Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
NATIONAL SYMPHONY
ANNOUNCES NEW SEASON

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NATIONAL SYMPHONY
ANNOUNCES NEW SEASON
The l963-4 National Sym
phony Orchestra season will
bring subscribers not only is
pairs conducted by DR.. How
ard Mitchell. but also two
guest conductors and con-
certs by three other Or
chestras = the Boston under
Leinsdorf, the Royal Phil
harmonic under Sir Malcolm
Sargent, and the Vienna
Symphony under Wolfgang
Sawallisch. Young Robert
LaMarchina, so successful
here this season, and the
conductor of the Paris Phil
harmonic, Leon Barzin, will
spell DR.. Mitchell on the po-
dunn for two pairs.
The Royal Philharmonic
concerts, scheduled for Octo-
Der 1916, viii be a free
bonus for series subscribers.
who thus get 20 events for
the price of 10.
Unusual will be the APP
pearance as soloists with the
orchestra of the Budapest
String Quartet. This will be
their first Washington per-
Torrance since they left the
Library of Congress. The
Messrs. Roisman, A. Schnei-
der, Kroyt. and M. Schneider
will be heard in the Bohuslav
Martini Concerto for String
Quartet and Orchestra on
January 14-15.
Other guest artists include
violinists Isaac Stern, David
Oistrakh and Charles Treger;
pianists Jose Iturbi. Daniel
Barenboim, Byron Janis. Ann
Schein, Hans Richter Haaser,
Philippe Entremont and Van
Cliburn; cellist Leonard Rose,
and singers Eileen Farrell
and Roberta Peters.
Altogether. 1t is an appe-
tite-whetting announcement.
Less happy-and an omi-
nous sign Of the times-is
the announcement Of the
first increase in price in
three years, a moderate one
to be sure, but an increase
Just the same. y
However, If you have your
subscription entered before
May 81, you can pay this
seasons lower prices and
beat the rise.
NEWS FROM Hereof
lecting money for the Ma
tional Symptoms sustain
ing fund is serious business
(s320.000 serious this year,,
but the first report luncheon
at the Shoreham on Tuesday,
at which volunteer workers
are expected to turn In $50
Of the goal, viii have humor-
list Art BuchwaId as guest
speaker. Patty Gavin will In
troduce him, and In case
things get out Of hand. con-
ductor Howard Mitchell win
be there to greet the workers
and remind them Of the i'm
portance of their efforts on
behalf OF the orchestra. . /.
Soviet violinist Boris Gutni-
kOv, first prize winner in the
1861 Tchaikovsky competi-
ton, will make his American
debut as soloist with the Ma
tional Symphony In April.
He replaces Nathan Mllsteln.
forced by bursitis to curtail
his concert activities.
Leonard Bernstein projects
the music OF South and Gen.
trail America in the fourth
and last Of the televised
Young Peoples Concerts by
the New York Philharmonic.
The program, replacing the
"Rawhide" show. appears
on WTOP-9. 7:30-s:30 pm.
Netania Davrath, an Israeli
soprano. will be soloist In the
Villa-LoboS Bachina Brasil
leira No. 5. Other works:
Batuque, Fernandez: Sense
maya, Revueltas: Damon Gu
bano, COPELAND; excerpts from
Bernstein's West Side Story
Score. His commentary will
dwell on Latin influences on
North American composers.
A full-tuition scholarship
for 8 weeks at Tanglewood
(June 30-August 25) will be
sponsored by radio station
WGMS for an area instru-
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