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-PITTSBURGH rOST-GAZETTU: THURSDAY, EMBER 20, 1969 Air Pollution Tn Rccilnl at Here "Water Merger OK'd South Pittsbuigh Water Co. has hev.n authorized to merge with the Hill Station Co. of Cecil, Washington County, the Public I'tililty Commission said yesterdayi Hill Station, a subsidiary of South Pittsburgh, serves 203 customer! in Cecil Township. funct Budapest String Quartet. Mr.

Kroyt died this week. He was a dedicated musician and was one of the first to hear Mr. Parahia and to recognize his talent. He often called the younger man his "musical Godchild" and was his mentor and adviser. Sparks Gusli In Forum very rarely and with trepidation but I have a strong suspicion we might have heard the first inklings of it last night.

As his first encore Mr. Perahia played another Bach Sarabande dedicated to the memory of Boris Kroyt, distinguished violist of the now de ta, there was delicacy (perhaps a shade too much I in the Allrmande and Sarabande and a very clear fugal line in tne final Gigue. 'Genius' In Making All in all, the evening was an eventful one. Look for Murray Perahia in the future. Critics use the word "genius" Young Plan hi Per ah ia Equal lo Rave Judgments uncommon gift of playing contrastingly with both technique and musicality in his fingertips.

The Four Impromptus of Schubert's Opus 90 again offer contrasting moods and here again, we had the opportunity of hearing shades of color. Of the four Impromptus, the second, with its brilliantly played runs, the third with its lovely melody, never too sentimental and the finale, with its cascades of downward scales, provided the audience with pure pleasure. In the Bach Major Parti- gram with no soft relaxations and Mr. Perahia played it to the hilt. The pianist Is an incurable romantic and this is, of course, ideal for the music of Schubert and Schumann and as a matter of fact, the young man said in a radio interview last week that he even played Pach that way.

His greatest triumph last night was in his final work, Schumann's Phan-tasiestucke, This set consists of eight pieces that Mendelssohn might have called Songs Without Words. Each has character of its own. Each is different one from the other, in color, mood, style, tempi, volume. Doomsilay Group Trade Charges On City Problem A "hot potato" labelled pol- lution was tossed around last fniRht by our participants in a Symposium" on 1 1 1 1 at Duquesne I'nivoristy. Without discussing p'ans for jfontrollinq pollution, the speakers, Herbert J.

Dunsmnre, environmental control director for U. S. Steel; Robert Brnuphton, Duquesne Law School professor, Dr. Emmanuel I. Sillman, Duquesne biolo-py professor, and critic Mrs.

Michelle Marloff, chairman of Group Apainst Smog and Pollution (GASP) traded charges on who was to blame for Pittsburgh pollution. Broughton aimed at home (rash burners; Dunsmnre cited a County Pollution Control Agency publication blaming autns for 6.1 per cent of the pollution and industry for 17 per cent; and Mrs. Madoff charged the statistics In the honk were misleading and would be "retracted this week." She claimed Dr. Frank B. Clack, acting county director of health, would issue a statement this week "retracting" the implication of the I VODKA it.

i Kii. I ij i i By DONAIJ) STEINF1RST Pml-Gcnefi Mmlc Critic "Inside" music worlds, or at least those who consider themselves "inside," have been buzzing with the name of Murray Perahia for at least two years. At Rudolf Scrkins's Marlboro Music Festival, his peers have been raving about this talented young pianist and Mr. Serkin, himself, has been heard to say that Mr. Perahia could not possibly miss stardom, barring some unfortunate fluke.

He has given only a few solo recitals, possibly because Marlboro is oriented to chamber music. However, last night this gifted artist made his Pittsburgh debut under the genial auspices of the Musical Society. The has an enviable reputation in that it has, throughout the years, brought to its hall musicians on the verge of a career and now to this area. Played to the Hilt Mr. Perahia, who is 22 years old (and looks like 16) gave a program that might have been played a hundred years ago.

Three composers were represented by some of their most important music, Pach, Schubert and Schumann. It was an uncompromising pro It Is seldom played these days from our concert stages, probably because of the intensity required in the ever-shifting sands of Schumann's songs without words. I lb. 200 1 River Rice .1 lb. 2 lo Carolina Rice.

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