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the examiner Kraft meets challenge Of VillaLobosetu By STEPHEN iALER Of The Examiner When Norbert Kraft sat down to play the guitar Thursday afternoon at the Childrens an nex he took the time to explain the purpose of the VillaLobos etudes he was about to play Its good thing that he did VillaLobos has written some of the finest 20th century music for the classical guitar but his etudes hardly rank as crowd pleasers Theyre pieces that demand virtuoso technique on the part of the performer and their musical value ranks far below that of the composers Preludes and Choros works But the bulk of Krafts 30 minute concert was devoted to the VillaLobos etudes because the young Toronto guitarist will be performing them next week when he competes in an Italian guitar competition devoted to the works of the Brazilian com poser DIFFICULT As difficult as the etudes are Kraft winner in the 1979 CBC Music Festival met the com posers technical challenges very well and also showed himself to be sensitive inter preter of the music Krafts playing is almost always clean and precise Hes not an emotional player but he does work hard to vary the dynamics and tonal qualities of each piece he plays The lyricism of the seventh and tenth eludes was brought out to good effect while the throbb ing rhythmic quality of the twelfth etude clearly underscored the folk influences in VillaLobos music FINAL WORK The final work on the pro gram Gulianis Grande ver ture was yet another of the many 19th century guitar works dedicated to displaying the capabilities of the instrument Iuliani filled the piece with conventional rhythmic and melodic passages and Kraft played it well but the result was little too easy to take and Saturday Sept 22 1979 entertainmnt Editor Stephen Gauer7266537 Norbert Kraft Toronto guitarist and winner of the I979 CBC Music Festival performed concert at the Childrens Annex Thursday afternoon Ex aminer Photo the music too bland to have muchimpact Its unfortunate that Kraft could not have chosen more in teresting material for the con cert His comments on each of the pieces helped the audience understand what they were hearing but the music served as apoor introduction to the classical guitar The concerts focus on technical display seemed more appropriate to guitar competition than to public performance in library fantasy musical comes tO library Songs of Spirit Words of Power fantasy musical about mans search for the inner self will be performed in the Childrens Annex 0f the public library Monday at pm The show stars Jim Beardcn and Linda Jean Butler creators of the musical Shadd based on the life of Canadian folk heroine that was nominated for 1978 ACIRA award The new play takes the form of dialogue between two halves of soul The two halves male and female AA discuss which half must return to physical body for life on earth Both are reluctant to undertake the challenge and this provides the dramatic conflict of the play As well as featuring many new songsthc fantasy uses the words of writers ranging from Whitman and Wordsworth to Carlos Castenada and Kurt Vonnegut Jr Bearden and Butlers 10year partnership has involved live experimental theatre televi sion scriptwriling and produc tion and music and lyric com position for films Bearden has been heard performing their themes in Where Shipwrecks Abound an awardwinning documentary and in other films broadcast by the CBC and by CTV Also performing with the duo is Larry Brown bassist who has worked with Sneezy Waters and the Perth County Conv spiracy Monday afternoon the group will perform the Shadd musical for invited school audiences The evening performance of Songs of Spirit Words of Power is free to the public The Mon day performances are part of program sponsored by the Bar rie Public Library with the assistance of the Georgian Bay Regional Library System and the Outreach Ontario program of the Ministry of Culture and Recreation New book gives details of 19th century rake LONDON iCPl Under the terms of his will the memoirs of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt went under lock and key for 30 years when he died in 1922 Just how scandalous this Vic torian poet explorer and wont anizer was can be gathered when in 1952 his custodians ea gerly took that first peek and promptly extended the em bargo oi further 20 years It can also be ascertained from Pilgrimage of Passion biography of Blunt by Lady Elizabeth Longford newly pub lishcd to critical acclaim Wilfrid Scawen lpronounced Scorn Blunt was typical Vic torian roue His wife Anne grand daughter of the poet Byron was not expected to object to his in fidelities but woe betide her should she have emulated them diplomat and traveller Blunt became grant Arabist and was said to have been re garded by Lawrence of Arabia as prophet great horseman his Ara bian stud at rabbcL Sussex became worldfamous Make deal and drive 5179 Chevrolet Try us paul sadlon motors 233 Bradford Street Barrie0ntario72618111 lrvings world is rich happy TORONTO 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