Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 20

qAsmrMto wwinftrirNnr r'W H'FWiy WVirswu im yw. B-4 Wednesday, July 2, 1998 THE TRIDUNE, Oakland. California -j A. gay life of their own, "only to be Conserve trodden down by tramping boots debts. Such of the military Junta staging a coup.

The last vestige of freedom drifted away at the end. Just a wisp of Never on Sunday. As music the piece was brilliantly rendered. I dont know how many in the tiny audience but its own. In addition Included a Blake has in his 65 reading through the notes accompanying the premiere of Debussys La Mer," a day in the life of the ocean: MI liked the part at a quarter to 11." Blake, as chairman of the: Third Stream Studies Depart- ment at the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music, organises his shows and probably his life with a deep intdlec to-pay bis-tMvel 1 kground is fascinating, the music, standi on "'T to VertigoiBlake shorter Hitchcock accomplished much years, although' hS remains a cult figure, loved bv those who discover albums have been Issued on i variety of labels, the latest being his Vertigo on Europes Owl label, distributed here by Polygram Special Imports.

2 (about SO people, most of whom were Blakes longtime local tual interest His piano playing ed. Utile also Is precisely organized, 1 CONCERT BBVIEW 'lfusic Ban, is Great American friends) were aware that Blake was on tour in Greece with Theo-dorakls when the military took over in 1967, leading to his taking a Job at the New England y. highly programmatic. 5 4fUrnr9 In dark bine stsge lighting, Ran Blake sat at tfae grand piano, fais bands ascending tfae keys much the same way Kim Novak went up tfae mission bell tower staircase in Alfred Hitch- cocks film, Vertigo." Blakes hands paused, trem- bled on the keys, pos)bly repre- sen ting Jimmy Stewarts fear of heights as he attempted to pur- sue Novak. kkm While not as graphic as the march to the guillotine move ment of Berlios Symphonie Fan-tastique, Blakes Vertigo -v Suite," performed Monday at the suites and medleys that seem like symphonies or film sound-: tracks in miniature.

Even when the material is a collection of popular songs, each suite tells a story in sound, makes its owri statement One 12-minute suite, The Sixties," was heavily autobiograph-: IcaL Starting with Blakes "Blue Potato, it took a tour of places and people before heading to Greece, where Mikls Tbeodorak-is Vradiazi and Manos Hadji-dakls theme from "Never on Sunday seemed to dance a Cafe Sahara Continental Cuisine Grand Opening Thuroday, July 1986 4 pm till Midnight Conw ft me our FREE MAGIC SHOW The aob pianist even provided detailed panted programs for the audience, with the suite faro' ken down into such sections as Aerial View of San Franclscof and Portrait of Carlotta Valdes at the Palace of the Legion of The music mixed Blakes own compositions with the original themes from the Bernard Herrmann soundtrack. While especially helpful as a reference to anyone writing a review, thfe program distracted Ran Blake An eertoble exercise Wednesday, Friday A Saturday Evening! 7:0 pm A 9:00 pm Bring your fenidy A klda to our Magic Kingdom 11 am to 6 pm Saturday A Sundays from the music as a listening experience. It was reminiscent of Erik Saties comment, after 839-0723 Jackson A 7th Oakland. CA Open dally 11 am Midnight grcnsiw rrn inh aouTNCm mjfomm.w4it Jack Burtonkia far some serious trouble -and youre is far some serioui fan. Sam Stone wanted to kill his wife.

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