The Cavalier daily :: Thursday, October 5, 1967 :: University of Virginia Library

Featuring accomplished musicians
from both Europe and the
United States, the Tuesday Evening
Concert Series begins its
1967-68 program October 17
with the Jean-Francois Paillard
Chamber Orchestra.

The orchestra, a 13-member
group composed of twelve string
players and a harpsichordist, has
received 12 Grand Prix de Disques
for twelve of its 84 recordings
since its beginning in 1953.

The concert will begin at 8:15
p.m. in Old Cabell Hall Auditorium.
Season tickets may be
obtained at Mincer's Pipe Shop,
Anderson Brothers and the University
Book Store, at the Music
Center Hi-Fi House at Barracks
Road, or at the Newcomb Hall
Main Desk for $10 for regular
memberships and $7.50 for students.

Rest Of Season

The schedule for the rest of the
season was also announced yesterday,
with Jean-Pierre Ramal
and Robert Veyron-Lacroix set
for the second concert November
14.

Mr. Rampal, a flutist termed
a "veritable wizard" by one
critic, and Mr. Veyron-Lacroix,
a harpsichordist and pianist
specializing in seventeenth century
music, have played to packed
audiences across America. Their
concert in Washington was described
by the Washington Post
as "one of the best things the
year has brought to Washington."

'Perfect Alda'

On November 28 the Series
will present Nancy Tatum, a
soprano whom the Los Angeles
Times said has the "requisites of
a perfect Aida."

Miss Tatum, a graduate of
Memphis State University, has
performed in Germany as well
as South America while on a
grant from the Rockefeller Foundation,
and in 1963 returned to
America for a concert at Carnegie
Hall.

Continuing the series on February
6 will be Peter Frankl,
a Hungarian pianist who is returning
to America for the first
time since 1965.

Koeckert Quartet

Mr. Frankl, now a resident of
London, has won several prizes
for his European performances,
for which it was said that "Greatness
was revealed in every aspect
of his art."

On February 20 the Series will
present the Koeckert Quartet, a
foursome of chamber music.
Founded by violinist Rudolf Koeckert,
whose son also is a member,
the group has performed extensively
across America, drawing
reviews that "their music is
so warm and humane that it
speaks directly to the sense."

One critic said that "Right off
it became evident that a first-rate
ensemble was at work.
Nothing seemed forced. There
was precision, balance, restraint;
in short, everything sounded exactly
right."

Forty Years

The next concert will feature
the Balsam-Kroll-Heifetz Trio on
March 5. Composed of Arthur
Balsam, pianist, William Kroll,
violinist, and Benar Heifeiz, cellist,
the group has been a leader
in the field of chamber music
for forty years.

One reviewer, citing their
warmth and full-bodied tone,
described their concert as "a performance
of blood and bone."

On March 19, the Series will
resume with a concert by the
Richards Woodwind Quintet, the
quintet-in-residence at Michigan
State University, which specializes
in solos from group members.
One of the members, Elsa Ludwig,
is a native of Charlottesville.

Concludes Program

The Tuesday Evening Concert
Series will conclude its season's
program on April 2 with a concert
by the Early Music Quartet.

Organized in Germany, the
Quartet consists of William Cobb,
Sterling Jones, Andrea Von
Ramm, and Thomas Binckley,
all of whom sing and solo. The
group is directed by Mr. Binckley.

The Quartet specialize in the
use of instruments long discontinued
in general use, and reconstruct
most of their music from
a complex set of symbols without
indication of pitch, and in
manuscripts without staff lines.

The Series still has season
tickets available, but cannot sell
tickets for individual concerts.