SEASON  1944-1945 PORTLAND CIVIC THEATRE 1530 SOUTHWEST YAMHILL STREET, PORTLAND, OREGON PRESENTS ELEANOR KING AMERICAN DANCER NOVEMBER   24-25, 1944 THE PORTLAND CIVIC THEATRE presents ELEANOR KING AMERICAN DANCER JOHN SUNDSTEN at the Piano Friday, November 24, 1944 I. CHARACTERS OF THE ANNUNCIATION ("Mathis der Maler") Paul Hindemith (a) Gabriel (b) Mary Gabriel is danced objectively, as the impersonal Messenger. Mary is a dance of subjective emotion. Between (a) and (b), Part Two of the Angel Concert will be played. II. ROADS TO HELL Genevieve Pitot (a) Pride (b) Sloth (c) Envy (d) Wrath This suite of satires on the evils within was composed in 1941, with the music written after the dances were completed. Pride, the first sin, is a hypocritical cheat. Sloth represents the tragedy of inertia. Envy mocks at others and wounds herself. Wrath, the most vicious of all, in her path of destruction, achieves only disintegration of personality. INTERMISSION III. SONG FOR HEAVEN    Chorale : "Rejoice, Beloved Christians" A quiet dance of joy in space. Johann Sebastian Bach IV. * MOON DANCE from "Pierrot Lunaire"  Arnold Schonberg (a) Sick Moon (b) Night (c) Moonspot V. SONG OF EARTH Folk tune: Eugene Goossens Celebrates the abundance of earth. VI. AMERICAN FOLK SUITE (a) Hurdy-Gurdy Eugene Goossens (b) Ball-Room Morton Gould (c) Hornpipe "Soldiers Joy"'and "Young America" Hurdy-Gurdy depicts the restricted motions of children in tenement alleys. Ball-room highlights different phases of our conventional couple dances. Traditional Hornpipes are the background for the last dance of the suite. * First performance. THE PORTLAND CIVIC THEATRE presents ELEANOR KING AMERICAN DANCER JOHN SUNDSTEN at the Piano Saturday, November 25, 1944 I. TO THE WEST        Roy Harris II. MOTHER OF TEARS Herman Reutter A lament. III. ROADS TO HELL Genevieve Pitot (a) Pride (b) Sloth (c) Envy (d) Wrath This suite of satires on the evils within was composed in 1941, with the music written after the dances were completed. Pride, the first sin, is a hypocritical cheat. Sloth represents the tragedy of inertia. Envy mocks at others and wounds herself. Wrath, the most vicious of all, in her path of destruction, achieves only disintegration of personality. INTERMISSION IV. SONG FOR HEAVEN    Chorale : A quiet dance of joy in space. Johann Sebastian Bach (a) Sick Moon (b) Night (c) Moonspot V. * MOON DANCE from "Pierrot Lunaire"  Arnold Schonberg (a) Sick Moon (b) Night (c) Moonspot VI. NOVELLA  Domenico Scarlatti-Henry Purcell VII. SONG OF EARTH Folk tune: Eugene Goossens   Celebrates the abundance of earth. "Rejoice, Beloved Christians"  VIII. AMERICAN FOLK SUITE (a) Hurdy-Gurdy Eugene Goossens (b) Ball-Room Morton Gould (c) Hornpipe "Soldiers Joy" and "Young America" Hurdy-Gurdy depicts the restricted motions of children in tenement alleys. Ball-room highlights different phases of our conventional couple dances. Traditional Hornpipes are the background for the last dance of the suite. * First performance. COMING NEXT The Portland Civic Theatre presents "Claudia" by   ROSE FRANKEN SPARKLING WHIMSICAL DELIGHTFUL EFFERVESCENT Comedy in Three Acts NOVEMBER 29th TO DECEMBER 16th MAKE RESERVATIONS NOW