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March 15 ture Course. Kamen is one of America's most astute and skilled photographers Entertainment of distant lands and people, whose :ilm- lectures have delighted and informed many Bushnell audiences. His sequence in this film covering work in the world's Guide deepest gold mine is one of the most amazing underground movies ever taken. Reserved seat tickets are now available AT BUSHNELL at 60c, 90c and $1.20. Young People's Concert by the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Mahler Dates in bold type indicate days on which conducting, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, from YOU WILL BE events are scheduled at the Bushnell. 3 to 4 p. m. This will be the last in this MARCH season's series of four such concerts, each event attracting a large and eager audi- WELL SERVED S 1VI T WT F ience. Tickets on sale at the box office 15 16 at concert-time at 75 cents for children 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 and $1.00 for adults. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 APRIL LIFE S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 ACCIDENT 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 GROUP Porter Heaps, Organist, in a Hammond FIRE Organ recital in the Colonial Room at 8 p. m. MONDAY, MARCH 18. An in- formal program of music and playing MARINE tips by one of this country's fine organ- ists. Tickets available without cost through Watkins Brothers, 241 Asylum AUTOMOBILE Street.

CASUALTY Boston Symphony Orchestra, TUES- DAY, MARCH 19, at 8:15 p. m., Charles Munch conducting. Fourth concert in BONDS this season's Bushnell Symphony Series and only Hartford concert by the Bos- ton this season. Rated as one of this country's "Big Three" orchestras, the Hartt Schola Cantorum, assisted by Boston Symphony has achieved an out- the Hartt College Orchestra and with standing reputation abroad through Adele Addison, soprano, as guest artist, All forms of European tours. Under Munch, who MONDAY, MARCH 25, at 8:15 p. m. in a succeeded Koussevitzky on the podium, Schweitzer Benefit concert sponsored by personal and business insurance the Boston ensemble has attained new The Friends of Albert Schweitzer. Rob- heights of greatness. Tickets are now ert Brawley will direct. This concert will available in limited number at the fol- be open to the public (see program on lowing prices: Orchestra and First Bal- Page 17) and tickets will be available cony, $3.60, $4.20, $4.80. at the Bushnell Box Office on a non-re- THE TRAVELERS served seat basis at $2.00 each. INSURANCE COMPANIES "The Union of South Africa", FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, MARCH 22 AND 23, full Hartford Symphony Orchestra, HARTFORD 15, CONNECTICUT color feature length movie with personal WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, at 8:15 p. m., commentary by the photographer, Clif- Fritz Mahler conducting. Final concert ford J. Kamen. This is the seventh and of the current season, presenting a pro- final event in the 1956-57 Bushnell Lec- gram which will feature Carl Orff's 4 Bushnell Prompter mighty "Carmina Burana", so success- charge; invitations are available through fully given its first Hartford perform- H. M. Gardiner of the Travelers Insur- ance by this orchestra a couple of sea- ance Company. HOW RICH MUST YOU BE sons ago. After the concert the orchestra TO OWN COMMON STOCKS? will make a recording for Vanguard, an "La Traviata", Verdi's magnificent opera, Perhaps as rich as you are now — historic event in its career. Tickets for WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 at 8:15 p. m., this concert are now on sale at the Box to be presented as the last work of this if you have an average income. Fact office at Orchestra and First Balcony, season by the Connecticut Opera Asso- is, 2 out of 3 owners of common $4.00, $3.50, $3.00; Second Balcony, ciation, Frank Pandolfi, executive di- stock have incomes less than $7500 $2.00. rector. For this event Mr. Pandolfi has a year. assembled a noteworthy cast headed The Smetana Quartet, THURSDAY, by two stars of the Metropolitan, Patrice Surprising? Maybe — but we think MARCH 28, at 10:30 a. m. in the Colonial Munsel and Giuseppe Campora. This you'll see the opportunities for Room, in a concert sponsored by the will mark Miss Munsel's first Hartford extra income much more clearly Musical Club of Hartford. Tickets in appearance in a number of years and the after talking it over with one of our limited number will be available at the event promises to be a highlight of the representatives. Our office is open door at concert-time. current operatic season. Mail orders for Wednesday evening and Saturday tickets are now being filled. Prices: morning for your convenience. Upsala College Choir of East Orange, Orchestra, $4.50, $5.50, $6.50; First N. J., SUNDAY, MARCH 31 at 3:30 p. m., Balcony, $3.50, $4.50, $5.50, $6.50; one of the leading collegiate singing Second Balcony, $1.80, $2.75, $3.50. groups in the East, Miss Gladys Grinde- Make checks payable to Bushnell PUTNAM & CO. land directing. This concert will be open Memorial. to the public and tickets will be avail- MEMBER able in the Bushnell Box Office at: re- NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Choral Club of Hartford, FRIDAY, APRIL served section, $2.00; general admission, 12, at 8:15 p. m., an annual spring con- 6 CENTRAL ROW $1.00; children, 50 cents. cert under the direction of Duncan HARTFORD 4, CONN. Phyfe. This event by an outstanding Polish Musical Program, SUNDAY, group of nearly 100 men is open to asso- Telephone J Ackson 5-1421 APRIL at 3 p. m., featuring the Polish 7, ciate members; associate membership Air Force Quartet and other artists. forms will be available at the door. Sponsored by the Polonia Opera Com- pany, Edmund Liszka local representa- tive. Tickets available at the Bushnell Preparatory Schools Concert, SATUR- Box Office at the following prices: Or- DAY, APRIL 13, at 8:15 p. m., an event chestra and First Balcony, $3.00, $2.50 that annually brings together the glee and $2.00; Second Balcony, unreserved clubs and the combined orchestras of at 90 cents. the following well known New England preparatory schools: Deerfield Acad- Philadelphia Orchestra, MONDAY, APRIL emy, Taft, Choate, Loomis and Hotch- 8 at 8:15 p. m., Eugene Ormandy con- kiss. Each club will sing a group of num- ducting. This will be the final concert bers and all will combine in a final series in the 1956-1957 Bushnell Symphony under the direction of Ralph H. Oatley, Series, presented by the Bushnell Com- music head at Deerfield. This concert munity Concert Association. Acclaimed is open to the public without charge, worldwide, this distinguished orchestra upon presentation of an invitation card; will perform the following program: such cards will be available at the Bush- Borodin's Nocturno from String Quartet nell Box Office in limited number. No. 2 (never previously performed in a Bushnell Symphony Series concert); Two Concerts of Popular Music, SUN- Beethoven's Seventh Symphony; Bar- DAY, APRIL 14, at 3:30 and 8:30 p. m., tok's Concerto for Orchestra. A limited under the sponsorship of the New York number of seats for this last symphony Jazz Festival. Featured entertainers event of the season are available in the will be: Fats Domino and his Orchestra; PLAY THE BALDWIN box office at: Orchestra and First Bal- Bill Doggett; LaVern Baker; Clyde ELECTRONIC ORGAN cony, $3.60, $4.20, $4.80. Mail orders McPhatter; The Five Keys; Chuck Spinet model (shown) $1395 will be filled promptly. Berry; The Five Satins; Ann Cole; The Larger Models for Churches, Moon Glows; The Schoolboys; Eddie Schools, Lodges, etc. Travelers Choral CIub, TUESDAY, APRIL Cooley; Charles Brown; Paul Williams 9, in its annual spring concert under the and his Orchestra. Tickets are available direction of Frank H. Groff. This fine at the Bushnell Box Office at the follow- GOSS PIANO CO. concert by a large ensemble of mixed ing prices: Orchestra and First Balcony, 317 ASYLUM ST., HARTFORD voices is open to the public without $3.50, $2.75; 2nd Bal., $2.25, $1.75. March 15 5 "Anastasia", romantic melodrama to be ELSEWHERE presented on the Avery Memorial stage If it's 111-F1 APRIL 2 THROUGH 6 by the Mark Twain MUSIC Masquers. see the one Gordon Manley, pianist and radio com- "Death of a Salesman", to be presented mentator at 9:30 p. m. MONDAY, APRIL and only by the Repertory Theater of New Brit- 1, on WTIC, presenting an analysis of ain in its Norden Street theater APRIL 3 the program to be performed APRIL 8 THROUGH 6, Betty Kimball directing. DOC. HI-Fl by the Philadelphia Orchestra in the Bushnell. Mr. Manley will illustrate his talk with piano and recorded selections. MUSEUMS AND ART EXHIBITS Both AM and FM facilities will carry his sparkling and informative program. On the Colt Collection of Firearms valued at

Vassar - Trinity Glee Clubs in a joint more than $1,000,000 to be on display 2ND concert at 8:15 p. m. SATURDAY, MARCH after MARCH 7 in the Memorial Hall of 16 in the Trinity Auditorium. Tickets the State Library. Open daily to the FLOOR available at the college. public without charge.

Promenade Concert at the Hartt Col- Display of Radical Literature, an lege Auditorium at 5 p. m. SUNDAY, exhibit of historic books during the MARCH 17, for the benefit of the Bauer ARTHUR E. CHASE month of MARCH in the Trinity College Scholarship Fund. Program will feature Library. Open to the public free. Rafael Puyana, harpsichordist; the Hartt String Orchestra; the Hartt Col- Fidelity AI REES lege Chorus under Louis Pellettieri; Scholastic Awards Exhibition, works M premiere performance of Arnold Fran- by secondary school pupils from all UCC of E Salon chetti's one-act opera, "The Anachron- parts of the state, sponsored locally by the Hartford Courant. In the Wads- 965 Farmington Avenue ism", in concert form. Tickets at Hartt College. worth Atheneum FEBRUARY 16 THROUGH West Hartford MARCH 24. Igor Gorin, celebrated concert and oper- atic baritone, final artist in the Univer- The Museum and the Community, a sity Concert Series at the University trip to New York and special program of Connecticut, MONDAY, MARCH 18, including a tour of the Metropolitan at 8:15 p. m. Museum of Art, all day WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20. Arranged by the Service MISCELLANEOUS Bureau for Women's Organizations; for information call JA 2-5151, Ext. 501. "Light Up the Sky", Moss Hart play to be presented MARCH 14, 15, 16 in the New Britain Art Museum, Lexington Avery Memorial by The Beacon Play- Street, New Britain, wide collection of ers, employee drama group of the Trav- paintings; Thomas Benton's murals. ers Insurance Companies. Staged by Open daily except MONDAYS, 2 to 5:30 William Astley. p. m.

Boat Show, sponsored by the Charter Wadsworth Atheneum at Main Street Oak Marine Dealers Ass'n., MARCH 14 and Atheneum Square, Hartford, one of THROUGH 17 in the West Hartford this country's finest museums, with per- For your Early American room . . Armory. manent collections of art, furniture, wing and lounge chairs covered to "The Man Who Came to Dinner" costumes, firearms, coins, etc. Open all order in document prints and home to be presented by the Avon Playmakers winter as follows: Tuesday through spuns with foam cushions . . only at the Towpath School at 8 p. m., Friday. 12 noon to 5 p. m.; Saturday, 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.; Sunday, 2 to 5 p. m. $99.50. Usually $129.00 MARCH 15 AND 16, Mrs. Preston Wood- lock directing. Admission free. "Wednesdays at Eight", series of three Yale Art Gallery with permanent collec- movies sponsored by the Women's Asso- tions of modern art, sculpture, paintings, ciation of Wethersfield for its Library textiles, ancient Greek and Roman relics, Fund, in the Webb Theatre: MARCH 27, etc. Open without charge Tuesday "The Lady Killers"; APRIL 3, "Aida"; through Saturday, 11 a. m. to 4:30 p. m.; APRIL 10, "Mr. Hulut's Holiday." Sundays, 2 to 4:30 p. m. 6 Bushnell Prompter BERKSHIRE PLANS

Charles Munch, music director of the The weekend of August 2, 3, 4, will Boston Symphony Orchestra, has an- provide some of the greatest creations nounced that the twentieth season of of Brahms, two symphonies, Variations the Berkshire Festival Concerts at on a Theme of Haydn, the Tragic Over- Tanglewood will take place during the ture and Violin Concerto with Stern. six weeks between July 8 and August 11. Carl Schuricht will conduct one concert There will be concerts each Friday and in this series as well as one in the Bee- Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon in the Music Shed at Lenox, Mass. Special prominence this summer will be given by Dr. Munch to music of one of the great composers each weekend— Bach, Mozart, Tchaikowsky, Berlioz. Brahms and Beethoven. Works of con- temporary interest will be featured on each of the last four weekends. Isaac Stern will perform with the orchestra three great classics of violin literature, the concertos of Tchaikowsky, Brahms and Beethoven. Dr. Munch will conduct all the con- certs of the first two Bach-Mozart week- ends and two concerts in each of the following weekends. Pierre Monteux and Carl Schuricht will be guest conduc- tors, each handling two concerts. The Peerless Sharkskin During his all-Bach concerts on July of Arnel 5, 6, 7, Dr. Munch will perform all six In beautiful, dazzling white. You'll live in Brandenburg concertos, several suites it, cooly, all summer. Wrinkle resistant. and Part Two of the St. Matthew Pas- Dirt resistant. You can wash it wherever sion with chorus and soloists. The Mo- you are. zart concerts on July 12, 13, 14, will SIZES 10-18 include the great last three symphonies, the "Jupiter", smaller works and con- Special orders taken certos and a work for chorus and Sensibly Priced orchestra. thoven weekend, which will be August 9, Music of Tchaikowsky will be con- 10, 11. The Festival will close on Sunday ducted by Munch and Monteux on July afternoon, August 11, with a perform- 19, 20, 21 and will include at least two ance by Munch of Beethoven's Ninth of the symphonies and the Violin Con- Symphony. certo with Stern. Munch and Monteux Further information about all Berk- again will share conducting the concerts shire Festival concerts, as well as about emphasizing Berlioz' works July 26, 27, the summer school of musical perform- 99 PRATT STREET 28, and will include "L'Enfance du ance at the Festival from July 1 to SECOND FLOOR Christ" with chorus and soloists; the August 11, may be obtained from the Fantastic Symphony, "Harold in Italy"; Festival Office, Symphony Hall, Boston HARTFORD excerpts from "Romeo and Juliet". 15, Mass. Open Monday, Closed Saturday March 16 7 BUSHNELL MEMORIAL It Gives a IVIan a New Outlook... Board of Trustees APPLETON H. SEAVERNS, President . . . when he first views the world through the windshield HOWELL CHENEY, Vice President of his own Cadillac car. There is, for instance, the wholly HORACE BUSHNELL LEARNED, new sense of pride he feels as he sits in possession of a motor car that Vice President is so widely respected. There is the entirely new feeling of mastery he MRS. HORATIO H. ARMSTRONG enjoys as he puts the car through its brilliant paces for the very first CLIFTON M. BOCKSTOCE time. And, finally, there is his deep pleasure in realizing that he has MORGAN B. BRAINARD, JR. made one of motordom's soundest investments. And, of course, all of JAMES H. BREWSTER, JR. these sentiments will be all the more pronounced for the motorist who CHARLES J. COLE makes the move to Cadillac in 1957. Why not come in and see for your- CYRIL COLEMAN self? You're welcome to try the view from the driver's seat at any time. CHARLES C. CUNNINGHAM JAMES J. FORD MRS. WALTER H. GRAY CHARLES WELLES GROSS MAYNARD T. HAZEN MRS. ROBERT W. HUNTINGTON MISS MABEL JOHNSON ANSON T. MCCOOK HENRY A. PERKINS WILLIAM H. PUTNAM BARCLAY ROBINSON DOUGLAS C. SCOTT MRS. J. HAMILTON SCRANTON MRS. APPLETON H. SEAVERNS

The Final Concert in the BUSHNELI, SYMPHONY SERIES will be performed by the PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA EUGENE ORMANDY, Conducting THE TABER CADILLAC CORPORATION Monday, April 8 at 8:15 p. in.

8 Bushnell Prompter PROGRAM I March 19

FOURTH CONCERT, BUSHNELL SYMPIIONY SERIES OF 1956-1957

BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

CHA It LES MUNCH, Music Director

SEVENTH-SIXTH SEASON, 1956-1957

Presented by the Bushnell Community Concert Association

DIAMOND . . Symphony No. 6 I. Adagio: Allegro II. tdagio III. Deciso: Allegro

MOZART . Concerto for Clarin.e.t. in. I major, K. 622 I. Allegro II. Adagio III. Rondo: Allegro

GINO CIOFFI, Soloist DART/NC, AREN'T INTERMISSION YOU CLAD WE

A warning bell will be sounded three minutes before the end of intermission DECIDED ON A COLD BOND FRANCK Symphony in D minor SACRO - SUPPORT I. Lento: Allegro non troppo MATTRESS II. Allegretto III. Allegro non troppo

Performances by this orchestra are broadcast each week on Monday evenings from 8:05 to 9:00 P. M. on the NBC Radio Network.

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Boston Symphony Orchestra

conducted by Charles Munch SYMPHONY NO. 6 were two Stadler brothers in the Em- By DAVID LEO DIAMOND peror's Harmonie of eight wind play- Born in Rochester, N. Y., July 9, 1915. ers, both of them accounted excellent THE VIRTUOSO ORCHESTRA David Diamond showed an early clarinetists. Anton, the elder, was work- interest in music and entered the Cleve- ing upon the instrument, deepening its land Institute at the age of 13. He sub- range. Mozart was ready to oblige him sequently studied at the Eastman School as a fellow Mason and a close friend. of Music, at the New Music School and This Concerto was Mozart's last for any at Fontainebleau under Nadia Bou- instrument — he completed it on Sep- langer. He held the Elfrida Whiteman tember 28, about two months before Fellowship in 1935 and his Psalm for his death. The autograph scores of both Orchestra won the Juilliard Publication the Concerto and the Quintet have dis- Award in 1937. appeared, a circumstance which does By the age of 21, Diamond had writ- not speak well for Stadler's proper re- THE VIRTUOSO ORCHESTRA ten a symphony, concerto for violin and gard for them. in a "New Orthophonic" High orchestra and a number of other works, The difficulties of the solo part in the Fidelity recording: La Valse, Bolero, including chamber music, a concerto Clarinet Concerto are not vaunted in a Rapsodie Espagnole, and Afternoon for harpsichord, sonatas for piano and way to exhibit virtuosity, but lie in the of a Faun. violin and a choral work entitled "A subtleties of swift running passages, the ERC 1984 adroit play of color set off against the LP • LM1984 45 EP Night Litany". His Sixth Symphony is being given its first Hartford perform- strings. The Concerto has a marked $3.98 $3.98 ance in tonight's program. similarity in treatment with the Quintet. the "Stadler Quintet," as Mozart called THE it. In both works an independently bal- CONCERTO FOR CLARINET IN anced string quartet, no mere accom- A MAJOR, K. 622 paniment, is finely matched with the color of the dulcet partner, never taking By WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART a subordinate place. The quartet is Born in Salzburg, January 27, 1756; always delicately paired with the solo died in Vienna, December 5, 1791. instrument. In the Concerto, the flutes, Mozart was much taken with the bassoons and horns are seldom used possibilities of the clarinet during his except in the ritornelli, the tutti passages 155 ASYLUM STREET last years in Vienna, as the music he thus making a delightful alternation wrote for it eloquently attests. Salzburg with the delicate "quintet." HARTFORD . JAckson 2-6283 possessed no clarinet players. But in Albert Einstein has written about the Vienna the situation was different. There Clarinet Concerto: "The greatness and 10 Bushnell Prompter the transcendent beauty of this work SYMPHONY IN D MINOR sadness" felt in the Symphony of Saint- are such as its high Kochel number By CESAR FRANCK Saens has its exact opposite in Frank's would lead us to expect. One almost has Born at Liege, Belgium, December 10, Symphony, which is "a continual ascent the impression that Mozart felt im- 1822; died at Path., November 8, 1890. towards pure gladness and life-giving pelled to express again, in greater and light because the workmanship is solid It is not hard to sympathize with the and its themes are manifestations of dramatically animated form, what he state of mind of Franck's devoted circle, had already expressed in more lyric form ideal beauty." It would hardly occur who beheld so clearly the flame of his to a listener today to compare two in the domain of chamber music, in the genius, while the world ignored and Stadler Quintet. The first movement is symphonies which are as different as passed it by. They were naturally in- were their two composers. from beginning to end in Mozart's last censed by the inexplicable hostility of style, informed throughout by the clos- some of Franck's fellow professors at Through almost all of his life, Paris est relation between the soloist and the the Conservatoire, and moved to winged was not even aware of Franck. Those orchestra, and by the utmost possible words in behalf of their lovable maitre, who knew him casually or by sight must vitality in the orchestral portion itself, who, absorbed and serene in his work, have looked upon him simply as a mild as may be observed by following simply never looked for either performance or little organist and teacher at the Con- the play of the two violins in dialogue. applause — was naively delighted when servatoire, who wrote unperformed Significantly, in this work the basses those blessings sparingly descended oratorios and operas in his spare time. are sometimes separated from the upon him. And such indeed he was. It must be 'cellos; in the Adagio, a counterpart to admitted that Franck gave the world the Larghetto of the Quintet, there are To probe back into the circumstances little opportunity for more than post- passages of transparent sonority in which surrounded the composition of humous recognition — and not so much which the contrabass is silent. And how Frank's Symphony and its perform- because this most self-effacing of com- all the registers of the solo instrument ance in the musical Paris of 1889 is to posers never pushed his cause, as because are exploited, yet without any exhibition revive a controversial spirit which no his genius ripened so late. When he had of virtuosity! There is no opportunity longer exists. This Symphony, which is reached fifty-seven there was nothing for free cadenzas. One need only com- now generally recognized for its worth in his considerable output (with the pare this work with similar compositions in the standard repertoire, was for years possible exception of La Redemption or by another great lover of the clarinet after the death of its composer a sub'ect Les Eolides) which time has proved to and master in writing for it, Carl Maria for discussion and disagreement. If be of any great importance. Les Beati- von Weber, such as his 'great Quintet,' Franck was aware of this surrounding tudes, which he completed in that year Op. 34, or his 'great Concertos,' Op. 73 controversy he gave no sign of being (1879) had neither a full nor a clear and Op. 74, to see the difference between disturbed by it. It is more than probable performance until three years after his the supreme effectiveness of simplicity that the ardent claims made by his death, when, according to d'Indy, "the and more virtuoso exhibition." fellow members in the Societe Nationale effect was overwhelming, and hence- GINO CIOFFI spurred the passive indifference of mu- forth the name of Franck was sur- Gino Cioffi, born in Naples, studied sicians "outside" into active rejection. rounded by a halo of glory, destined to in the Conservatory there and at the Franck's Symphony was inevitably grow brighter as time went on." The age of seventeen began his career as compared with the Symphony by Saint- Symphony — that most enduring monu- clarinetist, playing in the opera and Saens in C minor, which had been intro- ment of Franck's genius, was first per- symphony orchestras of Italy. In the duced on January 9, 1887. That both formed some 20 months before his death. United States he has been first clarinet symphonies lean to the color of the In the last year of his life, musicians in the orchestras of Cleveland, Pitts- organ and that both have a cyclic re- rallied to the masterly new scores as burgh, and New York (Philharmonic currence need only mean that both were soon as they appeared, and lost no time and NBC Orchestras and the Metro- composed at a time when such traits in spreading the gospel of Franck — a politan Opera Orchestra). He joined the were likely. The opinion of Bellaigue gospel which was readily apprehended. Boston Symphony Orchestra as its that "One is night, the other day; in the And after Franck's death, his music, principal clarinet in 1950. Saint-Saens one breathes freely; in the aided (or hindered) by the zealous pro- Mr. Cioffi adds a cadenza of his own Franck one is stifled and dies" may be nouncements of the militant school composition in the slow movement of compared with the opinion of d'Indy which had grown at his feet, made its Mozart's Concerto. that "the final impression of doubt and way increasingly to popular favor. March 15 From TOKYO

to TITICACA From MOSCOW to MUTWANGA "We've been there" B. F. Lockwood TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE "KNOW-HOW" CLIFFORD J. KAMEN OF THE MEN WHO HAVE BEEN THERE. Of all the motion pictures Clifford Kamen has taken in the faraway places of the world, few sequences have been more difficult to get, but have given snore satis- DAVIS-JACOB TRAVEL SERVICE faction, than the gold mining coverage in 99 PRATT STREET Telephone: CH 6-7221 "South Africa". He and his 17-years-old son spent a week filming gold. They needed CRUISES . TOURS . RESORTS 17 men to carry the necessary equipment nearly a mile and a half into the earth; they found such heat and humidity there that photoflood bulbs exploded after a few seconds of use — but they got their pictures. REFRESHINGLY DELIGHTFUL Kamen has covered more than 30 coun- Yes, "delightful" describes the tries with his films, and he has been a fre- food, the atmosphere and the de- quent visitor to Bushnell audiences. His cor of the Terrace Dining Room. "Today's Spain" of last year is well re- You'll find the dining room and membered (and for next season he report- cocktoil lounge ideal for relaxing edly will have a new full color feature en- OVERLOOKING THE ENTIRE AIRPORT with your family or friends. Open titled "South From Zanzibar"). He had BRADLEY FIELD, WINDSOR LOCKS, CONN. daily with musk six evenings an ideal preparation for his work, for at weekly. the University of California and North- DINING MUSIC COCKTAILS western University he studied history, sociology, geography, economics and psy- chology. Then followed years of training at the Chicago Art Institute and the Acad- emy of Fine Arts, which gave him his ability to achieve beautiful lighting effects HARTT and superb composition in his films. The Julius Hartt School of Music Creative and interpretative study, private lessons and classes. pre-school through adult levels. The 28th Annual Hartt College of Music Professional courses leading to undergraduate and graduate music degrees. BUSHNELL LECTURE COURSE Accredited, State Board of Education. Member: National Association of of seven full-color feature • length Schools of Music, New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Moshe Paranov Schools. travel and nature films with personal commentary is now being arranged Director 187 Broad Street Hartford ' Telephone CHapel 9 - 0601 and will be announced in the early fall. Bushnell Prompter PROGRAM March 22-23

SEVENTH AND FINAL PROGRAM Your trip to South Africa BUSHN1ELL LECTURE COURSE OF' 1956-1957 could be like this:

"THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA" GOOD FOOD wit h CLI F FORD J. KAMEN

SOUTHWEST AFRICA, HOME OF THE HOTTENTOTS REST Kalahari Desert life Diamonds on ground's surface

THE CAPE AREA Historic Capetown on Table Bay SERVICE By cable car to Table Mountain top Cape of Good Hope

JOHANNESBURG, CITY BUILT ON GOLD RECREATION Prairie to metropolis in 60 years Tall skyscrapers, fine homes NEW YORK TO Most modern city in Africa CAPETOWN $400 GOLD MINING, AFRICA'S GREATEST INDUSTRY Dramatic scenes 7000 feet underground NEW YORK TO Gold — from the vein to the refinery $455 A fortune in gold bars DURBAN

DIAMONDS NEW YORK TO Exclusive scenes of diamond mining ZANZIBAR $ 500 Blue earth with imbedded gems Closeups of cutting, polishing Fabulous heaps of diamonds Spatafora's AFRICA'S WILD GAME TRAVEL BUREAU Kruger National Park, size of New Jersey. Animals at close range in natural habitat 44 STATE STREET GRANT BUILDING UNSPOILED ,NATIVE LIFE HARTFORD Remote native reserves Stange rituals and exotic dances Member: ASTA JA 7-9101 ESTABLISHED 1931 FINALE

March 15 13 company of 26 will present the dances, ea,tedidt -74a songs and instrumental music of Sicily.

Vitya Vronsky and Victor Babin met Whether one likes it or not, here is while both were piano pupils of the great the figure covering the sale of Elvis Artur Schnabel; realizing they would Presley records up to February 1, ac- eventually be competing with each other cording to Variety magazine: single as solo artists they took the easy way records, 13,200,000 sold; albums, 3,- out, fell in love, got married and became 200,000 sold. One single record alone HARTFORD'S one of the world's most acclaimed duo- has sold over 4,000,000 copies and his pianist teams. This year marks their "Hound Dog" has "slowed down" to SEMI-MONTHLY GUIDE 20th anniversary season in the United 15,000 a week. TO States, where Babin has become known SUMMER ENTERTAINMENT as a eomposer as well as performer. A Robert Mitchum, the movie actor, signal honor came to the couple when has a voice — a singing voice, that is. Again, this summer, Prompter readers in 1942 Sergei Rachmaninoff wrote for He has signed a five-years contract with will find, in the Entertainment Guide, Capitol Records as a vocalist. all necessary information about music them his "Symphonic Dances", the year and dance festivals, outdoor concerts, before his death. summer theatres, art exhibits, mu- This could probably happen only in the USA. The winner of the recent seums and other special summer A new high will be reached in theatri- events. Metropolitan Auditions of the Air com- cal ticket prices when the musical "New petition for one section of the country Girl in Town" opens in May on Broad- THE BUSHNELL PROMPTER was Robert Mosely, young baritone, way. The top price will be $9.20 on who sings for a few minutes each morn- $1.00 a year (24 issues) Friday and Saturday evenings, $8.60 ing on Station KDKA and then goes Send check or money order made out to on other nights. The production is to be to his job as a parking garage a;,:endant Bushnell Memorial, with your name. ad- a musical version of O'Neill's "Anna dress and postal zone number to Bushnell in the basement of the KDKA building. Memorial, Hartford 14, Conn. (Series Christie". He will compete in New York this spring ticket subscribers to Symphony Series, * * Lecture Course, Civic Music Course and against other regional winners. Connecticut Opera Association, receive Jose Limon and his dance company, * * * Prompter at home. all summer.) in which Hartford's Pauline Koner There is particular significance in the (Mrs. Fritz Mahler) is a featured per- recent recording of Rachmaninoff's former, will tour Europe and the Near Third Symphony by the Philadelphia East for five months, beginning next September. Books itianted * * * Entire Private Libraries or Two outstanding Italian entertain- ment companies will make their first household accumulations American tours next season, according of good used books wanted to recent announcements. The Sym- for cash. Immediate removal. phony Orchestra of the Florence Festival Write or Phone (Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fio- rentino), composed of 97 musicians, will be one of the most distinguished of Old Hartford Bookshop musical ensembles available in a limited 288 Asylum Street number of American auditoriums in the HARTFORD 3 . JA 7-9411 fall. Later in the season I Canterini Charles Francis Snyder, Bookseller Siciliani, the Sicilian Folklore Festival. Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy. The will visit this country under the auspices composer was a close friend and ardent of the Sicilian Tourist Bureau. This admirer of the great orchestra and its 14 Bushnell Prompter conductor prior to his death nearly On the same subject, Coca-Cola's 15 years ago. advertising agency has retained the III IILIOMA\ 1:101. services of Morton Downey, noted singer (and onetime Connecticut lad) the Pickwick Book Shop So important a part does the sale of as a consultant on sales promotion and is just the spot for you. refreshments now play in the profitable merchandising. He is now a director of operation of many movie houses that a several companies in the Coca-Cola Indeed, sizable section of the leading magazine operation. it is one place where the published for theater owners is devoted to information on "refreshment service". There is announced, for instance, in this Mattiwilda Dobbs, noted coloratura know their "movie" magazine: a new popcorn soprano from Atlanta who charmed a warmer with a two-bushel capacity; a Civic Music audience here and last fall IIIBLIOLATRY new model bun warmer which can be was added to the Met roster, recently connected to a steam line to become a scored at the Royal Opera in Stockholm. tamale steamer; a new rotating electric Then she went on to Israel for concerts frankfurter broiler holding up to 70 and has appearances scheduled in Lon- Pic 1 C k franks; a beverage dispenser that auto- don with the Royal Philharmonic Or- BOO HOP matically mixes seven kinds of soft chestra under Beecham, and in the fa- BOOKS N RECORDS drinks. mous Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. LENDING LIBRARY 990B FARMINGTON AVENUE USA NOW MAJOR EXPORTER OF MUSICAL TALENT JA 3-7816 West Hartford Center A statement indicative of a revolution can orchestras in this year's Bushnell that has gradually taken place in the Symphony Series have recently, or by world of music was made a few weeks this fall will have made tours of Europe's A contributing factor to the suc- ago by one of today's leading managers major cities. Last year it was the Boston cess of prominent social functions of artistic talent. Speaking before Di- Symphony, which even established a throughout New England. rectors of the Civic Music Association precedent by playing in Russia; in the of Greater Hartford, Executive Vice- previous season or two it was the New President Harlowe F. Dean of Civic York and Philadelphia orchestras. The Landermv Concert Service, Inc. declared that "at Cleveland, here last month, will leave the present time the United States is in May for a tour of the Continent, and Hartford exporting more musical talent to foreign the Minneapolis Symphony, also here countries than it is importing." Thus in February, will tour the Near East Musical Contractor Bushnell Memorial spoke a man whose office books 3500 this fall. or more concerts and recitals yearly. Among other groups and artists well Apparently some fresh new thinking known to Hartford who have recently ... from home is due on the part of those who believe toured, are now touring or will soon tour America is still in the Stone Age abroad may be mentioned: Ballet JA 2-0234 culturally. Theatre; Jose Greco and Company: ... from Bushnell at A quick review of the schedules of Jose Limon and Company; Marian distinguished United States artists and Anderson; Mattiwilda Dobbs, Ruggiero EAST ENTRANCE ensembles corroborates the Dean state- Ricci; Eleanor Steber; Benny Goodman ment. Consider only those attractions and Orchestra: Jazz at the Philharmonic that are known at first hand to Bushnell troupe. patrons — the symphony orchestras for America indeed has become a major (,YELLOW CAB;) instance. All five of the notable Ameri- exporter of musical and dance talent. March 16 16 PROGRAM NOTES Five years before his midnight ride, Paul Revere the coppersmith engraved Verbes; the plates for "The New England Psalm- Singer" by William Billings. Creator of Xaxable (state the unique "fuguing tune", a musician unrivalled in his day for spirit and originality. Billings justly merits the Verdi, one of the few financially suc- title of America's leading 18th Century cessful musicians of the last century, composer. amassed a fortune of $600,000. In the U. S. today, an estate of that In his five suites entitled "Bachianas size might pay a Federal estate tax of Brasileiras", Villa-Lobos has attempted to fuse his native Brazilian music with approximately $145,000. the spirit of Bach. Suite No. 5 employs But even if Verdi had died a U. S. the unusual combination of soprano solo citizen today, his estate would prob- and an "orchestra of violoncelli". ably have paid no tax. Verdi left his entire fortune to charity—to the Samuel Barber, one of our country's Home for Aged and Indigent Musi- STERLING FLATWARE leading contemporary composers, was cians which he had founded in Milan. commissioned by the late Serge Kousse- Verdi planned his estate. He gave BY TIFFANY vitzky to write the "Prayers of Kierke- careful thought to its distribution, gaard". It was finished in 1954 and per- formed by the Boston Symphony that whom it should benefit, how it should The delight of brides for gen- year. Based on the writings of the 19th be managed. erations, this fine and unusually Century Danish philosopher and theo- logian, Soren Kierkegaard, the work' is PLAN YOUR ESTATE! heavy Sterling Silver by Tiffany's scored for mixed chorus, soprano solo Our trust officers have had long ex- and orchestra, with incidental tenor own artisans is a gift that will be perience in planning estates. They and alto solos. would be happy to work with you cherished for a lifetime. and your lawyer to be sure that your ROBERT BRAW I,EY property will be distributed in strict Tiffany Silverware is available on- Founder and director of the Hartt Schola accordance with your desires at the Cantor , Mr. Brawley is a native of lowest possible cost in taxes. ly at Stevens in the Hartford area. North Carolina. He received his musical education at the University of North Caro- lina, Yale School of Music and Tanglewood where he studied choral conducting with Robert Shaw. Before coming to Hartford Hartford National in 1953 he had been director of choral music at Smith College and conductor of Bank the Apollo Glee Club at Yale. He is widely known in the Hartford area for his choral and Trust Company activities. A former conductor of the Hart- Branch Store: ford Symphony Chorale, he is on the Hartt Established 1792 Member F.D.I.C. College of Music faculty, is organist and 60 La Salle Rd. West Hartford choir director at Trinity Church and

Temple Beth Israel . 16 Bushnell Prompter PROGRAM March 25

THE FRIENDS OF ALBERT SCHWEITZER present SCHWEITZER BENEFIT CONCERT THE HARTT SCHOLA CANTORUM

HARTT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

ROBERT BRAWLEY, Director Guest Artist: ADELE ADDISON, Soprano

WILLIAM BILLINGS . . Early American ChornNeN Chester When Jesus Wept Creation The Bird tm The Rose Of Sharon PAUL HINDEMITH . . Six Chansons The Doe Springtime A Swan In Winter Since All Is Passing Orchard CASE IN POINT GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL .4ria: "Care Selve" from Atalanta for spring elegance . . . . .trio: "0 Had I Juhal's Lyre" from Joshua Aria: "0 Sleep, Why Host Thou Leave Me?" fr Sensele . . the tapered toe, the slim :trio: "Let The Bright Seraphim" from Samson narrow lines, the soaring heel ... ADELE ADDISON, Soprano Chorus: "Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite" from Samson all point to a completely new concept of footwear this spring. INTERMISSIO N Styled by Valentine in navy or A warning bell will be sounded three minu of tes before the end intermission. French Bread Calf or black GABRIEL FAURE . . . Pavane patent.

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS . Bachianas Brasileiras No. .5 Shoe Salon - Main Floor SAMUEL BARBER . . . . Prayers of Kierkegaard ADELE ADDISON, Soprano Incidental solos by ROGER LOUCKS, Tenor, and CORINNE JENSEN, Contralto

This performance by the Hartt College Symphony has been made possible of Hartford through the cooperation and courtesy of the Hatt ford Musicians Association, Local 400, A. F. of M. March 15 HARTFORD SYMPHONY CHORALE

Final Concert—Bushnell Symphony President MR. JERAULD MANTER Vice-President MR. ARTHUR BIFIELD Series, 1956-57 Secretary MISS ANNE WEISSINGER Treasurer MR. EDWARD CARTER Librarian MR. WILLIAM FOOTE, JR. Asst. Librarian MRS. SALLY IIIIJRLBERT PHILADELPHIA Eileen Ackerman Shirley R. Kirkland Ralph Ackerman Gret1 Klapp Constance Adams Mabel Klein Lee Allen Frances Kleinman ORCHESTRA Robert F. Amstutz Nellie Kohiela Beatrice Anderson Christian Anderson Doris Langdon WITH Marie LeVan Mollie J. Babcock Evelyn Lewis Ethel Bad Ter Elms Baldrick Malcolm MacGregor Sarah Ball Jerauld T. Man ter Eugene Ormandy John W. Beers R. Dorton Merchant Olive Benham Marilyn Merchant Rosalie Benny Albert Mathieu CONDUCTING Arthur H. Bifield John H. Mattfield Roderick Billups Elizabeth McCallip Donald C. Bliss Dr. Frank McCarthy Charles Blumenthal Mary Merritt Allison Brown Jacqueline Miller Monday, April 8 Frank A. Burke Lydia Miller AT 8:15 P. M. Barbara Carpenter Angeline Nadeau Edward M. Carter Joseph Neserella Marjorie Case Lawrence Norige Alice Cheney Presented by the Bushnell Marion Cohen Phoebe Oberg Community Concert Association MacArthur Colbert Werner Oberg Gertrude Collins Susan O'Brien Ethel Covey Margaret Olmsted Program: BORODIN Nocturno, from String Quartet No. 2 Louise Olney BEETHOVEN ... Seventh Symphony Ann Dalrymple Susan Dannreuther James Pathe BARTOK . Concerto For Orchestra Janet Davis Ruth Penfield Grace M. Derrick Helen Pribram Remaining tickets available at Bushnell Box Office: Orchestra and 1st Balcony: Marie Dorney $3.60, $4.20, $4.80. For Tel. reservations call JA 5-3177. Flora Dubin Doris Riley Donalda Dupuis Bryce Roberts music!" — HER MAJESTY. THE Rebecca Rose "Superb — never have we heard more lovely Robert Edwards QUEEN OF ENGLAND. Abide E. Engstrom Daisy Scott Irving Si minoff William J. Foote. Jr. Marilyn Steffen Virginia Foster Virginia Steucek Winnine Franklin Gladys Stevens Peter Frientan Evangeline Ftergiot is E. Paul Tompkins ■ Louise G. Tracey Mireille Garaude Rosalie Gay Anne Vogel DESIGN ASSOCIATES, inc. Louisa Graham Edith S. Warnke Elizabeth Hackett Charlotte Washburn Violet Hanscom Edgar Wasilieff Marcelle Harrer Ethel Waterman Effective Interiors Louise K. Hesse Anne Weissinger Barbara Higgins Beatrice Welmers Ruby Hilliard William E. Welmers Nellie Hochstrasser Marilyn Wenner 17 LEWIS STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTIC T Business and Howard Hoyt, Jr. W. D. Whiteley Sally Hurlbert Sally Whittemore Mary L. Hutchinson Barbara Wiley Eleanor Wiley Institutional Salvatore Intagliata Sara Wimbish

Ida May Jellen Marybeth Betty Lou Johnson Zimmerman

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Encore again in your home' PROGRAM I March 27 The Great TR ELFTII SEASON - 1956 - 19 5 T DECCA HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA GOLD LABEL RECORDING FRITZ MAHLER CARL ORFF Musical Director and Conductor "Carmina Burana"

109TH CONCERT The Bavarian Radio Orchestra and Chorus SIXTH PROGRAM with Trotschel, Soprano; Braun, Baritone: Kuen, Tenor; Hoppe, Baritone and Eugen MONTEVERDI . . Psalm Jochum, Conductor. Decca DL9706 — $3.98 RUTH DAY, RACHEL SAUL, Sopranos JOHN FERRANTE, JAMES PATHE, Tenors OTHER ORFF-DECCA RECORDINGS JOHN KERR, BERNARD SCHNEIDER, Basses available at The Belmont completing the and "Triolog,y" Trionfi, include: THE HARTFORD SYMPHONY CHORALE — DORIC ALVIANI, Director "TRIONFO DI AFRODITE" — Kupper, WILLIAM E. WELMERS, Assistant Director Soprano; Lindermeiler, Soprano; Wiese- GERALDINE DOUGLASS, Rehearsal Pianist Lange, Soprano; Holm, Tenor; DeLorko, First Performance in the United States Tenor; Bohme, Bass: Bavarian Radio Or- chestra and Chorus with Eugen Jochum, Conductor. Decca DL9826 — $3.98 RESPIGHI . . . The Birds (Le Uccelli) Suite for Small Orchestra "CATULI CARMINA" — Kupper, So- Prelude — (B. Pasquini 1637-1710) prano; Holm, Tenor; Four Pianos and Per- The Dove (La Colomba) — (Jacques de Gallot 1670-?) cussion Instruments; Chorus of the Bavarian The Hen (La Gallina) — (Ph. Rameau 1683-1768) Radio; Eugen Jochum, Conductor. The Nightingale (L'usignuolo) — (Anonymous English Composer c. 1600) Decca DL9824 — $3.98 The Cuckoo (II Cuccu') — (B. Pasquini 1637-1710) Stop in and listen to other new Decca In commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the composer's death Gold Label High Fidelity Classics April 18, 1937 with new sound.

INTERMISSION IRVING SIMONOFF, Music Consultant 4 warning bell will be sounded three minutes before the end of intermission

ORFF . . . Carmine, Burana BELMONT SYLVIA STAHLMAN, Soprano JOHN FERRANTE, Tenor RAWN SPEARMAN, Baritone RECORD (Hi Fi Dept.) THE HARTFORD SYMPHONY CHORALE SHOP PRELUDE. Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (Fortune, Empress of the World) Washington & Park Streets 1. 0 Fortuna (0 Fortune) Chorus HARTFORD CH9-0414 2. Fortune plango vulnera (I Lament Fortune's Blows). Chorus Open Evening.■ Free ParAtng in Rear March 15 19 PART 1. Primo ICre (In Springtime) 3. lieris lets facies (The Bright Face of Spring). Small Chorus 1. Omnie Sol Temperat (The Sun Tempers All) Baritone Solo 5. Ecce gratum (Behold the Spring) Chorus Uf Dem Anger (On the Lawn) 6. Tans (Dance) Orchestra 7. Floret silva (The Noble Wood) . Chorus and Small Chorus 8. Chramer, gip die varwe mir (Shopkeeper, Give Me Color) Soprano Solo and Chorus 9. Reie (Round Dance) Orchestra Swiss hie gat umbe (Here Are Maidens) . . Chorus Chu me, chum geselle min (Come, My Pretty Maid) Small Chorus Enjoying the Score Swale hie gat umbe (Here Are Maidens) . . . Chorus 10. Were din werlt alle min (Were the World All Mine) . Chorus • The quality of the score is impor- tant for the enjoyment of fine music. Similarly, the quality of an invest- PA WI' II. in Taberna (In the Tavern) ment decides whether it merits con- 11. Estuans interim (In Rage and Bitterness) . Baritone Solo fidence. For many years United 12. Olim locus colueram (Once I Dwelt in the Lakes) States Savings Bonds have met this Tenor Solo and Chorus test. Today 40 million Americans own nearly $40 billion in Series E 13. Ego sum abbas (1 Am the Abbott) Baritone Solo and Male Chorus and H Savings Bonds. 14. In taberna quando sumus (When We Are in the Tavern) Series E Bonds pay you $4 for Male Chorus every $3 invested when held to maturity and $5.40 for every $3 when held an extra ten years. You P %WI Ill. Cent D'Amour (The Court of Love) can buy E Bonds through payroll 15. .4ntor volat medicine (The God of Love Flies Everywhere) savings or at your bank. Soprano Solo and Small Chorus Series H Bonds pay you current 16. Dies. nox et omnia (Day, Night, All the World Are Opposed to Me) income by Treasury check twice a Baritone Solo year at 3% when held to maturity. 17. Stetit paella (There Stood a Maid) . . . Soprano Solo H Bonds are available through any l8. Circa mea pectora (My Heart is Filled) bank. Baritone Solo and Chorus Both are absolutely safe, backed 19. Si peter cum puellula (When a Boy and a Maiden) by the full faith and credit of the Tenor, Baritone, Bass Soli United States. 20. i'eni, veni, venias (Come, Come) . . . Double Chorus 21. In trutina (I Am Suspended) . . . . Soprano Solo 22. Tempus est iocundum (Pleasant is the Season) Soprano and Baritone Solo and Chorus 23. Du lcissirne (Sweetest Boy) Soprano Solo Blansiflor et Helena (Blanziflor and Helena) 51kraoli:6 24. Are formosissima (flail to Thee) Chorus

HIGH FIDELITY POSTLUDE. Fortuna Intperatrix Mundi (Fortune, Empress of the World) Our Studio offers complete listening 25. 0 Fortuna (0 Fortune) Chorus facilities . Our Workshop the best designs and suggestions for proper The Steinway is the official piano of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra at lowest Net Prices. installation .. This concert is being broadcast "Live" over the facilities of WFMQ (93.7 Mc.) 28 HIGH STREET HARTFORD in Hartford and WTMH (101.5 Mc.) in Providence through the cooperation of the Hartford Musicians' Association, Local 44)0, A. F. of M.

..0 Bushnell Prompter PROGRAM NOTES New Wadsworth :::,71! By HENRY P. BAKEWELL Exhibitions PSALM "CARMINA BURANA" A variety of special exhibitions have By CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI By CARL ORFF been arranged to greet the early spring Born at Cremona in 1567; died at Ven- Born at Munich. July 10, 1895; now visitor to Hartford's famous Wadsworth ice on November 29, 1643. living in. Bavaria. Atheneum. These include: "Museum Monteverdi forms a fitting introduc- It would be lese majeste to attempt within A Museum", a collection of the tion to a concert which has as its major to improve upon the comments of Leo- paintings, drawings and prints added work Orff's happy compound of medi- pold Stokowski from which the following to the Museum's rooms during the past eval and modern, for the old Italian excerpts are taken. three years, opening March 20 and master had a large hand in the emerg- Orff's music is "full of beautiful long closing May 5; opening of newly-in- ence of music, particularly the lyric and melodic lines, is never harsh or dis- stalled Renaissance Galleries March 20, operatic, from the Middle Ages. The cordant, has unending rhythmic varia- these galleries to include bronzes, carv- affinity is further attested by the fact tion, a lusty vitality, immense range of ings and other objects; "Five Genera- that Orff has been known to rearrange mood, humor, frenzy, folk-like sim- tions of Women's Styles", and various Monteverdi, as last year's subscribers plicity, passion, satire, mystery, spon- other costume exhibitions including well remember. taneous eloquence, tranquillity, un- Indian beadwork and clothes, during flagging interest.. . THE BIRDS March and April; new drawings, water "Orff has assembled e4 (Thirteenth colors and oils from various Boston By OTTORINO RESPIGHI Century) poems in an order which gives galleries in the Collector's Corner, start- Born at Bologna on July 9, 1879; died the greatest contrast of style form (1 Rome on April 18, 1937. ing March 20; exhibition of water colors and content, calling them Cantiones and drawings by Reginald Marsh. open- Again a fitting work for this particular Profanae or secular songs. and has com- ing on April 2. program. Respighi, like Orff, had a great posed most original and dynamic music affinity for composers of old. Here it is for large chorus, small chorus, boys' sort of a play within a play as he dressed chorus, soprano, tenor and baritone up old birds in new plumage. solo voices, a group of 2 tenor, 1 bari- Parking Facilities The idea of the alliance of birds and tone and e bass solo voices, and or- music is as old as mankind's first at- chestra. Although extremely individu- Through the courtesy of Timothy J. tempt to whistle, and birds probably alistic, and sometimes with reckless Murphy, Connecticut Public Works made music before man (there may be abandon, the music speaks for itself Commissioner, the State Government's some question as to the hen — but who with simplicity and directness. parking facilities in this area are avail- are we to question Respighi and "The poems, in Medieval Latin, able for use by Bushnell patrons attend- Rameau). German and French have the same ing events at the Memorial. Many of our With ingenious phrase and ingenious fresh, impulsive wide-flung range as the patrons are perhaps unaware that in whimsy the five separate sections are music. The Prologue bemoans the ever- addition to the space around the State woven around melodies of an earlier changing fate of man, as the ruthless Capitol and in the parking plaza beside day. The prelude on a theme by Pas- wheel of Fortuna, the Goddess of Des- the State Office building. there is further quini; The Dove on a theme by de tiny, revolves. The first part sings of the space available, accommodating another Gallot; the Hen on "La Poule" by delights of Spring, the second of the 350 cars, in the area bounded by Capitol Rameau; The Nightingale on an anony- pleasures of the tavern, the gaming- Avenue. West Street and Buckingham mous and probably English tune; the tables and revelry. Here occurs a curious Street. with entrances both on Capitol Cuckoo on another theme by Pasquini. song of the roasted swan let, sung falsetto Avenue and Buckingham. There is no connection between sec- by the tenor, phantastic and ironic. The Patrons are requested to use care and tions and the birds are in their separate third part is a series of love-poems in courtesy in parking in order not to inter- cages, except that the composer shuts worship of Blanchefleur, Helena, and fere with the free movement of State the door upon this charming aviary Venus Generosa. The postlude repeats cars which often require the use of these by repeating at the end the theme of the plaint bemoaning the ruthless parking facilities during the evening the prelude. wheel of Fortune." hours. March 16 21 One of New England's BIGGEST HI-FI HARTFORD SYMPHONY SELECTIONS - ORCHESTRA

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One of the vagaries of fame is that it devoted to an excellent reading of the does not invariably single out the most Tchaikowsky Concerto. outstanding people in a given field. If the standard repertory concerti Although Zino Francescatti and Robert bore you to death, you might try the Casadesus are far from unknown, they Prokofiev Concerto No. t in G minor, have never gained the adulation of the which may not have the stature of the general public in the same way as a composer's first effort in this form, but Heifetz, a Rubinstein, or an Oistrakh. is full of graceful impulse. Francescatti Yet these two French-born musicians, has recorded this as well and in a way both of whom have appeared at the that will almost make you think this Bushnell, are among the select few who is great music. deserve the much-abused designation of Robert Casadesus is primarily known great interpreters. as an interpreter of the French impres- Fortunately, they both record for sionists, Debussy and Ravel. And since Columbia and this company not only the passing of Walter Gieseking he has features them as soloists but as ensem- no competition in this particular field blists and collaborators. One of the most where delicate coloration and subtle recent and most ingratiating joint efforts nuance is demanded. couples the Faure Sonatas in A major Like Gieseking, he has recorded the and E minor for violin and piano. Fran- complete piano music of Ravel and it is cescatti and Casadesus are incomparable interesting to compare these two superb in this music. musicians in the individual pieces. As a rule Casadesus excells Gieseking in the They have also contributed definitive more extroverted compositions and Gie- versions of the Cesar Franck A major seking is more compelling in the subtly Pl Sonata and the Debussy Sonata No. 3, colored evocations. Sawing a limb off a tree is all which are the epitome of the French right provided you go about style. And they have collaborated with the Guilet Quartet in Chausson's Con- it the right way. Same thing certo in D in a manner that practically is true of printing. Go about discourages all other competition. it in the right way and you'll To appreciate the solo artistry of come up with good results. Zino Francescatti one need only listen Next time you find yourself to his nobly phrased version of the If you want a good sampling of the up a tree on an unexpected Beethoven Violin Concerto, which he Casadesus style in this music, Volume printing problem, perhaps has recorded with the Philadelphia Three is recommended, for it contains a Orchestra under Ormandy. representative selection from the com- Finlay Brothers can help you If added confirmation is needed, the poser's piano music. Just call J Ackson 20294 discophile is urged to listen to the soar- The pianist has collaborated with his or drop a line to ing lyricism of his Mendelssohn Con- wife, Gaby, in the piano music of De- 276 Capitol Avenue, Hartford. certo, easily the best interpretation and bussy, which fills a three-pocket album. the most warmly conceived (in this case The single LP which contains his inter- the accompanying orchestra is the New pretations of the Preludes in Book Two 7' York Philharmonic under Mitropoulos). is a particularly good addition to your _Alk#0 For good measure the opposite side is collection. 96R • March 15 vs als‘T, c1"6 ciliire a 'New i2 ‘wei WI • hek -119.¢ diahnondb --11.0!•" VA4•A at( iTtroC tuA •