BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ERICH LEINSDORF Music Director . .-^\\j TANGLEWOOD, LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS A GALA EVENING OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSIC CENTER ERICH LEINSDORF, Director Wednesdayj August 21, 1963 For the Benefit of The Berkshire Music Center BALDWIN PIANO RCA VICTOR RECORDS ——————— — —— ——————— A GALA EVENING AT TANGLEWOOD By the Berkshire Music Center HARRY J. KRAUT, Administrator PROGRAMS 4:00 CHAMBER MUSIC THEATRE-CONCERT HALL SCHUMANN PIANO QUINTET IN E FLAT, OP. 44 Allegro brillante In Modo d'una Marcia Scherzo Allegro, ma non troppo Haim Shtrum violin Paul Jorgenson viola Shelley Cleve violin Michael Stoughton cello Joy Smith piano BEETHOVEN QUARTET IN C# MINOR, OP. 131 Won-Mo Kim violin Pamela Goldsmith viola Marylou Speaker violin Jerome Patterson cello 5:00 TANGLEWOOD CHOIR THEATRE-CONCERT HALL Department of Choral Music: Lorna Cooke de Varon, Alfred Nash Patterson, John B. Pierpont, Administrative Assistant JOHANNES BRAHMS LIEBESLIEDER WALZER, OPUS 65 Sandra Gagliano soprano Howard Groom tenor Jill Moerlins alto Richard Frisch bass Roland Gagnon and Brenda Cole, Pianists W. James Thompson—Conductor THOMAS WEELKES COME, SIRRAH, JACK, HO! HANS LEO HASLER CORE MIO LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEEN PRISONER'S CHORUS (from Fidelio) W. James Thompson tenor Richard Frisch bass James Cunningham—Conductor NORMAN DINERSTEIN PSALMODY {from Trilogy) Harriet Simons—Conductor ALEXANDER GRETCHANINOV CREDO Francis Hester baritone DARIUS MILHAUD SONNETS Nelga Dinerstein soprano James Cunningham tenor Jill Moerlins alto Francis Hester bass Lorna Cooke de Varon—Conductor RELLY RAFFMAN IN THE BEGINNING Conducted by the composer RAYMOND WILDING-WHITE SIX BENNINGTON EPITAPHS John Pierpont—Narrator JED ADMON HITORERI JERUSHALAYIM Reginald Bonnin percussion Alfred Nash Patterson—Conductor THE TANGLEWOOD CHOIR SOPRANOS ALTOS TENORS BASSES Sophia Beryk Laurie Halperin James Cunningham Avon Stuart Carolyn Cole Janice Jones John Dawson W. James Thompson Sheila Deitchman Sheila Kain Earl Jones Thomas Walker Irene Diakoff Virginia Knapp Richard Burke Daniel Coren Negla Lynn Dinerstein Susan Reid Howard Groom Richard Frisch Elizabeth Jester Marjorie Rosenberg Darrold Hunt Richard Hartzell Katherine Landry Cornelia Saltus Chester Krakowski Francis Hester Teresa Sturcken Brenda Cole Alan Mehlman Jerome Jolles Frances Flory Toby Korn Herman Marcus Sandra Gagliano Jill Moerlins Aliche Horth Malama Providakes Joanne Kingett Anne Sousa Judith Panter Louise Tiranoff ———————— — — —— ——— ————— — —————————— — —————————— 5:00 COMPOSITION CHAMBER MUSIC HALL 6:30 PICNIC HOUR MAIN HOUSE (Music by Tanglewood composers) Outdoor supper concert on the porch of the Main House WAGNER Department of Composition: Aaron Copland, Head, Lukas Foss, Associate Head; FANFARE GABRIELI CANZONA NONI TONI A 12 Gunther Schuller, Yannis Xenakis, David Walker, Stanley Silverman—Administrative Assistants John Di Petrillo trumpet DON WILSON GENESIS Jerry Kuhl trombone Jon Irish trumpet (Ithaca, New York) (Ballet in seven scenes) Walter Werner trombone Noble Prologue Morrell trumpet Thompson Hanks tuba Ramon Parcells trumpet Scene I John MacGlarry tuba Patrick Gunther Schuller—Conductor Renzi trumpet Virginia Blair horn Philip Shoptaugh trumpet ZVI AVNI STRING QUARTET (1962) Joy Durschnitt horn (Tel-Aviv, Isreal) Robert Bailey trombone John Giblin horn Destination Lawrence Benz trombone John Ohanian horn Argument Ronald Borror trombone Brian Sternberg horn Variations without theme McDowell Kenley trombone Reginald Bonnin timpani Interweaving MOZART DIVERTIMENTO No. 5 DAVID DEL TREDECI THREE SONGS (San Francisco, California) (Text: James Joyce) Allegro moderato Rain on Rahoor Menuetto A Flower given to my daughter Adagio Monotome Menuetto Susan Belink soprano, composer at the piano Allegro JAMES WILLEY THREE SHORT PIANO PIECES Allegro moderato (Lynn, Massachusetts) Allegro molto Composer at the piano Allegro non troppo HAROLD SCHRAMM QUINTAMALIKA (Chicago, Illinois) (In one movement) David Shostac flute John Di Petrillo trumpet WILLIAM ALBRIGHT THREE ANONYMOUS LYRICS Alice Kogan flute Noble Morrell trumpet Orange, Jersey) (West New Rudolf Neufeld—flute Ramon Parcells trumpet Lenten is come Virginia Sindelar flute Jon Irish trumpet Lines from Love Letters Patrick Renzi trumpet The World's Joy Susan Belink soprano STRAVINSKY OCTET FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS Melvin Strauss—conductor MICHEL PHILIPPOT PIECE POUR DIX Sinfonia Gunther Schuller—conductor Tenia con variazione FROMM FELLOWSHIP PLAYERS Finale Susan Belink soprano Philip West oboe Alice Kogan flute John Di Petrillo trumpet Kenneth Goldsmith violin Edward Avedisian clarinet Winfield Swarr Clarinet Noble Morrell trumpet Paul Zukofsky violin David Carroll bassoon John Gillette bassoon Ronald Borror trombone Jesse Levine viola John Bergamo percussion Jonathan Friedman bassoon Jerry Kuhl trombone Robert Martin violoncello Ronald Dowd percussion Susan Goodman harp Dennis Kain percussion Elinor Preble—flute Melvin Strauss—CONDUCTOR 8:00 THE BERKSHIRE MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA MUSIC SHED From THE FACULTY Department of Instrumental Music : Richard Burgin, Head, Joseph Silverstein, Paul Jacobs piano Stanley Silverman guitar William Kroll, Associate Heads, James E. Whitaker, Alan Knieter, Administrative Assistants Gunther Schuller— conductor WILLIAM SCHUMAN NEW ENGLAND TRIPTYCH, THREE PIECES From THE BERKSHIRE MUSIC CENTER INSTRUMENTAL DEPARTMENT FOR ORCHESTRA AFTER WILLIAM BILLINGS Charles Vun Kannon bass clarinet Philip Shoptaugh trumpet Be old, then Andrew White saxophone Lawrence Benz trombone When Jesus wept Virginia Blair horn Thompson Hanks tuba Chester Sharon Moe horn Johanna Kemper percussion Moshe Atzmon, Conductor, Winner of the 1963 Brian Sternberg horn David del Tredeci celesta Leonard Bernstein Prize William Piacitelli contrabass BERLIOZ THREE INSTRUMENTAL EXCERPTS FROM "LA DAMNATION DE FAUST" Menuet des follets THE BERKSHIRE MUSIC CENTER Ballet des sylphes Marche Hongroise Mrs. Koussevitzky has told the students here, "I remember when the Winner of the 1963 Paul Capolongo, Conductor, Center was but a vision—a creative ideal of Serge Koussevitzky which he Koussevitzky Memorial Conducting Prize conceived at the eve of the First World War and which he was destined VERDI TE DEUM to bring to life in the United States of America during the first year of With the Berkshire Festival Chorus prepared by Alfred Nash Patterson Richard Burgin, Conductor World War II. The plan he envisioned called for the dimensions and Awarding of the prizes for the 1963 session resources of a vast country, free and vigorous, eager and youthful in by Erich Leinsdorf, Director of the Berkshire Music Center spirit. The great Boston Symphony Orchestra with a noble tradition gave body to the spirit." Erich Leinsdorf, in his address at the Opening Exer- INTERMISSION cises of the Berkshire Music Center this season, said: "I hope that sum- mers spent here, participating in the Berkshire Music Center, may become crowning periods in the formal learning years of the young.—Here at SHOSTAKOVICH SYMPHONY NO. 5, OP. 47 Moderato Tanglewood we want to help the young to grow with awareness into Allegretto artists of responsibility." Largo Allegro non troppo The problem of financing such an undertaking has always been a Richard Burgin, Conductor thorny one, inasmuch as it is done by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which is already dependent on contributions for its continuation, and music are seldom persons of means. Scholarships at ORCHESTRA OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSIC CENTER because students of the Berkshire Music Center take the form of grants towards tuition from VIOLINS Shirley Manuel OBOES TRUMPETS the Tanglewood Revolving Scholarship Fund, which has been established Frank Reilly George Binkley Ira Deutsch John Di Petrillo Taissa Silvers by gifts from RCA Victor, the Rockefeller Foundation and others. But Shelley Cleve Jon Peterson Jon Irish Paul Strassburg Mary Critelli Andrew White Noble Morrell the continued sources of financial aid to the Tanglewood musician are Simone Tanguay Emily Faxon Ramon Parcells Ascher not sufficient to meet the costs of training him here. The annual deficit Fujii Temkin Philip Shoptaugh Masako ENGLISH HORN Jerre Gibson Patrick Renzi on the center's operation is met by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Barbara Heinen Douglas Bairstow Mutsuko Ickenouchi CELLOS TROMBONES In order to carry on the work of the Center, additional scholarship Roland Jones David Cole Won-Mo Kim CLARINETS Robert Bailey aid is needed; your inquiry on details of a partial or full scholarship will Stephen Custer Lawrence Benz Marie Koscak Michael Winfield Swarr received. Flaksman Ronald Borror be gratefully Semmy Lazaroff Craig Watjen Janet Frank McDowell Kenley Sylvia Lee Harry Jensen Nancy Wenk Jerry Kuhl Leora Martin Jerome COMMITTEE FOR THE GALA EVENING Patterson Walter Werner Bonnie Matthews Michael Stoughton Mrs. Serge BASS Koussevitzky, Chairman Julian Meyer Peter Wukovitz CLARINET TUBAS Committee: Mrs. B. Irene Perrenod Jane Yust Virgil Blackwell Honorary Henry Cabot, Mrs. Erich Leinsdorf, Barry Ross Thompson Hanks Miss Gertrude Robinson Smith Booker Rowe John MacGlarry BASSOONS Miss Anna R. Alexandre Mrs. Donald McPherson Mary Rowen BASSES Laraine Shapiro Crawford Best TIMPANI Diane Mrs. John L. B. Brooke Mrs. Lawrence K. Miller Haim Shtrum Bulgarelli Elizabeth Bishop AND PERCUSSION Paul Ellison Roy Sonne Lois Eisenberg Makoto Aruga Mrs. Bruce Crane Mrs. Mac Morgan Maxim Janowsky Lily Soong Jonathan Friedman Reginald Bonnin Jeffrey Levine Mrs. David J. Dawson Mrs. Clement Ogden