Evening star., 1947-06-29
MusicalSchool
In Berkshires
Opens Season
BY Alice Eversmon

This country'S most renowned
summer school, the Berkshire Music
Center, opens its six-weeks season
today. It will precede by two weeks
the commencement of the Berk-
shire Festival by the Boston SYM
phony Orchestra. The fact that
this well organized educational pro-
gram in both the Center and by the
Symphony is known beyond the
boundaries of this country is shown
by the inclusion of is students from
Europe. Canada, South America,
Australia and Lebanon among the
400 enrolled for summer study in
the school, Added to the faculty
this year is the celebrated Swiss
composer, Arthur Honegger, who
recently arrived from France, to
teach composition together with
Aaron COPELAND.
A feature of the Boston SYM
phony programs at Tanglewood is
the performance of the nine SYM
phonies of Beethoven, one after the
other. The first three will be played
the evening of July 81: the next two.
with the Emperor Concerto" Jacob
Lateiner, soloist, on August 2; the
sixth and seventh symphonies, with
Joseph Battista as soloist in the
piano Concerto No. L." on August
3 and the two last symphonies on
August 5. So seldom is the SYM
phonic output of composer given
in its entirety and in a manner to
make apparent his gradual develop
ment in this line, that these events
alone should be of great importance
to all music lovers.
Bach and Mozart.
The summer concerts will begin
on July Is with a Bach program
repeated two days later and fol-
lowed on July 20 and % by
Mozart program. Several un-
usual works will be on the list Of
the succeeding concerts such as
Honegger's Symphony for Strings"
which, with Debussy's La Mer"
and Brahms Symphony No. 2"
will constitute the July "a concert,
Coplands Symphony No. 8" on
July 26 with Berlioz' Harold in
Italy" and Barber's School for
Scandal" and Stravinsky's lie
Sacre du Printemps" which
Leonard Bernstein will conduct on
July 27 together with Schubert's
Symphony No. T." Mr.. Bern
stein will conduct also the con-
cert of August 7 when Ruth Posselt
will play the Hindemith violin
Concerto" A choral program on
August g. directed by Robert Shaw.
will include Mozart'S Requiem"
Poulenc's Chorus" and Stravin-
sky's Symphony of Psalms" The
last concert will open with Mar
tinus Concerto Crosse for Cham
ber Orchestra with Two Pianos"
followed by Ravels "Pavane" and
"Bolero" and the Tschaikowsky
Symphony No. A.
Chamber Music Concerts.
For the student groups in the
music center there will be chamber
music concerts on Wednesday
nights In July. Three of these
have been made possible through
the sponsorship of the Elizabeth
Sprague Coolidge Foundation and
the fourth by the Juilliard School
of Music which presents the Juil-.
lard Quartet. This last program
will tie In with Mr.. Copland's
course in American music. The
students themselves will be heard
in operatic, choral, orchestral and
chamber music programs.
The wide scope and interest OF
this specialized summer program
makes 1t all too apparent how few
such ventures there are in the
United States. AS ideal as the
Berkshire setting Is for study and
of outdoor concerts, it
is in a far corner of this country
and not many can make the jour-
ney from distance to participate.
Accommodations, too, are hard to
get and must be reserved far in ad-
vance.
There may be d nucleus for such
a. center near at hand In the Vir-
ginia Music Festival recently held
in Charlottesville. Announcement
is now made that the festival, of
which DR.. Hans Kinder is musi-
cal director and conductor, will be-
come an annual affair following its
very successful initiation. At pres
ent only concerts by the National
Symphony and soloists are planned, =
but there is no reason why, in time,
a broader program of educational
content could not be added.