LehighWeek Volume 01, Issue 22

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IMPOSSIBLE DREAM?
Lehigh's basketball team
almost beat the million-to-one
odds against Temple. See story
and photos Pages 4&5>
IN RESIDENCE
Mezzo-soprano Jan Degaetani
is artist in residence at Lehigh
the first week in April.
See story Page 6>
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Lehigh's five seniors celebrate winning the 1988 East Coast Conference basketball tournament.
Choir To Present A Challenging 'Passion'
By KURT PFITZER
The Lehigh University Choir will be joined by five
nationally and internationally acclaimed soloists when it performs Bach's Passion According to St. John for the second
time in eight years.
A 21 -member orchestra recruited from Philadelphia
and New York will accompany the choir and soloists on instruments used in Bach's day. And the concert will premiere
the portable organ that was custom-made in Holland last year
for the music department.
The concert is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday April 10,
in Packer Memorial Church. Admission is free with Lehigh
I.D., $3 with LVAIC I.D. and $6 for the public.
Bach composed the Passion in 1724, at the age of 39.
when he was employed as music director at St. Thomas
Church in Leipzig. The Passion was set to the text of the Book
of John in the New Testament of the Bible, which describes
the last days of Jesus, concluding with his crucifixion and
burial.
The St. John Passion was one of five passions composed by Bach. Except for the St. Matthew Passion, the other
works have been lost.
Like most of Back's compositions, the St. John Passion iswondrously intricate and musically demanding. It contains sudden, sweeping, changes in mood by the choir, which
alternately portrays Christ's anxious disciples and the relentless mob that crucified him.
The Passion relies heavily on symbolism. A canonlike exposition represents Jesus's followers. Sighing, weeping
phrases by the altos portray the sorrow felt by Peter when he
realized he had denied Jesus. The basses sing dissonances to
announce the crucifixion. And the word 'kill' is accompanied
by notes that repeat five and then ten times to signify the fifth
of the Ten Commandments — "Thou shalt not kill."
"The absolute idea of the Passion gets reflected hundreds of times over in the details of the composing." says
Steven Sametz. associate professor of music and directorof the
University Choir. "It shows the skill Bach utilized to make a
giant tapestry. It's quite a philosophical treatise."
The Passion is scored for five vocal soloists. Tenor
John Aler, winner of the 1985 Grammy Award for Best
Classical Vocal Soloist, will sing the role of the Evangelist who
narrates the work.
Jan DeGaetani. acclaimed on several continents for
her concerts and recordings, will sing the alto part. Miss
DeGaetani will also serve as the music department's first artist-
in-residence during the week leading up to the Passion concert.
Soprano Carmen Pelton has sung professionally in
Experts On Soviet Union
To Give Cohen Lecture
Two former officials of the National Security
Council and the State Department will present
the 1988 Cohen International Relations lecture
at Lehigh on April 14.
Dr. Richard E. Pipes of Harvard University
and Dr. Marshall D.
Shulman of Columbia
University will speak on
"Gorbachev's Master
Plan: A New Soviet
Strategy," at 8 p.m. in the
university's Neville Hall,
Auditorium I.
Dr. Pipes, Frank B.
Baird professor of history at Harvard, was director
of East European and Soviet Affairs for the National Security Council from 1981-82. He served as
a member of the Reagan Administration's State
Department transition team and is former director
of Harvard's Russian Research Center. He is the
author if nine books on the Soviet Union.
Dr. Shulman was the first director of the W.
Averell Harriman Institute for Advanced Study of
the Soviet Union at Columbia, and is Adlai E.
Stevenson Professor of International Relations
Emeritus. From 1977 to 1980, he was special
advisor on Soviet Affairs to the Secretary of State,
with the rank of Ambassador. He was a special
assistant to the secretary of State from 1950-53.
He is the author of a number of books and articles
on Soviet foreign policy and military security.
Next LehighWeek April 13
No issues of LehighWeek will be published
during Spring Break.
The next issue will appear on April 13. The
deadline for items for this issue will be noon on
Friday, April 8.
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Trade Program Gets Commerce Award
Through a new affiliation with the U.S. Department
of Commerce, Lehigh University's International Trade
Development Program (IDTP) will become an even
more valuable resource for the Lehigh Valley business
community.
The IDTP. which has counseled and assisted local
small businesses in marketing overseas for a decade,
has been selected as an "associate office" of the U.S.
and Foreign Commercial Service (USFCS).
Robert Kistler. director of the Commerce
Department's Philadelphia district office, will preside
at ceremony marking the IDTP's new status. March 31
at Lchieh.