinson BASSOON LIBRARIAN Heidi Moss Nitchie David Hinshaw Robert Parcells Carl Nitchie Stephen Horvath, Ass't. Principal CELLO* Charles Nussbaum STAGE MANAGER Robert Marsh Assistant Principal Michael Destazio Principal Prin. Second Bassoon Patrick Noon, Ass't. Edmond Basson Daniel Dowdakin Assistant Principal Jere Flint CONTRA BASSOON Kay Gardner Daniel Dowdakin 'Players Listed Alphabetically
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27 Illi______Visiting Artist “Looking For A Super Office?” February 14-26, Gallery 413 will have an exhibition of work by nationally known artist/illustrator Walt Spitzmiller. Mr. John Hunsinger Spitzmiller was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated from & Company Washington University School of Fine Arts. His work has appeared in many Commercial and Industrial Real Estate publications including Sports Illustrated 1819 Peachtree Road, Northeast 404.351*6813 and Redbook. Mr. Spitzmiller is Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, Dallas, Tokyo, Paris recognized as one of the top illustrators in the country. He has taught at several colleges and has been a visiting artist at many more. ALLIANCE THEATRE COMPANY Hedda Gabler Now At Alliance Theatre PERIMETER ALLIANCE THEATRE will be CUMBERLAND presenting Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler LENOX February 3 through 19. Critic Clive Barnes calls Hedda Gabler “one of the most flawless plays ever written.” Dana Ivey The world’s finest record, returns to the Alliance stage to play Ibsen’s stereo and music dealer most enigmatic heroine. Atlanta audiences will recall Miss Ivey’s moving performance as “Annie Sullivan” in last season’s The Miracle Worker. Open Discussions To Be Regular First Sunday Feature At Alliance Theatre Sunday Matinees Following the first Sunday matinee performance of Hedda Gabler and throughout the season after the first Harper’s Flowers Sunday matinee of each production, 1201 West Peachtree Street, N.E. Alliance Theatre audiences will be invited 876-5766 to remain for an informal discussion with We accept all major credit cards. the director, actors in the company, and occasional special guests. The discussion will not be limited to the play itself, but will be open to topics and themes suggested by DINE AND DANCE AMONG THE STARS the play. Alliance Theatre Presents This Season's New Play "Come Back To the 5 and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean" Opens February 24 One way to divide the generations of the mid-twentieth century is between those 590 WEST who actually remember James Dean and atopxjteu^ra ATLANTA HOTEL those who have only heard of him. Ed 590 West Peachtree Street Graczyk’s new play Come Back To the 5 28 mi______Award winning and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Restaurant since 1962 humorously probes that part of the human and social psyche which pours its energy into the idolization of a hero and seeks its place in the comfort of a cult. This play peers Janus-faced into a reality which ignores the line between past and present, tragic and bathetic, male and female. The women who come yearly to the Coach Sc Six Restaurant H. L. Kressmont 5 and dime to renew the 1776 Peachtree St., N.W. 872-6666 cult of Jimmy Dean travel dusty Texas roads which bring them out of the past and into the present, out of the present and into the past. You are invited to attend the twentieth reunion of the Marfa, Texas chapter of the Disciples of James Dean. On stage at the Alliance Theatre February 24 through March 12.
VAGABOND MARIONETTES Vincent Anthony’s Vagabond Marionettes open Jack and the Beanstalk on Friday, January 7th in the Studio Theatre of the Atlanta Memorial Arts Center. It is the second show of this season and plays through March 5th. Performances are held Saturdays at 11 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM for the general public and weekdays at 10 AM and 11:30 AM for school groups. For Saturday tickets call 892-2414 and for weekdays call 524-2095 or 873-3089. As advance sales on this show have been very heavy, the public is encouraged to purchase tickets well in advance. THE PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHERS DANCE ATLANTA OF ATLANTA Jose Limon Dance Company To Appear In Atlanta The Jose Limon Dance Company will be in residence in Atlanta on February 10, 11, and 12 under the sponsorship of Dance i Atlanta. The company will perform on Saturday, February 12 at 8:00 P.M. in Symphony Hall, Atlanta Memorial Arts Center. Dance classes in Limon technique are planned for February 10 and 11. Give The program for the February 12 concert in Symphony Hall will include AMERICAN CP CANCER SOCIETY Limon’s most famous piece, The Moor’s Pavane, which was created in 1949 and is based loosely on the jealousies and 29 Illi______SINCE 1948 tensions of the Othello story. None of the Dine works scheduled for the February 12 Nearby concert has been seen before in Atlanta. before the show at j CROSSROADS “yl restaurant and lounge 1556 peachtree st. open every day — 875-6375
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ACA Atlanta College HMA High Museum of of Art Art ACT: Atlanta Children's MR: Member's Room Theatre PR: Paneled Room AT: Alliance Theatre RH: Rehearsal Hall ATC: Alliance Theatre SH: Symphony Hall Company ST: Studio Theatre ASO: Atlanta Symphony WHA Walter Hill Orchestra Auditorium GAL Galleria For ticket information, call the box office at 892-2414. For other information, call 892-3600.
Concerts
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2 Open Rehearsal, 10:00 a.m. — 12 noon, SH, Michael Palmer conducting, Claudio Arrau, piano. THURSDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY ______FEBRUARY 3, 4, & 5______Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, 8:30 p.m., SH. Michael Palmer conducting, Claudio Arrau, piano; Mozart: Symphony No. 29: Dallapiccola: Variations for Orchestra; Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1. 30 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6 Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, 8:30 p.m., SH. Michael Palmer conducting and John Naskiewicz conducting. Haydn: Symphony No. cfheSpotlight 87; Debussy: Nocturne; Wagner: Good Friday Spell from Parsifal-, Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien. isonthe THURSDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY ______FEBRUARY 17, 18, & 19 cBrothefscIwo Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, 8:30, SH. Hiroyuki Iwaki conducting. Ishii: Jo; Ravel: "Daphnis et too! Chloe," Suite No. 2; Brahms: Symphony No. 1. THURSDAY FRIDAY & SATURDAY ______FEBRUARY 24, 25, 26 ...and our new Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, 8:30, SH Hiroyuki Iwaki conducting, Kyung-Wha Chung, violin. Satie (Debussy): Gymnopedies; Walton: Violin after theatre menu Concerto; Rachmaninoff: The Isle of the Dead; Ravel: Bolero. & free ______SUNDAyTfEBRUARY 27 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, 2:30, SH. Same underground program. parking in Colony Square. Exhibitions
High Museum hours: 10:00 to 5:00 Mon. through Sat., 12:00 to 5:00 Sun., closed evenings. Art Shop hours; open during regular High Museum hours. THE CITY and Jr. Art Shop hours: 3:00 to 4:45 Mon. through Fri., 12:00 to 4:45 Sat. and Sun. Donation: 25C Children, 50C Adults, Museum Members free. THE CITY is reserved at other hours during the week for scheduled school tours by prior arrangement only. Gallery 413: open weekdays from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. The Gallery is located in the Atlanta College of Art, Level “A”.
CONTINUING THROUGH FEBRUARY 20 Two Centuries of Black American Art, HMA, New Galleries, third floor. A loan exhibition of more than 200 works by black artists ranging from anonymous slaves to recognized artists of the mid-20th century. ~ CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS The City, HMA, Junior Gallery. Discover the city as a place made up of color, line, space, shapes and texture—the elements of design. Award winning exhibition designed by Heery & Heery, Architects and Engineers. Admission fee to non Members. The William and Robert Arnett Collection of Antique Chinese Jades. HMA. McBurney Galleries, third floor. Continuing on extended loan. American Painting In the High Museum of Art, HMA, Central Galleries, second floor. A selection cBrotherscKvo of major American works in the Museum's permanent collection. Illustrated catalogue Restaurant and cPub available. On view indefinitely. European Ceramics Galleries, HMA, McBurney Open til 2 a.m. Gallery, third floor. A special installation of more 100 Colony Square Bldg, than 350 pieces from the collections of Mr. and Mrs. G. Ryland Scott and their families, Mr. and (red level) Mrs. Emory L. Cocke, and the Museum’s 14th & Peachtree permanent collection. Sponsors: Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey Hopkins, Jr. and the Atlanta Arts Alliance. Atlanta Designer: Roy P. Frangiamore, A.I.A. Ceramics 892-1975 Consultant: John Austin, Colonial Williamsburg. Photography: Kathryn Eros Green. 31 Industrial, Office, Retail or Residential, we know real estate...from the ground up.
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FEBRUARY 10 thru 24 __ SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27 Atlanta College of Art Student Exhibition, Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Galleria. Faculty selected works from the B.F.A. Jimmy Dean. 2:30, AT Degree Program. Open to the public during all the times that the Memorial Arts Center is open. FEBRUARY 14 thru 26 Walt Spitzmiller, ACA, Gallery 413, Level "A ". A traveling exhibition of work by this nationally Dance known artist/illustrator.
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THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 3, 4, & 5 Hedda Gabler, 8:00, AT. Alliance Theatre Company. Henrik Ibsen creates the consummate Special Events portrait of a neurotic woman, portrayed by Dana Ivey. Kent Paul, director______SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6^ SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Hedda Gabler, 2:30, AT.______Georgia Council for the Arts, 7:30 p.m., SH TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY _ FRIDAY & SATURDAY __ FEBRUARY 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 Hedda Gabler, 8:00, AT ______SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Lectures Hedda Gabler, 2:30, AT. TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY FRIDAY & SATURDAY __ SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6 ______FEBRUARY 15, 16, 17, 18 & 19 Tour of the exhibition, Two Centuries of Black Hedda Gabler, 8:00, AT.______American Art, by Evelyn Mitchell, guest lecturer, THURSDAY, FRIDAY^ SATURDAY 2:00, New Gallery, third floor. ___ FEBRUARY 24, 25, 26 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, HMA Re-Viewing the Masters Lecture Series, Jimmy Dean, 8:00. AT. Alliance Theatre WHA, 10:00 and 8:00. Catherine Evans, lecturer. Company. A new play by a new playwright, Ed Subject: Friedrich: Mountains and Mists—the Graczyk. At a hauntingly funny reunion, the Gothic in German Romanticism. Cost for the disciples of James Dean relive the past. Fred series: $6.50 HMA Members, $8.50 Students with Chappell, director. ID’s, $10 General Public. 32 THU RSDAY, FEBRUARY 10______HMA Illustrated Lecture, WHA, 8:15. Guest lecturer: Carl Dauterman. Subject: "Royal Rivals: Meissen and Sevres. $2 Admission.______WEDNESDAY? FEBRUARY16~~ HMA Re-Viewing the Masters Lecture Series, MAN WHA, 10:00 and 8:00. Catherine Evans, lecturer. Subject: "Courbet: The Socialist Aesthetic" Cost for the series: $6.50 Museum Members with cards, SHALL NOT $8.50 Students with ID's, $10 General Public. LIVE BY
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3 BREAD Henry V, HMA Laurence Olivier Film Series, 8:00, WHA. $1 Museum Members with cards, $1.50 Students with ID's, $2 General Public.______ALONE. frudayFfebruary 4~ Wuthering Heights and The Entertainer, HMA Turn your next dinner into a cele Laurence Olivier Film Series, 8:00. WHA. $1 bration at Atlanta's loveliest Museum Members with cards, $1.50 Students with ID's, $2 General Public.______restaurant—and treat yourself, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY?) before or afterwards, to light Disney Cartoon Parade and Hansel and Gretel, HMA Movies for Kids Series, 10:30 and 1:30, WHA. piano classics and a delightful 50 THE ATLANTA ARTS ALLIANCE Charles R. Yates President James K. Grlffeth Controller Children William Shippen Facilities Manager ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Frank Ratka THE CITY exhibition—for Children and Adults— General Manager Richard W. Thompson in the High Museum of Art. Open daily 3:00-4:45 Assistant Manager p.m. and weekdays 12:00-4:45. Admission: 25® Children, 50® Adults, Free HMA Members. THE HIGH MUSEUM OF ART Gudmund Vlgtel TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Director Ms. Paula Hancock Jack and the Beanstalk, Vagabond Marionettes. Curator of Education 10:00 and 11:30, ST. Vince Anthony, Director. THE ATLANTA COLLEGE OF ART WEDNESDAY,THURSDAY William Voos FEBRUARY 2 & 3 President Anthony Greco Punch and Judy, Atlanta Children's Theatre. 10:00 Academic Dean a.m. and 12:00, AT. A zany musical farce full of Mrs. Guthrie Foster slapstick, song and dance. Charles L. Doughty, Dean of Students director. THE ALLIANCE THEATRE COMPANY David Bishop Jack and the Beanstalk, Vagabond Marionettes, ^Producing Director 11:00, 1:00 and 3:00, ST.______Fred Chappell Artistic Director ______FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4______THE ATLANTA CHILDREN S THEATRE Punch and Judy, Atlanta Children's Theatre. 10:00 Charles L. Doughty a.m. and 12:00, AT. Director Jack and the Beanstalk, Vagabond Marionettes, PARKING FACILITIES: Center Parking garage with 10:00 and 11:30, ST.______covered parking directly adjacent to Center, entrances on Peachtree and Lombardy Way; also commercial parking SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 5 across from Peachtree entrance to Center, and north of First Presbyterian Church. Jack and the Beanstalk, Vagabond Marionettes, 11:00, 1:00 and 3:00, ST. BOX OFFICE: (404) 892-2414 Hours: Mon. through Fri. 10-6 pm (or until curtain); Sat. noon-4:00 (or until curtain); Punch and Judy, Atlanta Children’s Theatre, 2:30 Sun. noon-3:00. The Memorial p.m., AT. Arts Center Box Office handles tickets for the Atlanta Symphony, Atlanta Children’s Theatre, Alliance Theatre MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY Company. Dance Atlanta, Theatre Atlanta Off Peachtree; FEBRUARY 7, 8, 9, 10 Vagabond Marionettes; Travelogue Film Series; also on night of performance, all tickets for any event scheduled in Punch and Judy, Atlanta Children’s Theatre, 10:00 the Arts Center. a m. and 12:00, AT. fridayTfebruary TOURS: For information on regular weekday tours or TT ~ ___ group tour arrangements, call (404) 892-3600. Jack and the Beanstalk, Vagabond Marionettes. 10:00 and 11:30, ST.______RESTROOMS: Located off the Galleria Balcony across from both Symphony Hall and the Alliance Theatre. Also ______SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19______located adjacent to the balcony lobbies inside Symphony Hall. Jack and the Beanstalk, Vagabond Marionettes, 11:00, 1:00 and 3:00, ST.______Atlanta Children’s Theatre presents the OUR COVER: MONDAY, TUESDAY? WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY musical farce Punch and Judy through February 17 on the FEBRUARY 14, 15, 16, 17 Alliance Theatre stage. 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