Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Summer, 1963-1964
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TANGLEWOOD Festival of Contemporary American Music August 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 1964 Sponsored by the Berkshire Music Center In Cooperation with the Fromm Music Foundation RCA Victor R£D SEAL festival of Contemporary American Composers DELLO JOIO: Fantasy and Variations/Ravel: Concerto in G Hollander/Boston Symphony Orchestra/Leinsdorf LM/LSC-2667 COPLAND: El Salon Mexico Grofe-. Grand Canyon Suite Boston Pops/ Fiedler LM-1928 COPLAND: Appalachian Spring The Tender Land Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Copland LM/LSC-240i HOVHANESS: BARBER: Mysterious Mountain Vanessa (Complete Opera) Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la Fee (Divertimento) Steber, Gedda, Elias, Mitropoulos, Chicago Symphony/Reiner Met. Opera Orch. and Chorus LM/LSC-2251 LM/LSC-6i38 FOSS: IMPROVISATION CHAMBER ENSEMBLE Studies in Improvisation Includes: Fantasy & Fugue Music for Clarinet, Percussion and Piano Variations on a Theme in Unison Quintet Encore I, II, III LM/LSC-2558 RCA Victor § © The most trusted name in sound BERKSHIRE MUSIC CENTER ERICH Leinsdorf, Director Aaron Copland, Chairman of the Faculty Richard Burgin, Associate Chairman of the Faculty Harry J. Kraut, Administrator FESTIVAL of CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC presented in cooperation with THE FROMM MUSIC FOUNDATION Paul Fromm, President Alexander Schneider, Associate Director DEPARTMENT OF COMPOSITION Aaron Copland, Head Gunther Schuller, Acting Head Arthur Berger and Lukas Foss, Guest Teachers Paul Jacobs, Fromm Instructor in Contemporary Music Stanley Silverman and David Walker, Administrative Assistants The Berkshire Music Center is the center for advanced study in music sponsored by the BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Erich Leinsdorf, Music Director Thomas D. Perry, Jr., Manager BALDWIN PIANO RCA VICTOR RECORDS — 1 PERSPECTIVES OF NEW MUSIC Participants in this year's Festival are invited to subscribe to the American journal devoted to im- portant issues of contemporary music. Published for the Fromm Music Foundation by Princeton Univer- sity Press. Advisory Board: Aaron Copland, Ernst Krenek, Darius Milhaud, Walter Piston, Roger Sessions, Igor Stravinsky. Editor: Benjamin Boretz Editorial Board: Milton Babbitt, Arthur Berger, Ben- jamin Boretz, Elliott Carter, Lukas Foss, Leon Kirch- ner, Billy Jim Layton, George Perle, Mel Powell, Gunther Schuller, Seymour Shifrin. Semi-annual. $5.00 a year. $12.50 three years. For- eign Postage is 25 cents additional per year. $3.00 single issues. Princeton University Press Princeton, New Jersey 2 ERICH LEINSDORF THE BERKSHIRE MUSIC CENTER In 1940, the Berkshire Music Center was established at Tanglewood by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in fulfillment of the ambition of Serge Koussevitzky, then Music Director of the Orchestra, to provide a center where young musicians could continue their professional training and add to their artistic experience under the guidance of eminent musicians and teachers. Dr. Koussevitzky served as Director of the Berkshire Music Center from its founding until his death in the spring of 1951, when he was succeeded by Charles Munch. Erich Leinsdorf has been Director of the Berkshire Music Center since the 1963 session. PAUL FROMM THE FROMM MUSIC FOUNDATION The Fromm Music Foundation is dedicated to the furtherance of con- temporary music. Wishing to bring the living flow of musical creation closer to the public, the Foundation aims to return the initiative to the composer and to strengthen the most vital source of a healthy musical culture: composition. To foster the realization of this aim, the Foundation commissions new works, awards prizes for existing works, and sponsors the study, performance, publication, and recording of contemporary music. The Foundation is headed by Paul Fromm of Chicago, its founder and President, and Alexander Schneider, its Associate Director. The Fromm Music Foundation program at Tanglewood was begun in 1956. 3 CHAMBER MUSIC , I By AMERICAN COMPOSERS BARAB SONATINA (for Three Flutes) 1.75 BLOCH STRING QUARTET NO. 2 7.50 CHAVEZ SOLI (for Oboe, Clarinet, Trumpet and Bassoon) 2.50 COPLAND PIANO QUARTET 5.00 SEXTET (for Clarinet, Piano and String Quartet) 7.50 TWO PIECES (for String Quartet) 5.00 VITEBSK (for Piano Trio) 2.75 DAHL CONCERTO A TRE (for Clarinet, Violin and Cello).... 3.75 SERENADE (for Four Flutes) 3.75 DENNY STRING QUARTET NO. 2 5.0O* DONOVAN PIANO TRIO 2.75 FftOMM STRING QUARTET 6.00* GINASTERA STRING QUARTET NO. 1 in prep. STRING QUARTET NO. 2 in prep. HAIEFF STRING QUARTET NO. 1 7.50* KAUDER TRIO (for Horn, Violin and Piano) 2.00 KERR STRING QUARTET 4.00 KORN AL0YSIA SERENADE (for Flute, Viola and Cello) 3.50 LEES STRING QUARTET NO. 1 5.00 STRING QUARTET NO. 2 6.00 PISTON STRING QUARTET NO. 3 7.50 PORTER STRING QUARTET NO. 4 4.00 ROSEN STRING QUARTET NO. 1 5.00 SONATA (for Clarinet and Cello) 2.50 SCHNABEL STRING QUARTET NO. 3 7.50* STRING TRIO 5.00 SCHUMAN STRING QUARTET NO. 2 4.00 THOMSON STRING QUARTET NO. 1 6.00 STRING QUARTET NO. 2 6.00 WAGENAAR STRING QUARTET NO. 2 4. * indicates price of parts includes score ' BOOSEY and HAWKES 4 — Aaron Copland COMPOSERS AT TANGLEWOOD The Composition Department of the Berkshire Music Center offers instruction, on an advanced level, for a limited number of especially talented composers. The course is directed toward the composer whose previous studies and experience have prepared him for work in more advanced forms. A series of special seminars is being held in the 1964 session on topics chosen from among the following subjects: twelve-tone and serial techniques; con- temporary problems of form and structure; contemporary orchestration. Indi- vidual instruction in free composition is available. Aaron Copland has been Chairman of the Faculty and Head of this Department since the founding of the Center in 1940. Gunther Schuller is acting head. Mrs. Serge Koussevitzky THE KOUSSEVITZKY MUSIC FOUNDATION Throughout the existence of the Berkshire Music Center, a major supporter of composers and contemporary music at Tanglewood has been the Kousse- vitzky Music Foundation, which was established in 1942 by Serge Koussevitzky to foster the development of music and music education. In addition to the establishment of a manuscript and music collection at the Library of Congress, the Foundation commissions compositions and provides scholarships for study at the Berkshire Music Center. Mrs. Serge Koussevitzky is President of the Foundation. Ti/onfo fan, OicAettna and Staye NORMAN DELLO JOIO Three SongS Of Chopin (For Chorus and Orchestra) SET "A" $9.00; "B" $12.00; "C" $15.00 ROBERT HELPS Symphony No. 1 EARL KIM Dialogues for Piano and Orchestra ERNST KRENEK Double Concerto for Violin, Piano and Small Orchestra ROBERT HALL LEWIS Designs for Orchestra JAN MEYEROWITZ The Barrier (Opera in 3 Acts) Concerto for Flute and Orchestra DARIUS MILHAUD Robin and Marion (Opera in 1 Act) VOCAL SCORE $3.50 ROGER SESSIONS Black Maskers Suite STUDY SCORE, $4.50 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra SOLO PIANO AND REDUCED ORCH. SCORE $5.00 Concerto for Violin and Orchestra VIOLIN AND PIANO SCORE $5.00 Divertimento for Orchestra Idyll Of TheOCritUS (For Soprano and Orchestra) STUDY SCORE $5.00 Montezuma (Opera in 3 Acts) VOCAL SCORE in preparation Symphony No. 1 STUDY SCORE $4.00 Symphony No. 3 STUDY SCORE $5.00 Symphony No. 4 '.V, Symphony No. 5 Trial Of LudiliuS (Opera in 1 Act) VOCAL SCORE in preparation FRANCIS THORNE Elegy for Orchestra Symphony in One Movement KS A Festive Overture /MARKS MUSIC CORPORATION 136 West 52nd Street • New York 19, N. Y. 3?^^'v •^*] — 6 — : PURPOSES This Contemporary American Music Festival is specifically designed to provide a rallying point for the young professional composer who, after having enjoyed the benefits of fellowships, prizes and grants as a student, finds himself abandoned at the very moment he is ready to make his contribu- tion to his art. The Festival will consist largely of performances of works by the nine professional composers who have received Fromm Music Foundation Com- missions. The nine recipients of commissions for chamber music works were selected from fifty-four composers whose works were considered by the read- ing committee. The recipients are as follows Randolph Coleman, Evanston, Illinois Mario Davidovsky, New York, New York Donald Martino, New Haven, Connecticut Robert Newell, Urbana, Illinois John Maclvor Perkins, Chicago, Illinois Loren Rush, Point Richmond, California Harvey Sollberger, New York, New York David del Tredici, New York, New York Charles Wuorinen, New York, New York The tenth commission announced by Mr. Leinsdorf was the Samuel Wechsler Commission, made available by Samuel Wechsler of New York City. This was awarded to William Sydeman. The following composers will also be represented on the programs: Arthur Berger, Elliott Carter, Leon Kirchner, Daniel Pinkham, Gunther Schuller and Stanley Silverman. This Festival is intended to represent, not contemporary American music as a whole, but mainly that of the most recent generation of composers. In addition to receiving a commission, all nine participants were invited by the Fromm Music Foundation to stay at the Berkshire Music Center for the two weeks preceding the Festival: during this time, they not only worked directly with the performers in preparing their own works but attended rehearsals of all the works being performed. All works by participants have been prepared by the Fromm Fellowship Players under the supervision of Gunther Schuller. Three of these commissioned works, to be selected by the Berkshire Music Center Faculty, will be published by Associated Music