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PROGRAMMING

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PROGRAMMING
But all was not milk and
honey by any means.
The heavy demands on the
audience by way of concen-
tration took their toll. Was
this related to the ominous
drop in attendance at the
end of the festival, when
some of the most notable
music of the nine-day affair
was performed? l am tempted
to think so.
Certainly. the program
ming of individual concerts
left much to be desired.
There was too much room
for comparison in the pairing
of works in similar styles.
Not enough attention was
paid to artful contrast.
In some of the concerts,
the pieces suffered dreadfully
from this sort of thing.
Some way should be found
to expand the scope of the
programs to provide greater
variety, especially if an ex-
panSion of time in order to
allow breathing space is not
feasible.
In a festival devoted en-
tirely to novelty, one does
run the risk of killing an
audience with kindness and
good intentions, even though
the composers may succeed in
coming through the ordeal
unScathed.
UNIV RSITY WORK
SHOP: Today and tomorrow,
the National Symphony Or
cheStra performs one of its
most valuable services to the
Washington community, as
the fifth annual University
Workshop takes place.
In two sessions. II fledg-
ling composers, conductors,
and soloists from four local
colleges will have an oppor-
tunity to become kings (and
queens for a day, as they
appear with the NSO and are
told what is good and what
is bad about their efforts by
Howard Mitchell, Lloyd
GeisIer, and the members of
the orchestra.
For those interested in
statistics, the first session
will present five soloiStS and
six composers; the second,
three soloiSts and five con-
ductors. If you find that
adds up to 19 and not IT,
your arithmetic is correct
one of the five young ladies
to appear will both conduct
and play the violin, and one
of the IL young men will
hear his own music per-
formed and play the piano.
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
will have IL students partici-
pating, American University
three, and Trinity College
and the University of Mary
land one each.
If you want to see musical
education in action and have
a fascinating time doing so,
try to arrange to be on hand.
For details of time and place,
see the Music Calendar.
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COMING UP HERE
Today: WTOP-TV offers
the world premiere of an
operate m onologue" at
1870 am. called "The Ac-
cused." The title role, sung
by Patricia Neway, refers to
a Salem witchcraft suspect
and consists of her state
mentS in the witness box just
before she is condemned to
death. The composer is John
Strauss; the librettiSt, Shep-
pard Herman On the
horizon: the 1861 Regional
Convention of the American
Guild Of Organists is held
here May 21-24, with a spate
of organ recitals and related
events. Another all
contemporary music festival
looms, as George Steiner an
nounces American UniverSi-
ty's Contemporary Music
Symposium for May 24-27.
During four days, seven con-
certS, a public lecture, and
a panel discussion are sched-
uled. Works by Al composers
will be heard.
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COMING UP THERE.
Ann ArbOr, Mich: The Phil
adelphia Orchestra winds up
its season here with a special
series of six concerts, the last
of which is today. This is
the 68th annual May Festival
held in this college town. .
Iowa City, Iowa: Creative