Evening star., 1961-12-24

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NEWS FROM HERE-Cen-
ter Of musical activities dur
ing this holiday week will be
the Washington Cathedral,
where two world premieres
are to be presented. Tonight
Paul Galloway offers an
opera by Pulitzer Prize win
ner John La Montaine, NO
velliS, Novellis," with q first
rate cast; ncxt Sunday "A
Hymn to the Nativity" by
Wisconsin born Lee Hobby
makes its bow as half of a
twin bill including the Berlioz
Enhance du Christ"
Many nationwide telecasts
will be originating in the Ma
tion'S Capital, among them
the Choral Service of the
Holy Communion in the
ashington Cathedral
christmas Day, II am;
WRC-TV) and the Midnight
Mass in the great upper
church of the National Shrine
of the Immaculate C0ncep-
tion christmas eve, mid
night: WMAL-TV) The
Christmas concert sung by
the University of Maryland
Women's Chorus and Mems
Clee Club Vnder the direc-
tion of Paul Traver a fort
night ago at the Pan Amer
lean Union will be broadcast
nationwide today at l pm.
on the ABC radio network .
A special hour-long program
featuring Christmas music
native to Central and East
ern Europe. directed by Mar
garet Truman, is scheduled
for 3 pm. today on WTOP-
TV, and the Benjamin Brit
ten "Cantate for ST. Mich
olas" will be offered from Riv-
erside Church in New York
by the sar2c station ct IL
pm. Robert Bialek of the
Discount Record Shop re-
quests those interested in
ticket information about the
forthcoming Philadelphia Or
chestra series here to please
hold their fire temporarily.
AS soon as the information
is available, public announce
ment will be made.
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NEWS FROM THERE
New York: The weeks big
Christmas event is the New
York Pro Musica production
Of The Play of Daniel" at
st. Georges Church from
December 81 through Jan
uary 8. AS usual, if you can
find a ticket for any of the
10 scheduled performances.
you can consider yourself
lucky San Francisco: The
Musicians Union and the
San Francisco Symphony As
ISOLATION have agreed to the
basic terms for the 1862
season. Minimum weekly sal
ary was raised $3.50 to
$l32.50, and ~the number of
hours Of rehearsal have been
cut from IL to II per week
-. Milan, Italy: Maria Callas
repeated her triumph of
eight years ago at La Scala
in Cherubini's "Medea" here
recently Cyprus: The 81
members of the University of
Rochester'S Eastman Phil
harmonic will be spending
Christmas on this Mediter-
ranean island as part of their
State Department-sponsored
tour Of Europe, but their fel-
low-studentS back home will
send them a tape recording
Of the schools annual CAROL
sing so that they can cele-
brate properly.
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BITS AND PIECES-Pablo
CasalS has announced that
he plans to conduct concerts
in New York. San Francisco,
Europe. and Israel next year.
He said that his three April
concerts in San Francisco
and two June concerts in
New York are part of his
personal crusade for peace"
CremOna, Italy, home
town Of Antonio Stradivari,
has finally acquired one of
the famous violin-maker's
instruments for its very own
after going 200 years with
out. The Cremona tourist
agency bought a Strad from
a London collection at a re-
ported price Of $4,000 e.
Winner of the first prize of
$4,000 and a gold medal In
the new Dimitri MitropoulOs
Music Competition, COM
pleted last week in New York,
is the 27-year-old Bronx
born pianist Agustin Anievas.
Mr.. Anievas, a Juilliard
School graduate, made his
Town Hall debut in 1859 e.
Somebody stole a $2,500 pipe
organ from the new st. tt
mOthy's Lutheran Church in
suburban Minneapolis. Said
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