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Portland Symphony Captures Audience in Medford Concert By HERBERT CECIL Chairman, Music Department Southern Oregon College The Portland Symphony or chestra came to Medford last night, appearing before a large audience in Hedrick Junior ' Hieh school evmnasium, and (to paraphrase an ancient Lat in cliche) conauerine that au dience in a manner rarely experienced in this area. As Maestro Sineer said in in- troducinc an encore "We felt that you were with us all the wav." He was right; the au dience was with him all the way and the credit is largely due Maestro Singer. He has taken a group of mu sicians and welded them, throuch the dynamic force of his nersonality and musician ship, into an orchestra that is exciting to hear. The orchestra is not as highly skilled as some of the great professional or chestras of the large Eastern cities, but it is exciting and it communicates with its audience and perhaps these qualities are as important as the polish of the ' big time orchestras. Opening of Program The program opened with Sir Hamilton Harty's arrangement for the modern orchestra of George Frederick Handel's wat er music. Handel wrote the water music sometime around 1715 for the entertainment of Kina George I as the royal en tourage floated down the Thames river. There is a popu lar fable which tells us that Handel wrote the water music in order to get back into the good graces of George I, whose employment he had deserted when George I was merely the Elector of Hanover in Germany As with many fables, there may be a grain of truth some where m the story, but it has been proved that Handel was not in Hie rnyal dislavor some time before the first performance of the waler music, so the fable must join all those other stories which make interesting reading but are not quite factual. The original music contained some 18 or 20 pieces, written for a large Baroque orchestra, which was quite a different musical ensemble than the mod ern orchestra. The Harty ar rangement, called water music suite, employs six of these pieces. Allegro, Air, Bourree, Hornpipe, Andante Espressivo, and Allegro Deciso. The or chestra last night gave an ex cellent rendition of this familiar music. Contcinpornry Composer Second on the program was A Young Person s Guide to the Orchestra subtitled Variations and Fugue on A Theme of Pur rcll by the contemporary English composer, Benjamin Britten. This piece was composed in 1045 under a commission from the British Ministry of Educa tion as musical accompaniment for a film which was to be used for music education purposes to acquaint young people with the instruments of the orchestra. The music proved to be much greater than mere accompani ment, however, and soon found its way into the standard con cert repertoire. A narrator, in the present in stance Mark Huber, manager of the Portland Orchestra, de scribes the various families of instruments and great fun is had by orchestra and audience alike. It is not an easy piece to play and it was in this selection that the individual weaknesses in technique were faintly dis cernible last night. Brilliant Performance After the intermission the orchestra gave a very brilliant performance of Tchaikovsky's Symphony Number Four in F Minor. Tchaikovsky is often played by touring orchestras be cause of the easy availability of his musical ideas, the ingra tiating melodies, and the rous ing climaxes. The program notes quoted a Union Holds Off Westing house Talks PITTSBURGH (UPI) - The International Union of Electri cal Workers (IUE) held off a decision until later today whether It will meet with the Westinghouse Electric Corp. on contract talks in the wake of wildcat walkouts by two IUE locals in Columbus, Ohio and Muncie, lnd. A spokesman for the IUE, which represents ;ifi,0tw of the 115,000 persons employed in the Westinghouse chain, said it was not known whether Westing house and Union bargainers will meet today. 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Beeth ven's Fifth represents man's in domitable spirit and his tri umph over Fate; Tchaikovsky's Fourth represents man's com plete subjection to Fate. Tchai kovsky was a highly emotional person who was filled with per sonal contradictions and his music often reflects these con tradictions. Performs Beautifully Maestro Singer and his or chestra performed the work beautifully last night and gave the concert a truly thrilling conclusion with the stirring close of the Symphony's fourth movement. A special accolade should be given first trumpeter William Smith, who completely dominated the orchestra at times.. He is truly a magnifi cent trumpeter. The gracious Maestro re sponded to the standing ova tion of the audience by playing two encores, Lucian Caillot's arrangement for orchestra of Bach's Little Fugue in G Minor and Gaite Polka by Strauss. There were a few rough edges in the evening's perform ance, but mainly it was a mag nificent concert. Someone asked this reviewer at the intermis sion w1". was to be done with the proceeds of the concert. There were no proceeds in fact, the concert lost money. The deficit will be made up by several local guarantors and Southern Oregon college. It should be hastily pointed out that the Southern Oregon col lege portion of the deficit does not come from tax monies; it comes from a portion of stu dent activities fees which is used to support the college lec ture and concert series. It sems unfortunate that such a wonderful evening should end up In the red and it is hoped that more satisfactory financial arrangements can be made and that a state-wide tour of the or Soil Tests Pay Oregon Farmers Big Dividends SALEM The cost of a plan ned continuing program of soil testing is merely a small pre mium paid by the farmer to assure full returns from a sub stantial annual investment in fertilizer, lime or soil amend ments, reminded Arthur S. 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Sam ple submitted for this determi nation must be taken on the basis of soil type. The cation exchange capacity can be helpful in making better lime and other soil fertility rec ommendations, the specialist ex plained. Many farmers are ask ing about the exchange capaci ty of different soils for use as a basis for the application of fumigants or other pesticides ap plies by injection into the soil. The OKU soil testing labora tory was established to aid Ore gon farmers in improving soil management practices. The lab oratory is operated on a self sustaining basis, with soil test fees paying for salaries, male rials and equipment. 145 Are Enrolled In UO Law School EUGENE - The total num ber of University of Oregon Law School students registered (or the 1063 fall tonus is H5, an increase of 17.9 per cent over last year, according to Orlando J. Mollis, dean o( the school. Of the total, 70 are first-year students; 47 second-year; and 28 third-year students. Four women are members of the freshman class. The see-1 ond-yenr class includes two women; the senior class lies nuj femaV 'members. chestra becomes an annual event. Maybe some year they could come back and we could offer them a real concert hall in which to perform. Rather than end on a note of pessimism, however, let us be like Beethoven rather than Tchaikovsky and be thankful for having the chance to hear this fine orchestra and their truly superb conductor. If we all work together here, perhaps some of these artistic goals can be achieved and we will see a broadening in the cultural life of our Rogue Valley area. DG F.p M1AT PIES ITlivSl U vv PI ONIONS CELERY HEARTS COCONUTS A Real Treat FAMOUS FLORIDA INDIAN RIVER PINKS Ellsworth Freedom of the press, pro-1 totted by the Constitution, is a i guarantee of the individual right I ln'5 a s a"a e cna,r 6, , . . : man of the federal Civil Service of all the people and not just a Commission. SDoke at the noon special privilege or favor for the newspaper business. That is what Harris Ellsworth declared yesterday in a talk to Medford Kiwanis Club mem bers. Portland State College Enrolls 6,71 5 Students PORTLAND (UP1) - Enroll ment at Portland State College reached 6,715 Wednesday, about 16 per cent above last year's record enrollment of 5,788. UP CCDTMDX PU0 U.S. NUMBER 2 KLAMATH SAND LAND PERFECT FOR ANY KIND OF USE! New Crop, Local 19 GRAPEFRUIT MEDFOKD MAIL TRIBUNE. MKDFOItD. OREGON Discusses Ellsworth resentative former U. S. Rep- in Congress from luncheon at Rogue Valley Coun try Club in observance of Na tional Newspaper Week. Publication in newspapers "of the truth about what goes on" is protection against corruption and bigotry and ignorance and fear, Ellsworth said. Ignorance breeds fear, he pointed out. Freedom of the press is for the benefit of all, he said. 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