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DAY. APRIL 6. 1984 8C TTROIT FRCE PRFSSTR! 9 1 11 Ig SKlll Shost Tcr: c-'iTct 8 co m. I v' NOW thru SUNDAY, APRIL 8 Tickets at Music Hall Box Office All TicketWorld Outlets MUSic Ml CENTER 350 Madison Ave. 963-7680 lovich ourth shows Jrlei a i classics Proudly Presents NOW thru APRIL 22 organist DILL DOGGETT "Mr.

Honky Tonk" Cover Charge- formed brilliantly, giving Herbig nearly everything he asked for. The program, which will be repeated this morning at 10:45 and Saturday at 8:30 p.m., opened with Liszt's A-Major Piano Concerto, splendidly played by Andre Watts. He brought power, tenderness and bravura to the piece in equal measures, producing an excitement and authenticity that few pianists can muster in this work. The chromatic harmonic shifts were beautifully delineated and the limpid melodies carefully went for the music that lies among all those leaping chords, double thirds, glissandi and flying octaves, and he came up a winner. Next week Herbig tackles another massive work, Bruckner's Fifth Symphony.

And no doubt the answer to whether or not he is the right person for the DSO will become even clearer. Each time Detroit Symphony Orchestra music director designate Gunther Herbig conducts the orchestra there is a bit more evidence about his capabilities. Thursday night marked Herbig's third appearance with the DSO, and taking into account two things that a conductor in his initial appearances with an orchestra would naturally program works he does especially well, and that Herbig had five rather than the usual four rehearsals for this program several things about his conducting abilities become clearer. One is that he comes to scores extremely well-prepared. Another is that he has a strong ability to give logical shape to large, sprawling works.

And finally, he has a marked flair for the music of this century. The major work on Thursday's program was Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony, a highly problematic phony has problems. Here and there the music is influenced by several composers. Its wry, bitter humor recalls Mahler, its succession of seemingly disparate parts, especially in the finale, owes debts to Bruckner. But above all it bears the distinctive characteristics of its composer: gutsy rhythms, melodies constructed on wide intervals, acerbic harmonies and tongue-in-cheek dance tunes, all somehow drawn together In a distinctive way.

Herbig plowed through the lengthy work with consummate skill. He maintained the momentum in an unrelenting fashion, with sharp accents that underlined the music's recurring bitterness. But he also paid attention to the lyrical moments, drawing forth especially sweet colors from the strings. The orchestra, which has performed the work only once before, in 1974 under Jerzy Semkow, per Sun. $5.50 at Door Frl.

A Sat. $6.50 at Door $5.00 Advancs A $4.00 Advance Advance Tickets can purchased any day Irom 4 to p.m. work in many respects. For one thing, its three movements take up nearly 60 minutes. For another, it is massively scored, the largest orchestration Shostakovich used for any of his symphonies.

The work also has a strange history. It was completed in 1936, but not performed until 1961. There are conflicting stories to explain the long delay. Some say it was the oppressive political climate of the time; others say Shostakovich himself was not pleased with the work. There is probably some truth to both theories.

To be sure, the sym ii 44 nil tin Cowar Chard for thepirat BO people from 7 lo 6:30 p.m. -Comina Attractions- to. 25-to. 29 DemK Rowland May 16-May 20 Onanist, Hmmy Smith May 3-May 13 Votabl, O.C. Smith 1-U.

1 ttta Jonei 10320 W. McNichols Detroit, Ml 48221 341-2700 Gunther Herbig showed Thursday that he has a flair for 20th Century works and has a strong ability to give logical shape to large, sprawling works. W.S.U. CHORAL UNION ORCHESTRA Roaring good time at raucous Van Halen concert Dennis J. Tini, conductor BACH MISS 1733 If you're in high school, like to wear T-shirts, jeans and tennis shoes, have a high tolerance for smoke, a low criterion for good music and like to be sworn at, Cobo Hall was heaven on earth for you Thursday night.

The four members of Van Halen were the angels of adolescent enjoyment Thursday, in the first of two sold-out concerts supporting their million-selling "1984" album. And SUN. April 8th, 3:30 pm Also featuring David Wagner, organ Bill Beger, trumpet iSLE Inn In ii I I I 7 MVm ti-r Vw i St. Pauls on the Lake, Grosse Pte. Farms 157 Lakeshore Dr.

bet. Moross Fisher As in other years, the speakers were cranked up far too loud to appreciate the group's finer points and the vocals were well off-key, but guitarist Eddie Van Halen was able to push his impressive licks through the distortion on "On Fire," "Running With the Devil," "Little Guitars" and "Jamie's The addition of keyboards for new songs like "Jump" and "I'll Wait" were welcome breaks from the steady guitar-bass-drums drone, even if the bottom seemed to fall out every time Van Halen switched back to guitar. But a Van Halen concert is about more than music. It's Roth slithering and strutting around the stage, doing a sword dance before "Everybody 'Wants Some" and pausing often to prompt louder applause. It's Michael Anthony wrestling his bass, tossing it to the floor from a high bank of and jumping after it.

It's a flashy display of hydraulic lighting rigs and synthesized vocal effects. Most of all, it's a buzz for teenagers, and Thursday's show met just about every good-time criterion a high schooler could think of. $5 Gen. Adm. $3 StudentsSen.

Citz. 4-' Gary Graft music though they played as good a show as they ever have, it was obvious the band could have stood still all night and still received thunderous applause. Thursday's crowd simply was ready for a party and welcomed any opportunity to shout a little more. Thus, a tepid warmup act named Autograph received a W.S.U. Women's Chorale Dennis J.

Tini, conductor CHORAL UNION ORCH. Wtayne State Lhlvwsity Members of Van Halen. from left: Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Edward Van Halen and Michael Anthony. FRI. April 13th 8 p.m.

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4 NOW SHOWING AT ALL 4 THEATRES 1 NEW XXX RELEASE DIGITAL The Detroit Symphony Orchestra recorded Stravinsky's "Firebird" ballet at the United Artists Theatre in October 1982. New DSO record never catches fire The latest Antal Dorati-Detroit Symphony Orches CASSETTE In dash AMFM Cassette with pushbutton eject and much morr AUTO-REVERSE In dash AMFM Auto Reverse Cassette with FFREW and much morr COMPARE AT SI 9" High Power Digital AMFM Cassette with MonoStereo switch and morr I COMPARE AT SI 39" 0 0 SUPERBUSTER It bleeps Pf" I and you slooow down COMPARE AT $99" COMPARE AT S99'1 A "CINDERELLA" FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY! $74 Installed FREE! Installed FREE! $54 34 Installed FREE! tra recording of Stravinsky's complete "Firebird" ballet is cleanly played, clearly recorded, carefully executed and lacking in excitement. AMERICAN BALLET The digital recording (London LDR-41 0-1 09-1) 1 mo' M'TfiiiSMiili ill was made in the United Artists Theatre in October, THEATRE 1982. Produced by Paul Meyers and engineered by HIGH POWER SYSTEM ANNETTE HAVEN IN HIGH POWER SYSTEM BODIES IN HEAT John Dunkerley, it completes the DSO's traversal of the trilogy of Stravinsky ballet scores that includes "The Rite of Spring" (London LDR-71048) and "Pe-trushka" (London LDR-71023). 5 Weekend Performances I' the Mikhail Baryshnikov I production of Cinderella Installed FREE I Installed FREE I Factory Buy Out 45 Watts RMS Sep BassTreble Fader Electronic Controls lor Loudness Mute LoDx Locking FFREW All quality renewed at SPARKOMATIC.

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