Page Six ate nea NR COLLEGE NEWS Spercereyeeerenss esters LER UTR ERTL TEA rer ng TORY EEN eres” merry aecmruenbes April 9, 1965 Skinner Site of Arts Night, Ellington, Count Basie Go "Pops’- New Albums Mainly for Old Fans Alice Lieb and Andrea Stark in a Dance Club presentation for Arts Night. The Bryn Mawr Arts Council, in conjunction with Haverford, ispre- senting its annual Arts Night this Friday night at 8:30 in Skinner Workshop. The program, as out- lined by Arts Council / president Margaret Edwards, ranges from music to dance_to drama in various talent routines. The Haverford-Bryn Mawr Ren- aissance Choir under the leader- ship of Edward Hasard will do a To Include Music, Drama BRACELETS SILVER BRASS ‘ LEATHER THE PEASANT SHOP 1602 Spruce St. Philadelphia 845 Lancaster Ave. Bryn Mawr medley of fifteenth and sixteenth century Elizabethan Madrigals. Jane Robbins is performing, an original play in three pieces, ‘‘Bats in.the Belfry,’’ whichwas published earlier this year in the 1965 edition of the Bryn Mawr Revjew. : Becky Millard; a freshman, will perform a flute solo of either Sonata, for flute and piano by Poulenc or Sonatine for flute and piano by Dutilleux. She will be accompanied by Anna Norberg at the piano. The Modern Dance Group under the direction of Alice Lieb is pre- senting three dances. One is ajazz piece performed by Alice Lieb and Andi Stark to Vince Garaldi’s Cast Your Fate to the Wind. Toby Williams is doing a number chor- eographed by Mrs. A, Mason, modern dance teacher at Bryn Mawr, to Wild Strawberries by Mariam Mikeba. Andi Stark and Alice Liebwill be joined in the third number by two Haverford grad- uates, Rick Carson and John Aird, in a dance choreographed by Alice. Robert Heyman, a student at Haverford completes the program with a reading of his original poetry to a guitar accompaniment, LA 5-0443 LA 5-6664_ PARVIN’S PHARMACY James P. Kerchner Pharmacist 30 Bryn Mawr Ave. Bryn Mawr. Pa. all a unusual ~ one-year program JUNIOR YEAR Three undergraduate colleges offer students from all parts of the United States an opportunity to spend their junior year in the stimulating environment of the University’s Washington _ Square Center. Small classes; new residence halls. Program open to students who are recommended by the deans of the colleges to which they will return for their degrees. 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The Ellington orchestra flatters The Beatles, Henry Mancini, and Barbra Streisand, in turn, It is an interesting combination, and a unique experiment for the Duke who generally prefers to record his own compositions, (Only two of his are included in this selec- tion.) Strangely, the Beatle songs come off sounding best. The arranger, Billy Strayhornm, shows consider- able imagination in his version of **All My Loving’? and ‘*I1 Want To Hold Your Hand.”? These cuts acknowledge the existence of a talented drummer who is largely inconsequential for most of the album. The other exceptional cut: is “Moon River.’ Although this tune has suffered the various indigni- ties of earlier arrangements, Ellington has restored its dig- nity. This version swings, yet is saved from too brassy a sound by a subtle. melancholy under- current, It is unfortunate that these ex- ceptional cuts are surrounded by a mediocre sound that frequently sounds too much like Lester Lanin to be good jazz. Count Basie, originally of the Carnegie Hall school of the 1930's, was a master of swing. He was a prominent musician during the big dance band era of Goodman and Glen Grey. Unlike -many of his con- temporaries, Basie was one of few jazz musicians able to make asuc- cessful transition to progressive jazz. In his new Reprise album, POP GOES THE BASIE, the Count dis- plays his ability to combine pops and original and still come out with a very appealing sound. Perhaps the name for his music is ‘cock- tail jazz.’ It provides~the right background for a party, good mu- sic for dancing and a good sound for listerfing, e Bill Byers, who wrote the ar- rangements for POP GOES THE BASIE, succeeds in including a _ variety of tempos which bring out the varied talents of the band, Basie rhythm is good. But the as- Religion in the Modern Novel Subject of Interfaith Lecture Professor Joseph Brennan spoke on ‘*Religion in the Contemporary Novel,’’? as part of the Interfaith Lecture Series, Wednesday night in the Common Room, — Professor Brennan opened by criticizing superimposition of re- ligious symbolism on the novel’s part. For instance, Joyce in FINIGAN’S WAKE, represented the 14 stations of the Cross by the 14 stops of a beer barrel wagon. This kind of symbolism was very effective when first employed ‘ in the thirties, but today it is ta flash of nostalgia in -an ag- nostic culture.’’ Happily, the method is finally dying. Most novels are not religious works. Books like James’ THE AMBASSADORS are ‘neither re- - ligious nor irreligious,”’ although they may use religion as a back- ground. Of course, BEN HUR and QUO VADIS have been written, but they ‘‘turn rather easily into sword and spear. epics.’’ The most important book ever | STATION Sak CLEANERS} 7 Special Pick Up and Delivery Service to Dorms 22 N. Bryn Mawr Ave., Bryn Mawr LA 5-9126 written in this country was a re- ligious novel. UNCLE TOM’S CABIN’s ‘‘aimost Balzacian char- acters move in a religious back-’ drop.’’ Tom even has a vision on Simon Legree’s property of Christ crowned with thorns. Since Mrs. Stowe’s book, re- ligious novels have tended to be anti-clerical revolts. This.theme continues that Christ, if he were to return, would be crucified once more. Dostoevsky’s THE GRAND INQUISITOR is the most erudite example. This theme is visible today on Broadway in THE DEPUTY, the story of a **‘*good Jesuit’ against a sinful Pope and fat Cardinals.’’ It has become an expected cliché, The expected cliché. has been the downfall of other authors. Faulkner, in his novels, frequently says the expected platitudes. His acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize was filled with ‘‘fine sen- timents,’?’ Francois Mauriac is an impor- tant religious novelist, although “actually more a theologian. In DESERT OF LOVE, about a wom- an’s simultaneous love. affairs with a. doctor and his son, this love for individuals shows that God is earth’s immortal desire. pect of the ‘‘old time’? Basie which really stands out in the pops ar- rangements is the instrumental solo work, The instruments are highlighted and combined with each other ina ‘bright and brash’’ style. The Count’s rendition of ‘*Walk Right In’? combines guitar, bari- tone sax, and trombones in a way that leaves no room for doubt as to his greatness. Al Grey throughout the album makes his trombone wail and sing. His use of the plunger is reminis- cent of the 1920’s and the early” Duke -Ellington orchestra. With little difficulty, however, Al makes his plunger effect sound right at home in the Basie arrangement of ‘‘Call Me Irresponsible.’ Count Basie must be considered as a combination of old and new jazz. He had an appeal and a style in the 30’s which he wouldn’t give up. His pops has a definite taste of old time jazz in it. Those who strictly want progressive sounds may not find POP GOES THE BAS- IE colorful enough. But those jazz enthusiasts who recognize and ap- preciate old time jazz as well as progressive will find POP GOES THE BASIE just right. G.S., H.S. Chorus Will Give Library Program Of ‘Lamentations’ A small group of Bryn Mawrters | under the direction of Gill Bunshaft and sponsored by Interfaith, will present a choral ‘concert in the main reading room of the library Sunday, April 11, at 12:15 p.m. The program will consist of ex- cerpts from ‘‘The Lamentations of Jeremiah,’ the text of which is_ derived from the’ biblical book by the same name, They are tradi- tionally sung at matins of the Catholic mass the last three days of holy week. A small instrumental ensemble (bassoon, French horn and two flutes) will accompany the voices | in the first excerpt, composed by Jean Matelart and Cristobal de Morales in the 16th century. The second excerpt the group is per- forming was set to music by Clau- din de Sermisey (1490-1562), The third excerpt is a.soprano duet composed by Francois Couperin (1688-1733), Pat Pastore and Cynthia:,Walk are the soloists, accompanied by an organ and cello. Experts believe that THE LA- MENTATIONS have been sung (or chanted) since their Jewish origin in 587, B.C. The chants were adopted by the early Christians; late 15th century musiéians were the first to set them to poly- phonic music. Stop at the next corner! That's where the phone booth is. Call home—both of you—and tell your respective parents that, despite the rigors of academic life, you are bearing up. They want to know, % The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania } } a 5) %