A’ performance at St’
Peter’s Basilica in Rome of
Beethoven's most sacred
work, Missa Solemnis, will
have a broadcast Tuesday,
March 22 at 8 p.m.
(rebroadcast Sunday,

Jack Duffy
on
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Comedian Jack Duffy has
clinched his first ever
dramatic role. He appears

as a hired killer in an
episode of _CBC-TV’s
Sidestreet, now in

production for the 1977-78
season.
The cast for this episode,

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It includes:
(also in vchoarsel for CBC-
TV's two-hour special The
Masseys); Philip Craig,
Patricia Oatman (who
played the female lead in
the award-winning film, |
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Donnelly Rhodes’ and |

Jonathan Welsh continue in :

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officers, who work on crime -
prevention as well as
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and aired on CBC-TV in the
fall of 1977. Sidestreet is
produced by Brian Walker.

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Missa Solemnis, which
Beethoven wrote over a
period of five years (1818-23)
is an exceptional liturgical
work — a prayer for peace
that projects Beethoven's
innermost feelings through
extraordinary musical
devices such as ringing
trumpets and imperious
drum rolls,

Taped in St. Peter’ |
Basilica in Rome in May
1970, this performance
commemorates the 200th
anniversary of Beethoven’s
birth and the 50th an-
niversary of the ordination
of Pope Paul VI (who was in
attendance) to the
priesthood. Directed by the
noted filmmaker Franco
Zeffirelli (Romeo. and
Juliet; The Taming of the

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the Eurovision network in
1970.

Wolfgang Sawallisch
conducts the Symphony
Orchestra of RAI (the
Italian television network).
The solo vocalists are Ingrid
Bjorner, soprano; Christa
Ludwig, ' mezzo-soprano;
Placido Domingo, tenor and
Kurt Moll, bass. The chorus
of Bavarian radio is under
the direction of Josef Sch-

midthurber. Angelo.
Stefanato is the solo
violinist.

- This performance of
Missa Solemnis was the first
time in the history of the
Vatican that the Basilica
was used for such a purpose.
St. Peter’s central nave and
transept were turned. into an

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auditorium to hold 7,000
‘guests composed of
‘members of the Italian
government,- diplomatic
corps, personalities from
the world of the arts and a
large pumber of students,

religious and lay people.

Missa Solemnis, a°
production of
Radiotelevisione Italiana, is
presented on PBS by
WGEH)Boston. The
production on PBS is made
possible by a grant from
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