Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-06
THE SUNDAY STAR
Washington. D. C., August s, 1861
NEWS OF MUSIC
The Art Of Making Fine Riddles:
Can 1t Be Done in Modern Plant?

Sutherland will be heard in
Constitution Hall on Deem
Der IL. The concert will be
an optional 10th event for
subscribers to either the A
or B series. The Pan
American Union has some
big names and some big
events on its forthcoming
concert series. Among others,
there will be recitals by
Jaime Laredo, Lois Marshall.
Adolfo Odnoposoff, and
Stewart Gordon. The young
Brazilian pianist who made
such a hit here during the
Second Inter-American Mu-
sic Festival, JOaO Carlos
Martins, will offer the COM
plete Well Tempered Clavier
in a series of four recitals.
Tomorrow at II pm,
the TV show pm East"
heard locally over WTTG-
TV. will take up the matter
of "The Concert Stage" fea-
turing pianists John Brown
ing and OIegna Fuschi. In
conversation with Mike WAL
lace, both young artists Zone
arrived and the other arriv-
ing) will discuss the rigors
of contests, difficulties of
touring. long hours of prac-
tice, the fierceness of the
competitor. and other inter-
eSting topics. The USAF
Band is off to InterIOchen,
Mich, to play at the Ma
tiOnal Music Camp this
week, and the USAF Head
quarters Com m a nd Band
will substitute on the Capt.
tOl Steps this Tuesday night.
NEWS FROM THERE
Orkney Springs, Va: The
American Symphony Or
cheStra League begins its
Eastern Institute here this
week, with Is conductors re-.
hearsing an orchestra of 100
five hours daily for two weeks
among other events.
Abingdon, Va: The 18th An
nual Virginia Highlands FeS-
tival will feature a concert of
American music on Tuesday
and a concert of chamber
music next Sunday. E.
VentnOr City, N. j.: The bril-
liant young Pianist Lee LuviSi
will be heard here in recital
on Tuesday night. Fish
Creek, Wis.,: Thor Johnson's
Peninsula Music Festival this
week features the artistry of
John Browning, who will be
soloiSt today in the Chopin
Second Piano Concerto and
next Saturday in the Bee
thoven First Piano Concerto.
Also starring will be Charles
TRIGGER, who made a profound
impression locally in several
notable appearances. Mr..
Treger plays the Dvorak A
minor Violin Concerto
Wednesday
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BITS AND PIECES
The Eastman Philharmonic,
the student orchestra which
played so eXcellently here
under the baton of DIR. How
ard Hanson during the Sec
ond Inter-American Music
Festival. has been invited to
play a series of concerts in
Western Europe under the
sponsorship of the State De-
partment. The three-month
tour begins in November
Leslie BaSSett of the Music
Department of the Univer-
sity of Michigan has won a
Prix de Rome A 1861
John Simon Guggenheim Me-
mortal Foundation award has
been given to Hahn El-Dabh,
Egyptian-American compos-
er. El-Dabh is best known for
his score to Martha Graham'S
evening long "Clytemnestra."
The Washington pianist
Thomas Mcintosh, who last
year won first prize in the
International Kranichstein
Piano Competition, returns to
Europe late this month to
play in Germany, Denmark,
Norway and Sweden. He will
record a program of modern
American music in Copen-
hagen including the Elliott
Carter Piano Sonata, the Epi-
sodes, OPP. 26a of Ben Weber,
and the Sonata Variations
of Ralph Shapey.