The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-13

tur Rubinstein, Rudolf Serkin and Serge i Rachmaninoff, Violinists will be Fritz Kreisler, Nathan Mill stein, Joseph Szigeti, Mishel Piastro and John Corigliano. 'CellistS will be Gregor Piatigorsky and Joseph Schuster.
 Two young prize-winning pian- istS also are scheduled for appear ances. They will be the American who wins the third annual Leven- tritt award and the Brazilian win ner of the Columbia Concerts award.
 Conductors during the 28 weeks as previously announced, will be Arturo Toscanini, Bruno Walter Arthur Rodzinski, Dimitri Nitro poulos, Fritz Reiner and John Bar birolli. ALTHOUGH the Berkshire Sym. "A phonic Festival for this sum. mer has been definitedly cancelled because of wartime transportation difficulties, the Berkshire Music Center, formerly held in conjunc- tion with the festival at Tangle- wood, Lenox, Mass, will carry on as usual.
 The six, weeks session will open on July 5. The courses include or chestral conducting, choral conduct ing, advanced orchestra, chamber music, composition and opera. Dr. Serge Koussevitzky, of the Boston Symphony will sponsor the session members of the Boston Orchestra Active heads of the courses will be Dr. Koussevitzky, Stanley Chapple, Hugh Ross, Igor Jones, Richard Burgin, Gregor Piatigorsky, Aaron Copland, Igor Stravinsky, Herbert Graf, Boris Goldovsky and Richard Rychtarik.
 THE effect of war priorities Is be-
 IL ginning to be felt in the output of the major recording companies. For its June Red Seal list, Victor offers three albums and two singles, of which the most pretentious is a "recordrama" of Rossini'S Barber of Seville"
 The gay opera is condensed into eight 12-inch records, which per mitS presentation of all the essen- tial melodies and arias. Principal singers are Hilda Reggiani, soprano, and Lucille Browning, contralto; Wilfred Engelman and Carlos Ra- mirez, baritones; Gruno Landi, tenor, and John Gurney and Lo- renzo Alvary, bassos. The Victor Orchestra and chorus is directed by Giuseppe Bamboschek.
 The featured set is Dvorak's "New World" Symphony, by the Rochester Philharmonic, under Jose Iturbi. This recording invites com- parison with previous photographic versions. It is incisive and tender in turn, and seems to catch com pletely the spirit of it's Bohemian composer. Five 12-inch records.
 The MeIluhins, Yehudi and Hephzibah, give sparkling per- formance of Schubert'S Rondo 1n B minor for piano and violin, on two 12-inch records. The singles are an arrangement for two pianos by the composer of the polka and fugue from Weinberger's "Schwarl- da," played by Vitya Vronsky and Victor Babin; and some of the hlt- ing waltz music from Gounod'S Faust" by the Boston Pops" Or cheStra, under Arthur Fiedler. IT EWISOEN STADIUM CON- A CERTS opens its summer sea- son at New York University on June IT with Artur Rubinstein as soloist with the Philharmonic Symphony, under Artur RodzinSki.
 Other soloistS engaged for the eight weeks are Josef Hofmann, pianist; Albert Spalding, Yehudi Menuhin and Jascha Heifetz, vio- linists; Gregor Piatigorsky, 'cellist; Paul Robeson, baritone, and Lily Pons, soprano, Corp. Eugene List of the United States army will be piano soloist under Rodzinski on June 19.
 Stadium oCncerts has made lighting tests and reports that the starlight concerts will be under a romantic blue illumination" which will observe all the requirements of the seaboard dim-out.
 THE Symphony Orchestra of A Mexico, under Carlos Chavez, has just opened its 1942 season at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City. Forty concerts will be given during a season of IA weeks. Dimi- tri MitropouloS will make his first appearance in Mexico as guest con- rl,ankna. late In IIrlSl