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Evening star., 1961-01-02

The search. for the great
American opera goes on.
Yesterday afternoon, NBC-
TV presented the latest entry
in the steeplechase, offering the
world premier of Leonard
Kastle's 'Deseret" in a version
slightly abbreviated to At the
exigencies of the two-hour time
span available.
The locale - apparently 9
growing favorite---is the Ameri-
can West Of some time ago;
specifically, Salt Lake City
capital of the Mormon State Of
Deseret in the fall of 1862.
The story is a change runs
on the familiar theme Of love
VS.. duty, with love winning out
in the end. Ann Louisa Brice
a Mormon maiden. is about tt
become Brigham Young,s 25tt
wife when she discovers thai
she is in love with a non.
Mormon, young, dashing cap.
tain in the United States Army
After a narrowing bout with hel
conscience, all ends well a;
Brigham Young releases hel
from her VOWS, seeing in hel
departure from Salt Lake City
a prophetic vision of Deseret
Evening star., 1961-01-02

active attention and interest
more than most. The Couperin
piece. with its exploration OF
the mechanical capabilities OF
the organ Of his period, and
with the excessively hammered
and ornamented little sections
in which one step assumes a
solo part, as In the "Recit de
Chromhorne." sounds out of
place and trivial, in so vast a
setting as the Cathedral, and
with so large an organ. The
Franck Prelude, Fugua, ct Va
Ration. suffers from the short
ness Of phrase and the ex-
cessive chromatioism of most
OF this composers work. Only
the Alain piece seemed fresh
and vital, with some unusual
and interesting f1guration, and
with harmony that did not be-
come monotonous in its frame
work.
Mr.. Osborne's playing, on
the other hand, was more than
satisfactory. 1t was distin-
guished by restrained and
tasteful registration, by ac-
curacy and clarity in his
projection Of the music, and
by refined and graceful phras-
ing.
The audience was larger
than usual for organ recitals,
and remained throughout the
program.
Evening star., 1961-01-02

Robert Paris, a Washington
resident known for his we'll
wrought compositions, trench
ant criticisms, and incisive per-
formances. appeared in the
capacity Of performer at Phil
lips Gallery yesterday. in COM
pany with his new Sperrhake
harpsichord.
One Of the selections on Mr..
Paris program was q month
old, another less than a decade
old, and the third was written
nearly 200 years ago: but to
all intents and purposes every
thing on the program was new.
Don Manuel Eiasco de Nebra's
opus l set Of six sonatas has
spent most Of its long life
gathering dust far from the
concert hall, so it came to us
yesterday as new and uncorn-
monty refreshing work. The
opus l Sonatas are the only
samples Of this Spanish COM
poser's work to have come down
to us. and these survive in only
one known copy. which is in
the Library Of Congress.
While there is a superficial
sameness to Nebra's six short
sonatas they all are in two
movements, one slow and one
fast-there Is considerable va
riety in their musical content
and even in their vocabulary.
The first, In c minor, uses q
strikingly lean mixture, indulg-
ing in long passages with only
two lines, or a single eloquent
voice. The G minor Sonata is
notable for its melting chro-
matte harmony, and the final
one, in E, for its more tradi-
tional regularity. close to the
better known sonatas Of c. P.
E. Bach.
The newest work Of the after
noon was a Suite by Washing
toms Russell Woollen. Father
Woollen has couched his de-
lightful little piece in BaroQue
terms-the lean counterpoint Of
the moving "Plainte" was, in
Evening star., 1961-01-02

deed. medieval In spirit. But
the pungent harmonic vocab-
ulary and spirited rhythms
were, Of course, strictly goth
century.
Mr.. Paris performance was
marked by facile articulation
and intelligent registration, en-
ploying contrasting timbres not
merely to distinguish solo voices
and antiphonal effects. but to
add to the inner structural
logic Of the music. The Gal
lery's large and enthusiastic
audience will not soon forget
one Of the seasons more sub
statial musical attractions,
Evening star., 1961-01-02
NEWS OF MUSIC
New Opero on 'V
Sincere, Not Great

going out into the world Of the
Gentiles to conquer.
Mr.. Kastle works within the
idiom made familiar by Clan
Carlo Menotti and Carlisle
Floyd. The opera is replete with
Americanisms-much of the
thematic material is based on
authentic Mormon hymns-and
utilizes a not unattractive COM
bination Of modal and mildly
dissonant harmonies. Occasion
ally the composer demonstrates
an ability to shape an eloquent
lyric line, but for the most part,
the arias struck me as undis-
tinguished and the prosody
clumsy.
This is not, I am sorry to say,
the great American opera or
even a reasonable facsimile
thereof. Despite the care
lavished on the production and
the evident sincerity of the eff
fort, I cannot see more Of q
future for "Deseret" than a
more or less rapid descent into
obscurity.
i The opera provided Kenneth
Smith (seen in Washington in
a minor role last week in the
! OSW production of Stravinsky's
Nightingale" with a excep-
tionally juicy role and q fine
chance to demonstrate the
great power and velvety quality
of his voice.
j Judith, Raskin, an excellent
artist who is no stranger here
was dramatically convincing as
Ann Louisa, but did not sing as
well as she has done before
John Alexander was q good
heroic tenor and the remainder
of the small cast was thorough
ly competent.
AS is customary with TV
opera productions for some
reason, the balance between
voices and orchestra was most
unsatisfactory, with the latter
sounding, for the most part like
something resurrected from the
days of acoustical recording and
the former twice as big as life,
Evening star., 1961-01-02
PARIS PERFORMS
ON HARPSICHORD
BY DONALD L. LEAVITT
Contributing Critic

Robert Paris. harpsichord. At the
Phillips Gallery. Progfam: Sonata,
op. So. Persichetti: Seis Sonatas, op.
I, Manuel Blasco de Nebra: Suite,
Russell Woollen.
Evening star., 1961-01-02
OSBORNE GIVES
ORGAN RECITAL
BY WENDELL MARGRAVE
Contributing Critic

william Osborne. organist. At
Washington Cathedral. Program:
Messo pour les Paroisses, Couperin;
Preldde, Fugue, ct Variations, Franek:
Ltanies, Alain.
William Osborne Of Ann Arbor,
Mich, was Yesterdays guest or
genist at the washington Cath
edral In program Immediately
following the Evensong service.
The recital offered work.
by three French composers
an organ mass in ten section
by Francois Couperin, an ex
tended piece by Cesar Franck
and a short and rather brillian
work by Jehan Alain.
This is music that resists m,
Evening star., 1961-01-02
NEWS or MUSIC
BY IRVING LowENS
star Music Critic

NBc Television Network presents
music by Leonard Kastle, lihretto bv
Anne Howard Bailey. NBC opera
SSSmp,aory' ces Pster or Herman d1asT Adler.
pearance); Ann Louisa, Judith
Raskin tsoprano); Mr.. Brice. Mac
Morgan lBafitone); Mrs. Brice,
Marjorie Mcclung (mezZo- -soprano) ;
Sarah. Rosemary Kuhlmann (con-
Smith 4bass1; Capt. James Dee, John
Alexander (tenor).
Evening star., 1961-07-16
Climbers Hunted
On Mount Blanc

COURMAYEUR, Italy, July
Is (AP).-Braving 50-mile-an-
hour winds, rescue teams
sought today to locate seven
climbers reported missing on
Mount Blanc since Monday.
Police said they were four
Frenchmen and three Italians.
Among the Italians was a noted
climber, Walter Bonatti, who
has taken part in expeditions
to peaks of Kashmir.
Last news of the group was
found in a register at the
Fourche hut, high on a slope
of Mount Blanc. Mr.. Bonatti
had written:
I'VE leave at 2400 hours
(mldnlght) OF July 8. Here
we found four French climbers,
also trying to climb the Phone
Centrale Central peak of
Mount Blanc.
After friendly talk, we de-
cided to climb the peak to-
gether. The Frenchmen are
Mazaud, Kollmann, Guilaune
and Vieille of the French Alpine
Club. all academicians of the
mountain. The weather is
splendid"
Evening star., 1961-07-16
PopeCurbs
Analyses
For Priests

VATICAN CITY, July Is
(AP) The Vatican Congrega-
ton of the Holy office, OF
which Pope John XIII is pre-
feet, today forbade priests and
nuns and other members Of
religious orders to practice OF
submit to psychoanalysis with
out special permission.
A decree said priests and
other religious members Of
both sexes could go to psyche
analysts only for grave cause,
and with the permission OF
their bishops.
The warning. published in
L'OSservatore Romano, said it
was prompted because of recent
dangerous opinions expressed
concerning the Sixth Com
mandment, which forbids adul-
terry.
The congregation directed
bishops, rectors of theological
colleges and seminars and re-
Iligious schools to see that those
teaching moral theology and
analogous disciplines adhere to
the traditional doctrine Of the
Roman Catholic Church.
It also cautioned ecclesiasti-
cal censors to use great caution
in judging books and publica-
tions which deal with the Sixth
Commandment.
It forbids clergy and relig-
ious members from activity in
psychoanalysis.
Evening star., 1961-07-16
BY the Associated Press

Employers are now paying
over three-quarters of the more
than $40 billion annual' cost
of worker pension welfare
plans. The plans have assets
of close to $50 billion.
The Government made pub
lie yesterday a new summary
of the vast sums being amaSsed
by employers for their workers
and by the workers them
selves-for their old age and
for health and other protection
during their working lives.
The study was submitted by
Secretary of Labor Goldberg
to a House Labor subcommittee
in support of Administrations
backed legislation to require
greater safeguards against cor
ruption in pension welfare
funds.
Despite the tremendous
equity of American workers in
these plans" Mr.. Goldberg
wrote Chairman Roosevelt
Democrat of California, "there
is virtually no protection OF
these monies under the present
weak law"
In hearings before Mr.. Roose-
velt's subcommittee. employer
groups have opposed the tigher
controls proposed by Mr.. Gold
berg, contending for one thing
that the nature of fund invest
mentS is best kept secret.
Evening star., 1961-07-16
Kennedy Will Mobilize
Reserves, Paper Says

CHICAGO, July Is (APl.-
The Chicago Sun said in
it's Sunday edition that Presi-
dent Kennedy has reached q
firm decision to mobilize some
elements of the armed reserves
to meet the Soviet threat to
West Berlin.
The story said key members
of Congress have been advised
of the decision.
Final determination OF how
many men will be mobilized
what reserves and National
Guard elements will be in
volved, and when they will be
ordered to active duty has
been deferred until Mr.. Ken.
nedy receives a detailed Penta-
gon review this week." the papel
lSaid.
The President has authority
to call up as many as / mil.
lion men without any actor
by Congress.
In Washington, a Pentagor
spokesman replied mo. com.
ment" when asked about the
story. Members of Congress.
available at the Capital pro.
fessed no knowledge of any
such decision by the President
The Defense Department ha.
Evening star., 1961-07-16
Getting on Record

MAILER: Symphony No.
4 in G major, Concertgebouw
Orchestra, Georg Solti con-
ducting-Gondon)-I there
were such a contest, this
symphony might win first
place as the most delightful
ever written. Solti and the
ever-faithful Amsterdamers
give it a refined, shining
performance. After a rather
shaky start, Sylvia Stahlman
does well in the solo soprano
part.
HAYDN: Concertos for
Horn and Strings in D major
and for Trumpet and Or
chestra in E flat major.
MOLTER: Concerto for Clari-
net, Strings and Continue in
G major, NWDR and Munich
Orchestras, Christoph Stepp
and Hans Stadlmair con-
ducting-(Archive) This is
another in the Archive re
search" series. one of the
finest ventures on records.
The performances from Rolf
Lind, horn, Adolf Scherbaum,
trumpet and Jost Michaels,
clarinet, are letter perfect.
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto
No. 2 in B flat, Gyorgy
Evening star., 1961-07-16

been working since early this
week on a review of readiness
of conventional forces which
might be needed to implement
any moves decided upon by Mr..
Kennedy.
At a news conference on
Tuesday, Deputy Secretary of
Defense Roswell Gilpatric said
mobilization of some Guard and
Reserve units is one of the
steps under consideration.
The paper said that the units
most likely to be called were
the 102d Army Reserve Divi-
sion, made up Of Illinois and
Missouri components; the 103d
of Iowa, Minnesota and Wis
consin; the 77th of New York;
the 10th Pennsylvania Della
ware Maryland; the 83d Ohio
West Virginia and the Goth
Texas.
In addition smaller units
from other States would be
called up to bring the divisions
some of which are as much
as so per cent understrength-
up to full 14,000-n1an strength.
The central training camp
is likely to be Fort Jackson,
SC, which is not now being
used to full capacity, the story
added.
Evening star., 1961-07-16
TODAYS GOOD
MUSIC DIAL
9:O6, WASH-FM (97.1 Mc.)-
NH = a =. ~ - - l. aR NE,,ssa

9:O6, WASH-FM (97.1 Mc.)-
asterworks of Music
Brahms Variations on 9
Theme by Haydn.
1905, WGMS AM-FM $50 Kc
and 103 Me- - Sunday y
Morning Symphony. Ber-
lioz' Harold in Italy, Opus
16.
11:3O, WASH-FM 1914 Mc.)-
Music of Distinction. Church
Windows, by Respighi.
1900, WMAL-FM (1O7.3 Mc.)-
Recital Stage. Arthur Cru
miaux, violinist, performs
works by Corelli, Mozart,
Paganini and Debussy.
100, WMAL-FM (107.3 Me-
Matinee Concert. Lehar's
Merry Widow: WaltzeS.
2:O5, WGMS AM-FM $50 Kc
and 1888 Mc.)-Boston Pops
Concert. David Tyler, pianist
Works by Tchaikovsky
Wa agner, Beethoven and
Hayman.
$500, WMAL-FM (1O7.3 Me-
Cleveland Orchestra.
Works by Brahms, Dvorak
and Mailer.
4:30, WASH-FM (97.1 Mc.)-
Masterworks from France
Premier Cantique Spiritual
by Marchand.
sos, WGMS AMIN $50 Kc.
and 1885 Me- - Summer
Symphony. Menotti's Piano
Concerto in F; LiSzt's Me-
phisto Waltz.
500, WMAL-FM (1O7.3 Mc.)-
Music of the Dance. Works
by BiZet and Tchaikovsky
$500, WGMS AMIN $50 Kc,
and 1885 Mc.) - Marlboro
Music Festival. Rudolf Ser
kin, director. Works by
Schubert, Beethoven,
Brahms and Mozart.
$3.50, WTOP - World Music
Festivals. The Bergen Har-
monia Orchestra performs
works by Ibert and Ravel.
9:06, WASH-FM (97.1 Nc
Watergate Concert. The Air
Force Symphony performs
music by Tchaikovsky, Lii
tolff and Rodgers and Ham,
merStein.
1890, WGMS AM-FM $50 Kc.
and 1885 Me- - Archive
Hour. Handel's Concerto
Crosse in c, "Alexander's
Feast"
11:OO, WMAL-FM (1O7.3 Me-
Recent Releases. Evening
Concert. Sullivan's 1.-THE
Yeoman of the Guard"
Overture.
11:11, WASH-FM (97.1 Mc.)-
Symphonic Highlights.
Rachmaninoff's Vocalise.
1901, WWDC - Music Til
Dawn. Strauss Sprach h
Zarathustra.
Evening star., 1961-07-16

operas. Richard Bales is
at Cleveland Wednesday night
guest-conducting the Cleve-
land Summer Orchestra. Pro-
gram: 1.-THE Confederacy"
and "The Union" Six
teen-year-old Abbott Lee Rus
kin, who played the solo part
of a Khachaturian paino
concerto with the National
Symphony Orchestra VIII e n
the Russian composer was a
guest here in 1859, is the
winner Of the 1861 Stillman
Kelley Scholarship of the
National Federation of Music
Clubs. Summer music
seems to be livelier than ever
this year-even for chamber
music fans. Beginning next
Sunday, the first of three free
Sunday afternoon concerts
played by the American Uni
versity Quartet will take
place. The concerts, under
the sponsorship of the United
States Committee for the
United Nations, will feature
works of composers of many
United Nations countries. No
tickets required-all seats are
on the grass at 5000 Watson
place NV. If there is rain,
the concert will be Cancelled
1t was announced last
week that the State Depart
ment will pick up half of the
tab for the cost of a trip by
the Santa Fe Opera Company
to West Berlin and Warsaw.
Evening star., 1961-07-16

Sander, piano, with the
SudweStfunk Orchestra of
Baden-Baden, Rolf Rein
hardt conducting-(Vox)-
Sander long ago convinced
us of his versatility and
musicianship. His . Bartok
rings with authority, his
Schumann sings and now he
gives us an authoritative,
strong reading of the beloved
Brahms.
MENDELSSOHN: Sym
phony No. 3 in A minor
(Scotch), Vienna Symphony, ;,
Otto Klemperer conducting
-(Vox)-The ever-depend-
able Klemperer, more ia
miliar in Beethoven or
Mozart, does what comes
naturally in spinning a spa
ciouS, easy-paced Scotch in
which the inner voices have
plenty of breathing room.
Every essence of beauty is
tenderly extracted.
BEETHOVEN: Concerto
for Violin and Orchestra: !:
Two RomanceS for Violin and
Orchestra, Susanne Lauten-
bacher, violin, with the West
faliScheS Symphony, Hubert
Reichert and Curt Cremer
conducting - (Vox) - Miss
Lautenbacher has some tough
competition in the concerto
and while she doesn't lead
the field, her performance is
distinguished by its un-
hammered fidelity.
Evening star., 1961-07-16
RECORD REVIEW
Exceptional Recording
By Froncis PouIenc
By HERMAN SCHADEN
Star Record Critic

Francis Poulenc's high
ranking among Goth century
composers is justified not so
much by the witty, satirical
pieces Of his earlier years as
by such works as the Gloria
in G major for Soprano,
Chorus ad Orchestra re-
corded for the first time by
Angel.
Commissioned by the Kous-
sevitzky Commission of the
Library of Congress, it is
magnificent in its concep-
ton and execution. It is
simple and yet grand and
if its foundation is religious,
there is nothing long-faced
about it. Poulenc proves new
music still can be harmo-
NOUS, yet fresh.
Another From POuIenc
The Silver-voiced soprano
Rosanna Carteri scars beauti-
fully above the darker
choral background. Georges
Pretre conducts the French
National Radio Television
Orchestra and Chorus.
On the reverse side,
another Poulenc gem: His
Concerto in G minor for
Organ, Strings and Timpani.
Poulenc's inventiveness
makes this an unalloyed Joy
of ever-shifting melodies and
moods, expertly played by
Organist Maurice Durufle
and the French orchestra.
Adams Masterpiece
Another Frenchm a n,
Adolphe Adam, spent most
Of his creative days writing
an amazing total of SO
operas. Remember any of
them? Perhaps not, but all
ballet fans know his Giselle,
the oldest still in the active
repertory. Adam is credited
with knocking out this
enchanting dance drama in
one week.
With pardonable pride,
Mercury Records presents
the complete score on two
records. It is accomplished
with taste and eclat by the
London Symphony under
Anatole Fistoulari.
Mercury's excellent publ
cist, Clair Van Ausdall, re-
minds us that Mercury now
has recorded in toto the
"big six" of balletdom, the
others being Tchaikovsky's
Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty
and Swan Lake, and Delibes'
Sylvia and Coppelia.
Evening star., 1961-07-16

trio clippers, ultraviolet
rayed implements, and all
sorts Of other nice things.
All of which is intended to
get us out of the barbershop
as fast as possible.
Once an English dramatist
could write:
He has Travelled, and
speaks languages as a bar
ber's boy plays o. the cit
tern"
Henry Fielding once noted
that a "cittern is as natural
to a barber as milk to a calf,
or dancing-bears to a bag
pipe"
Give a cittern to a barber
today and the chances are he
will use it as an ashtray.
OnaLnpoo, ANYBODY?
= + \
NOTES FROM HERE. -,
Margaret Hills, nationally
known conductor and choral
director of the Chicago SYM
phony Orchestra Chorus, will
conduct a six-day Summer
Choral Workshop beginning
today at the University of
Maryland. Participating will
be many school choral direc-
tors and about 100 high school
students from Maryland and
D. C. -. There will be much
singing Friday night at the
Watergate, when the Air
Force Symphony and no less
than seven soloists present
excerpts from eight favorite
Evening star., 1961-07-16
A Bach Festival

A devotee Of j. S. Bach
could sit himself down with
the items mentioned below
and haveth a ball, circa 100.
Each and every one recon-
mended unStintingly:
Cd Violinist David Oistrakh
and HarpsichordiSt Hans
Pischner playing Sonatas
No. 5 in F minor and 6 in G
major. OiStrakh'S tone was
never more melting; his key
board companion is his equal
in two exquisite pieces.
(DeutSche Grammophon.)
(2) The Four Suites played
by the Mainz Chamber Or
cheStra, Guenter Kehr con-
Quoting. A marvellous acqui-
sition for anyone wanting all
of these played with preci-
sion and elan. Two records
(Vox Twins.
90 Helma Elsner in an ex-
cellent harpsichord recital
including the italian Con-
certo, Chromatic Fantasia
and Fugue in D minor, Toe
cata and Fugue in c minor
and Fantasia in c. minor.
(Vox.)
a. Walter Kraft at the
organ in Munster, Alsace,
built (1730-O by Andreas
Silbermann. A varied pro-
gram (stereo or mono) of
distinction including Fan
tasia in G major, Toccata
and Fugue in D minor, Pas
torale in F major, and sew
eral choral preludes, among
them Sleepers Awake. Beau
tiful organ sound. (Vox.)
Evening star., 1961-07-16
y. S. Seeks Safeguards
Over Pension Billions

Mr.. Goldberg said a summary
Of pension-welfare plan reports
already filed shows that in 1859
total assets were nearly $48 bill
lion. Contributions last year
exceeded $40 billion while bene-
fits paid out topped $5.5 billion.
Since more welfare-pension
plans have been inaugurated
since 1859 total assets of all
such plans must now be in the
neighborhood of $50 billion.
Mr.. Goldberg'S summary
showed that employers were
paying n per cent Of the
annual cost Of pension and
welfare plans combined. For
pension plans alone the en-
ployer cost was SO per cent and
for welfare plans 10 per cent.
Evening star., 1961-07-16
Jupun Plants Bununus

TOKYO. - A toucll of the
tropics is being added to ia
pans Southernmost island, KY
ushu. Two thousand banana
saplings are being plante e d
along the sides Of a scenic
roadway at Nichinan Beach in
Miyazaki Prefecture. They are
expected to bear fruit in about
three years.
Evening star., 1961-07-16
PROGRAMS OF THE WEEK

sterling; Invitation to the Dance,
Weber: Street Scene, Newman:
Feel Song Comm On, McHugh
Fields and Oppenheimer (speciaiist
joey TrabuccO, tenor); lorna a Sur
riento, Curtis (Specialist Joey Ira
bucco, tenor); Selections from NV
Fair Lady. Lowe Specialist Joey
TsaDucco, tenorl: Variations. on a
Theme from 1t. Kije. Prokofief-
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE SYM
PHoNY ORCHESTRA, Capt. Robert
I. Landers, conducting. Soloists:
Ep,r;a,nlos; Marjorie Fuller. alto; M/sgt
Bradley, tenors; T/Sgt. Roger Ard.
rey, baritone: Donald Boothman,
bass. Watergate, $3.50 pm. over
ture to be announced: Nessun dorma
from Turandot, Puccini (Sgt. Du-
Preel; Una voce .poca ia from The
Barber. of Seville, EOssini (Miss
Maller): Scintllle diamant from The
Taies Of Hoffman, Offepbach (Sgt
AaSssy Aass Il Hoffmns HR5flfn1ns sgg,scS s9Hg from % IT.:
Fuller. Sgt. DuPree); Candotta ell'ers
In ceppi from Trovatore, Verdi miss
Fuller, Sgt. DuPreel; 81, la STAN
chezza m'apprim fiRlio from Tro-
vatore, Verdi (Miss Fuller, Sgt. Du-
Pree); Soldiers Chorus from TroVa-
tore, Verdi; Dai camt from Mephis-
topheles, .Boito .(Sgt. Bradley: Duet
from Cost fan tutti, Mozart Misses
Fuller and Waller): In auesty reggia
Bsyne): Duet from Nine Butterfiy iiS'
Puccini (Miss Bayne, Sgt. DuPreeS
Death Scene from Boris Goudonov
MouSSorgSky (Mr. BOOthman),