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Photo EDITTA SHERMAN 218-4-I9A-53 Alfred Scott • Publisher • 156 Fifth Avenue, New York 3 CARNEGIE HALL — Evenings at 8:30, May 4, 5, 7, 8: Morning 11:00, May 9 INAUGURAL SEASON! (piopA. 112 CENTRAL PARK SOUTH just west of 6th avenue 70 Members, N. Y. Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra SKITCH HENDERSON, Conductor NEXT TO Tj4E HOTEL NAVARRO Gala Opening Night, May 4 — For The U. S. Air Forces Blitzstein — Symphony "The Airborne" TYRONE POWER, Narrator LEHIGH UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB GEORGE GANZ, Director THE-PARK Other Evenings—ROMBERG, J. STRAUSS, GERSHWIN, TSCHAIKOWSKY May 9, 11:00 A.M. — "Lollypops" — Music For Children FAYE EMERSON PROKOFIEFF — "PETER AND THE WOLF" Tickets at Box Office. Mail Orders Filled Promptly. Send check or money order with self-addressed stamped envelope to New York Pops, Carnegie Hall. Pries: 1st Boxes $4.00 — 2nd Boxes & Parquet $3.40 Dress Circle $1.50 — Balcony $1.00 (Tax Included) Steinway Piano Managing Director: Schuyler Chapin fajinaqiA diedi ÜRnouncAnwiiA APRIL, 1953 ï 19, Sun. 5:30 p.m.—Gala Youth String Concert 21, Tues. 8:30 p.m.—The Philadelphia Orchestra 22, Wed. 12:00 Noon—Dr. Ervin Seale, Church of the Truth 23, Thurs. 8':45 p.m.—The Philharmonic - Symphony ENJOY ACONCERT - ANYTIME ON Society of New York Victor 'W g 24, Fri. 2:30 p.m.—The Philharmonic - Symphony k LATIN RHYTHMS BY THE BOS TON POPS. La Cumparsita (Rodrí g Society of New York guez); Cariosa (Youmans); The » Continental (Magidson-Conrad); Ritual Fire 24, Fri. 8:30 p.m.—Jazz Concert Dance (Falla) g( 22, Wed. 8:30 p.m.—Walter Gieseking, Pianist VWEPR-25 _____________________________ 1.58 24, Fri. Midnight—Jazz Concert DI B ERTY/^©^ 450 MADISON AVE. AT 50th ST. 25, Sat. 8:45 p.m.—The Philharmonic ■ Symphony 975 Madison Ave. at 76th St. • 795 Madison Ave. at Society of New York 67th St., N. 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BU 8-1050 CARNEGIE HALL s SEASON 1952-53 VOCAL SCORES THE PHILHARMONIC-SYMPHONY SOCIETY from America's Musical Theatre OF NEW YORK The First American Opera to achieve 1842 — Consolidated 1928 — 1878 International Success! 1952 — One Hundred Eleventh Season — 1953 '5 PORGY AND BESS George Gershwin _ ___ _____9.00 Musical Director: DIMITRI MITROPOULOS (Gershwin Publ. Corp.) Guest Conductors: BRUNO WALTER, GEORGE SZELL, GUIDO CANTELLI From these Broadway Successes by Associate Conductor: FRANCO AUTORI Rodgers and Hammerstein For Young People’s Concerts: IGOR BUKETOFF THE KING AND I___________6.00 5176th Concert Y SOUTH PACIFIC___________6.00 ß Sunday Afternoon, April 19, 1953, at 2:30 o’clock )1 (Williamson Music, Inc.) & )=13 Under the Direction of CHAPPELL & CO.. INC. RKO Bldg., Rockefeller Center, N. Y. 20 tí » DIMITRI MITROPOULOS Y a Assisting Artist: ? tí » ARTUR RUBINSTEIN, Pianist £1 Y ENJOYACONCERT-ANYTIME ON 57 Victor "W PROGRAM "Medley from "ANNIE. 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SCHIRMER In BROOKLYN: 275 Livingaton Street 450 MADISON AVE. AT 50th ST. 975 Madison Ave. at 76th St. • 795 Madison Ave. at 67th St., N. Y. 22 • 228 E. Post Road, White Plains 8 THE INCOMPARABLE diwqAaphical Sketch^ Now in the last two weeks of the 1952-53 season, the New York Philharmonic-Symphony, under Dimitri Mitropoulos has scheduled three works new to the So ciety’s repertoire. On Thursday-Friday, April 16 and 17, the program contains, in addition to the Schumann Symphony No. 2 and “Caucasian Sketches” of Ippolitow-Ivanow, the American premiere of “Orchestra Music,” Opus 9, by Gottfried von Einem, and the first New York perform ances of Erich Leinsdorf’s arrangement of the Brahms Chorale: “Oh God, Thou Holiest.” On April 18th, the Franck-Pierne Prelude, Chorale and Fugue and Scriabin’s “Poem of Ecstasy” will be played in the first part of the concert; the second part consists of Borodin’s “On the Steppes of Central Asia” and the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 with Anna Xydis as soloist. Artur Rubinstein is assisting artist Sunday afternoon, April 19th, when he will be heard in the Saint-Saëns Concerto No. 2 and César Franck “Symphonic Varia tions.” The Franck-Pierne and Scriabin works will com prise the first part of the program. On April 23 and 24, when the concert opens with the Bach-Respighi Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, Nathan Milstein will play the Prokofieff Violin Concerto No. 1 in memory of the composer, which will be fol lowed by the Fifth Symphony of Beethoven and the first performance of the Eighth Annual George Gersh win Memorial Contest (1952) winning composition, iNothing the music lover could want “Night Music,” by George Rochberg. Saturday night, the program contains Berlioz’ Overture to “Benvenuto surpasses The SARATOGA for sheer Cellini,” the Beethoven Fifth Symphony, the Chausson pleasure. Capehart’s ultra sensitive Symphony in B-flat (which the Philharmonic has not television chassis—with *Reserve Sup played in five years) and Ravel’s “La Valse.” Sunday ply Video Power—is engineered in ad is the same, except that instead of the Beethoven Sym phony, Nathan Milstein will be heard in the Mendelssohn Concerto. vance for UHF and VHF reception in Lithuanian Pianist-Composer, Vytautas Bacevicius, primary and fringe reception areas. graduated from the Conservatory of Paris in 1928 with high honors as pianist-virtuoso and composer, receiving Its 21-inch Crystal-Clear picture is a the diploma “Premier Prix.” He studied piano with marvel of true-to-life clarity. An AM- Joseph Turczynski (Poland) and Santiego Riera (Paris), professor of “Conservatoire National de Paris,” FM radio and phonograph, which pupil of Thomas—a famed Chopin pupil. Mr. Bacevicius plays all types, sizes and speeds of studied composition with K. Sikorski (Poland) and Nicolai Tcherepnine (Paris). When he was 15 years records automatically, open up a vast of age he made his first debut as soloist (playing a treasure-house of music for you. Two Mozart Concerto) with the Philharmonic Orchestra in Lodz, Poland. Since 1928 he has toured in the prin 12-inch concert-grand speakers pro cipal cities of Europe giving over 300 recitals and vide the full range and depth of ex symphony concerts with such conductors as Philipp Gaubert, Nicolai Malko, Albert Wolff, Gregory Fitelberg, Leon Jongen, Juan clusive Symphonic-Tone. Add to this, Jose Castro, etc. In South America he gave 24 concerts and in this country cabinetry of authentic design and dis up-to-date over 200 concerts, including radio and symphonic appearances. In 1938 he was a member of the jury to the International Pianists contest in tinctive beauty, and you have an in Brussels. He holds the title of Cavalier of the Crown of Leopold III. Mr. strument of endless enjoyment. We Bacevicius’ compositions are published in Vienna, Univeral Edition in Paris, Edition Hengel, Au Menestrel; and in New York, Paragon Music Publishers.