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Franz Krager, conductor of die
Brazos Valley Symphony, ex
plained the sonata allegro form
of musical composition during
the Lagniappe Lecture series
Thursday, before the perfor-’
mance of the St. Paul Chamber
Orchestra.
The Lagniappe Lecture series
is a project of the Opera and Per
forming Arts Society Guild tie-
signed to give those attending the
performances a better apprecia
tion of the music. “Laginappe” is
a French Cajun expression mean
ing giving something extra.
The sonata is the most basic
form of all composition, Krager
said. It is made up of five basic
units, the introduction, exposi
tion, development, recapitulation
and coda.
Wolfgang Mozart’s Symphony
No. 41 “Jupiter,” performed by
the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra,
has three sonata movements, he
said. It isn’t always necessary to
start a sonata with an introduc
tion, Krager said.
In “Jupiter” the sonatas begin
at the exposition stage with a
short theme.
“The themes of Mozart are
short enough to be caught right
away,” Krager said.
The development stage, which
lasts about two minutes, follows
the exposition in the third sonata
of “ Jupiter,” he said.
The recapitulation in “Jupiter”
is similar to the exposition,
Krager said.
The sonata ends with a coda,
which Krager said was the tail
piece. It has the same basic chara-
teristics as the rest of the sonata
with a few variations.
“Serenade in E-flat,” another
of Mozart’s compositions that was
played by the St. Paul Chamber
Orchestra, is done strictly with
wood instruments, he said.
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The Brazos Valley Symphony
Photo by DEANSAITO
“It’s a woodwind color compo
sition,” Krager said.
This means that several differ
ent woodwind instruments are
played together to give a special
tone quality, he said.
In Mozart s day, a serenade of
ten was used as background mu
sic for evening social occasions.
Texas A&M hosts premier violinist
By TRENT LEOPOLD
Staff Writer
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Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman
and Itzhak Perlman are regarded
by music critics as the three best
violinists in the world today.
Thursday night, when the
Texas A&M Opera and Perform
ing Arts Society opened their
1985 Spring season in Rudder
Auditorium, Zukerman showed
an audience of about 2,300 why
he has earned the reputation of
being one of the best.
At the conclusion of the first
piece of the program, Mozart’s
“Serenade in E-flat,” the eight
woodwind musicians performing
the piece received a warm round
of applause. Chuckles, for no ap
parent reason, however, were
neard resonating from the audi
ence between the Adagio and Me-
nuetto parts of the piece.
After the conclusion of the first
piece, Zukerman took the stage as
the full orchestra played Schu-
for Violin and
bert’s “Rondo in A
Strings.” The piece featured Zu
kerman who received a warm
round of applause following the
conclusion of the piece, however
lie did not receive a standing
ovation.
Joe Harris, one of the mem
bers of the audience summed up
the feelings of many. “Texas
A&M should be proud to host
one of the world’s premier or
chestras,” he said.
Before the concert, which be
gan shortly after 8 p.m., Franz
Krager, conductor of the Brazos
Valley Symphony Orchestra gave
a free lecture about the music
played by the orchestra.
The 34-member St. Paul
Chamber Orchestra, the only
full-time professional chamber
orchestra in the United States,
won a Grammy Award in 1979
for their recording of Aaron Co
pland’s “Appalachian Spring.
Maestro Zukerman began his
fifth season as Music Director lor
the orchestra last September.
Franz Krager
CounseLine helps student find answers to life’s problems
By CATHIE ANDERSON
Staff Writer
845-2958.
A phone rings on the third floor
of the YMCA building.
| “CounseLine,” the operator says.
1 “Tape No. 70, please.”
I “One moment, please.”
f The listener hears several clicks
on the line. Then a taped interview
with a psychiatrist on the difference
between love and infatuation begins.
Dr. Ronald Lewis, associate direc
tor of the Texas A&M Student
Counseling Service, said the Coun
seLine Self-Help Tape Program
helps students find baste answers to
problems in their daily life.
But Lewis stressed students
should not rely on this program to
deal with complex problems. If stu
dents need more help, they should
call the telephone number given at
the end of each tape, he said.
The counseling service also has a
staff of psychologists, which can help
students if their problems are more
complex, Lewis said.
Students can identify the tapes
they want to hear by number or sub
ject. The tapes play from three to
five minutes.
The CounseLine is open from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. Lewis said the service
would probably get more use if it
were open in the evening hours, hut
resources are not available to ex
pand the program’s hours at this
time.
T he program has been part of the
services offered by the counseling
service for five years, Lewis said.
The CounseLine’s most popular
tapes include discussions about add
ing and dropping courses, test anxi
ety, stress management, and chang
ing majors.
Other topics include fighting con
structively, contracts in intimate
relationships, and parenting skills.
All full-time undergraduate and
graduate students adept in darts, ta
ble tennis and chess are invited to
compete through next week for a
spot on the Texas A&M intercolle
giate team, said Sheila Michalski,
Memorial Student Center program
advisor.
The MSC Recreation Committee
is preparing to retain its regional ti
tle in the intercollegiate indoor
games.
The chess tournament will be held
in 601 Rudder at 10 a.m. Saturday
and the table tennis competition in
304A East Kyle at noon. Entrants
can register for $3 per event when
they arrive. Yesterday’s Billiard Par
lor in Bryan will hold the dart com
petition either Wednesday or Thurs
day of next week.
Bowling, billiards, backgammon
and racquetball slots have already
been filled, Michalski said. Trap and
skeet competitors will be chosen by
Texas A&M’s Trap and Skeet Club.
“This year we’ll have a very strong
team,” Michalski says, “Particularly
in bowling and billiards.”
Sponsored by the Association of
College Unions International, mem
ber colleges and universities across
the nation organize student union
tournaments and send competitors
to regional and national playoffs in
the spring.
No school can send more than 45
competitors to regional competition
with six per bowling team and four
per individual sport.
The competition also includes a
10-kilometer run and hackey-sack,
but neither of these events will in
volve Texas A&M students.
Winners will travel to North
Texas State University February 15-
17 for regional competition.
Schools in Texas, Arkansas and
Louisiana make up region twelve in
the AGUE Last year the regional
competion was held at Texas A&M
and the home team won. The Uni
versity of Houston placed second
and the University of Texas at Aus
tin placed third.
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