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Perhaps it was the magni- tude of the music itself - a monumental. technically daunting program compris- ing the Quartet in BH1at [Op.18. No.6), the Grosse Fugue Op 133) and the late "Rasumovsky" Quartet in F- major (0p.59, Noll -- that prompted planners of the K- W Symphony's Mad About Beethoven Festival to take just that kind of artistic risk. And with few reserva- tions, the Penderecki's first. ever date on the main Cemre stage worked surpris- inle well. In fact, more than 1250 (a 70-per-cent house) came to hear a scintillating matinee performance whose title, Close Encounters, bravely ach, ieved most of what it promised $3233 Volunteers are needed to assist arranging meetings, delivery of brochures and erection of signs Donations gratefully accepted to: 9"me tooled Elect ERNIE DYCK CAMPAIGN 120 Mayfield Ave, Waterloo, ON NSU 359 For mfcxmation call 146-0496 CEiclifEE1E? as one of the two WATERLOO REPRESENTATIVES ON REGIONAL COUNCIL NATURAL CHERRY I 5'17“. " g 2 1a mm AL enemy sh.” ["27” The tonal grandeur, thematic stride and sheer visceral energy of Beethoven, even in his ebul- lient early Op.18 quartet, had a lot to do with the apparent ease that Jerzy Kaplanek. Jeremy Bell Mo- lins). Christine Vlajk (viola) and Paul Pulford (cello) dis- played as they settled into the task of filling up this unaccustomed space. Clarity. decision and tidy elegance marked all four movements of Op.18. And with rapid passages timed to complement the hall's nat- ural resonance, any fears of muddled articulation quick- ly disappeared and made up for some of the distance the sound had to travel. The huge Grosse Fuge (0p.133], a stand-alone epic in chamber music if ever there was one, never Fit com- fortably within Beethoven's Op_l30 quartet for which it was originally created. None other than Igor Stravinsky - who claimed Beethoven lacked the "gift" to write really persuasive melodies - praised this grand single movement as "the most per- fect miracle of music. " And its dynamic dimen- sions alone spoke the truth, swelling the Penderecki‘s collective strength to cham- ber orchestra proportions. Suspenseful harmonic shifts, jagged colliding entries, explosive rhythmic motifs and a driven gut-level energy all helped to create a sense of defiant tension, of pulling - sometimes vio- lently "away from familiar tonality and texture into an undiscovered country. And it was unmistakably the kind of terrain intended to make both performer and listener work hard in explor- ing it. The richly varied "Rasumovsky" (Op.59] quar- tet dramatically bridged the contrasting moods of its companion-pieces. And while it offered numerous flashes of grace and virtuos- ity from all the instruments, these four movements are particularly gratifying for their celebration of the cello, Each bloomed with an expansive opening melody, theme, rhythmic idea. or response that welled up seamlessly from the very roots of the ensemble and did more to warm the Centre's space than any sin- gle event of the afternoon. That in itself was worth the price of admission. . Cosily intimate? Perhaps not. But a memorable encounter? Dertnitely. (Pauline Finch is a KW area amateur musician and student at Waterloo Lutheran Seminary.)