1938-1963 International Festival of Music Lucerne
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OUR OFFICIAL AGENTS 1938-1963 AMERICAN EXPRESS CO., NEW YORK and all Branch Offices INTERNATIONAL THOS. COOK & SON, LONDON and all Branch Offices MAYFAIR TRAVEL SERVICE INC., FESTIVAL OF MUSIC NEW YORK 19 (Music Tours Department), 119 West 57th Street LUCERNE AUG. 14 - SEPT. 14, 1963 260 e — 50 000 — IV. 63 - K. & CO., L. - Printed in Switzerland 25 YEARS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MUSIC LUCERNE (1938-1963) Municipal Theatre IPHIGENIE AUF TAURIS August 14-September 14, 1963 Great music interpreted by famous musicians will be heard at the Lucerne Music Festival this summer. And to match this in the theatre we will present “Iphigenie” by Goethe, master of the spoken word GENERAL PROGRAMME and the equal of the great musicians. “Iphigenie” was written by Goethe during his happiest years and is directly influenced by his travels in Italy. The Concerts Symphony Concerts title role in this immortal work will be played by Maria Wimmer, now ranked as the greatest Iphigenie Choral Concerts interpreter on the German-language stage. The part Chamber Orchestra Concerts of Thoas will be played by Mathias Wieman, our Serenades “General Quixotte” of last year. Directed by H. Chamber Music Gnekow, other members of the cast include Hans Michael Rehberg (Munich) as Orestes, Werner Rehm Organ Recitals as Pylades, and Theo Tecklenburg as Arkas. Décor Song Recitals and costumes are by the well-known scenic designer Piano Recital from Frankfort, Professor Franz Mertz. Orchestras Swiss Festival Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra of England Collegium Musicum Zurich Lucerne Festival Strings Choirs Lucerne Festival Choir Art Museum EMIL G. BUHRLE COLLECTION Wiener Singverein August 11- September 29 From the private collection of the Biihrle family, 1963 who have long been closely associated with the Master Courses for piano, violin, cello and singing Lucerne Festival, we are displaying a selection of some 70 works, most of them little known, by French masters of the 19th and early 20th centuries: Theatre «Iphigenie auf Tauris», play by J. W. Goethe from Géricault and Delacroix to Corot, Daumier and Courbet, from Manet and the impressionists to Exhibition E. Biihrle and Dr. R. Kappeli Art Collections the great innovators, van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, the neo-impressionists with Bonnard, the Fauves with Matisse, and the early works of Picasso. Committee of the International Festival of Music ROBERT KAPPELI COLLECTION Master Courses: Lucerne Conservatoire of Music Theatre: Lucerne Municipal Theatre A second exhibition is devoted to the collection of Exhibitions: Lucerne Art Museum antiques belonging to Dr. h. c. R. Kappeli, Riehen- Meggen. This private collection started as a magni President Dr. Walter Strebi, Lucerne ficent assortment of Greek coins, masterpieces of Artistic Adviser Walter Schulthess, Manager of the Konzertgesellschaft Zurich GmbH miniature plastic art; it has since been complemented with outstanding specimens of Greek vase painting, Representative of the Swis terracottas, and large sculptures. The main items of Musicians’ Union Eric Guignard, Zurich this collection will later on form the nucleus for the Manager Dr. Othmar Fries, Lucerne new Antique Museum in Basle. Press Officer Robin P. Marchev, Lucerne Secretary’s and Press Offi Schweizerhofquai 4, Lucerne, phone 041 - 2 52 22 The Art Museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 12 Bank Banque Populaire Suisse, Lucerne and from 2 to 5 p.m. (Tuesdays and Thursdays also Conservatoire Dreilindenstrasse 82, Lucerne, phone 041-61233 8 to 10 p.m.) PLACES OF INTEREST FURTHER EVENTS 1963 (Subject to alteration) Art Gallery Swiss painters, 15th-20th century. Until May 25 and Operas, Musical Shows, Ballets, Plays (Municipal (Bahnhofplatz) Special exhibitions from September 10 Theatre) May/June: Balz Camenzind and Franz Max Herzog, paintings April 6 Concerts, Floor Shows, Gaming, Dancing, Folklore June/July: Alfred Kubin, drawings - November 10 Evenings (Kursaal-Casino) August/September: E. Bührle and Dr. R. Kâppeli Collections April 1 - May 25 Exhibition of Paintings by Peter Imhof (Municipal Hof Gallery Temporary exhibitions of old and modern art. Theatre) (Lôwenstr. 6) Collection of old Swiss masks July 6 - Sept. 30: Exhibition of Rose April 14 - May 15 Special Exhibition “Baden-Baden” (Swiss Trans Paintings by Lotte Giinthart, port Museum) Decorations by Erwin Stalder Rosengart Gallery June/September: Picasso, April 25 - May 4 IATA Congress (International Air Transport Asso (Haldenstr. 11) Paintings of the periods 1912-1927 and 1952-1961 ciation) Balmer Gallery Art exhibitions May 19 Cantonal Music Day (Alpenstr. 7) Gallery an der Reuss Art exhibitions June 4 - August 6, Every Tuesday: Organ Recitals (Collegiate Church) (Reuss-Steg 7) Sept. 17 - 24 Richard Wagner Reminiscences of the Master’s stay at Lucerne, June 13 Corpus Christi Procession Museum original scores, manuscripts, paintings. Collection Tribschen of ancient musical instruments June 8-16 International Regattas of the Lucerne Yacht Club Swiss Transport Europe’s most modern exhibition of all kinds of Museum (Lidostr. 5) communications (permanent) June 16 - 18 EUROSAC Congress (Paper Bag Manufacturers) Lion Monument Monument by B. Thorwaldsen, dedicated to the (Denkmalstrasse) memory of the Swiss guards in Paris defending the June 18 - 22 Art Auction Sales (Fischer Galleries) Tuileries in 1792 June 20 - Sept. 5 Every Thursday: Evening Excursion on the Lake Glacier Garden Glacier-mills, museum (near Lion Monument) June 22/23 Swiss Women’s Gymnastic Festival Panorama Huge painting commemorating the passage of the June 27 - 30 Swiss Federal Gymnastic Festival (Lowenplatz 10) French Army under General Bourbaki at Les Ver- rieres (1870/71) July 13/14 International Rowing Regatta on Rotsee Historical Museum Roman relics, weapons, trophies, flags and armours (Town Hall, July 19 - Sept. 6 Film Festival (Moderne Cinema) Kornmarkt) July 28 Swiss Rowing Championship on Rotsee Prehistorical Relics from the prehistoric settlements of Egolzwil Collection (Barracks (Lake-dwellings) in the Wauwiler Moos Sept. 2-7 10th MOROP Congress (Model Railway Clubs) Baselstrasse) Museum of Swiss Collection of Swiss and foreign folk costumes Sept. 16-20 ESOMAR Congress (European Society for Opinion Folk Costumes, Surveys and Market Research) Utenberg Sept. 21/22 International BP Car Rally Sept. 22 International Horse Races Sept. 23 - 27 8th World Congress FIATA (Forwarding Agents) Nov. 4-7 14th International Course in Tourism and Traffic Nov. 19 - 23 Art Auction Sales (Fischer Galleries) MASTER COURSES FRANZISKA MARTIENSSEN AND PAUL LOHMANN: SINGING In association with the Conservatoire, master courses Participants are given ten individual lessons, in in piano, violin, cello and singing will be held dur cluding a voice classification. In addition, there will ing the International Festival of Music, Lucerne. be programme arrangement in a combined concert These courses are open to artists and students of class. The number of participants is limited. Listen sufficiently high standard to pursue their studies ers can be accepted for the entire period of the successfully under one of the masters. The fee must course only. There will be no listeners at afternoon be paid not later than the start of the course. Par instruction. ticipants in the master courses can attend the final Assistant : Hildegund Becker rehearsal of certain symphony concerts. - Applica tions and enquiries should be addressed to the Con Duration of course : August 12th to September 1st, 1963 servatoire’s Secretary, Dreilindenstrasse 82, Lu (three other courses during the year) cerne, phone 041 - 6 12 33. Fee: S. Frs. 250.—; listeners S. Frs. 125.— Opening : Sunday, August 18th, 1963, 10.30 a.m., at the Con Closing date for servatoire by Professor Wolfgang Schneiderhan. applications : June 15 th, 1963 Final concert : September 1st, 1963, 10.30 a.m., at the Conservatoire GÉZA ANDA: PIANO Number of participants limited. Acceptance as RAFAEL KUBELIK: active participants after audition. Instruction will be given in class, each participant having six lessons. " INTERPRETATION COURSE FOR Listeners will be accepted for the entire period of the ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTORS course only. This course will not be given this year, but will Assistant : Egil Harder probably take place in 1964 again. Duration of course : August 2nd to 17th, 1963 Fee: S.Frs. 300.—; listeners: S.Frs. 125.— Closing date for applications : June 22nd, 1963 WOLFGANG SCHNEIDERHAN: VIOLIN CONCOURS CLARA HASKIL Acceptance dependent on the result of audition. Instruction will, as a rule, be given daily; all students The main judging on August 9, 10, and 11 in the are required to attend. Listeners will be accepted for the entire period of the course only. Lucerne Kunsthaus will take place in public. Tickets are obtainable from July 15 at the Box office, Kunst Assistant : Gerhart Hetzel haus Lucerne, phone 2 8212. Duration of course : August 14th to 26th, 1963 (three other courses during the year) Fee: S. Frs. 250.—; listeners: S. Frs. 125.— Closing date for applications : June 22nd, 1963 Final concert : August 25th, 1963, 10.30 a.m., at the Conservatoire DRAMATIC COURSES ENRICO MAINARDI: CELLO FOR OPERA Daily class instruction for solo cellists and for cellists and pianists in sonata playing; ensemble Director: Dr. Siegmund Skraup instruction in trio and quartet playing. Locality: Dulaschulhaus, Bruchstrasse 78 Duration of course : August 17th to 30th, 1963 I. Preparatory Physical and scenic studies