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Whitby Free Press, 27 Feb 1991, p. 10

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PAGE 10, WHITBFREE PREg, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARy g%, W199 Symphony toperformSunday >OnSudaMarch3, 8 p.rn.at Eastdale Coegiate Theatre, Oshawa, 'the, Oshawa: Symphoniy Orchestra, conducted by Winston Webber, illperform in a prgan that wHI feature outstanding violinist Joseph Peleg in - Concerto for' Violin and Orchestra M«' D m iino.r by Jean Sibélius. Sponsored by JznprialOil, this conicert will al1so feature the orchestra in Robert-Schumann's Overture to Genoveva and Peter Elych ,Tchaikovskys Symphony No. 4 inFPmincir, Op.36. Geinoveva, Schumann's ,only çpera,, i. based. on -a draina by ChIâstian Friedrich 'Hebbel. The foundations of its: story can be traced bâck te the Middle Ages. This finely crafted overture was compoeed ini 1847. ýIt i. in sonata fori w'ith' a foreboding intro- .duction, whichis aàmusical de's- cription of -Genoveva, and. her ph et.principapart' i. in two Seetions:the- first, pi disturbing, agitatod scene-'in C minor, followed by*a »happy sbject iE fiat * major ini which the horns sun. thbrough. The overture concludes with a triumphant coda in which the- brase blaze forth Genovevao vindicetion. Pelog, violin, who will b. perfornirng Concerto for. Violin and Orchestra by Sbelius,, is a native of Hungary. Ho sapent his youth m Israel and' came te Canada in 1968. Ho studied with thieviolists Lorand Fenyves and Joseph. GinguMd, earning a bachielor -of 'musi*c degreefroi Indiana University. Peeg aiso worked.,with the ezinent ývirtuosi .Joseph ', Szigetu and Nathan Milte in iEurope. Hi.musical intensity in chamber, munie and Jin solo- performance han brought Pleg. engagements -and rcordigsn Canada, the United State,Israe and. Europe. ;Ho is -a.formée member, of >both the., Purcel StrÙ4ng Quartet and- the Gailiard Ensemble. Peleg is a meiber of the ChamberPRayera. of Toronto, and' ho is'in hio'fifth,s'eason as concertinaster of the orchestra. Sibelius stu.died, violin during hi. -'othand early xn anhood1 with .-the.semious intentions ',of- carvng out a solo ca reer, for himoeiLf.However, >ý ,as tino progressed he was ýforced more and more to the concluion that hehad left it toolate todevelop such a demanding 'pursuit. Hoe turned te composition- and, in his, thirt~y-eighth year, prouced i.s on., and only concerto. Ho conducted the first performance i Helsinki in Februar 1904 but, being dissatisfied, with certain sections, revised* the work. SThe. concerto, *aswe now have it,.. was performed An Berlin' in October 1905 wfth Richard Itr sllïi mtit4eStrauss.,conducting. Manyyears- latr Sraua sate,"Iknow' more about music than Sibelius, but ho i. the greater composer.." Tchaikovskys Symphony No. 4, completed i 1877 ,,anid.fr SEEPAGEIj THE JOHN3ERN Quartqt entertained a large coddurmg anýi evenng- of jazz at the Whitby Public Library rcntly. Naur potos on dsplay Bank 0<-Nature',-an exidbition p'ýhotographylby reégional photoraphe Blak Fitpatrick, wvil opn at, .tii .-Robertl 'MLugun Galleiy on .Thur.day,, Feb.'28. The -public' a.re 1hi*vitod to attend the ope grcption -at7 p.m. The artist Illbe peet The ýîexhibition*'ncud=s25 colour 'and 20. black and white. photorpi titi.., each l6"x 20r i ie.Bank of -Nâture ist An niversary,,Celebration Thurs Feb. 28 to'Sat. Mar, 2, 9:a00-am to 5:00'pin 25X OFF ail1 CRAFT SU PPLI ES. 0XOFF ail"Li CK &'STICK." ~o *Bag Favors , for Bos&Girls.'. Bdgcupon ln for i15% off all veglr pnced new pmductsI i - (Excluding books) Expires March 2/91. __ juxtapos eaprivate <imageOf a, sleeping .baby, (the artis dàughter) with l commercial image from -a' stock photo Tework was photogra hed udhngsliclu from the IaeIn oëf Canada, a stock photo agency with' a .large store-hou.. with slide s tegorized '-by,-subjectý,,' location. and ,photogaiphe. iù producing ihis .worký-, FItzKrc has reproduceëd, a selecg«on of subjdect ctooes ,bYgroupiga numbér of tee-related *images mnto a moptage of tho subject. The 'titi., Bank of Nature iakesreferonce to, remarks madé by. lGth 'century p"hys*cianpot ,and, photo enthuùsiast, Oiver Wendell fHomes.' lmi.Bank 0< Nature is 'a tom ïHolmes.ud-to refer .te. an evenitual collection -0< phOtography - alibraiy inlàwhich il' ti.Wrld i-4s..available for viowing. Fitzpatrick ýîý,wishes .to, acknowledge ,ýthe ..co-operation of tke Image-Bank of Canada i the production of hi. work. Thoexhidýbition continues untl April 7. opens a alr An exibition 0 16orgif watercolours and drawng by the late ErnestT'hom pson Seten wva. open a, t, the Robert> -McLaughln Gallery on Feb. 28.. OrganizTed by the. Lindsay Galer, .thi.exhibition sows Stn.versatilty as an artia with bis drawings of natur and animais It was the. wflderness, hot the. pastoral landscapo that cauight Seton'. imagination, Seon attended tiie Ontario College, 0< Art under the. direction of Lucius' OBrien an.d J.A. Praer as Weil .-stii Acadmie Juliin i Paris. The. artiet pulilished a numbnhe -Of books that, hô b th wrote.and Ill.trtedincludig Two Little Savages(1903), Tho e fHistoriés Of Northern.Anitnals (1909) and The.Lives of Gaine Animal. :(1925728). This exhibtion will; hold a vwide appealas"Seton influenced oand touchéd rnany people with hi. books on nature, woodmanship and scouting. Il. exhibition 4i. accompan'd hyý a ctaoge 64yJhWadlad. Art for children 1 Chuldren's art classe will b.k held'at Tii.Station. Gallery dur- 'herewfibe drawhigpant ingcolageandseul ture ini the for.as Tii. firat sesson will b. held March -12'axdl 3,'10 ard.to4 .i.The'seoed session will ýb. eIMarch' 14 and 15, 10 a.m. te Cos't le, $40 fi* 'rn enir,$Ç f.DInaer Theatre Ao.8 RdPlkrn A4 Whirlickmerin Plaàying Feb., i - Mar. 24-, *orseval $24.d nlon95o CaIL 472408 Bokv4.

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