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Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Summer, 1965-1966 TANGLEWOOD Festival of Contemporary American Music August 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 1966 Sponsored by the Berkshire Music Center In Cooperation with the Fromm Music Foundation I " STMVINSKY tt.VlOW agon vam 7/re Boston Symphony SCHULLER 7 STUDIES ox THEMES of PAUL KLEE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/ERICH lEINSDORf under Leinsdorf Leinsdorf expresses with great power the vivid colors of Schuller's Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Kiee and, in the same album, Stravinsky's ballet music from Agon. Forthe majorsinging roles in Menotti's dramatic cantata, The Death of the Bishop of Brindisi. Leinsdorf astutely selected George London, and Lili Chookasian, of whom the Chicago Daily Tribune has written, "Her voice has the Boston symphony ecich teinsooof / luminous tonal sheath that makes listening luxurious. menotti Also hear Chookasian in this same album, in songs from the death op the Bishop op BRSndlSI Schbnberg's Gurre-Lieder. In Dynagroove sound. Qeonoe ionoon • tilt choolusun s<:b6notec,/ou*«*--l(eoeo. sooq of the wooo-6ove ac^acm rca Victor fa @ The most trusted name in sound ^V V BERKSHIRE MUSIC CENTER ERICH LeinsDORF, Director Joseph Silverstein, Chairman of the Faculty Aaron Copland, Chairman of the Faculty Emeritus Louis Speyer, Assistant Director Victor Babin, Chairman of the Tanglewood Institute Harry J. Kraut, Administrator FESTIVAL of CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC presented in cooperation with THE FROMM MUSIC FOUNDATION Paul Fromm, President Alexander Schneider, Associate Director FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM Contemporary Music Activities Gunther Schuller, Head Roger Sessions, George Rochberg, and Donald Martino, Guest Teachers Paul Zukofsky, Fromm Teaching Fellow James Whitaker, Chief Coordinator Viola C Aliferis, Assistant Administrator The Berkshire Music Center is maintained for advanced study in music sponsored by the BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Erich Leinsdorf, Music Director Thomas D. Perry, Jr., Manager BALDWIN PIANO RCA VICTOR RECORDS _ 1 _ PERSPECTIVES NEWOF MUSIC Participants in this year's Festival are invited to subscribe to the American journal devoted to im- portant issues of contemporary music and the problems of the composer. Published for the Fromm Music Foundation by Princeton University Press. Editors: Benjamin Boretz, Edward T. Cone Advisory Board: Aaron Copland, Ernst Krenek, Darius Milhaud, Walter Piston, Roger Sessions, Igor Stravinsky. Editorial Board: Milton Babbitt, Arthur Berger, Ben- jamin Boretz, Elliott Carter, Edward T. Cone, Lukas Foss, Andrew Imbrie, Leon Kirchner, Billy Jim Layton, George Perle, Mel Powell, Gunther Schuller, Seymour Shifrin, Claudio Spies, Peter Westergaard. Semi-annual. $5.00 a year. $12.50 three years. For- eign Postage is 25 cents additional per year. $3.00 single issues. Princeton University Press • Princeton, New Jersey — 2 Erich Leinsdorf THE BERKSHIRE MUSIC CENTER In 1940, the Berkshire Music Center was established at Tanglewood by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in fulfillment of the dream of Serge Kous- sevitzky, its Music Director, to provide an environment in which young musicians could continue their professional training and add to their artistic experience through the guidance of eminent musicians. The Center was developed under his leadership until his death in 1951, when he was suc- ceeded by Charles Munch. Erich Leinsdorf has been Director of the Center since 1963 and Joseph Silverstein, Concertmaster of the Orchestra, is Chair- man of the Faculty. Paul Fromm THE FROMM MUSIC FOUNDATION The Fromm Music Foundation is dedicated to the furtherance of con- temporary music. Wishing to bring the living flow of musical creation closer to the public, the Foundation aims to return the initiative to the composer and to strengthen the most vital source of a healthy musical culture: composition. To foster the realization of this aim, the Foundation commissions new works, awards prizes for existing works, and sponsors the study, performance, pub- lication and recording of contemporary music. The Foundation is headed by Paul Fromm of Chicago, its founder and President, and Alexander Schneider, its Associate Director. The Fromm Music Foundation program at Tangle- wood was begun in 1957. — 3 — Ckmh&t Wtiwic BARRAUD Concerto for Flute 2.75 Offrande a Line Ombre 2.25 BRITTEN Cello Symphony 4.75 Concerto for Violin 4.50 Noye's Fludde 7.50 Our Hunting Fathers 4.75 COPLAND Connotations 4.00 Dance Panels 3.75 Music for a Great City 5.50 Nonet 2.00 DELIUS In a Summer Garden 2.50 Requiem 3.00 von EINEM Von der Liebe 4.50 GINASTERA Suite from "Panambi" 3.75 Ollantay 4.50 LEES Symphony No. 2 5.75 MARTINU Half-Time 3.25 STRAUSS Sonatina for Winds 6.50 STRAVINSKY Abraham and Isaac 3.00 Introitus L25 Variations 2.00 Various Composers Variations on a theme of Kodaly 4.00 WANGENHEIM Concerto for Strings 2.75 Sinfonia Nottuma 5.50 WEINER Divertimento No. 4 2.00 Passacaglia 1.25 WILLIAMSON Sinfonia Concertante 2.75 1BOOSEV and HAWKES Oceanside, N. Y. GUNTHER SCHULLER COMPOSERS AT TANGLEWOOD The Contemporary Music Activities Program of the Berkshire Music Center offers instruction, on an advanced level, for a limited number of especially talented composers. The course is directed toward the composer whose previous studies and experience have prepared him for work in more advanced forms. A series of seminars and individual instruction in composi- tion have been offered during the 1966 session, and compositions of the students have been performed at various Berkshire Music Center concerts. Joseph Silverstein is Chairman of the Faculty. Gunther Schuller is the super- visor of contemporary music performance and head of composition seminars. He replaces Aaron Copland, who retired last year after twenty-five years as head of Contemporary Music Activities at the Center. Mrs. Serge Koussevitzky THE KOUSSEVITZKY MUSIC FOUNDATION Throughout the existence of the Berkshire Music Center, one of the principal sponsors of composers and contemporary music at Tanglewood has been the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, which was established in 1942 by Serge Koussevitzky to foster the development of music and music education. In addition to the establishment of a manuscript and music collection at the Library of Congress, the Foundation commissions compositions and provides scholarships for study at the Berkshire Music Center. Last month, the Founda- tion, in conjunction with the National Federation of Music Clubs, dedicated the Koussevitzky Studio for Composers on the Koussevitzky estate near Tanglewood. Mrs. Serge Koussevitzky is President of the Foundation. mrnST — 5 — THREE RECORDED TREASURES Available for the first time in years and exclusively on Heliodor T^fSfckl /.*.'«. V./M0 HKH.YKTKI.V tsTKOUBL,E IWT.SHMTM" Walter aud PISTON MB oumiET for Plana KIWME1J1. fiiiptiyiii EnllOiiig William WauEtos. Piaoo urn lam Man » Mn ''? H/HS-25020 H/HS-25025 H/HS-25027 LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S "TROUBLE IN TAHITI" The complete recording of Bernstein's only opera, long out of print. With Beverly Wolff and David Atkinson of the original TV production. KURT WEILL-BERTOLT BRECHT: DER JASAGER The only recording of this rarely-heard opera, made under the supervision of Lotte Lenya. PISTON: QUINTET FOR PIANO AND STRINGS Earl Wild, piano; the Walden String Quartet. HOVHANESS: "KHALDIS" Concerto for Piano, 4 Trumpets and Percussion. William Masselos, piano; Izler Solomon, cond. Soon to be released: DOUGLAS MOORE: THE BALLAD OF BABY DOE New York City Opera Company with Beverly Sills, Walter Cassel, Frances Bible. Emerson Buckley, cond. H/HS-25035-3 VILLA-LOBOS: BACHIANAS BRASILIERAS No. 5/ORREGO- SALAS: CANCIONES/ORBON: HYMNUS AD GALLI CANTUM Dorothy Renzi, sopr.; Carlos Surinach, cond. Great music at budget prices Heliodor Records is a division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. — 6 — PURPOSES The Festival of Contemporary American Music is intended to represent not contemporary American Music as a whole, but a wide representation of the work of the most recent two generations. Included are four works commissioned by the Fromm Music Founda- tion. The four commissioned composers of this year's Festival are: Michael Colgrass, Douglas Leedy, Roger Reynolds and Henry Weinberg. Each of these composers will also be represented by a second work of his own selection, The composers are invited by the Fromm Music Foundation to stay at the Berkshire Music Center for the two weeks preceding the Festival to work with the performers in preparing their own works and to attend rehearsals of the other works being performed. There will be four concerts, two devoted to chamber music, one primarily to choral and vocal music, and one to orchestral music. All of the works performed during the Festival have been prepared under the supervision of Gunther Schuller. 1966 marks the tenth year of the Fromm Music Foundation's affiliation with the Berkshire Music Center. In 1957, the Foundation established a program for resident young musicians to perform con- temporary music at Tanglewood. This program has influenced many universities to establish similar resident ensembles. In some instances permanent ensembles such as the Lenox Quartet and the Dorian Quintet were formed by Fromm Players. In 1964, the Berkshire Music Center in association with the Fromm Foundation inaugurated a Festival of Contemporary Ameri- can Music, presenting compositions commissioned by the Fromm Foundation for the occasion. The Festival has since become an annual event. — 7 Hendrik Andriessen Jacob Avshalomov Ernst Bacon Robert Barrow Thomas Beveridge Howard Boatwright Aaron Copland John Crawford Mabel Daniels THESE John Davison CONTEMPORARY David Del Tredici Michael Fink COMPOSERS Herbert Fromm ARE AMONG Ervin Henning William Hibbard Arthur Honegger Michael Horvit Hugo Kauder Karl Korte IN OUR Ernst Levy Fredric Lieberman Matthew Lundquist Donald Martino Kirke Mechem GROWING Robert Middleton Robert Moevs Douglas Moore Henry Morgan Daniel Pinkham Walter Piston Solveig Preus Relly Raffman Ned Rorem Norman Shapiro Stanley Silverman Frank Smith Richard Stark William Sydeman Randall Thompson Nicholas Van Slyck Peter Waring E. C. SCHIRMER MUSIC COMPANY IONE PRESS, INC. 600 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 02111 8- ———— ——— ——— FESTIVAL of CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC Sunday, August 14, at 8:00 P.M.
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