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Arts Entertainment Tuesday April 6 1993 The Kansas City Star Camerata zooms through performance The Nighthawk takes in a day game MUSIC REVIEW been relieved of the necessity of making Haydn sound like Prokofiev Wroe then led a brisk brightly lit account of tombeau de There was fitting effervescence to the Prelude and oboist Marion Arthur wreathed rapturous lines through the Menuet But the music kept sounding rushed too short of breathing room and the concluding Rigau-don was nearly frantic More care could have been taken with quieter playing and with contouring these most sensuous phrases On second thought given the steady staccato of un-muffled coughing maybe subtler virtues have been Nor was subtlety a virtue in the ensuing performance of major Cello Concerto featuring the young Luxembourg cellist Francoise Groben as soloist Only the night before at the Folly Theater Steven Isserlis had played Boccherini with a modern cello but with the unforced tone and sparing vibrato recommended by 18th-century treatises the effect was sweetly seductive But Groben with huge sound and high-intensity vibrato tore into gentle charms with gale-force fury There was technique to burn and plenty of temperament but also an inclination to rush dotted figures in the first movement Maybe if Groben had stuck to say Prokofiev she would have Lack of subtlety smothers a concert of Haydn and Ravel By SCOTT CANTRELL Classical Music Editor There was a bit of human drama at the beginning of the Kansas City concert Sunday afternoon at Unity on the Plaza Just before his first down-beat music director David Wroe announced that concertmaster Robert wife was at the hospital with labor contractions about minutes apart Leibholz therefore would play only the first number in which he had a solo part The audience of about 800 oohed and aahed and Leibholz smiled a tense smile But in the Elgar and a professional through and through he dispatched his solos with cool aplomb It was the rest of the Camerata that sounded overwrought through too much of the concert or else supercharged on caffeine The music kept sounding rushed or overemotional or both The introduction was smothered in too much affection lacking the essential volatility it languished Then once the allegro got going bows dug into strings with unbecoming indeed Bar-tokian vehemence The music so much warmed as scorched NIGHTHAWK BRIAN MCTAVISH Woody Harrelson is working triple shift Baseball beckoned But he left blues fans a hot tip: James Cotton As I write only a few hours until the first pitch of another baseball season at Royals Stadium be there with other members of the crack arts and entertainment team scrutinizing all the fun to be had at a Royals game besides whatever occurs on the field of play Check out the story in Preview section of The Star Of course this assignment may have its rough spots No doubt miss a big play or two while jawing with a hot dog-munching fan who will in turn miss the same thing and suddenly realize what a boneheaded error he or she made by answering even one of my silly questions If it turns ugly then so be it got to take the risks of big-time journalism Cutting to the chase so I can cut out for the ballpark time to get on with the usual business of this column namely enticing you into being an out-and-about type person Meantime I may still be coaxing stubborn mustard stains out of goodness knows what articles of clothing A tip for aspiring reporters: Never bother a baseball fan armed with a hot dog loaded with condiments No interviews please Blues legend James Cotton is putting off interviews for a while after the sudden death of his sister March 28 in Memphis Tenn Justine Hurd 65 collapsed from a heart attack on the dance floor of the BB King Blues Club on Beale Street where Fabulous Thunderbird singer Kim Wilson was host for a multiband benefit for the Sonny Boy Williamson Museum to be built in West Helena Ark was dancing to the music right before James was fixing to said Tom Heimdahl manager Cotton canceled any dates including the ones to play at 7 and 10:30 pm Wednesday at the Hockenbury Tavern 1016 Massachusetts St in Lawrence Tickets cost $11 at the door $9 in advance at the tavern or at Ticketmaster centers call 931-3330 to charge Blues lovers are in for a treat at two area shows Instead of his usual seven-piece band the master will be fronting an acoustic trio including Chicago guitarist John Primer of Magic Slim the Teardrops and Boston piano player Dave Maxwell Call it unplugged the real thing a complete throwback to old Heimdahl said gets Cotton 57 picked up the harmonica by imitating the sounds of trains and chickens He trained in the blues for six years with Sonny Boy Williamson before going on to record with Wolf and Muddy Waters Got My Mojo Cotton recorded at the seminal Sun Studios in Memphis He cowrote with Ike Turner the song generally considered at least in retrospect to be the first rock roll song Cotton is due in the recording studio in April where the Grateful Jerry Garcia is expected to make a guest appearance on an album slated for summer release So why subject himself to such a work-intensive project even for three weeks? Harrelson after all is one of the last guys in Hollywood who needs a showcase these days always wanted to do this he said think going to help me get to another point in my life or career like art for sake The reason I want to do something is to affect thinking I like to make people laugh too but I think people should cry laugh and just generally wake up From the is about characters who are real people It mostly has to do with the life of this guy Frankie Hymen who I knew when I was living in Houston 10 years ago He was from Harlem very street smart and ended up becoming one of my roommates The impact this guy had on us is big always wanted to pay homage to Well dedication But nothing compared to plans for his other latest project got a lot of thoughts on he said been thinking non-stop about it I just want to make sure that all the time I spend with my daughter vibrating at the right frequency that actually loving that treating her respectfully and that sacred space around her may be madness outside of the room but when you come into the room and there you instill the madness of the world into that child So many children get that from early on and they never get over it I want for her to have a more peaceful upbringing even if in the eye of the storm and a lot going Buy sell trade morning and Sundays with Star Classified Ads To place your ads dial 234-4000 Adv continued from E-1 the story of a young married couple and an amoral billionaire David and Diana Murphy (Harrelson and Moore) are very much in love but when the recession all but destroys them and a last-ditch gambling trip to Vegas rolls snake eyes they fall prey to industrialist John (Redford) title proposition: $1 million for a night with Diana The Murphys convince each other that their love is strong enough to withstand this lifestylesaving indiscretion think an important Harrelson said of the basic premise money can and buy a really important question one we should each ask ourselves if not presented with it And having been directly presented with it a few times in my life I have to say that not a cut-and-dried decision Now I have to worry about it But there was a time when I was so dirt poor if someone offered me that have said Abandoned at age 7 by his father Charles Harrelson who is now serving a life sentence for murdering a judge a charge both Harrelsons insist is false Woody did not have the most comfortable of childhoods in Texas and Ohio As a young man he went through the usual starving-actor routine (a period that inspired much of the new semi-autobiographical play) His big break came with an understudy position in the Broadway production of Neil While was making Woody Harrelson a household name small roles in the likes of and gave him a foothold in movies film career really broke out a year ago with the hit basketball comedy Men the last Harrelson said was heavy There was a palpable sense of feeling the loss of it I cried that day boy did I cry Just bawled my eyes Oh yeah? Big surprises in store? Pleshette had a Harrelson joked referring to the final episode of not like there are any great big surprises although there are definitely some The entire ensemble had planned to vote on whether to continue the show for a 12th season Harrelson revealed But Ted Danson who plays bar owner Sam Malone on the series apparently told the producers of that he wanted out before the poll was taken the hub of the wheel so there was no possibility go on without Harrelson said of Danson guess we all would have liked to have been part of the decision but it just happened It was nothing formal I think anybody feels any great resentment I think time for the show to be done been 1 1 years been great but everything has its season We had 1 1 of not going to miss the actual work of it because the work was just totally unchallenging no real challenge at all after a while for several years there been But miss the people definitely miss Spread as thinly as he is at the moment Harrelson is entertaining no notions of joining another TV series any time soon And as much as he has emotionally invested in From the he seems genuinely relieved that only scheduled for a three-week run I just want to not do he insisted just want to go to Hawaii and surf Re Unique message 5130 TOUCH Woody Harrelson's eight-year tenure behind the bar with Ted Danson (left) ends this spring thought Woody was very sympathetic and director Lyne said somebody who potentially you could like after letting his wife do this thing vast majority of actors I think you would have found them hateful after having their wife do this Woody hopefully is one of the The controversy that is likely to greet will be quickly followed by the end of one of most enduring and popular shows For the family of actors that brought the Boston bar to life saying goodbye might be just about as traumatic as the basic plot of got into a room last week and we all read the last scene of Does your telephone answering machine at home greet callers with an unusual or especially creative message? like to hear about it for a possible future story Call 816889-STAR and enter 5130 be asked to describe your answering machine message and to leave your name and telephone number so we can contact you to hear it KSHB hires news director plans changes With the hiring of a new news director KSHB Channel 41 confirmed it will become a player in the local TV news game Channel 41 announced that it hired Mark Olinger who has 17 years of broadcast experience Olinger has been news director at KSTW-TV an independent station serving the Seattle-Tacoma area At the station he supervised a nightly 10 pm newscast Charlotte Moore English Channel 41 general manager said Olinger will help develop a seven-day-a-week newscast that will be broadcast at 9 pm No date has been set for the premiere newscast now not committing to a English said got to get together a Olinger who will start April 1 9 will replace Tom Christiansen who has been news director for about four of the eight years he has been at Channel 41 is a good English said one of the reasons why we want him to remain with our English said Olinger was hired because wanted an individual with experience in doing what going to be doing He has headed up a seven-day-a-week When the newscast starts Channel 41 will push Trek: The Next back to 9:30 pm English said That will be followed by at 10:30 pm For HomesThat Feature A Private Hot Line We Suggest Call Wailing 10 to Missouri residenlial customers only Most of us afford to miss an important call just because the already tied up Fortunately one need to be in a position of power to afford Call Waiting This ingenious service alerts you when a second caller is trying to get through And even lets you put your first call on hold Call 1-800-234-BELL Make that second call as easy to take as the first Order Call Waiting or a free brochure today While it may not be a hot line we think agree it is a hot idea Free Service Connection When Ordered By April 30 Southwestern Bell Telephone One to Call Want to Know What's on StarTouch? 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