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By Karl Pallmeyer
Music Critic
It's quite an experience to hear
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “1812
3verture” with full orchestra, bells,
treworks and cannons. That’s the
vay it was performed Friday night
vhen the Brazos Valley Symphony
)rchestra, with 57 bell ringers from
area churches and three cannons
rom Fort Hood, Finished its benefit
terformance “Picnic with the Pops, a
Concert in the Sousa Tradition.”
About 1,500 people armed with
lankets or lawn chairs spread out
in the lawn of the Brazos Center for
in evening of music. The concert,
ponsored by the Friends Associa-
. « tion of the Sym-
leview phony Orchestra,
was designed to
aise money for the BVSO’s next
oncert season.
The evening’s entertainment be-
;an around 6 p.m. with music from
he Bryan High School Jazz Band,
he Pete Rodriques Jazz Band and
heA&M Consolidated High School
azzBand. The BVSO took the stage
hortly afterS p.m.
Conductor Franz Anton Krager,
Iressed in a Sousaesque military
and uniform, announced that the
vening’s program would follow the
ante format John Philip Sousa used
(hen he directed his band during
mtdoor concerts. The format in-
:luded Sousa marches, classical
lieces and popular songs by contem-
lorary composers.
After Dimitri Shostakovich’s “Fes-
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live Overture,” Krager introduced
orchestra member Larry Campbell,
euphonium soloist for Felix Alex
andre Guilmant’s “Morceau Sym-
phonique.” The “Morceau Sympho-
nique,” a slow, lyrical piece, was
highlighted by Campbell’s beauti
fully sad, almost operatic solo.
The audience was asked to sing
along on the next piece, Sousa’s
“U.S. Field Artillery March.” Asso
ciate conductor George Adams ded
icated the march to the soldiers and
commanders from Fort Hood who
supplied the cannons.
A salute to Leroy Anderson was
made up of three pieces: “Fiddle-
Faddle,” “Blue Tango” and “Bugl
er’s Holiday.” The violin section was
featured during “Fiddle-Faddle”
and cornetists John McSpadden, Jim
Zinecker and Jennifer Benardino
got to show off with their fast and
harmonic passages during “Bugler’s
Holiday.”
Krager turned over the baton to
Adams, who conducted Bagley’s
“National Emblem March,” but
came back onstage to conduct Mor
ton Gould’s “American Salute.”
During the intermission, the
chance to conduct the symphony
during Sousa’s “The Stars and
Stripes Forever” went up for auc
tion. When the bidding was over, lo
cal oilman Emil Odgen’s $525 bid
won him the conductor’s position.
But he would have to wait until the
orchestra played Sousa’s “Semper
Fidelis March,” Pryor and Rodri
quez’s “Thoughts of Love,” Khacha
turian’s “Sabre Dance” and Dinicu
and Heifetz’s “Hora Staccato.”
Trombonist David Hass was the
featured soloist during “Thoughts
of Love.” For “Hora Staccato,”
Krager put down the baton and
picked up mallets for his incredible
marimba solo.
Odgen was handed the baton with
much ceremony and humor. Jim
Butler, entertainment editor for the
Bryan-College Station Eagle, also
got a chance to conduct “The Stars
and Stripes Forever,” but was no
where near as animated as Odgen.
For George Frederick Handel’s
“Music for the Royal Fireworks,”
woodwind players from local high
schools joined the BVSO. Krager
said Handel had to score the piece
with an enlarged double-reed sec
tion in place of strings to satisfy the
King of England. Handel later
scored the piece for strings as well so
Krager combined both scores for the
performance.
The highlight of the evening, of
course, was the performance of
Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture.”
Members of area churches stood on
both sides of the stage with hand
bells for the finale. The cannons at
the left of the stage and the fire
works, provided by members of the
College Station Lions Club, at the
right of the stage, made the evening
a night to remember.
On its own, Tchaikovsky’s music is
powerful, but it becomes a totally
new experience when punctuated
with blasts from three howitzers.
The audience was blown away.
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On the outskirts of the Texas
AW campus lies a simple, unas-
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to reduce matter to its most
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Students pass the building every
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Although the Cylclotron Institute
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clotron is put into operation some
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“The new cyclotron will give us
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The new machine will allow the
scientists to ask new questions about
the atom, Youngblood said.
“The cyclotron is a com
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The institute began constructing
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“The cyclotron is a complex devi
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Modifications to the machine are
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“We were forced not to do every
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The students definitely will be
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“A group from the Department of
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Youngblood said. “And one member
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powerful than any today for the type
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The Japanese spent $80 million to
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