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§& **Jfl , BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ERICH LEINSDORF ^ Music Director j^ffH ( BERKSHIRE FESTIVAL 1963 %Jan Q)liburn There are many Red Seal recordings which reveal the distinctiveness of Van Cliburn's style and his dazzling technique. But perhaps none reveal his virtuosity as brilliantly as these two albums: his recent recording of the Rachmaninoff "Concerto No. 2," and his commanding performance of U Brahms' B Flat Concerto. " Both albums are in Living Stereo, Monaural Hi-Fi and on Tape. fctAYlCTQft J4^uj BRAHMS CONCERTO Ho. 2 VAN CL1BURN/FR1TZ REINER VICTOR RCATMKIS1 (g) THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN SOUND fy Boston Symphony Orchestra ERICH LEINSDORF, Music Director RICHARD Burgin, Associate Conductor Festival, ig6~* Berkshire Season > TWENTY-SIXTH SEASON MUSIC SHED AT TANGLEWOOD, LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS EIGHTH WEEK Concert Bulletin, ivith historical and descriptive notes by John N. Burk Copyright, 1963 by Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. The Trustees of The BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. President Vice-President Treasurer Henry B. Cabot Talcott M. Banks Richard C. Paine Abram Berkowitz E. Morton Jennings, Jr. Sidney R. Rabb Theodore P. Ferris Henry A. Laughlin Charles FI. Stockton Francis W. FIatch John T. Noonan John L. Thorndike Harold D. Hodgkinson Mrs. James H. Perkins Raymond S. Wilkins CD. Jackson ( Trustees Emeritus Palfrey Perkins Lewis Perry Edward A. Taft Oliver Wolcott Tanglewood Advisory Committee Alan J. Blau Henry W. Dwight George E. Mole Lenges Bull George W. Edman Whitney S. Stoddard Robert T. Capeless Lawrence K. Miller Jesse L. Thomason Robert K. VVheelee H. George Wilde Chairmen of the Boards of Selectmen (Ex Officio): Stockbridge, Robert Williams Lenox, William T. McCormack Lee, William O'Brien Thomas D. Perry, Jr., Manager Norman S. Shirk, Assistant Manager James J. Brosnahan, Business Administrator Rosario Mazzeo, Personnel Manager — 3 — II n HOW MUCH DOES A CADILLAC COST? Take a guess — and then check it with your authorized Cadillac dealer. Odds are you 11 have guessed too high —for a Cadillac can be remarkably modest in cost. And this is one year you ought to be sure — for the 1963 "car of cars" is simply too beautiful and too fine to miss because of a misunderstanding about price. Better pay your authorized Cadillac dealer a visit soon — and learn firsthand why more motorists than ever have moved up to the Cadillac car this year. What are you doing tomorrow? VISIT YOUR LOCAL AUTHORIZED CADILLAC DEALER BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Friday Evening, August 23, at 8:00 ERICH LEINSDORF, Conductor WAGNER •(•Introduction to Act III, "Lohengrin" WAGNER Excerpts from "Parsifal" Prelude to Act I {•Transformation Scene, Act I fPrelude to Act II fPrelude, Good Friday Music, and Finale, Act III Intermission # BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5, in C minor, Op. 61 I. Allegro con brio II. Andante con moto III. Allegro; Trio IV. Allegro t First performance at the Festival concerts BALDWIN PIANO *RCA VICTOR RECORDS 5 — L Program Notes Friday Evening, August 23 INTRODUCTION TO ACT III, "LOHENGRIN" By Richard Wagner Born in Leipzig, May 22, 1813; died in Venice, February 13, 1883 In March of 1848, Wagner put the last touches upon his Lohengrin, and in May of that year his political activities resulted in his exile from Germany. He therefore had no direct supervision of the early productions of the work, nor did he hear it until May 15, 1861, in Vienna, following his pardon and return. Lohengrin had its first performance through the ministering zeal of his friend Liszt on August 28, 1850, with such forces, scarcely adequate, as the court at Weimar permitted. It found favor, and after a few years of managerial hesitation, went the rounds of the principal opera houses of Germany and Austria. The introduction to the Third Act is a joyful celebration of the marriage of Lohengrin and Elsa. The brilliant music is to lead into the wedding chorus as the curtain rises. CARNEGIE HALL EASTMAN THEAJJES ER .. THE SUN»M » nter Vtf .. concerts. itl the de MOS< •«« ^concerts W^XSconcerts an' fall NORTI at classical^con^ and £ ranks EVEH^VV nis tne Piano """""J - V EMY RAVINIA PA] LEWISOHN mKkINLEY (KU/Jl KIEL Al PALAIS vv H O LY|v QUD f 6 O | M. STEINERT & SONS 162 boylston st. boston • Worcester, Springfield — 6 — EXCERPTS FROM "PARSIFAL" By Richard Wagner Born in Leipzig, May 22, 1813; died in Venice, February 13, 1883 The libretto for "Parsifal" was completed in 1877, the first draft of the score in the spring of 1879, and the full orchestration in January 1882. The first performance was at Bayreuth, July 26, 1882, but the Prelude was performed in December 1878. Prelude The prelude is the preparation to enter the sacred boundaries of Montsal- vat, upon a mountain of medieval Spain, where a group of Knights are sworn to the keeping of the Holy Grail. Wagner, drafting an explanation of the prelude for a performance before King Ludwig II of Bavaria at Munich in 1880, gave it a triple heading: "Love—Faith: Hope?" The theme of "Love" is the mystic music of the Eucharist, repeated over extended arpeggios. It is linked with the liturgic "Dresden Amen," a cadence of ascending sixths. The theme of Faith appears as a stately and sonorous asseveration from the brass choirs. The development of the motive of the Eucharist gives poignant TIRED OF THE CITY GRIND? LOCATE IN THE BERKSHIRES WHERE YOU CAN MIX BUSINESS WITH PLEASURE-PROFITABLY Wouldn't it be nice to be at your office y 1 minutes after leaving your home? No subway hordes to buck. And year-round outdoor fun only minutes away. Anyway you look at it, you'll live better, feel better by locating your busi- ness here in the Berkshires permanently. 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While they seem to walk toward the holy Temple, the scene changes: "The forest disappears; a door opens in rocky cliffs and conceals the two. They are then seen again in sloping passages which they appear to ascend. Long-sustained trombone notes softly swell; approaching peals of bells are heard.* At last they arrive at a mighty hall, which loses itself overhead in a high vaulted dome, whence the only light streams down. From the heights above the dome comes the increasing sound of chimes." * The four deep bell notes in. the grail scenes of Parsifal (C, G, A, E) are too low to have been produced by actual bells. The sounds were simulated at Bayreuth by a string instrument con- trived for the purpose ("Parsifal Klavier Instrument"') and reinforced by gongs and a bass tuba. Elsewhere (notably at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York) metal plates are used. A bell large enough to encompass the lowest note has never been cast. If it were it would weigh 600 tons, and when sounded would overpower the orchestra. This information has been fur- nished by the firm of Schulmerich Carillons, Inc. of Sellersville, Pennsylvania, which has met the problem by making for this Orchestra a set of electronic instruments which are struck by electro-magnets. Faint tones are amplified at will to the desired sonority. 'PLACE DES ARTS IN MONTREAL A DISTINGUISHED FESTIVAL TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF La Grande Salle SEPT. 21st/0CT. 5tti Music Director/ ZU BIN MEHTA SEPTEMBER 28th SEPTEMBER 21st Les Ephemeres / Musical / Le Theatre de Gala opening concert with Montreal Ouat'Sous. Symphony Orchestra SEPTEMBER 29th Conductor: Zubin MEHTA Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/ Commissioned work by Jean Papineau- Georges PRETRE Couture / Conductor: Wilfrid PELLETIER / SEPTEMBER 30th Beethoven's IXth .Symphony / Conductor: Verdi: OTELLO Zubin MEHTA OCTOBER 1st Marshall /. Forrester / Simoneau / Bell Boston Symphony Orchestra / SEPTEMBER 23rd Erich LEINSDORF Verdi: OTELLO / Conductor: Zubin OCTOBER 2nd MEHTA Donizetti: LUCIA Dl LAMMERMOOR Kabaivanska / Chookasiah / Vickers / Conductor: Richard BONYNGE Gobbi I Rouleau / Lanigan / Pellerin / Sutherland / Golden / Turp / Rouleau Corbeil Savoie / Pellerin SEPTEMBER 24th OCTOBER 3rd Operetta Les Grands Ballets Canadiens Hightower Villella SEPTEMBER 25th / OCTOBER 4th Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Donizetti: LUCIA Dl LAMMERMOOR Charles MUNCH / Rudolf SERKIN 5th SEPTEMBER 26th OCTOBER Verdi: Verdi: OTELLO REQUIEM Montreal Symphony Orchestra / SEPTEMBER 27th Conductor: Zubin MEHTA Operetta Stratas / Chookasian / Verreau / Rouleau for further details write to La Place des Arts, Montreal 18, Canada. — 8 — Prelude to Act 11 The Prelude is based upon the motives of Klingsor, the wicked magician who has turned against the Knights, and of Kundry, who is in his power. Prelude, Good Friday Spell and Finale, Act 111 The excerpts from the Third Act include the brief Prelude, the Good Friday Spell which leads into the final scene. This is the second transforma- tion scene. It is the celebration of the Eucharist, where Parsifal redeems Amfortas by healing his wound. The choral portion is omitted in this closing scene. SYMPHONY NO. 5, IN C MINOR, Op. 61 By Ludwig van Beethoven Born in Bonn, December 16(?), 1770; died in Vienna, March 26, 1827 The Fifth Symphony was completed near the end of the year 1807, and first per- formed at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, December 22, 1808, Beethoven directing.