Evening star., 1947-08-17
Saratoga Fete
Wins PraisefOr
Its Enterprise
by Alice Evsrs,non

The third Saratoga Spa Misia
Festival. to be held September 8, Z,
.. II, II, 10 and 10. promises to bs
one Of the most important of the
summers festival events. During
these seven concerts only II familiar
works viii be programmed. The rest
win consist Of premieres, 80 In all.
with nine Of these having been
written especially for the festival.
World premieres Of three works will
be given and first American hear.
ings to some "a numbers. The or.
chestra Of 81 members Of the New
York Philharmonic will be directed
by r. Charles Adler with Walter
Hendl as his assistant. Mr.. Hendl,
as pianist, will be among the solo-
lists also, the other featured artists
being Carl Stern, cellist; John
Corignano, violinist; Mary Sim.
mons, soprano: Michel Naz1, oboe:
Alexander Williams, clarinet; John
WummeT. flute, and Lydia Hofi.
MANN Behrendt, pianist.
The Spa Festival sprang into the
Hmelight almost Immediately fol.
lowing the announcement of the
first American performance on Sep
tember 13 Of the newly discovered
symphony in G Major" by Mozart.
It was unearthed In the library Of
the Pia Instituzione Musicale In
Crelnona, where musicologists are
busy searching out the treasures
inherited by that institution from
the Philharmonic Academy of that
city which existed until the end of
the 18th century. The italian mu-
sicologist, Nino Negrotti. assumes
that Mozart dedicated this SYM
phony to the academy during q
visit there in January, ITO, when
he was "A years old. It Is not listed,
however. in either the Altman or
koechel catalogues.
Controversy RACES.
The authenticity of this sym.
phony as a composition of Mozart's
has been challenged by the re.
aowned Alfred Einstein, whose COM
paratively recent book on Mozart
followed years of study and cata.
loguing Of all Of the composers
works. He states catagorically that
This symphony, published in 1914
by Carisch, Milan. and edited by N.
Negrotti after manuscript parts in
the Cremona Library. is justly un-
catalogued. 1t neither originated
in ITO in Cremona nor was 1t writ
ten by Mozart, but 1t originated
about 10 or 20 years later In Austria
or Northern Germany and vas
written by the Bohemian composer,
Franz Christoph Neubauer."
Mr.. Negrotti bases his lndorse-
ment Of the symphony on the fact
that 1t has all the earmarks of
Mozart's early italian style and
that the beginning of the second
part Of the last movement utilized,
third higher, the main theme Of
the first movement Of the Half
ner" Symphony composed In 1882.
He cites also that it was the custom
for visiting composers to write
something especially for the acad-
emy, in fact 1t was requested OF
them, and he presumes that Mozart
also complied with usage.
Two other classics will be intro
duced to the American public.
Resurrected after a long silence will
be \Haydn's Nelson Aria, Lines
From the Battle of the Nile" and
Paisiello's "Funereal Symphony for
the Death of the Pontiff Plus VI"
Haydn's work for soprano and or.
chesTa, was inspired by Nelson's
victory over Napoleon at Abukir.
The composer worked at it with
special interest as he knew Nelson
and Lord and Lady Hamilton we'll
from a visit fsaid by them to
Schloss Esterhaz. At that time
Lady Hamilton and her companion,
Mrs. knight. were constantly
with Haydn and 1t was Mrs. Knight
who wrote the verses which he set
to music. sThe Hymn" as 1t is
styled. has been preserved In the
Esterhazy archives.
Fine Work BY Paisiello.
The "Funereal Symphony" is said
to be one Of Paisiello's finest works
In the deep emotional note he has
incorporated in it. It was first per.
formed In Naples In 1893 at q me.
mortal service in honor of the Pom
till who died as French prisoner
in Valence, France. The original
manuscript Is in the library Of the
Royal Conservatory Of Music Of San
Pietro . Majella in Naples.
The list Of first performances In
America Is q long and interesting
one. The Overture to Haydn's opera,
THE World on the Moon" and the
overture to an unfinished comic
opera by Saint-Saens are distinct
novelties as also Marcellos Con-
certo for Oboe and Orchestra,
Mendelssohn's Symphony No. TX
for String Orchestra" and Doni-
zetti's "sinfonia Concertata in D
AAiHJSA' SAODCl w ttlC puCDCtlt hlE
Roger "Suite for Small
Orchestra" Henri Rabauds "Eg-
logue. op. T." Krenek's Concerto
No. l for Piano and Orchestra"
Ropartz' "Oedipus at Colonus" and
Florent Schmitt's "Janiana" Sym.
phony for String Orchestra.
Monty Wooley will be the special
attraction Of the program on Sep
tember when he will be heard in
recitations to the orchestra's &C
compartment. All Of his numbers
have been written or arranged for
the festival performance and will
include Paul Pisk's "A Toccata of
Galuppi's," Philip James Richard
Corey" and 'Miniver Cheevey" and
Vittorio Giannini's arrangement Of
Brahms Edward" Scotch ballad,
Although the orchestra is q small
one, the enterprise shown In seek
ing out such number Of new and
unfamiliar works and In preparing
them for performance puts the
Saratoga festival far In advance Of
other summer enterprises.
Angelina Montana Chisholm.
Mexican mezzo-soprano, and Wn-
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