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Tchaikovsky special on television How is a performance of a great piece of music created? The renowned San Francisco Symphony, under the leadership of Michael Tilson Thomas, addresses that issue in an engrossing and provocative documentary, Keeping Score: MTT on Music: The Making of a Performance, Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony, airing on WTIU Wednesday, June 16 at 9:30pm on Great Performances. Taking viewers behind the scenes and revealing what goes into playing this great music, Thomas explains, “We look forward to energizing not just committed classical music lovers. We also look forward to convincing a new generation that music is part of their human heritage and essential to everyone.” As expected, the conductor’s limitless ardor for his subject fills every frame of the one-hour telecast. Whether discussing Tchaikovsky while behind the wheel of a snappy silver Volvo, demonstrating passages at the piano in his study in Pacific Heights or running over concepts with concertmaster Alexander Barantschik prior to rehearsals, Thomas is ever the genial host. Along the way, he explores the symphony’s four Michael Tilson Thomas movements, provides commentary on the powerful and vibrant emotions embodied in the music and introduces many of the personable members of the orchestra. Timpanist David Herbert, for example, is shown working on his kettle drums. Always pursuing the ideal sound, he is determined to bring out the drama and emotion that Tchaikovsky’s 4th requires. Down in the locker room, he prepares natural skins imported from Ireland. These produce a rich sound that modern plastic just can’t match. Perhaps most exotic to viewers will be William Bennett, principal oboe, meticulously slicing the slivers of cane whose vibrations create the distinctive voice of the instrument. “Reeds are the bane of our existence,” he laughs, “making reeds and acquiring all the weird medieval tools that go along with that production. We spend so much time at our desks, scraping and trying to get the right sound at the right pitch, we hardly have time to practice.” Cathy Payne, piccolo, has her concerns, too. Addressing a Family Concert audience, she explains that her solo in the third movement is the most technically challenging she has with the orchestra. “For 125 years, piccolo players all over the world, generations of us, have had trouble with this.” Although only 21 notes long, Payne notes, there is just one catch: those notes have to be played in three seconds. The program climaxes with highlights of a gala performance of the symphony at the orchestra’s home base, Davies Symphony Hall. (A companion film of the complete performance, Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in Performance: The San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas, follows on Great Performances. Amidst post-concert dressing-room congratulations from orchestra members and friends, an ebullient Thomas is still afloat in the majesty of Tchaikovsky’s emotional sweep. “Working with a great orchestra like this,” he says, “there’s absolutely no limit.” And, he adds, “It can be as the piece has never been done before.” PROGRAMMING AND OPERATING SUPPORT Indiana University CORPORATE SILVER CINERGY Delta Tau Delta Friends of the Unitarian Universalist Church, Bloomington PYNCO, Inc.–Bedford CORPORATE BENEFACTORS Bloomington Iron and Metal Innovative Medical Care– Dr. Michael Kane KP Pharmaceutical Technology, Inc. Dr. Matthew Parmenter at The Foot and Ankle Center Dr. David Southwick, Hand and Microvascular Surgeon–Terre Haute Tipton Lakes Athletic Club– Columbus Wininger Stolberg Homes CORPORATE SPONSORS Brown Hill Nursery–Columbus Drs. David J. Howell & Timothy A. Pliske, DDS– Bloomington & Bedford Well Being Psychological Services in Bloomington–Paul Shriver CORPORATE MEMBERS Bloomington Veterinary Hospital Brown County Hotels and Restaurants: • Brown County Inn • Nashville House • The Ordinary • The Seasons Dr. Phillip Crooke, Obstetrics and Gynecology Dermatology Center of Indiana– Drs. Bryne, McTigue and Reeck Glusenkamp Designscape Horticultural Service G. C. Mangum Construction– Nashville May Insurance Agency Neuter Scooter Oliver Winery Smart and Johnson Title Company–Columbus Strategic Development Group, Inc. World Wide Automotive Service Page 18 / Directions in Sound / June 2004
PROGRAM UNDERWRITERS 4th Street Festival of Arts and Crafts A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.— Bloomington A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.— Columbus Andrews, Harrell, Mann, Carmin, and Parker P.C. Appletree Cleaning Co. Argentum Jewelry Baugh Enterprises Commercial Printing & Bulk Mail Services Bellevue Gallery Bicycle Garage BloomingFoods Bloomington Area Arts Council Bloomington Area Birth Services Bloomington Cardiology Bloomington Hospital & Healthcare System Bloomington Parks & Recreation Bloomington Shuttle Service Bloomington Symphony Orchestra Joan H. Bowden, LCSW Bunger and Robertson, Attorneys at Law By Hand Gallery Caveat Emptor Books Center for Behavioral Health The Cinemat City of Bloomington City of Bloomington Parks & Recreation Classic Pyx Columbus Area Arts Council Columbus Container Inc. Columbus Optical Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra Commercial Service of Bloomington Day & Carter Mortuary, Bedford Delta Tau Delta, Bloomington Chapter Direkt Approach EcoLogic Evans Violins First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ First Presbyterian Church of Columbus Fossil Rain Four Seasons Retirement Gallery North on the Square Greentree at Westwood The Framing Guild Goods for Cooks Grant St. Hamilton Center The Herald-Times Hills O’Brown Realty Hills O’Brown Property Management Hirons & Company HoosierNet Hoosier Energy IMA—Internal Medicine Associates Indiana Department of Commerce—Tourism Division Indiana Repertory Theatre— Indianapolis Indiana Space Grant Consortium Indiana State Fair Indiana State Museum Indiana State Park Inns Indianapolis Museum of Art— Columbus Gallery Indianapolis Opera Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra The Irish Lion Restaurant and Pub IU Art Museum IU Bloomington Division of Continuing Studies IU Credit Union IU Department of Theatre and Drama IU Division of Recreational Sports IU East Asian Studies Center IU Home Pages IU Honors Program in Foreign Languages IU Liberal Arts & Management Program IU Medical Sciences Program IU School of Music The Kinsey Institute Kirby-Risk Supply Co. LaSalle Bank L. B. Stant and Associates Mallor, Clendening, Grodner & Bohrer, Attorneys at Law Mays Greenhouse Meadowood Retirement Community Medicaid Solutions Michael’s Uptown Cafe Midwest Counseling Center Monroe Bank Monroe County Solid Waste Management N.R. Hiller Design Old National Organization of American Historians Pak Mail Providence Center Restaurant Tallent Roadworthy Guitar & Amp Royal Toyota Volvo Dr. Byron Rutledge Ryder Magazine Salaam The Scholar’s Inn Bakehouse Sheer Elegance Drapery Designs Smith’s Sport ‘n’ Shoe Smithville Telephone Company Sprint PCS Stafford Counseling & Consulting J.R. Stallsmith & Co. St. Mark’s United Methodist Church Stephens Olds Honda Hyundai Stirling Productions Stone Cabin Design Sycamore Land Trust Talbot Studio TIAA-CREF Trojan Horse Restaurant Twisted Limb Paperworks University Information Technology Services Vance Music Center Wandering Turtle Art Gallery & Gifts World Wide Automotive Service Yarns Unlimited Elizabeth A.York MS, LCSW These community minded businesses support locally produced programs on WFIU. We thank them for their partnership and encourage you to thank and support them. LOCAL PROGRAM PRODUCTION SUPPORT Avers Electric (Ether Game) Closets Too! (Noon Edition) The Gallery (Afterglow) Pygmalion’s Art Supplies (Ether Game) Romy Remodeling (Big Bands) The Toy Chest of Nashville (Ether Game) NATIONALLY SYNDICATED PROGRAM SUPPORT Nakamichi Foundation - American Early Music Series (Harmonia) The Oakley Foundation, Terre Haute (Hometown) Office of the IU Chancellor, Bloomington (A Moment of Science) Office of the IU Vice President for Research (A Moment of Science) PYNCO, Inc., Bedford (Harmonia) June 2004 / Directions in Sound / Page 19
Page 1 and 2: Also this month: • Kids’ Art Co
Page 3 and 4: Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey
Page 5 and 6: Mark Zalewski invites kids from Tul
Page 7 and 8: Broadcasts from the IU School of Mu
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Page 11 and 12: 2 Wednesday 9:05 AM CLASSICAL MUSIC
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