Musical Leader

CHICAGO, IL

FEB 6 1960

International Symphony Debut

Anton Witek, concertmaster of the Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, has been appointed assistant conductor and artistic advisor to Dr. Vassily Savadsky, conductor of the International Symphony Orchestra, which will give its introductory concert Sunday evening, Feb. 9, in the Forrest Theatre, under the auspices of the Société Anonyme.

Nearly ninety per cent of the old New York Symphony Orchestra, merged two years ago with the present Philharmonic Society, will be included in the personnel of Dr. Savadsky's orchestra. Joseph Malkin, of the Malkin Trio, will head the 'cello section. Dr. Savadsky, the conductor, is a graduate of the famous conservatory in Petrograd, of which Alexandre Glazounoff is director. He has had the advantage of instruction under Rimsky-Korsakoff, Glazounoff, Liadov, Maximilian Steinberg, Nicholas Tcherepnin and Marie Barinov. He was born in Odessa, son of the late V. G. Savadsky, celebrated conductor and composer and considered the greatest of Russian choirmasters.

Miss Annie Friedberg, business manager of the orchestra, confirmed the statement of Dr. Savadsky. "We have no intention of competing with any other orchestral organization. We feel that there is a decided place in New York for a small orchestra maintaining the highest artistic standards. Our policy will be to give every opportunity for the performance of new music, whatever the nationality of the composer and, of course, we will give a particular preference to the music of Americans."

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AN INTRODUCTORY CONCERT
of the
INTERNATIONAL SYMPHONY

under the Patronage of
H.I.H. GRAND DUKE ALEXANDER OF RUSSIA

Honorary President of the Committee of Patrons.

Mrs. Henry M. Alexander
Mrs. Richard Aldrich
Lady Armstrong
Mrs. J. Herbert Ballantine
Mrs. Paul Brown
Mr. Lawrence Smith Butler
Mrs. William Astor Chanler
Mrs. George Eustis Corcoran
Miss Cottenet
Mrs. Edward F. Darrall
Mrs. Francis E. Dodge
Mrs. Henry Edward Dreier
Miss Mary E. Dreier
Miss Muriel Wurts-Dundas
Mrs. George B. Ford
Mrs. Simeon Ford
Mrs. William Henry Fox
Mrs. Henry J. Fuller
Mrs. Philip G. Gossler
Mrs. Henry Goddard Leach
Miss. Madeleine S. Litchfield
Mrs. Adolf Ladenburg
Mr. Robert Mann
Mrs. Victor Morawetz

Mrs. Walton Martin
Mrs. Drelincourt M. Martin
Mrs. Edmund L. Mooney
Mrs. Thomas J. Mumford
Mrs. Condé Nast
Mrs. William Barclay Parsons
Miss Marie B. Pond
Mrs. Stanley B. Resor
Mrs. Benjamin Rogers
Miss Florence Schepp
Mrs. Arthur S. Schermerhorn
Mrs. Joyce Shonnard
Mme. Olga Smolianinoff
Mrs. Martha B. Schirmer
Mrs. Hiram H. Sibley
Mrs. William A. Spies
Mrs. Frederick Steinway
Mr. William Matheus Sullivan
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel A. Tucker
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Thomas
Miss Mary Van Kleeck
Mrs. Benjamin P. Watson
Mrs. Henry Murdock Ward
Mr. Louis Wiley

The Committee

Katherine S. Dreier, President Vassily Savadsky, Vice-President
Nikita Stepanoff, Secretary

Directors

Mrs. John W. Alexander Mr. Charles J. Lane

Executive Director and Manager

Annie Friedberg

Treasurer Societe Anonyme, Inc.

Bank of New York & Trust Co. - Madison Ave. Branch

H.I.H. GRAND DUKE ALEXANDER OF RUSSIA
AND
THE COMMITTEE

CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO ATTEND
AN INTRODUCTORY CONCERT
OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SYMPHONY
GIVEN UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
SOCIETE ANONYME, INC.

ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY THE NINTH
AT EIGHT FORTY-FIVE

AT THE

FORREST THEATRE

224 WEST 49TH STREET

CONDUCTED BY VASSILY SAVADSKY

UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF

ANNIE FRIEDBERG

250 WEST 57TH STREET

COLUMBUS 9478

CHOICE SEATS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM
MISS MARTHA MAYNARD

THE SPUR

425 FIFTH AVENUE

CALEDONIA 0260

SCALE OF PRICES ENCLOSED

TICKETS ON SALE AT BOX OFFICE FROM FEBRUARY
SECOND UNTIL FEBRUARY NINTH, INCLUSIVE

A STATEMENT TO THE PATRONS

of the

International Symphony of the Societe Anonyme.

Because of the economic situation in which New York finds itself this season when all organizations are being amalgamated, a group of prominent orchestra musicians under the leadership of Dr. Savadsky, Conductor, and Anton Witek inquired whether New York could not make room for a small orchestra which did not have to be subsidized to the overpowering degree which now exists where classical music is played

The undersigned Committee felt that it would be an interesting experiment to organize an introductory concert which would show the quality as well as the spirit of the orchestra.

We hope that out of this experiment a permanent orchestra will grow which will through its well-balanced programs increase the love of music. We also hope that it will become a channel through which young and talented composers may hear their compositions rendered, which is so essential to their growth and development.

Vassily Savadsky, the conductor has had a brilliant career in Russia as pianist, conductor and composer. When a boy of eleven he conducted Humperdink's "Haensel and Gretel" and had his own chorus and orchestra before the war. He is the son of Russia's greatest Choir Master. He was guest conductor in Paris, London, Wiesbaden, etc. where he met everywhere with the greatest success. The Committee feels that under his leadership New York will respond, especially since he is to be supported by Anton Witek as Artistic Adviser who is the concertmaster of the orchestra at Bayreuth, which under his training has again reached its former grandeur. Besides Joseph Malkin former first cellist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra will be the first cellist. Many of the men in the orchestra have their own Stradivarius.

The first program will be:

Meistersinger Overture by Wagner Romeo and Juliette by Tschaikowsky

Suite: Flowers of Moriat by Savadsky with Soprano

INTERMISSION

L'Apres Midi d'une Faune by Debussy Poeme Divine by Scriabine.

Musical America

NEW YORK CITY

FEB 10 1930

International Symphony
Founded in New York
Under Savadsky's Baton

A new orchestra, the International Symphony, has been formed in New York under the direction of Dr. Vassily Savadsky, and will give its first concert on Sunday evening, Feb. 9, in the Forrest Theatre under the auspices of the Société Anonyme. The orchestra is composed of sixty-five men, all experienced solo musicians. Anton Witek, formerly concertmaster of the Boston Symphony and at Bayreuth, is announced as artistic adviser.

The Grand Duke Alexander of Russia is named in an announcement as president of the committee of patrons. The committee of the orchestra includes Katherine S. Dreier, Dr. Savadsky, Nikita Stepanoff, Mrs. John W. Alexander and Charles J. Lane. Annie Friedberg is business manager of the new orchestra; Joseph Malkin, first 'cellist and personnel manager.

The conductor is a graduate of the Petrograd Conservatory, pianist and composer. He has conducted in opera and concert in Europe. He made his New York concert début in Aeolian Hall, March 9, 1924.

"We have no intention of competing with any other orchestral organization," said Dr. Savadsky, outlining the plans of the orchestra. "We feel that there is a place in New York for a small orchestra maintaining the highest artistic standards. Our policy will be to give every opportunity for the performance of new music, whatever the nationality of the composer, and, of course, we will give particular preference to the music of Americans."

Dr. Savadsky will conduct his own

symphonic suite, "Flowers of Moriat," at the first concert. The work, in three movements, "symbolizing the ascension of the spirit," is for soprano and orchestra. It was written in 1922, in Wiesbaden, Germany, and first performed in Paris the same year. It is founded on a poem by Nicholas Roerich. The soloist will be Inda Bennett, Russian soprano, this being her first concert appearance in New York.

Ninety per cent of the personnel of the International Symphony Orchestra is said to be derived from the ranks of the old New York Symphony Orchestra, merged two years ago with the Philharmonic Society.

Vassily Savadsky