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UCD Harpsichord Will Make Debut i harpsichord (and celesta) flute oboe (and English horn) bassoon (and contrabassoon) trumpet vibraphone and string bass "Continuum" is an essay in what Austin calls "the relative motion of sounds in time" using quarter tones and unconventionally produced instrumental sounds Rosen describes his work as a "long rather free and rhapsodic piece the performer is called upon to improvise on material previously given him and is more than usually responsible for details of phrasing and proportion" Swift's composition is one in which the harpsichord is employed in a concertante fashion The virtuoso writing for harpsichord is matched equally by writing for the other instruments: clarinet viola vibraphone and celesta Elements of improvisation are used in the cadenzas Carter's sonata was written in 1952 for the Sylvia Marlowe Harpsichord Quartet and was first performed by that group The University of California at Davis has a new harpsichord made specially for it and will celebrate Jts arrival with a concert of new music Thursday at 8:15 PM in Freeborn Hall free to the public The two manual instrument patterned after north European models of the 17th and 18th Centuries was acquired through special funds for new instruments granted by UC President Clark Kerr The funds also provided a large vibraphone celesta contrabassoon and English horn all of which will be inaugurated at the concert The program will include the Sonata for flute oboe cello and harpsichord by one of America's leading composers Elliott Carter and three new works by members of the Davis faculty Continuum by Larry Austin Sonata for harpsichord by Jerome Rosen and Bucolics by Richard Swift Harpsichordist for the Research Concert will be Marvin Tartak bay area concert pianist and harpsichordist who has appeared several times on the Davis campus Other performers for the concert will be Jean Cunningham flute Helen Stross cello Bruce Haynes oboe Alice 01-sen contrabassoon Stanley Lunetta percussion Arthur Woodbury bassoon Morton Subotnick clarinet Linn Su-botnick viola Theodore Karp oboe Austin trumpet and Swift celesta Austin's work is for seven players and was written for Marvin Tartak rehearses a new harpsichord composition by Jerome Rosen standing professor of music at the University of California at Davis The new harpsichord and three compositions written for it will be introduced Thursday evening ARJC's Antigone This Week Will Complete Oedipus Tragedy Cycle ma is in sharp contrast with the Civic Theater's opening production Oedipus Rex which was staged in ancient Greek style The Civic Theater also produced a dramatic reading of Oedipus At Colon-us Anouilh wrote his play dur- The American River Junior College production this week of Jean Anouilh's Antigone will complete the cycle of plays concerning the Oedipus tragedy started this season by the Sacramento Civic Theater The ARJC modern dress modern adaptation of the dra- Ticket Program The Footlighter Theater Guild preparing for a production of Emlyn Williams' Night Must Fall on May 8th 9th 15th and 16th is offering area clubs a cooperative ticket sale program For details call Betty McDonald at YO 7-1942 The guild will perform in the Fair Oaks School ing the Nazi occupation of France and throws the ethical problem into sharp relief against contemporary life The ARJC cast includes Nanette Michael as Antigone Carl White as Creon and John Heinen as the Chorus Others in the cast include Ron Gilmer Megan McBride Darlyne Maloof Kent Suemnicht Ralph Smith Doug Stewart Joan Keegan Sharon Hartley and John Ammirati William Sibley is directing Curtain time is 8:15 PM Thursday Friday and Saturday in the River Playhouse Tickets are available at the playhouse box office from 2 to 4 PM daily San Diego Shakespeare Series Is Set The National Shakespeare Festival in San Diego will present its 15th annual season in the Old Globe Theater this summer in addition to six performances July 7th through 12th at the first Stanford Festival In San Diego the company will open June 9th with Much Ado About Nothing staged by the veteran director and scholar Iden Payne Macbeth directed by Duncan Ross who directed The Winter's Tale last summer will open June 17th Measure For Measure staged by Allen Fletcher will join the repertoire July 14th The festival will continue under the general direction of Craig Noel through September 13th For full details write the Old Globe Theater in Balboa Park San Diego Prison Art Shows Are Set For May Two prison inmate art exhibits will be held in the Sacramento Valley area during May The 7th annual art show of Folsom Prison will be held May 2nd and 3rd in the prison's Lurkin Hall sponsored by the inmate Progressive Artists League under the auspices of Warden Robert A Heinze Judges for the show will be Dr Tarmo Pasto professor of art and psychology at Sacramento State College DeWitt Jayne of the art department at SSC and Solly Latchman former director of the Stanislaus County Museum The semi annual exhibit of art by inmates of the California Medical Facility near Vacaville Solano County will be held May 1st through 10th The show will be open daily from 8 AM to 4 PM on two floors of the prison hospital's administration building SF Symphony Nears Closing Josef Krips nearing the end of his first season as conductor of the San Francisco Symphony will lead Mahler's The Song Of The Earth and Schubert's Symphony No 8 (Unfinished) in concerts Wednesday and Friday at 8:30 PM and Thursday at 2 PM in the Opera House Richard Lewis and Maureen Forrester will sing the solo roles in the Mahler Tickets may be purchased through Breuner's box office in Sacramento ft I 1 VINTAGE CAESAR Sid Caesar gives a virtuoso display of his comic versatility in Little Me playing all seven of the men in the life of an international beauty named Belle Poitrine The musical with the original Broadway cast surrounding the star will open tomorrow in the Curran Theater in San Francisco and run for seven weeks as the first of four shows on the Civic Light Opera Series The others are Kiss Me Kate 110 In The Shade and Here's Love A few season tickets remain at Monroe Sculpture Will Be Shown Sculpture by Keith Monroe of Albuquerque NM is being exhibited by the de Young Memorial Museum Golden Gate Park San Francisco through May 3rd Monroe won a citation from the American Institute of Architects for his 15 foot figure of Christ for the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Sedona Ariz Page L9 Chico Art Show The Selected Arts Gallery of Chico Butte County will exhibit paintings by David Dangelo and jewelry by Charles Mast today through May 9th A reception will be held for the Sacramento artists from 2 to 4 PM today Ballet At School The Camellia City Ballet will dance The Sultan's Search at 7:30 PM Friday in the auditorium of the Sierra Oaks School 171 Mills Road The program open to the public is sponsored by the school PTA the box office at 414 Geary Street and the Curran has individual seats for this show 1 '-VIA 1 THE SACRAMENTO BEE SUNDAY APRIL 19 1964 Sacramento California.