BOSTON SYMPHONY \*WA ic -fa CHARLES MUNCH '"' '' '' ' - ' '»' V\ lit' A' 1 , V;' \i: i Berkshire Festival !959 l/ldtAMCk/Ahis dedication and interpretive powers are movingly revealed in new orthophonig sound, on rcaVictor records exclusively. Other recent albums by Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony, in New Orthophonic Sound: Ravel: Bolero*, Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe, Berlioz: Harold in Italy*, Debussy: La Mer*, Beethoven: Symphony No. 5. *ALSO AVAILABLE ON NEW LIVING STEREO RECORDS imkui® T RADIOCORPORATIONOF AMERICA ^UwvJ^a^ PIERRE MONTSUX :>«,'v,.*, -RSI;"™* ><j P»R1S CONSEPVATO'ftC : the perceptive musicianship that STRAVINSKY OftCM. THE RITE OF SPRING is uniquely his takes on additional excitement in new orthophonic sound on rcaVictor records exclusively f % rmr ^ % Other recent albums by Pierre Monteux on RCA Victor: Rimsky-Korsakoff: Scheherazade*; Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty*; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5*; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 ("Pathetique")*; Stravinsky: Petrouchka (complete) and Firebird Suite. @tm ^ALSO AVAILABLE ON NEW LIVING STEREO RECORDS RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA Boston Symphony Orchestra CHARLES MUNCH, Music Director 79 th Season, 1959-1960 SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS BOSTON 24 Friday Afternoon Concerts, Oct. 2 - April 22 SYMPHONY HALL 24 Saturday Evening Concerts, Oct. 3 - April 23 9 Tuesday Evening Concerts, Oct. 6 - April 19 6 Sunday Afternoon Concerts, Nov. 8 - April 3 CAMBRIDGE 6 Tuesday Evening Concerts Nov. 3 - Dec. 1 - Jan. 5 - Feb. 2 - SANDERS THEATRE Mar. 8 - Apr. 12 NEW YORK 5 Wednesday Evening Concerts Nov. 18 - Dec. 16 - Jan. 20 - Feb. 17 - Mar. 23 CARNEGIE HALL 5 Saturday Afternoon Concerts Nov. 21 - Dec. 19 - Jan. 23 - Feb. 20 - Mar. 26 5 Friday Evening Concerts BROOKLYN - - - - ACADEMY OF MUSIC Nov. 20 Dec. 18 Jan. 22 Feb. 19 Mar. 25 (For season tickets address: Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, New York) PROVIDENCE 5 Tuesday Evening Concerts VETERANS MEMORIAL Oct. 13 - Nov. 24 - Dec. 29 - Feb. 23 - Apr. 5 AUDITORIUM UTICA Syracuse, Rochester, toledo, Detroit, ann Concerts in' > ARBOR (2), NORTHAMPTON, NEW HAVEN (2), ENGLEVVOOD, NEW BRUNSWICK, WASHINGTON (2), NEWARK, BALTI- MORE, STORRS, NEW LONDON, PHILADELPHIA SUMMER CONCERTS SYMPHONY HALL CHARLES RIVER ESPLANADE BOSTON BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA FREE OPEN AIR CONCERTS Concerts through May and June Three weeks in July and August Arthur Fiedler, Conductor LENOX Berkshire Festival, 1960 — Boston Symphony Orchestra Charles Munch, Music Director TANGLEWOOD Six weeks beginning June 29 To Thomas D. Perry, Jr., Manager — I should like to receive advance announcements of programs and plans for The Berkshire Festival, 1960 The Berkshire Music Center, 1960 O The series in as listed above. Please complete th is form and leave it Name with an usher, hand it in at the box Address office, or mail it to the Festival Ticket Office, Tanglewood, Lenox, Mass. o BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHARLES MUNCH, Music Director RICHARD BURGIN, Associate Conductor Berkshire Festival, Season 1959 (TWENTY-SECOND SEASON) TANGLEWOOD, LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS FIFTH WEEK Concert Bulletin, with historical and descriptive notes by John N. Burk Copyright, 1959 By Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Henry B. Cabot, President Jacob J. Kaplan, Vice-President Richard C. Paine, Treasurer Talcott M. Banks Harold D. Hodgkinson Henry A. Laughlin Charles H. Stockton Theodore P. Ferris C. D. Jackson John T. Noonan Raymond S. Wilkins Francis W. Hatch E. Morton Jennings, Jr. Palfrey Perkins Oliver Wolcott Trustees Emeritus Philip R. Allen M. A. DeWolfe Howe N. Penrose Hallowell Lewis Perry Edward A. Taft Tanglewood Advisory Committee Alan J. Blau Henry W. Dwight Lawrence K. Miller Whitney S. Stoddard Lenges Bull George W. Edman Robert K. Wheeler H. George Wilde Robert T. Capeless Jesse L. Thomason George E. Mole Chairmen of the Boards of Selectmen (Ex Officio): Stockbridge, Robert G. Williams Lenox, David H. Mackey Lee, William J. Brown Thomas D. Perry, Jr., Manager Norman S. Shirk Leonard Burkat James J. Brosnahan Rosario Mazzeo Assistant Manager Music Administrator Business Administrator Personnel Manager BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Friday Evening, July 31, at 8:30 MUSIC SHED -&<2- CHARLES MUNCH, Conductor In Memory of Serge Koussevitzky Berlioz Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 Requiem Dies irae; Tuba mirum Quid sum miser Rex tremendae Quarens me Lacrymosa Offertorium Hostias Sanctus Agnus Dei (There will be an intermission after the Lacrymosa) FESTIVAL CHORUS, Prepared by Hugh Ross and Lorna Cooke de Varon John McCollum, Tenor BALDWIN PIANO RCA VICTOR RECORDS 1 : 8 1959 BERKSHIRE FESTIVAL TANGLEWOOD v v * rV ^ ^- j 1 1 1 1 1 x 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 x 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l: THE MUSIC INN HOME OF THE MUSIC BARN, opening June 28 with Louis VISIT Armstrong, Mahal i a Jackson July 2, Odetta July 4, George Shearing July 5, Count Basie July 7, Alan Lomax, July 11, Stan Kenton July 12, Four Freshmen July 19, Sarah Vaughan : 0/^ Sturbridge Village July 22, Tom Lehrer July 25, Ahmad Jamal July 26, Kingston Trio July 30, Geoffrey Holder August 1, Modern Jazz Quartet August 2, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross August 4, Peter Seeger New Engand's Center of August 8, Miles Davis August 9, Jimmy Giuffre-Ernestine Ander- Living History son August 16, Ray Charles August 23, All Star School of Jazz Benefit August 29. M J Q with guest artist August 30, Dukes of Dixieland Sept. 5, Sonny Rollins Sept. 6. Reserved seats, $3.85, please send check with order. THE POTTING SHED THE POTTING SHED where a countess once grew flowers — you may dine before the concerts or sup afterwards, with appro- priate drinks. In the evening in the brick-floored Taproom, Josh White, Leon Bibb, Anita Sheer and other top artists from the better New York boites will play at 9 and 11 (one dollar admis- Exit 9 — Massachusetts Turnpike 1 sion — no cover or minimum , or you may choose to chat and ) relax in the Front Room or on the Terrace . On Tuesday, Sturbridge, Massachusetts l | Wednesday the Potting with •- and Thursday Shed Special Dinner cocktail for $2.50. No entertainment Sunday evening, but open • Open year round — 9:30' a.m. -5:30 p.m. for dinner and supper. Closed Mondays. Phone Lenox 277 for reservations. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 : KLM is proud to be the Airline preferred by the BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is privileged to have been chosen by the Boston Symphony Orchestra for its most recent transatlantic trip to Europe. KLM looks forward to welcoming patrons of the Boston Symphony on board "Fly- ing Dutchmen" serving all six continents. KLM service features superb Continental cuisine and traditional Dutch hospitality. KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES 80 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. Liberty 2-9355 1959 BERKSHIRE FESTIVAL TANGLEWOOD PROGRAM NOTES «»•» Grande Messe Des Morts, Op. 5 Hector Berlioz Born December 11, 1803, in Cote St. Andre; died March 8, 1869, in Paris Berlioz composed his Grande Messe des Morts between early April and June 29, 1837. It was first performed at the Eglise St. Louis in the Invalides, Paris, December 5, 1837. Another complete performance was conducted by Berlioz in the church of St. Eustache, in 1852. Charles Munch conducted the Requiem on the hundredth anniversary of its first performance on June 16, 1937, at the Hotel des Invalides, where it had been first heard. Dr. Munch introduced it at the Boston Symphony con- certs on April 20, 1951. In the present performance, the Festival Chorus will be augmented by the University of Maryland Chapel Choir, Fague Springmann, Conductor. The score calls for a main orchestra of 4 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 English horns, 4 clarinets, 12 horns, 8 bassoons, 25 first and 25 second violins, 20 violas, 20 cellos, 18 basses. Eight pairs of timpani are called for (with modern mechanics of tuning, this number can be reduced), bass drum, 4 tam-tams, and 10 pairs of cymbals. Four additional brass choirs, to be placed at the four corners WALKER ST. LENOX of the performing forces, are listed as 4 trumpets (or Open Monday to Saturday cornets) and 4 trombones in each, with 2 tubas in one 9.30 to 5:30 p.m. and 4 (ophicleides) in another. The composer also TICKET AGENCY FOR: Jacob's Pillow, Music Barn, Berkshire Playhouse, lists "80 sopranos and altos, 60 tenors, and 70 basses." Williamstown Theater, Mission House, Bartholomew's Cobble, Chesterwood He states, on his score, however, that "the indications Tel. Lenox 854 of number are only relative, and one may, if the situation permits, double or triple the whole choral body and augment the instrumental forces in the same proportion. In the case of an immense choir of 700 or 800 voices, all could be used in the Dies Irae, Tuba Mirum, and Lacrymosa, only 400 would be sufficient for all other parts of the score." Since Berlioz evidently intended the instrumental forces to balance the chorus by the doubling of parts, a corresponding reduction would be in order. In CRANE MUSEUM the present performances, the instrumental forces are determined by space and practicability — the notation is intact. Exhibits showing steps in making all-rag The score is dedicated to "Monsieur le Comte de Gasparin, Peer of France." papers and the progress of paper-making At the round earth's imagined corners, bloiv from Revolutionary times to the present. Your trumpets, Angels, and arise, arise From death, you numberless infinities Of souls. — John Donne The urge for the "colossal" was by no means peculiar to Berlioz. The revolutionary striving towards huge numbers, found in Masses by Mehul and Gossec, persisted for years.