Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Summer, 1967-1968
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
SECOND WEEK July 7, 8, 9, 1967 1 Mozart "Jupiter" Symphony The Boston Symphony Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Boston Symphony Orchestra Leinsdorf Erich Leinsdorf under With tonal warmth and sparkling accuracy, the Boston S phony, under Leinsdorf, perfectly captures the contrapu wizardry of Mozart's "Jupiter " Symphony and the vita/it Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. Recorded in brilliant Oynagrc sound. The Boston Symphony's "live" recording of Mozi Requiem in D Minor — a historic 2-L. P. Red Seal album one that every American, and music lover, should own. rc* Victor A Solemn Pontifical Requiem Mass In memory of John Fitzgerald Kennedy celebrated by Richard Cardinal dishing Mozart's Requiem performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra Erich Leinsdorf, Music Director Cathedral of the Holy Cross Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, January 19, 1964 RCA Victor® @The most trusted name in sound ^*t- EIGHTY-SIXTH SEASON 1966-1967 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ERICH LEINSDORF, Music Director Charles Wilson, Assistant Conductor Thirtieth Berkshire Festival - 1967 MUSIC SHED AT TANGLEWOOD Concert Bulletin of the SECOND WEEK Copyright, 1967, by Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. The Trustees of The BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. President Vice-President Treasurer Henby B. Cabot Talcott M. Banks John L. Thobndikb Philip K. Allen Fbancis W. Hatch Henby A. Latighlin Abbam Bebkowitz Andbew Heiskell Edward G. Murray Theodobe P. Febbis Habold D. Hodgkinson John T. Noonan Robebt H. Gabdineb E. Mobton Jennings, Jb. Mrs. James H. Pebkins Sidney R. Rabb Raymond S. Wilkins Trustees Emeritus Palebey Pebkins Lewis Pebby Edwabd A. Taet Tanglewood Advisory Committee Alan J. Blau Geobge E. Mole Jesse L. Thomason Lawbence K. Miller Whitney S. Stoddabd Robebt K. Wheeleb H. Geobge Wilde Chairmen of the Boards of Selectmen (Ex Officio): Stockbridge, Arthur W. Maskell, Jb. Lenox, John Pignatelli Lee, Andbe Jaouen Thomas D. Pebby, Jb., Manager Norman S. Shirk James J. Bbosnahan Assistant Manager Business Administrator William Moyek Habby J. Kbaut Orchestra Personnel Manager Assistant to the Manager Sanford R. Sistabe Andbew Raebubn Press and Publicity Assistant to the Music Director James F. Kiley, Tanglewood Superintendent T ANGLE WOOD LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS 1 I)S PROGRAM NOTES At the conclusion of last year's season at Tanglewood, John N. Burk brought to a close 48 years of To hi-fi people, service as program annotator for the Orchestra's concerts. the word Dual doesn't mean His work is internationally known, and by many he was considered double or twofoldL the dean of program annotators. He is also the author of distinguished books on Bee- thoven, Mozart and Clara Schumann. With his permission, much of his writ- ing is being used for this season's program notes. The editor of the pro- grams this summer will be Donald T. Gammons. GUEST CONDUCTOR JORGE MESTER It means perfection. Jorge Mester's first appearance as guest conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra follows his recent appoint- ment to the post of Music Director and Conductor of the Louisville Symphony Orchestra. His duties in Louisville will begin this fall. Mr. Mester was born in Mexico City in 1935, of Hungarian parents. His musical career in the United States began when he was awarded a violin scholar- ship at the Berkshire Musk Center. His subsequent interest in conducting devel- oped while he was a student at the Juilliard School of Music where, follow- ing his studies, he became the youngest faculty member in the history of the Hi-fi experts, who school. He has earned widespread choose Dual for their own acclaim for his conducting of the works stereo systems, agree that of the long and best neglected composer, Dual automatic PDQ Bach. turntables In August, Mr. Mester will conduct play your records as they the opening concert of the Mozart Festi- were meant to be played. val at Lincoln Center, followed by a month of guest conducting appearances v Perfectly. With low-friction in Europe. tonearm bearings for flaw- ! less /2-gram tracking, to- THE SOLOISTS tally accurate anti-skating CLAUDE FRANK r compensation for balanced Claude Frank was born in Nurem- tracking on both groove berg in 1925, and has made his home in walls, and with extra- the United States since 1941. He studied piano and composition with Artur Schna- gentle cueing for precise bel for several years, a period which placement of stylus on rec- was interrupted by two years of service ord. in the American Army (1944-46), in The Dual 1015, $89.50. both Germany and Japan. During his military service he gave innumerable Other models from $69.50 recitals in Europe, over Radio Tokyo to $129.50. For full informa- and in many other Japanese cities. After tion, write United Audio his discharge from the Army he spent a Products, Inc., Dept. CP, summer at Tanglewood studying con- 535 Madison Avenue, ducting with Serge Koussevitzky and New also served for a time as assistant con- York, N.Y. 10022. ductor of the renowned Dessoff Choirs. In 1947 he made a highly successful New York debut and in 1948 he joined (Continued on page 4) — 2 — WEEKEND PRELUDE Friday Evening, July 7, at 7:00 EVELYNE CROCHET, Piano MOZART FANTASY IN C MINOR, K. 475 This work was written in 1785, and is generally coupled with the Sonata, K. 457, which was written a year earlier. Both works stand apart from all of Mozart's other piano compositions because of the greater range which is evident. This music has somber earnestness, restlessness and questioning. No other music of Mozart so unmistakably points the way to Beethoven, and no other so plainly proves that had he lived even a few years longer, he could have become a very different composer indeed, even an artistic companion of Beethoven. SONATA IN D MAJOR, K. 311 Allegro con spirito—Andante con espressione—Rondeau: Allegro This Sonata was probably written as a result of Mozart's visit to Mann- heim, and was probably composed in 1778. The Andante is one of the most ardent slow movements to be found in early Mozart compositions. When Mozart indicated "Andante con espressione," he may have had in mind a young lady for whom he had tender affections, the daughter of Cannabich, a well-known musician in Mannheim. SONATA IN A MINOR, K. 310 Allegro maestoso—Andante cantabile con espressione—Presto This was one of five sonatas written in Paris in 1778. It is likely that it was composed for an occasional musical gathering of Mozart's Mannheim in- friends Paris. This is the first of Mozart's sonatas in a minor key, and it becomes dramatic in its middle sections, as nearly convulsive as could be expected of Mozart at his keyboard. The Presto is the most adroit to date in light and shade, major and minor alternation, gossamer texture. 7 Miss CROCHET plays the Steinway Piano n.s flKSZ (Continued from page 2) the faculty of Bennington College in the Vermont. He joined the faculty of At / Rudolf Serkin's Marlboro Music Festi- val in 1953, and there he found himself more and more the performing artist Berkshire Festival rather than artist teacher. Since 1959 he has appeared with the Boston Sym- phony Orchestra in Boston, New York, and Tanglewood; the New York Phil- harmonic, and the orchestras of Pitts- burgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore, Denver, Zurich, Lausanne, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, and Barcelona. He is well known for his understanding of chamber ensemble and has served as pianist with the Boston Symphony Chamber Players since its organization three years ago. Mr. Frank's most recent appearances with this Orchestra took place last fall in Boston and New York, when he played Beethoven's First Piano Concert. EVELYNE CROCHET Evelyne Crochet was born in Paris and studied with Yvonne Lefebure at the Conservatoire, where she took first prize in 1954. She studied with Edwin Fischer and Rudolf Serkin, received the first medal in the International Compe- these Pianists . tition in Geneva in 1956, and was one of the winners of the Tchaikovsky Compe- tition in Moscow in 1958. Coming to JOHN BROWNING this country in that year, she has played in Boston and elsewhere. She played with Francis Poulenc in the first per- VAN CLIBURN formance of that composer's Concerto for Two Pianos at the concerts of this EVELYNE CROCHET Orchestra in January, 1961, and appeared again in the following season in Boston and at the Berkshire Festival. MALCOLM FRAGER Last winter Miss Crochet again ap- peared with the Orchestra in Boston, CLAUDE FRANK Providence and New York, in perform- ances of Mozart's B-flat major Concerto, K. 456. LILIAN KALLIR EDEN and TAMIR MUSIC STORE Miniaiure Scores • Recordings play mill Books on Music Postcards * Films, etc. * STEWAY may be obtained at the TANGLEWOOD MUSIC STORE M. STEINERT & SONS the main gate 162 BOYLSTON STREET • BOSTON near ALSO WORCESTER and SPRINGFIELD _.4 OSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTR Friday Evening, July 7, at 9:00 JORGE MESTER, Conductor MOZART Symphony No. 33, in B flat major, K. 319 I. Allegro assai II. Andante moderate* III. Menuetto IV. Finale: Allegro assai Piano Concerto in D minor, No. 20, K. 466 I. Allegro II. Romance III. Rondo: Allegro assai Soloist: CLAUDE FRANK Intermission Adagio and Fugue for Strings, K. 546 Symphony No. 35, in D major, "Haffner," K. 385 I. Allegro con spirito II. Andante III. Menuetto IV. Presto Mr. FRANK plays the Steinway Piano BALDWIN PIANO RCA VICTOR RECORDS 1 5 — Its Trogram J^otes Friday Evening, July 7 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Born in Salzburg, January 27, 1756; died in Vienna, December 5, 1791 SYMPHONY IN B FLAT MAJOR, No. 33, K. 319 This Symphony was composed in Salzburg in July, 1779.