Dinner-Concert

in honor of ARTUR RUBINSTEIN

auspices of CONCERT ARTISTS GUILD

Wednesday Evening, April 11, 1962

Grand Ballroom, The Plaza ARTUR RUBINSTEIN

It is patently ridiculous to try to sum up in a few words the musical and human phenomenon known as Artur Rubinstein. He stands across our musical horizon like a colossus, bridging the aristocratic world of Joachim, d’Albert, Busoni and Paderewski and our own frenzied time. As Howard Taubman said in the New York Times, “Artur Rubinstein belongs to the grand line of pianists. In an era of violence and neuroticism he is a shining example of the civilized universal man.”

Last fall, in a magnificent gesture celebrating the 25th anniversary of his return to America under the management of S. Hurok and paying tribute to what he called “the indulgence” of the New York public over that period, Mr. Rubinstein gave New York one of its great musical ex­ periences of this century—ten Carnegie Hall recitals within forty days, all sold-out long in advance and all for the benefit of eleven charities im­ portant to him and to the residents of this city.

As the series began, the New York Times’ Harold C. Schonberg com­ mented, “More than any other living pianist, his playing reflects a culture, a joie de vivre, a sheer sanity, that makes him the despair of all possible competitors. This has nothing to do with the gorgeous sound he produces or the brilliant technique at his disposal. It is a question of bigness, direct­ ness and emotional clarity.”

Not only as a musician does Mr. Rubenstein inspire our admiration. To his many friends around the globe and to the hosts of persons who have been enchanted by his wit, enthusiasm, charm and intelligence, it is also the depth of his humanity which is extraordinary.

His interest in the young artist is not so well known. Probably only his intimates are aware of the extent to which he has encouraged, advised and aided aspiring musicians over the years. Remembering, perhaps, the kindness and interest that Joachim, Paderewski and others took in him as a youngster, Mr. Rubinstein has received scores of young artists in his homes in Paris and New York to talk, to listen, to play.

For what he is, what he stands for and what he has given to the world, we salute Artur Rubinstein tonight. PROGRAM

Frederick W. Richmond, Presiding

NATIONAL ANTHEM ALPHA BRAWNER

ORMOND DRAKE Director of Town Hall

AGUSTIN ANIEVAS, Pianist Concert Artists Guild Winner—first prize, Dimitri Mitropoulos International Competition Scherzo No. 3 in C# Minor...... Frederic Chopin Feux Follets...... Franz Liszt

PRESENTATION OF AWARD OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO ARTUR RUBINSTEIN ON BEHALF OF MAYOR ROBERT F. WAGNER

HONORABLE ROBERT W. DOWLING Cultural Executive for New York City

MAUREEN FORRESTER, Contralto Dido’s Lament...... Henry Purcell Musensohn...... Franz Schubert Gai-lon-la—French Canadian folk song arranged hy Antony Hopkins The Bird and the Beast...... Celius Dougherty

MRS. PHILIP WISE President, Concert Artists Guild

CAROL BURNETT

PRESENTATION OF CONCERT ARTISTS GUILD CITATION TO ARTUR RUBINSTEIN ISAAC STERN

ARTUR RUBINSTEIN

A cknoivledgement Portrait of Artur Rubinstein, painted by Herschel Levit

Kent, Newport and York cigarettes—Courtesy of P. Lorillard Co. Tribute Dinner to Artur Rubinstein Honorary Committee FREDERICK W. RICHMOND, Chairman

Stanley Adams John Gutman Mrs. Lionello Perera Clarence Adler Mrs. Alfred Haas Dr. & Mrs. M. Murray Peshkin Mrs. Donald Agnew Jay S. Harrison Mr. & Mrs. Robert Popper Mrs. April R. Akston Huntington Hartford Cole Porter Carl W. Andrews, Jr. Mrs. Clarence L. Hay Mrs. Jacques M. Posner Martin Aronson Mr. H. Nugent Head Grace S. Powers Mrs. Robert Low Bacon James Heller Mrs. Harold Irving Pratt Mrs. Robert Howe Baldwin Mrs. Milton S. Heller Mrs. John T. Pratt Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Baratta Mrs. Dorothy Hirshon Mr. & Mrs. Sidney O. Raphael Herbert Barrett Mrs. Lester Hofheimer Mrs. James Reeves Jacques Belasco Mrs. Mona I. Horton Mrs. Ogden Reid Walter Benedick Mrs. Lytle Hull Mrs. Stanley L. Richter Edward H. Benenson Fannie Hurst Harold Riegelman Robert S. Benjamin Mrs. Yolando Mero Irion Herman Robbins Mrs. Charlotte Bergman Mrs. Edward Isaacs Dr. E. E. Rockey Mortimer Berkowitz Mrs. Henry Ittleson, Jr. Robert Rockmore Mrs. Eleanor Lambert Berkson Mrs. Frederick Jacobi Daniel Rose Edward L. Bernays Mrs. Albert M. Kahn N. H. Rodbart Sidney J. Bernstein Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Kahn Mrs. Richard Rodgers Jacob Blaustein Mr. & Mrs. Jacob M. Kaplan Mrs. Artur Rodzinski Dr. E. M. Bluestone Ira J. Katchen Mr. & Mrs. Harold Rome Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Boissevain Herbert Katzman Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt Mrs. Sterling F. Boos Mrs. Hans G. Kaufmann Mrs. Lewis S. Rosenstiel Molly Brecher Harold Kaye Imre J. Rosenthal Mrs. William C. Breed Herman D. Kenin Paul Rosenthal Mrs. D. D. Brockman Mrs. Moorhead C. Kennedy Mrs. Richard Roth H. H. Butler Morris Kirsch Mrs. Marcus A. Rothschild William J. Butler Nathan M. Klein Mrs. John Barry Ryan Mrs. Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Mrs. Emery E. Klineman Cesar Saerchinger Schuyler G. Chapin Edgar Kobak Dr. Clifford J. Sager Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman Richard Koch Harry Salter Frazier Cheston Bennet H. Korn Robert Samuels, Jr. Mrs. Marcia Coe Mr. & Mrs. Richard Korn Elliot M. Sanger H. Dunscombe Colt, Jr. Andre Kostelanetz Jacques Sarlie Mrs. Bernard M. Cone Joseph Lang Brigadier General David Sarnoff Meyer Davis Mrs. Reginald Lanier Mr. & Mrs. Oskar Schenker Mrs. Meyer Davis Mr. & Dr. B. Laszewski Harry Scherman Melvin E. Dawley Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman Mr. & Mrs. James H. Scheuer Mrs. Andre de Coppet Marks Levine Irving Schneider Mrs. Jan Dembinski Dr. Henry W. Levinger Morris M. Schrier Bohdan A. de Rosset Mortimer Levitt Mrs. David A. Schulte Mr. & Mrs. Hy Dinstman Mrs. Leon Levy Manuel Seff Vincent J. Donehue Mr. & Mrs. Goddard Lieberson Mr. & Mrs. Ludwik Seidenmatt Mrs. Joan B. Drayton Mrs. Albert A. List Mrs. Miron J. Sheskin Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Dushkin Mrs. David Ellis Lit Major Max L. Shulman Mrs. Percy J. Ebbott Mrs. Joshua Logan Theodore H. Silbert Mrs. Jacob Eisenberg Lucille Lortel Herbert R. Silverman Mrs. Seneca D. Eldredge Mrs. James Russell Lowell Harry G. Silverstein Edward Elman Jerome A. Lukins Mr. & Mrs. J. Seymour Sloan Mrs. Bernard Fabrikant Mrs. Julian E. Lynton Dario Soria Mr. & Mrs. William W. Falencki Leonard Lyons Mrs. Charles M. Spofford Arnold L. Fein Mrs. Sylvia Lyons Mrs. George W. Staempfli Marvin Fenster Mrs. Dorothy Luntz The Honorable Stanley Steingut Mrs. Marshall Field Mrs. John W. McNeely Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Steinway Sampson R. Field Elliott B. Macrae Leopold Stokowski Dorothy Fields Frederic R. Mann R. Peter Straus The Honorable Edward Ridley Finch Leopold D. Mannes Mrs. Saul R. Sumergrade Abe Fortas Alfred J. Manuti Gladys Swarthout Jerome H. Frank George R. Marek Jerome Taishoff David E. Frankenstein William Mazer Mrs. Roman Totenberg Max Freund Mrs. Frederick A. Melhado Mrs. Carl Tucker Mrs. Seelig Freund Maurice Meyer, Jr. Shirley Van Brunt Mrs. Abraham L. Garbat Harry E. Milchin Mrs. Lodewyk Van Dam Jacques A. Gerard Mrs. Gilbert Miller Dr. & Mrs. Lester J. Van Ess Lillian Gish Carlos Moseley Mrs. Elizabeth S. Walker Mr. & Mrs. Leopold Godowsky Mrs. Claude R. Myers Mr. & Mrs. Damian Wandycz Mr. & Mrs. Vladimir Goldschmann Mrs. Joseph A. Neff Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Warburg Sylvan Gotshal George J. Nelson Samuel Wechsler Mrs. Benjamin B. Greenberg Mrs. Samuel I. Newhouse Nathan Wedeen The Honorable Peter Grimm Dr. Carroll V. Newsom Mr. & Mrs. Philip Wise Mrs. Edward Gropper M. S. Novik Mrs. Theodore R. Weiler Harold M. Grossman Mrs. Sidney Nussenfeld William L. Wilson Allen Grover Bertha Pagenstecher Mrs. Frederick J. Woodbridge Mrs. Robert J. Gurney Mrs. Lionel C. Perera, Jr. Richard Zeisler

FRANK H. BEREND, Director