.2 / TANGLEWOOD SEVENTH WEEK August 12, 13, 14, 1966 BERKSHIRE FESTIVAL The Boston Symphony TCHAIKOVSKY CONCERTO No. 1 ARTUR RUBINSTEIN BOSTON SYMPHONY under Leinsdorf ERICH LEINSDORF In an unforgettable performance of Tchaikovsky's Concen No. J, Leinsdorf and one of the world's greatest orchestra combine with Rubinstein in a collaboration that crackles wii power and lyricism. In a supreme test of a pianist's interpn tive powers, Rubinstein brings an emotional and intellectu> lu.vVunm grasp to his playing that is truly incomparable. In another vei Leinsdorf has recorded Prokofieff's Fifth Symphon y as part his growing series of recordings of this master's major work It belongs among recordings elite. Both albums recorded BC» VlCTOK Qynagrooye sound. PR0K0F1EFF: SYMPHONY No. 5 BOSTON SYMPHONY/ LEINSDORF PROKOFIEFF SERIES RCA Victor WfflThe most trusted name in sound BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ERICH LEINSDORF, Music Director RICHARD BURGIN, Associate Conductor Berkshire Festival, Season 1966 TWENTY-NINTH SEASON MUSIC SHED AT TANGLEWOOD, LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS SEVENTH WEEK Historical and descriptive notes by John N. Burk Assisted by DONALD T. GAMMONS Copyright, 1966 by Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. The Trustees of The BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. President Vice-President Treasurer Henry B. Cabot Talcott M. Banks John L. Thorndike Philip K. Allen Francis W. Hatch Henry A. Laughlin Abram Berkowitz Andrew Heiskell Edward G. Murray Theodore P. Ferris Harold D. Hodgkinson John T. Noonan Robert H. Gardiner E. Morton Jennings, Jr. Mrs. James H. Perkins Sidney R. Rabb Raymond S. Wilkins Trustees Emeritus Palfrey Perkins Lewis Perry Edward A. Taft Oliver Wolcott Tanglewood Advisory Committee Alan J. Blah Lawrence K. Miller Jesse L. Thomason Lenges Bull George E. Mole Robert K. Wheeler George W. Edman Whitney S. Stoddard H. George Wilde Chairmen of the Boards of Selectmen (Ex Officio): Stockbridge, Robert Williams Lenox, John Pignatelli Lee, Andre Jaouen Thomas D. Perry, Jr., Manager Norman S. Shirk James J. Brosnahan Assistant Manager Business Administrator Rosario Mazzeo Harry J. Kraut Orchestra Personnel Manager Assistant to the Manager Sanford R. Sistare Andrew Raeburn Press and Publicity Assistant to the Music Director — 1 — SIXTEN EHRLING There are four new Born in 1918, Mr. Ehrling spent the first eighteen years of his life in Malmo, Sweden. Between 1936 and 1940 he studied piano and organ at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm. After deciding to pursue a career as a con- Automatic Turntables. ductor, he worked with Karl Boehm at the Dresden State Opera and soon after- One of them; ward began a twenty-year association with the Royal Opera in Stockholm the LAB 80... which culminated in his appointment in 1953 as the company's music director. is the first Mr. Ehrling made his American debut with the Detroit Symphony in the fall of Automatic 1961, and was immediately engaged for a six-week period during the following Transcription season. He was appointed permanent music director and conductor by unani- Turntable. mous vote of the orchestra's board of directors at this time. Since his first appearance in this country, Mr. Ehrling has conducted as guest the St. Louis, Cleveland, Chicago and Minneapolis symphony orchestras. He has also fre- quently appeared with the leading or- chestras of Europe. PETER MARSH Mr. Marsh was born in New Jersey and studied violin with Hans Letz, Scott Willits and Emanuel Zetin. He was a member of the University of Washing- ton String Quartet, and was the founder of the Marsh Quartet of Seattle. PAUL HERSH Born in New York, Mr. Hersh at- tended Yale University and studied viola with William Primrose. He has been a member of the Aspen Festival Or- chestra and first violist of the West- chester Philharmonic Symphony. An accomplished pianist, he has studied with Edward Stevermann and Leonard Shure. DONALD MCCALL Mr. McCall comes from Kansas City, Missouri, is a graduate of the Curtis In- stitute, Philadelphia, and studied cello with Leonard Rose. Winner of the Naumburg Award for 1956, he made his Town Hall debut in the fall of 1956. STEPHEN KATES Stephen Kates, cellist, was born in New York City, May 7, 1943. He is the third generation in a family of professional musicians. After graduating with honors from the High School of Music and Art he received a scholarship at the Juilliard School of Music where he studied with Leonard Rose from For literature write Garrard, Westbury, N. Y. - 2 — 1961-1963. His earlier studies were with Marie Rosanoff and Laszlo Varga. In 1963 he was awarded a scholarship by Gregor Piatigorsky and a grant from the University of Southern California to study with Piatigorsky in his Master Bertehire Class at that University. During 1961 he served as assistant solo cellist with the American Symphony Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski. In 1964 he was a participant in a State Department tour of Europe and the Top brand fashion Near East with the Pittsburgh Sym- phony Orchestra under the direction of William Steinberg. at *0~ 40% discount! In May 1966 he was sent by the Insti- tute of International Education on a State They're net closeouts, and they're not Seconds. brands you . famous Department grant to represent the U. S. They are those same II to 40% in the Tchaikovsky International Com- all know so well and you" pay 20 petition in Moscow. He won second less than the national advertised price! Don't .... check the national ads prize and a silver medal in this compe- believe us though on our bulletin boards and you'll see the tition in which forty-five cellists from you save. all over the world participated. JANE MARSH Jane Marsh made her professional debut with the Boston Symphony Or- chestra last fall, when she sang in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Her ap- pearance at Tanglewood last month was the first time she has sung in the United States since winning the First Prize in the Tchaikovsky International Vocal Competition in Moscow last month. Miss Marsh made her operatic debut a year ago at the Festival in Spoleto, where she sang Desdemona in Verdi's Otello. She has also participated in a concert of chamber music at the Library of Con- gress, and during the past season, sang with the New York Philharmonic Or- chestra. Born in San Francisco, she grad- uated from Oberlin College in 1963. MASUKO USHIODA Masuko Ushioda was born in Man- churia to parents distinguished in their own right as artists; her father is an architect, her mother a dancer of Jap- anese classical dance. As a young girl she studied Japanese dance as well as the violin. Having decided to concentrate on the violin she enrolled in the Toho Gakuen Music School in Tokyo. In 1956 she appeared with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. In 1957 she won first prize in Japan's foremost music competition, the Mainichi Music Con- test. OAK ST.OFF LINCOLN! After giving a farewell recital in ^j^yyUL/l PITTSFIELD, MASS. Japan she went to Leningrad to study at the Leningrad State Music Academy. Two years later she had the honor of studying with Joseph Szigeti in Swit- zerland. — 3 — In May, 1966 she entered the Tchai- kovsky International Competition in Moscow and was awarded second prize and a silver medal in the violin division. MISHA DICHTER Misha Dichter, born in Shanghai, Sep- tember 27, 1945, arrived in the United States at the age of two, settling with his parents in Los Angeles, California, where he grew up, went to school, and took his first piano lessons at age six. After graduating from high school in 1963, Mr. Dichter entered the University of California at Los Angeles, enrolling for a program of general study. While at UCLA, Mr. Dichter won the Atwater Kent Award in piano and made his first public appearances with or- chestras. In June of 1964 he participated in a two-week master class given at the Uni- versity by Rosina Lhevinne. She was impressed and invited him to join classes at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. He soon moved to the head of his class and was awarded an honorary scholarship. People don't often realize when When the Tchaikovsky Competition was announced it was decided that Mr. they're afraid, because fear has so Dichter should enter. The result was many disguises. There's only one highly successful. He was awarded sec- ond prize and a silver medal in the piano way to live without fear. And competition. that's to conquer it — day by day — with the growing spiritual FROMM MUSIC FOUNDATION 1966 is the tenth year of the Fromm strength made possible by divine Music Foundation's affiliation with the Love. Hear this public lecture, Berkshire Music Center. In 1957, the Foundation established a program for "Life Unafraid," by WILLIAM resident young musicians to perform HENRY ALTON, member of the contemporary music at Tanglewood. This program has influenced many uni- Board of Lectureship of The First versities to establish similar resident Church of Christ, Scientist, in ensembles. In some instances permanent Quartet Boston, Massachusetts. ensembles such as the Lenox and the Dorian Quintet were formed by Fromm Players. In 1964, the Berkshire Music Center in association with the Fromm Founda- Christian Science lecture tion inaugurated a Festival of Contem- porary American Music presenting com- positions commissioned by the Fromm 7:00 P.M. Foundation for the occasion. The Fes- SUNDAY, AUGUST 14 tival has since become an annual event, and will take place this year from Aug- Mount Greylock ust 14 to 18. Regional High School Auditorium In total, almost two hundred young Rt. #7, Williamstown, Mass. musicians have been Fromm Fellows at the Berkshire Music Center and more than thirty concerts have been presented.