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Page Three Qoncert (Calendar The School of Music — Yale University SERIES SEASON 1959-60 Five Evening Concerts at 8:30 P.M. SPRAGUE MEMORIAL HALL (College and Wall Streets)

Monday, October 12 VEGH QUARTET

Tuesday, November 3 JUILLIARD QUARTET

Tuesday, January 5 NETHERLANDS QUARTET

Tuesday, February 9 PHILADELPHIA WOODWIND QUINTET

Tuesday, March 8 BERKSHIRE QUARTET

YALE SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY RECITALS 1959-60

All events are open to the public without charge except as indicated. Sprague Memorial Hall (8:30 p.m.) Aldo Parisot, Violoncello, October 6 Blake Stern, Tenor, November 10 * Bruce Simonds, Piano, December 8 Ensemble Program, January 26 John Barrows, Horn Robert Bloom, Oboe Robert Nagel, Trumpet ARRANGEMENT OF EXITS Phyllis Rappeport, Piano Donald Currier, Piano, March 1 Please look about you and deter­ mine which one of the exits indi­ Battell Chapel (4 p.m.) cated on these diagrams is nearest Finn Videro, Organ to your seat. In case of emergency, Nov. 8, Dec. 6, Feb. 21, Mar. 20 walk to it, do not run. Woolsey Hall, (4 p.m.) This exit is also available for your Charles Krigbaum, Organ, Dec. 17 use at the close of this event. Finn Videro, Organ, Jan. 10 * Admission charge

Page Four peregrinations, which have since covered more than TONIGHT’S ARTIST DIVIDEND CHECKS two million miles and have taken him to every for a country in the world except Tibet. In 1946, the "SECOND INCOME" most international of all living artists, Rubinstein through became a U. S. citizen. He is prouder of the simple INVESTMENTS document that officially makes him an American

any of the many decorations and citations he Chas. W. Scranton & Co. has received from universities and governments.

Members New York Slock Exchange Wherever Rubinstein plays, his concerts evoke

unparalleled demonstrations. His appearances in 209 CHURCH STREET Paris, London, Tel Aviv, Dallas, Chicago have set NEW HAVEN MAin 4-0171 “The last of the great romantic performers in an all-time record. In Rome, box-office lines have Bridgeport Waterbury the tradition of Liszt and Anton Rubinstein . . . the formed at midnight before the morning tickets Danbury New London best living pianist ... a great artist with the broad­ were put on sale. Two years ago, his extraordinary

est popular following of any front-rank musician series of five concerto concerts in Carnegie Hall in

in the world”—so Time Magazine recently de­ the space of thirteen days, sold out long in advance.

scribed Artur Rubinstein, who is giving the fourth His RCA Victor records have sold by the millions

grace b. ¡ameson concert of the current Woolsey Hall Series tonight. ail over the world. . . . Custom ^Millinery Born in Lodz, Poland, son of a hand-loom man­ Mr. Rubinstein has two homes—a house in Paris ufacturer, Rubinstein first displayed signs of musi­ and an apartment in Manhattan, and after the last XKI5O cal talent at the age of three. At six, he already 152 Temple St. Room 410 concert on his itinerary he rushes to one of them to had performed at a charity concert in Warsaw. At Elevator Service spend as much lime as he can with his family. eleven, young Artur made his formal debut in Ber­

lin under the baton of the venerable Joachim, who Said Howard Taubman in the New York Times had assumed responsibility for Artur’s musical fu­ recently. “Artur Rubinstein belongs to the grand ture. By the time Rubinstein was fifteen, his repu­ line of pianists. In an era of violence and neuroti­ THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS SPORTS tation had spread throughout Europe and he had CAR. The XK-150 series represents a unique cism, he is a shining example of the civilized uni­ blend of excitement and luxury best ap­ earned the praise of Saint-Saëns, Paderewski and preciated on the open road. Convertible, Max Bruch. Two years later, in 1906, he paid his versal man. Although he is a naturalized Ameri­ hardtop coupe and roadster models. first visit to America, where he gave 75 concerts in can, he is a citizen of the world. His passport is not Your Authorized Dealer three months. only music but also his wide culture, his relish for Brown & Thomas Rubinstein returned to Europe to begin his global humanity, his capacity for understanding and IMPORTS, INC. 266 Whalley Ave. • New Haven 11, Conn. (Continued on page 7) laughter.”

Page Six Page Seven LAMOUREUX ORCHESTRA of PARIS, DIRECTED by IGOR MARKEVITCH, for integrity in music MAKING FIRST AMERICAN VISIT

The famed Lamoureux Orchestra of Paris, which STROMBERG-CARLSON makes its first American visit during March and April, will be one of the important concerts of the high fidelity and high fidelity Woolsey Hall Series when it comes on Friday, stereo systems April 8. Although Tuesday is the usual concert night for Woolsey Series events, it was necessary free consultation service to schedule a Friday in this instance because of the compact touring schedule of the big French or­ chestra. Otherwise New Haven could not have been included on the long-sold-out six-week tour. DAVE JOSLOW AUDIO, Inc.

(Located at Cutler's Record Shop) Founded in 1881 by Charles Lamoureux, the orchestra has grown to be one of the most treasured SPruce 7-5421 institutions in the musical life of France. The Lam­ 33 BROADWAY NEW HAVEN, CONN. oureux is under the direction of the brilliant con­ ductor Igor Markevitch.

The initial public excitement engendered by the Lamoureux’s daring presentation of Wagner operas in concert version in the Paris of the ’80’s has con­ tinued without interruption since that time. Lohen­ KIMBALL grin, in 1887, provoked scandals and the perform­ ances had to be suspended “because of the uproars which they produced in the hall and in the street”. • ORGANS Eventually the French accepted the Wagnerian Teaching • Sales • Service departure from the more formal French music of the time, and, encouraged by the Lamoureux, new created excitement of their own.

Now a French musical landmark, the orchestra I gave world-premieres to such musical masterpieces as Dukas’ Sorcerer s Apprentice and La Peri, De­ bussy’s La Mer, Three Nocturnes, Martyrdom of St. Farley-Pierce Sebastian and Petite Suite, Ravel’s La False and Bolero and notable works of Saint-Saëns, D’lndy 71 Whitney Ave. Post Road and Roussel. And, since Markevitch took the baton, New Haven Westport MA 4-3771 CL 9-1694 the Lamoureux Foundation has been created to (Continued on page 11)

Page Eight LAMOUREUX ORCHESTRA OF PARIS (Continued from page 8) commission a new symphonic work each year, in­ WOOLSEY HALL suring the continuation of their noted “excitement”.

One reason for the necessity of the perpetual mu­ sical excitement of the Lamoureux is very under­ standable to Americans: competition. Paris has Sunday Afternoon three noted symphony orchestras—the Lamoureux, February 7, 1960 the Colonne, and the Pasdeloup. The three orches­ At 4:00 P.M. tras are in open competition for the concert goer’s franc. The competition is so “open” that they tra­ ditionally begin their concert seasons on the same Sunday, and at the same hour, five-forty-five. Return after four years

The acquisition of Igor Markevitch has given the of the famous Lamoureux a great edge on the competition. Con­ sidered one of Europe’s top conductors, described by Esquire as “one of music’s strong men”, Marke- St. Olaf vitch’s reputation is firmly built on almost thirty years of musical experience. Of the Paris opening, Choir said The New Yorker, “Markevitch’s vigor, rhythm, precision, pace, crescendos, and musical intelli­ of Northfield, Minnesota gence made the Lamoureux’s opening program an exciting pleasure”. OLAF C. CHRISTIANSEN, Director

Mr. Markevitch made his American debut in 1955 with the Boston Symphony. He has since appeared as guest conductor with most of the Sponsored by the American orchestras; in Philadelphia, San Fran­ NEW HAVEN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES cisco, New York, Cleveland and St. Louis. The and the

Philadelphia and Washington critics were amazed YALE SCHOOL OF MUSIC at the exciting “new sound” of the familiar Phila­ delphia Orchestra after only one week with Mar­ Prices: $1.80 and $1.20 kevitch.

Tickets may now be obtained at the New Now coming to America with his own orchestra Haven Council of Churches offices, 52 Howe for the first time, the Markevitch “new sound” cre­ St., Loomis Temple of Music, David Dean Smith's and Cutler's. ates the current Lamoureux “excitement” in this latest French export to be seen here.

Page Eleven Tuesday Evening, January 12, at 8:30 Fourth Concert of the Woolsey Hall Concert Series Season 1959-60

S. HUROK PRESENTS ARTUR RUBINSTEIN PIANIST

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Sonata in F minor, Opus 5...... Brahms Allegro maestoso Andante (In some of the earlier pianoforte works of Brahms, the was inspired by poetry. This appears to be so in the Andante. Inscribed above the score are the following lines by Sternau: “Day has gone and the moon has come; She sees two hearts in love made one That blissfully cling together”). Scherzo Retrospect Allegro

Barcarolle in F sharp major, Opus 60...... Chopin

Ballade in G minor, Opus 23...... Chopin

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Twelve Visions Fugitives, Opus 22 Prokofieff

Mephisto Valse Liszt

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Page Thirteen ROBERT SHAW CHORALE

GIVES BACH’S B MINOR MASS WHEN AT NEXT CONCERT DIVIDENDS are important The Robert Shaw Chorale, which will make its appearance in a performance of Bach’s B Minor You may wish Mass here on Monday evening, February 1 as the to consult next concert of the Woolsey Hall Series, was found­ ed in 1948 and is now in the 12th year of uninter­ rupted activity. This famous group, augmented to a • chorus of 40 and an orchestra of 30 for the per­ formances of the great choral masterwork, has be­ Francesco Malipiero, Darius Milhaud, Frances Pou­ come one of the brightest attractions in the musical lenc and William Schuman in addition to works INCOME FUNDS, INC. firmament of America. Its name and the name of its commissioned by him from Norman Dello Joio, founder, director and indefatigable organizer, Cali- Investments For Income Henry Brandt, Peter Mennis and Paul Hindemith. fornia-born Robert Shaw, are known to millions in 152 Temple St. UNiversity 5-0865 this country and all over the world through its con­ The appearance of the first choral group con­ New Haven cert tours, radio appearances and recordings. Robert ducted and organized by Robert Shaw in 1941 was Shaw has not only won universal fame as a choral an immediate success with the public and the critics. director of striking originality and brilliant mu­ Soon such celebrated conductors as Serge Kousse- JOIN THE sicianship but has also conducted many of our lead­ vitzky and engaged Shaw and ing symphony orchestras. At present he is associate his singers to participate in performances of ora­ MOTHERS1 conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, where he will torios and other large choral works conducted by­ MARCH conduct more than 50 performances during the cur­ them. Igor Stravinsky invited the group to sing in YOUR PORCH LIGHT rent season. And last season, besides his Cleveland a performance of his Symphony of Psalms when the THURSDAY JAN. 28 1860-1960 Orchestra schedule, he appeared as guest conductor composer conducted the work over the CBS net­ of the Boston Symphony in Boston and on tour, in­ work. honored young Shaw by THE^Ä cluding several concerts in . featuring the Collegiate Chorale in such classics as © Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Missa Solenmis MARCH OF DIMES Robert Shaw stepped into fame in 1941 when, and by assigning to them the chorus sections in at the age of 25, he formed a group of amateurs We are celebrating our (Continued on page 17) under the name of the Collegiate Chorale and pre­ 100th anniversary this year. sented them at a concert in Town Hall in New York. Typical of Shaw’s attitude towards music, it COHEN & POWELL was a concert devoted to the works of a contempor­ LOCAL AND. LONG DISTANCE MOVERS ary composer, the American composer William PACKING — CRATING — SHIPPING — STORAGE WAREHOUSES MUNSON GALLERY Schuman. Ever since, Shaw’s musical taste has ranged from early Italian and German masters to ALLIED VANUNES, INC. EST. 1860 the music of contemporary composers. He has pre­ Telephone UN 5-3181 275 Orange Street New Haven sented first performances of works by Samuel Bar­ Office: 33 Olive Street Free parking for customers ber, Ernest Bacon, Bela Bartók, Arnold Bax, Marc New Haven — Connecticut Blitzstein, Benjamin Britten, Aaron Copland, Paul

Page Fourteen Page Fifteen ROBERT SHAW CHORALE concert tours or over the air, to enjoy its perform­ ances in their homes. The Robert Shaw Chorale has (Continued from page 15) already made over 100 recordings for Victor. The three of the historic operatic performances con­ most popular of them, an album of Christmas Car­ ducted by the maestro: Aida, Falstafj and Hie ols including many world-wide favorites along with Masked Ball when he presented these operas with folk carols of many lands, has, for several years, the NBC Symphony Orchestra to a nation-wide been on the top list of best-selling records and has long passed the one million mark. Recordings of art songs, operas, hymns and even ‘‘pops' like the In 1948 Robert Shaw organized the Robert Shaw four volumes of Coins from Sigmund Romberg and Chorale, a group of carefully selected and superbly an anthology of popular favorites entitled With trained professional singers which he has taken, Love From a Chorus, were followed by recordings year after year, on tours of the United States. They of the great masterpieces such as Beethoven’s Missa have appeared in every stale of the Union but two, Solemnis, Bach’s B Minor Mass and St. John Pas­ South Dakota and Nevada. In 1956 Shaw took the sion. the Requiems by Brahms and by Mozart and S. HUROK presents for first American tour group on a tour of 20 countries of the Middle East others. In many instances, such as in his recent pre- and Europe, where they sang 60 concerts within 70 sentations of Haydn’s Creation and Bach’s St. Mat­ days. thew Passion, Shaw carried his relentless search for A contract with RCA Victor soon made it possi­ musical perfection to the point of providing entirely MOSCOW STATE SYMPHONY ble for millions of music lovers who could not hear new English translations of his own for these mas­ the group on their ever-expanding nation-wide terworks. (120 MUSICIANS) “One of the First Orchestras of the World” In a Program of Tschaikowsky: Fantasia Overture, "Romeo and Juliet" Concerto in D Major, Opus 35, for Violin and Orchestra Soloist: VALERIE KLIMOV Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Opus 36 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, at 8:00 P.M. Reserved: $3.00, $4.00, $5.00 - General Admission: $2.00 Tax Included For Mail Orders: Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope NEW HAVEN ARENA Ticket Office open at 12 noon daily

Page Seventeei Page Sixteen FACTS ABOUT THE BOSTON SYMPHONY "Your Pleasure Is Our Business” ORCHESTRA ROZYCKI which will give the Sixth Concert TRAVEL AGENCY of the Woolsey Hall Series Tours • Trips on March 22 Steamship • Airline Tickets

832 STATE ST. — LO 2-9589 Established by Henry Lee Higginson in 1881; First concert, Boston Music Hall, October 22, 1881; First concert in Symphony Hall (built for the Or­ chestra, and just then completed) October 15, 1900; Conductors have been: 1881-1884 1884-1889 Artur Nikisch 1889-1893 1893-1898 Wilhelm Gericke 1898-1906 PORTRAITS FOR THE DISCRIMINATING 1906-1908 ARCHITECTURAL — INDUSTRIAL 1908-1912 ST 7-0967 32 ELM ST., NEW HAVEN Karl Muck 1912-1918 Henri Rabaud 1918-1919

Pierre Monteux 1919-1924 TIRED OF ORDINARY HORS D’OEUVRES? 1924-1949 Let Stenlia Specialties Charles Munch 1949- Create imaginative THE WINTER SEASON under the direction of delicacies. Perfect for those Charles Munch includes the following series: after-the-game 24 Friday afternoon and Saturday evening con­ buffets and holiday parties. certs in Symphony Hall Home of Stenlia Specialties 9 Tuesday evening concerts in Symphony Hall Phone Mrs. Humphrey FU 7-5672 6 Sunday afternoon concerts in Symphony Hall 6 Tuesday evening concerts in Sanders Theatre, Cambridge (Harvard)

5 Tuesday evening concerts in Providence, R.I. • CARPETS • LINOLEUM 5 Wednesday evening and 5 Saturday afternoon • VENETIAN BLINDS concerts in Carnegie Hall, New York • ASPHALT TILE • RUBBER TILE 5 Friday evening concerts in Academy of Music, Brooklyn 6 CHURCH WALL TILE 2 evening concerts in Constitution Hall, Wash­ ington, D.C. Carleton G. Smith Single concerts given in other cities, some under Company college auspices. 15 Whitney Avenue Tel. STate 7-0549 (Continued on page 20)

Page Nineteen SEASON 1959-1960 For NEW HAVEN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ADVERTISING SPACE A uspices The School of Music • Yale University in this New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Publication Tuesday, September 29, 1959 LEONARDO PENNARIO PIANIST Call Tuesday, October 27, 1959 LOcust 2-5413 WILLIAM PRIMROSE VIOLIST Tuesday, November 24, 1959 The General Advertising Co. NATHAN MILSTEIN 53 Orange St. VIOLINIST Tuesday, January 19, 1960 RALPH KIRKPATRICK HARPSICHORDIST FACTS ABOUT THE BOSTON SYMPHONY Wednesday, February 17, 1960 (Continued from page 19) DAME MYRA HESS PIANIST THE BOSTON POPS (Popular repertory. Food and Tuesday, March 15, 1960 Commissioned work by beverages served at tables on floor.) The Orchestra ALEXEI HAIEFF is composed of about ninety members of the Boston RUSSELL SHERMAN PIANIST Symphony Orchestra; Established in 1885; First Tuesday, April 19, 1960 concert Boston Music Hall, July 11, 1885; Conduc­ VERDI “REQUIEM” Connecticut College Chorus tors since 1918 include Agide Jacchia; Alfredo Ca­ Yale Glee Club sella and its present conductor, Arthur Fiedler, from SOLOISTS JORDAN — PORTO 1950. CARRINGER — BERBERIAN

Concerts given nightly (except Sundays in June) TICKETS AT SYMPHONY OFFICE every spring in Symphony Hall, usually from the 254 College Street, Room 412 UN 5-0831 first week in May and continuing nine weeks.

THE ESPLANADE CONCERTS (In open air. No admission charge. Supported by public contribu­ KILBORN BROS., Inc. tions.) Composed of about eighty members of the — Authorized Dealer — Boston Symphony Orchestra; Founded in 1929 by • OFFICE FURNITURE • FILING EQUIPMENT Arthur Fiedler, present conductor. First concerts on • HARTER STEEL CHAIRS Charles River Embankment in a wooden shell erect­ • DENNISON SUPPLIES ed by the Metropolitan District Commission. First 111 Court Street "In the Heart of the City” concert in permanent Hatch Memorial Shell at New Haven, Conn. Charles River Embankment, July 2, 1940.

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