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FINAL' The Arizona Republic Cellist displays flawless technique played his part in the same forthright, but a little unexciting, manner. If there was any letdown at all, it occurred in Stravinsky's Suite italienne. Starker's ultraserious approach to this work did not lack sophistication, and he certainly dazzled the audience with incredible technical prowess, but I missed the typical Stravinsky tongue-in-cheek humor. Starker responded to the audience's warm applause with an encore performance of an arrangement, by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, of Figaro's aria from the Barber of Seville. Why anyone would choose to play this little piece of nonsense (let alone write it) is not quite clear to me.

The work did not really exhibit the soloist's technique too well, but it did pervert, with some strange cacophonies, an otherwise perfectly beautiful piece of music. By Dimitri Drobatschewsky Special for The Republic A fair-sized audience that filled more than half of Gammage auditorium Tuesday was treated to a rare display of artistry and consummate musicianship by Janos Starker, one of the world's greatest cellists. Starker chose a program that was somewhat unusual. Opening with J.S. Bach, he progressed to Cesar Franck and on to Stravinsky but reverted to Schubert for his final number.

The evening began in purest classical style with Bach's Sonata No. 2 in originally written for viola da gamba. It is impossible to conceive of a more perfect interpretation than the one offered by Starker. His tone was clear, his technique flawless, and his phrasing reminiscent of the late Pablo Casals. Truly, listening to Starker's Bach was a spiritual experience, as well as complete musical enjoyment.

JANOS STARKER Cello, with Shigeo Neriki, piano. Arizona State University Gammage Center, Tuesday. Franck's Sonata in A Bhowed the artist's most elegant expressions. Again, purity of style was the dominant feeling I got from this performance. However, at times I wished that Starker would have added a little fire and passion to the grace and ease with which he played this work, especially in the final movement.

The same was true of Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata in A minor. Time and again, the cellist seduced with the clear, pure lines and melodies that abound in this work, but a stronger spark could have set one's senses aflame. Not too surprisingly, Shigeo Neriki, at the piano, emulated Starker's style and Gatemouth offers a lesson in American music ill INDIAN Igjfilffl might have got him lynched in some of the cowboy bars in town. Imagine it Duke Ellington's Take The A Train on steel? Buzard's lead break in that number had an uncanny big-band effect about it and offered a rare chance to appreciate the versatility of the instrument. Brown's musicianship, though, was the focal point of the evening.

On electric "guitar, the blues tumbled off his fingers as thick and prickly as cactus thorns. His rhythm playing was just as incisive, with quick flicks of the wrist and sweeps of the hand keeping up the tempo. Although Dooley's wasn't well-attended for the show, those who were there were appreciative and undoubtedly witnessed one of the most masterful shows of the year. LUNCHEONS from 2.45 FAMOUS J150 GATEMOUTH BROWN Tuesday, Dooley's. the music makes the flow from one number to the next seem natural.

In this, he was greatly helped at Dooley's by his band. They were a tight and talented bunch, consisting of Bill Samuels, sax and flute; Lolud Herman, drums; David Schollander, keyboard; Stan Harris, bass; and, sitting in for the night, Don Buzard on pedal steel. They performed the difficult task of sounding as if they had rehearsed every last note and, at the same time, retained a fluid and expressive feel to the music. Buzard, now of the World's Greatest Cowboy Band but a former Brown sideman, did things with the steel that The Serpent 8 p.m. today, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Alternate Space, ASU Payne Lab School, 10th and Myrtle.

Pinocchio 7:30 p.m. Dec. 12, 18 and 19; 10:30 a.m., 2 and 4 p.m. Dec. and 20; 2 and 4 p.m.

Dec. 14 and 2 p.m. Dec. 21, Phoenix Performing Arts Theater, Third Street and Moreland. Presented by Phoenix Childrens Theater.

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A truly outstanding guitarist and no novice on the fiddle, Brown effortlessly cruises from 12-bar blues to bluegrass without making the listener feel a transition has been made. The truth of it is, a transition hasn't been made. A change of style perhaps. But the feeling Brown puts into Calendar On stage Annie 8 p.m. Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Dec.

10 and 12; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, Dec. 11 and 13; Palace West. Travelogue Arizona By Tom Kreuser, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, YWCA, 230 E.

Earll Drive. Free to members, $1 for non-members. Music Slater Angelica And Gianni Schicchi, one-act operas, 8 p.m. today, Friday and Saturday, ASU Music Theater. California Boys Choir 8 p.m.

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Mary's Church, 200 W. Galveston, Chandler. Messiah and Festival of Carols ASU choirs with symphony orchestra, Douglas McEwen conducting, 3 find 8 p.m. Sunday, Gammage. Chassidic Festival 7:30 pirn.

Tuesday, Chapairal High School Auditorium, 6935 E. Goldust. Presented by Jewish Community Center of Greater Phoenix. Phoenix String Quartet 8 p.m. Tuesday, Ethington Memorial Theater, 3300 W.

Camelback. Community Barefoot in the Park 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday; Gaslight Theater, 155 N. Center.

Presented by Mesa Little Theater. Don'f Bother Me, I Can't Cope 8" p.m. Friday, Saturday, Dec. 11-13, 18-20, 26 and 27; 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec.

14, 21 and 28, Black Theater Troupe, 1002 E. Moreland. Amahl and the Night Visitors 8 p.m. today, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Phoenix College Music Theater. 13 STEAK HOUSE 6508 WEST BELL ROAD f7-5t11 OftHJF TUUOAYTHrjtUHDAY mm Exhibits Phoenix Art Museum 18th and 19th century French drawings and sculpture, through Dec.

16. "Christmas Around the World" through Dec. 12. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Heard Museum Indian arts and crafts exhibit ends today.

"The Lost Keam Collection: Hopi Pottery from the Second Hemenway Expedition to the American Southwest," Dec. 13 through March 8. CLAY (Ceramists Living Among You) exhibit Dec. 13 through Jan. 4.

Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. ASU Matthews Center "The New Illusion: Trompe l'oeil," through Jan.

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