Elisabeth/np Schwarzkopf/np sang/vbd so/ql magnificently/rb Saturday/nr night/nn at/in Hunter/np-tl College/nn-tl that/cs it/pps seems/vbz a/at pity/nn to/to have/hv to/to register/vb any/dti complaints/nns ./. Still/rb a/at demurrer/nn or/cc two/cd must/md be/be entered/vbn ./. Schwarzkopf/np is/bez ,/, of/in course/nn ,/, Schwarzkopf/np ./. For/in style/nn and/cc assurance/nn ,/, for/in a/at supreme/jj and/cc regal/jj bearing/nn there/ex is/bez still/rb no/at one/pn who/wps can/md touch/vb her/ppo ./. If/cs the/at voice/nn is/bez just/rb a/at shade/nn less/ql glorious/jj than/cs it/pps used/vbd to/to be/be ,/, it/pps is/bez still/rb a/at beautiful/jj instrument/nn ,/, controlled/vbn and/cc flexible/jj ./. Put/vbn to/in the/at service/nn of/in lieder/nns of/in Schubert/np ,/, Brahms/np ,/, Strauss/np and/cc Wolf/np in/in a/at dramatical/jj and/cc musical/jj way/nn ,/, it/pps made/vbd its/pp$ effect/nn with/in ease/nn and/cc precision/nn ./. 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There/ex was/bedz an/at extra/jj pause/nn here/rb ,/, a/at gasp/nn or/cc a/at sigh/nn there/rb ,/, here/rb and/cc there/rb an/at extra/jj little/jj twist/nn of/in a/at word/nn or/cc note/nn ,/, all/abn in/in the/at interest/nn of/in effect/nn ./. The/at result/nn was/bedz like/cs that/dt of/in a/at beautiful/jj painting/nn with/in some/dti of/in the/at highlights/nns touched/vbn up/rp almost/rb to/in the/at point/nn of/in garishness/nn ./. There/ex were/bed stunning/jj musical/jj phrases/nns too/rb ,/, and/cc sometimes/rb the/at deepest/jjt kind/nn of/in musical/jj and/cc poetic/jj absorption/nn and/cc communication/nn ./. Miss/np Schwarzkopf/np and/cc her/pp$ excellent/jj pianist/nn ,/, John/np Wustman/np ,/, often/rb achieved/vbd the/at highest/jjt lyrical/jj ideals/nns of/in the/at lieder/nns tradition/nn ./. All/abn the/at more/ap reason/nn why/wrb there/ex should/md have/hv been/ben no/at place/nn for/in the/at frills/nns ;/. ;/. Miss/np Schwarzkopf/np is/bez too/ql great/jj an/at artist/nn to/to need/vb them/ppo ./. The/at dance/nn ,/, dancers/nns and/cc dance/nn enthusiasts/nns (/( 8,500/cd of/in them/ppo )/) had/hvd a/at much/ql better/jjr time/nn of/in it/ppo at/in Lewisohn/np-tl Stadium/nn-tl on/in Saturday/nr night/nn than/cs all/abn had/hvd had/hvn two/cd nights/nns earlier/rbr ,/, when/wrb Stadium/nn-tl Concerts/nns-tl presented/vbd the/at first/od of/in two/cd dance/nn programs/nns ./. On/in Saturday/nr ,/, the/at orchestra/nn was/bedz sensibly/rb situated/vbn down/rp on/in the/at field/nn ,/, the/at stage/nn floor/nn was/bedz apparently/rb in/in decent/jj condition/nn for/in dancing/vbg ,/, and/cc the/at order/nn of/in the/at program/nn improved/vbn ./. There/ex was/bedz ,/, additionally/rb ,/, a/at bonus/nn for/in the/at Saturday-night/jj patrons/nns ./. Alvin/np Ailey/np and/cc Carmen/np De/np Lavallade/np appeared/vbd in/in the/at first/od New/jj-tl York/np-tl performance/nn of/in Mr./np Ailey's/np$ ``/`` Roots/nns-tl Of/in-tl The/at-tl Blues/nns-tl ''/'' ,/, a/at work/nn given/vbn its/pp$ premiere/nn three/cd weeks/nns ago/rb at/in the/at Boston/np-tl Arts/nns-tl Festival/nn-tl ./. Otherwise/rb ,/, the/at program/nn included/vbd ,/, as/cs on/in Thursday/nr ,/, the/at Taras-Tchaikovsky/np ``/`` Design/nn-tl For/in-tl Strings/nns-tl ''/'' ,/, the/at Dollar-Britten/np ``/`` Divertimento/nn-tl ''/'' ,/, the/at Dollar-De/np Banfield/np ``/`` The/at-tl Duel/nn-tl ''/'' and/cc the/at pas/fw-nn de/fw-in deux/fw-cd from/in ``/`` The/at-tl Nutcracker/nn-tl ''/'' ./. Maria/np Tallchief/np and/cc Erik/np Bruhn/np ,/, who/wps danced/vbd the/at ``/`` Nutcracker/nn-tl ''/'' pas/fw-nn de/fw-in deux/fw-cd ,/, were/bed also/rb seen/vbn in/in the/at Petipa-Minkus/np pas/fw-nn de/fw-in deux/fw-cd from/in ``/`` Don/np Quixote/np ''/'' ,/, another/dt brilliant/jj showpiece/nn that/wps displayed/vbd their/pp$ technical/jj prowess/nn handsomely/rb ./. Among/in the/at other/ap solo/nn ballet/nn dancers/nns of/in the/at evening/nn ,/, Elisabeth/np Carroll/np and/cc Ivan/np Allen/np were/bed particularly/rb impressive/jj in/in their/pp$ roles/nns in/in ``/`` The/at-tl Duel/nn-tl ''/'' ,/, a/at work/nn that/wps depends/vbz so/ql much/rb upon/in the/at precision/nn and/cc incisiveness/nn of/in the/at two/cd principal/jjs combatants/nns ./. Mr./np Ailey's/np$ ``/`` Roots/nns-tl Of/in-tl The/at-tl Blues/nns-tl ''/'' ,/, an/at earthy/jj and/cc very/ql human/jj modern/jj dance/nn work/nn ,/, provided/vbd strong/jj contrast/nn to/in the/at ballet/nn selections/nns of/in the/at evening/nn ./. As/cs Brother/nn-tl John/np Sellers/np sang/vbd five/cd ``/`` blues/nns ''/'' to/in the/at guitar/nn and/cc drum/nn accompaniments/nns of/in Bruce/np Langhorne/np and/cc Shep/np Shepard/np ,/, Mr./np Ailey/np and/cc Miss/np De/np Lavallade/np went/vbd through/rp volatile/jj dances/nns that/wps were/bed by/in turns/nns insinuating/vbg ,/, threatening/vbg ,/, contemptuous/jj and/cc ecstatic/jj ./. Their/pp$ props/nns were/bed two/cd stepladders/nns ,/, a/at chair/nn and/cc a/at palm/nn fan/nn ./. He/pps wore/vbd the/at clothes/nns of/in a/at laborer/nn ,/, and/cc she/pps was/bedz wondrously/ql seductive/jj in/in a/at yellow/jj and/cc orange/jj dress/nn ./. The/at cat-like/jj sinuousness/nn and/cc agility/nn of/in both/abx dancers/nns were/bed exploited/vbn in/in leaps/nns ,/, lifts/nns ,/, crawls/nns and/cc slides/nns that/wps were/bed almost/ql invariably/rb compelling/jj in/in a/at work/nn of/in strong/jj ,/, sometimes/rb almost/ql frightening/vbg ,/, tensions/nns ./. ``/`` Roots/nns-tl Of/in-tl The/at-tl Blues/nns-tl ''/'' may/md not/* be/be for/in gentle/jj souls/nns ,/, but/cc others/nns should/md welcome/vb its/pp$ super-charged/jj impact/nn ./. ``/`` Perhaps/rb it/pps is/bez better/rbr to/to stay/vb at/in home/nr ./. The/at armchair/nn traveler/nn preserves/nns his/pp$ illusions/nns ''/'' ./. This/dt somewhat/ql cynical/jj comment/nn may/md be/be found/vbn in/in ``/`` Blue/jj-tl Skies/nns-tl ,/, Brown/jj-tl Studies/nns-tl ''/'' ,/, a/at collection/nn of/in travel/nn essays/nns by/in William/np Sansom/np ,/, who/wps would/md never/rb consider/vb staying/vbg home/nr for/in long/rb ./. Mr./np Sansom/np is/bez English/jj ,/, bearded/vbn ,/, formidably/ql cultivated/vbn ,/, the/at versatile/jj author/nn of/in numerous/jj volumes/nns of/in short/jj stories/nns ,/, of/in novels/nns and/cc of/in pieces/nns that/wps are/ber neither/cc short/jj stories/nns nor/cc travel/nn articles/nns but/cc something/pn midway/rb between/rb ./. The/at only/ap man/nn alive/jj who/wps seems/vbz qualified/vbn by/in his/pp$ learning/nn ,/, his/pp$ disposition/nn and/cc his/pp$ addiction/nn to/in a/at baroque/jj luxuriance/nn of/in language/nn to/to inherit/vb the/at literary/jj mantle/nn of/in Sacheverell/np Sitwell/np ,/, Mr./np Sansom/np writes/vbz of/in foreign/jj parts/nns with/in a/at dedication/nn to/in decoration/nn worthy/jj of/in a/at pastry/nn chef/nn creating/vbg a/at wedding/nn cake/nn for/in the/at marriage/nn of/in a/at Hungarian/jj beauty/nn (/( her/pp$ third/od )/) and/cc an/at American/jj multimillionaire/nn (/( his/pp$ fourth/od )/) ./. The/at result/nn is/bez rather/ql wonderful/jj ,/, but/cc so/ql rich/jj as/cs to/to be/be indigestible/jj if/cs taken/vbn in/in too/ql thick/jj slices/nns ./. There/ex are/ber sixteen/cd essays/nns in/in ``/`` Blue/jj-tl Skies/nns-tl ,/, Brown/jj-tl Studies/nns-tl ''/'' ./. Most/ap of/in them/ppo were/bed written/vbn between/in 1953/cd and/cc 1960/cd and/cc originally/rb appeared/vbd in/in various/jj magazines/nns ./. All/abn are/ber well/rb written/vbn and/cc are/ber overwritten/vbn ./. But/cc ,/, even/rb if/cs Mr./np Sansom/np labors/vbz too/ql hard/rb to/to extract/vb more/ap refinements/nns of/in meaning/nn and/cc feeling/nn from/in his/pp$ travel/nn experiences/nns than/cs the/at limits/nns of/in language/nn allow/vb ,/, he/pps still/rb can/md charm/vb and/cc astound/vb ./. Too/ql many/ap books/nns and/cc articles/nns are/ber just/rb assembled/vbn by/in putting/vbg one/cd word/nn after/in another/dt ./. Mr./np Sansom/np actually/rb writes/vbz his/pp$ with/in a/at nice/jj ear/nn for/in a/at gracefully/rb composed/vbn sentence/nn ,/, with/in an/at intense/jj relish/nn in/in all/abn the/at metaphorical/jj resources/nns of/in English/np ,/, with/in a/at thick/jj shower/nn of/in sophisticated/jj ,/, cultural/jj references/nns ./. A/at-hl contemplative/jj-hl connoisseur/nn-hl ``/`` I/ppss like/vb to/to sniff/vb a/at place/nn ,/, and/cc reproduce/vb what/wdt it/pps really/rb smells/vbz and/cc looks/vbz like/cs ,/, its/pp$ color/nn ,/, its/pp$ particular/jj kind/nn of/in life/nn ''/'' ./. This/dt is/bez an/at exact/jj description/nn of/in what/wdt Mr./np Sansom/np does/doz ./. He/pps ignores/vbz guidebook/nn facts/nns ./. He/pps only/ql rarely/rb tells/vbz a/at personal/jj anecdote/nn and/cc hardly/ql ever/rb sketches/vbz an/at individual/nn or/cc quotes/vbz his/pp$ opinions/nns ./. It/pps is/bez an/at over-all/jj impression/nn Mr./np Sansom/np strives/vbz for/in ,/, an/at impression/nn compounded/vbn of/in visual/jj details/nns ,/, of/in a/at savory/jj mixture/nn of/in smells/nns ,/, of/in much/ap loving/vbg attention/nn to/in architecture/nn and/cc scenery/nn ,/, of/in lights/nns and/cc shadows/nns ,/, of/in intangibles/nns of/in atmosphere/nn and/cc of/in echoes/nns of/in the/at past/nn ./. William/np Sansom/np writes/vbz only/rb about/in Europe/np in/in this/dt book/nn and/cc frequently/rb of/in such/jj familiar/jj places/nns as/cs London/np ,/, Vienna/np ,/, the/at French/jj-tl Riviera/np-tl and/cc the/at Norwegian/jj fjords/nns ./. But/cc no/at matter/nn what/wdt he/pps writes/vbz about/in he/pps brings/vbz to/in his/pp$ subject/nn his/pp$ own/jj original/jj mind/nn and/cc his/pp$ own/jj sensitive/jj reactions/nns ./. ``/`` A/at writer/nn lives/vbz ,/, at/in best/jjt ,/, in/in a/at state/nn of/in astonishment/nn ''/'' ,/, he/pps says/vbz ./. ``/`` Beneath/in any/dti feeling/nn he/pps has/hvz of/in the/at good/nn or/cc the/at evil/nn of/in the/at world/nn lies/vbz a/at deeper/jjr one/cd of/in wonder/nn at/in it/ppo all/abn ./. To/to transmit/vb that/dt feeling/nn he/pps writes/vbz ''/'' ./. This/dt may/md not/* be/be true/jj of/in many/ap writers/nns ,/, but/cc it/pps certainly/rb is/bez true/jj of/in Mr./np Sansom/np ./. So/rb in/in these/dts pages/nns one/pn can/md share/vb his/pp$ wonder/nn at/in the/at traditional/jj fiesta/nn of/in St./nn-tl Torpetius/np that/wps still/rb persists/vbz in/in St./np Tropez/np ;/. ;/. at/in the/at sun/nn and/cc the/at heat/nn of/in Mediterranean/np lands/nns ,/, always/rb much/ql brighter/jjr and/cc hotter/jjr to/in an/at Englishman/np than/cs to/in an/at American/jj used/vbn to/in summers/nns in/in New/jj-tl York/np-tl or/cc Kansas/np City/nn-tl ;/. ;/. at/in the/at supreme/jj delights/nns to/to be/be found/vbn in/in one/cd of/in the/at world's/nn$ finest/jjt restaurants/nns ,/, La/fw-at-tl Bonne/fw-jj-tl Auberge/fw-nn-tl ,/, which/wdt is/bez situated/vbn on/in the/at seacoast/nn twenty/cd miles/nns west/nr of/in the/at Nice/np airport/nn ;/. ;/. and/cc at/in the/at infinite/jj variety/nn of/in London/np ./. Mr./np Sansom/np can/md be/be eloquent/jj in/in a/at spectacular/jj way/nn which/wdt recalls/vbz (/( to/in those/dts who/wps recall/vb easily/rb )/) the/at statues/nns of/in Bernini/np and/cc the/at gigantic/jj paintings/nns of/in Tintoretto/np ./. He/pps can/md coin/vb a/at neat/jj phrase/nn :/: ``/`` a/at street/nn spattered/vbn with/in an/at invigoration/nn of/in people/nns ''/'' ;/. ;/. tulips/nns with/in ``/`` petals/nns wide/jj and/cc shaggy/jj as/cs a/at spaniel's/nn$ ears/nns ''/'' ;/. ;/. after/in a/at snowstorm/nn a/at landscape/nn smelling/vbg ``/`` of/in woodsmoke/nn and/cc clarity/nn ''/'' ./. And/cc ,/, for/in all/abn his/pp$ lacquered/vbn ,/, almost/ql Byzantine/jj self-consciousness/nn ,/, he/pps can/md make/vb one/pn recognize/vb the/at aptness/nn of/in an/at unexpected/jj comparison/nn ./. Beauty/nn-hl borrowed/vbn-hl from/in-hl afar/rn In/in one/cd of/in his/pp$ best/jjt essays/nns Mr./np Sansom/np expresses/vbz his/pp$ enthusiasm/nn for/in the/at many/ap country/nn mansions/nns designed/vbn by/in Andrea/np Palladio/np himself/ppl that/wps dot/vb the/at environs/nns of/in Vicenza/np ./. How/wql far/rb that/dt pedimented/jj and/cc pillared/jj style/nn has/hvz shed/vbn its/pp$ influence/nn Mr./np Sansom/np reminds/vbz us/ppo thus/rb :/: ``/`` The/at white/jj colonnaded/jj ,/, cedar-roofed/jj Southern/jj-tl mansion/nn is/bez directly/rb traceable/jj via/in the/at grey/jj and/cc buff/jj stone/nn of/in grey-skied/jj England/np to/in the/at golden/jj stucco/nn of/in one/cd particular/jj part/nn of/in the/at blue/jj South/nr-tl ,/, the/at Palladian/jj orbit/nn stretching/vbg out/rp from/in Vicenza/np :/: the/at old/jj mind/nn of/in Andrea/np Palladio/np still/rb smiles/vbz from/in behind/in many/abn an/at old/jj rocking/vbg chair/nn on/in a/at Southern/jj-tl porch/nn ,/, the/at deep/jj friezes/nns of/in his/pp$ architectonic/jj music/nn rise/vb firm/jj above/in the/at shallower/jjr freeze/nn in/in the/at kitchen/nn ,/, his/pp$ feeling/nn for/in light/nn and/cc shade/nn brings/vbz a/at glitter/nn from/in a/at tall/jj mint/nn julep/nn ,/, his/pp$ sense/nn of/in columns/nns framing/vbg the/at warm/jj velvet/nn night/nn has/hvz brought/vbn together/rb a/at million/cd couple/nn of/in mating/vbg lips/nns ''/'' ./. Nice/jj ,/, even/rb if/cs a/at trifle/nn gaudy/jj ./. ``/`` Blue/jj-tl Skies/nns-tl ,/, Brown/jj-tl Studies/nns-tl ''/'' is/bez illustrated/vbn with/in numerous/jj excellent/jj photographs/nns ./. In/in recent/jj days/nns there/ex have/hv been/ben extensive/jj lamentations/nns over/in the/at absence/nn of/in original/jj drama/nn on/in television/nn ,/, but/cc not/* for/in years/nns have/hv many/ap regretted/vbn the/at passing/nn of/in new/jj plays/nns on/in radio/nn ./. WBAI/np ,/, the/at listener-supported/jj outlet/nn on/in the/at frequency-modulation/nn band/nn ,/, has/hvz decided/vbn to/to do/do what/wdt it/pps can/md to/to correct/vb this/dt aural/jj void/nn ./. Yesterday/nr it/pps offered/vbd ``/`` Poised/vbn-tl For/in-tl Violence/nn-tl ''/'' ,/, by/in Jean/np Reavey/np ./. 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Moreover/rb ,/, her/pp$ central/jj figures/nns are/ber so/ql busily/rb fulfilling/vbg their/pp$ multitudinous/jj assignments/nns that/cs none/pn emerges/vbz as/cs an/at arresting/jj individual/nn in/in his/pp$ own/jj right/nn or/cc as/cs a/at provocative/jj symbol/nn of/in mankind's/nn$ ills/nns ./. But/cc quite/ql conceivably/rb an/at altogether/ql different/jj impression/nn will/md obtain/vb when/wrb the/at work/nn is/bez offered/vbn in/in the/at theatre/nn and/cc there/ex can/md be/be other/ap effects/nns to/to relieve/vb the/at burden/nn on/in the/at author's/nn$ words/nns ./. Which/wdt in/in itself/ppl is/bez an/at immediate/jj reward/nn of/in the/at WBAI/nn experiment/nn ;/. ;/. good/jj radio/nn drama/nn has/hvz its/pp$ own/jj special/jj demands/nns that/wps badly/rb need/vb reinvigoration/nn ./. A/at weekly/rb showcase/nn for/in contemporary/jj music/nn ,/, from/in the/at austere/jj archaism/nn of/in Stravinsky/np to/in the/at bleeps/nns and/cc bloops/nns of/in electronic/jj music/nn ,/, is/bez celebrating/vbg its/pp$ fourth/od anniversary/nn this/dt month/nn ./. Titled/vbn ``/`` What's/wdt+bez-tl New/jj-tl In/in-tl Music/nn-tl ''/'' ?/. ?/. The/at enterprising/jj program/nn is/bez heard/vbn Saturday/nr afternoons/nns on/in radio/nn station/nn Aj/nn ./. The/at brief/jj notes/nns introducing/vbg each/dt work/nn offer/vb salient/jj historical/jj or/cc technical/jj points/nns ,/, and/cc many/ap listeners/nns are/ber probably/rb grateful/jj for/in being/beg intelligently/rb taken/vbn by/in the/at hand/nn through/in an/at often/rb difficult/jj maze/nn ./. The/at show/nn is/bez programed/vbn and/cc written/vbn by/in the/at station's/nn$ assistant/jj continuity/nn editor/nn ,/, Chuck/np Briefer/np ./. The/at first/od Saturday/nr in/in each/dt month/nn is/bez set/vbn aside/rb for/in new/jj recordings/nns ./. Last/ap Saturday's/nr$ interesting/jj melange/nn included/vbd Ernst/np Toch/np ,/, Karlheinz/np Stockhausen/np ,/, Richard/np Yardumian/np and/cc a/at brief/jj excerpt/nn from/in a/at new/jj ``/`` space/nn ''/'' opera/nn by/in the/at Swedish/jj composer/nn ,/, Karl-Birger/np Blomdahl/np ./. Other/ap Saturdays/nrs are/ber devoted/vbn to/in studies/nns of/in a/at selected/vbn American/jj composer/nn ,/, a/at particular/jj type/nn of/in music/nn or/cc the/at music/nn of/in a/at given/vbn country/nn ./. It/pps is/bez commendable/jj that/cs a/at regularly/rb scheduled/vbn hour/nn is/bez set/vbn aside/rb for/in an/at introduction/nn to/in the/at contemporary/jj musical/jj scene/nn ./. 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