Evening star., 1961-10-22

WORKS played by RublnStein,
Horowitz, Richter, Kapell
and VaSary, and broadcasts
of the Faust Symphony" and
the Hungarian Coronation
Mass" Van Cliburn will
play a Commute group of
piano solos at the Depart
ment Of State Auditorium to-
morrow during the special
concert presented there by
the CBC Symphony Orches-
ira to salute the 9Th ami
versary Of the United Ma
tioas. His choice of selec-
tions has not been announced
=. The Concertino for
Strings in G to be played by
the National Symphony
Orchestra this week, sup
posedly by Pergolesi, was
originally published in Lon
don as the work of one Carlo
RicciOtti. 1t is a pleasant
enough piece, but it is ex-
tremely doubtful that Per-
golesi had anything to do
with composing it The
recital Wednesday at the
Pan American Union by Hec-
tor TOSar will feature pre-
mieres Of three piano pieces
by the gifted Uruguayan,
presently living in New York
and working in composition,
thanks to his second Gug-
genheim Foundation grant.
NEWS FROM THERE
Baltimore: This weeks BaIti-
more Symphony pair features
pianist John Browning as
soloist in the Ravel Concerto
for the Left Hand and the
Mozart E flat, K. 449. An
oddity is the fact that the
third work is the Bartok Con-
certo for Orchestra, thus
making an "all-concerto"
program New York: The
big news in the big town is
the opening Of the MetrOpOli-
tan Opera COmpany's can
celled" season tomorrow. Gia-
como Puccini's ia FanciuIla
del West" with Leontyne
Price, Richard Tucker and
Anselmo ColZani as princi-
pals, is the first-night pres
entation. On Thursday,
Leonard Bernstein and the
New York Philharmonic will
offer the world premiere Of
David Diamonds Eighth
Symphony. And on Friday,
Emerson Meyers plays his
Phillips Collection program
of last week at Town Hall
Boston: A special concert by
the Boston Symphony Or
cheStra on Tuesday, United
Nations Day. will highlight
the Eighth National Confer
ence of the United States
Commission for UNESCO.
st. Louis: The econd-oldest
American symphony orches-
ira began its 82d season
yesterday with a world pre-
miere Of Mountain Of
Prophecy" by Alan How
haness. Eduard van Re-
mOortel is the incumbent
conductor.
BITS AND PIECES Z.
A new area musical organi-,
Zation, the OratOrio Society
of Montgomery County, has
been formed. Affiliated with
the Montgomery County Arts
Center, the society hopes to
present several concerts Of
major works for chorus and
orchestra yearly. Founder
and musical director is Hugh
Hayward. John La Mon
taine, now visiting professor
Of theory and composition at
the Eastman School Of Mu-
sic, has been awarded the
$1,000 Rheta SOsland Award
for the best work for string
quartet submitted in inter-
national competition. Mr.. La
Montaine is we'll known To-
cally because OF Howard
Mitchell's consistent cham
pioning of his music, most
recently performing his
From Sea to Shining Sea"
at the Kennedy Inaugural
Concert in Constitution Hall.
The strikes by the New
York Philharmonic and the
Philadelphia Orchestra are
now settled, but it is ex-
pected that certain scars will
be left. To replace the sub
scription concerts missed
from october S through s,
the Philharmonic has sched-
uled four additional Carnegie