Edmonton Journal from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada • 37

THE EDMONTON JOURNAL, Friday October 3, 1986 D9 Leisure Orf ord lives Up to reputation Jimmy Stewart joins fray over tinting as a world-class string quartet Orf ord Siring Quartet SUB Theatre "This is a film that is seen every Christmas in America and no one should see it other than the way Frank and (cinematographer) Joe Walker wanted it to be seen," Stewart said. Joining Stewart at the American Film Institute were a dozen directors and cinematographers who oppose Turner Broadcasting System's plan to color 1 00 black-and-white movie classics. "You cannot remake a movie simply by giving it a new paint job, but you can easily destroy one," Spielberg, an AFI trustee, added in a letter. LOS ANGELES (AP) Actor Jimmy Stewart has joined director Steven Spielberg and others in denouncing computer coloring of black-and-white movie classics. Many directors claim the coloring process "tolls the death knell" for an art form.

Stewart told a news conference Wednesday of his affection for the 1946 classic It's a Wonderful Life, a recently colored black-and-white film in which he starred. He said director Frank Capra tried in vain to prevent color tampering. mil TO OUR 8687 i 'TP) 'I it VI A it a ill ttfi-L i if Tffffr 1 By MAIRI MacLEAN Journal Staff Writer It was an intense, cerebral evening at SUB Theatre Wednesday, as the Orford String Quartet performed an all-Beethoven program before an enthusiastic, near-capacity crowd. And with an assured performance of a demanding program, the Orford easily retains its heavyweight title as Canada's world-class quartet The players take a sober, conservative, almost understated approach to their collective interpretation. And why not? After all, they're Canadian, eh? This is an ensemble which will not stoop to cheap pyrotechnical displays, no matter how tempting it might be to drift into the cloying, fizzy sweetness available to strings.

Indeed, these are gentlemen with honor, with a whole lot of musical integrity, and who hold an obvious love and respect for their material. But above all, they're team players. Violinists Andrew Dawes and Kenneth Perkins are so well syn-cronized that in emotional moments they tilt their heads at the same angle and breathe as one. Do these guys dream the same dreams when they're sleeping? It wouldn't be surprising, given the fact that they've played together for more than two decades. And Robert Le- a- -rut vw ETTooi I I irt -nrawT i ri iff nfi iritis 3Tr -fllS 1111 i I riS.

rfMSk. Ill Levine, left, Dawes, Perkins and Brott, front members of the Orford String Quartet mos, only to leap back into a har- very first bars, and had the audi- monic perspective. ence so attentive you could hear The final work was another the tiniest squeak of a chair. A fine Quartet in the Op. 59, number performance from the Orford, 1.

Well and expansively per- which augers well for a splendid formed, it came together from the season to follow. simsr.niPTiriM AAA 4 I 5-1 5 'VIA A tl-WKl 25-1820 I vine, who took over this summer from Terence Helmer, the Orford's violist of 20 years, seems comfy in his new appointment. Running through three Beetho ven quartets requires a lot of ina, and a tough program though it was, the evening was not without its lighter, lyrical moments. The par bJ If quartet has a lovely sameness of BMneiHieHBBBiBBBuneaeneMHenineHBsMisKeieHMneneenBKeHHMHeHHeieaeBn tone, whether it be airy and floating or pointedly strident. The Or ui i imk1k I it mm.

9k. 0mm. 7" ffVePr ford's hallmark is a special kind of "5T 0 lucidity which passes understanding and defies explanation it just is, and it sends thrills through the audience. The Quartet in Op. 18, number 1 began in a unison which quickly broke apart, with short 1 motifs moving from player to 1 1 PiJJiPLILJClJwiACJ I XMAJLfl I id" PC A COLOR TVs HITACHI SUPER SYSTEM VHS WIRELESS REMOTE VIDEO I 14 RCACQLOK I.V.S RECORDERS RCA JVC GE CAMCORDERS We are the camcorder t'K--- I 60 won, ol J9 II Ik WV "Pn '1166 $070 hJr fifil 'X HITACHI VHS CAMCORDERS nive wwn vbn (J $1588 Low, low light requirements 7 luxl Electronic viewfinder for easy playback Simple one touch operation EIclronic tuning WW ft Sup quolity ouio iiLS -5" RCA.V"S HQ HITACHI Xter ly" JRT TAI AD TUi mi for th THiiir ESSSw RECORDERS o.

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