Musical anecdotes and mishaps from Carnegie Hall to Pittsfield
The piece recalls backstage mishaps and legendary figures in classical music. Isaac Stern adjusts after a broken string at Carnegie Hall. Bernstein conducts from the keyboard at Tanglewood. A violinist at a local concert wears a bead necklace that scatters marbles across the stage. Met soprano Itelen Traubel rehearses with high demands while Geraldine Farrar performs on tour. A jokey trio of old music-school stories end with a quip about Carnegie Hall. An autobiographical note recalls church music at the House of Correction where a prisoner quips, This wasn't in my sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Stern
Carnegie Hall
Stern
Leonard Bernstein
Tanglewood
Lenny
Pittsfield
Ulysse Buhler
Itelen Traubel
Traubel
Geraldine Farrar
Miss Farrar
Brahms
Koussevitzky
New York
House of Correction
Second Street
Local Singers Share Joy Through Community Choir
Sixty local singers rehearse for 30 hours to perform Bach and Mozart works Sunday at First Congregational Church. The Oratorio Choir of First Church blends professionals and volunteers from Pittsfield and nearby towns, led by Lou R Steigter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Bernstein
Ning
First Congregational Church
First Church
Bach
Lou R. Steigter
Pittsfield
Berkshire
New York State
Storrowton Music Fair Opens Season With Star Lineup
West Springfield music series begins June 8 with Hans Conried headlining Take Her, She’s Mine. June 22 Eva Gabor and Jean Pierre Aumont in Tav o rich. July 20 Zachary Scott in My Fair Lady. August 3 Gloria DeHaven in The Sound of Music. Other shows include The West Side Story, Camelot, Milk and Honey, No Strings, Flower Drum Song plus new Two A Day Vaudeville Sundays and First Nighters Monday program with 25 percent discount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steges
West Springfield
Hans Conried
Eva Gabor
Jean Pierre Aumont
Tovarich
Aumont
Anna Maria Alberghetti
Leonard Bernstein
Tom Poston
Don Ameche
Elaine Stritch
Ameche
Zachary Scott
Gloria DeHaven
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Trapp Family
Howard Keel
Molly Picon
Patricia Morison
Wally Beach
Als0
Music Barn Summer Concert Series Plans in Lenox
Berkshire Music Barn in Lenox announces an 18 concert summer series hosted by Donald Soviero. The slate runs July 5 to September 6 featuring Louis Armstrong Pete Seeger Lionel Hampton Woody Herman Dave Brubeck Thelonious Monk Miriam Makeba Gillespie Peter Paul and Mary and others, with most shows at 8 PM and matinees on select Saturdays. Reserved seating ranges from 3.45 to 4.40 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Music Barn
Lenox
Donald Soviero
Louis Armstrong
Sarah Vaughan
Peter, Paul and
Mary
Boys’ Club
Pete
Pete Seeger
Olatuni
Lionel Hampton
Woody Herman
Carios Montoya
Dave Brubeck
Judy Collins
Thelonius Monk
Miriam Makeba
Oxtetha
Gillespie
Peter, Paul and Mary
Jon and
Sylvia
Alles Avis
Sarehunday
Eptern al Veaghan
Teive
Malinee
Barbershoppers Entertain At UMass Sunday
The Berkshire Hillsmen of Pittsfield will perform with Noel C. Sears directing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst auditorium Sunday at 3 PM. About 25 singers will join the Northampton chapter chorus in an evening of barbershop harmony, part of a series of community service events by the Society. The Hillsmen last appeared at Darrow School New Lebanon, joined by the Pitch Pipers. Henrik Henreid directs Dead Ringer in Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Hillsmen
Pittsfield
University of Massachusetts
University
Amherst
Noel C. Sears
Northampton
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
Barber Shop Quartet
America
Barber Shop Singers
International Organization
Hillsmen
Darrow School
New Lebanon
Pitch Pipers
Movie Timetable With Several Classic Titles
Capitol screens present Kissin Cousins Magic Boy Star fighter Tom Jones Splendor s of Paris Muscle Beach Party Me Lintock Flight Into Ashiya Seven Days in May The Man Who Knew Too Much Who's Minding the Store Fun in Acapulco plus drive in listings at Berkshire and Senset Drive In.
Strategy at Trick One by Fred Karpin previewed
Sheinwold notes anticipation for Fred Karpin’s Strategy at Trick One as today’s hand showcases the club play. South starts with a low club, plans for 5-0 breaks, and aims to finesse through East. West follows with a low card, dummy’s 10 wins, and declarer tests clubs again to secure safety plays. Paramount Studio sells 90 post-1948 movies to NBC-TV in a multimillion deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Karpin
South
Dummy
East
King of Hearts
Jed
West
Declarer
Hollywood
UPI
Paramount Studio
Nbc-Tv
Bridge at Trick One Strategy in a Slam Decision
In a bridge puzzle from South and UKE 664, West leads clubs and spades, exposing entries. The declarer wins the first trick in dummy with the ten of clubs, then plays spades to the ace, crosses with a low club, and recovers with the queen of spades to force back entries, eventually securing the slam. The recommended opening is bid one notrump with 16 to 18 high card points and balanced distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Dummy
Declarer
West
Best Sellers FICTION Best Sellers FICTION The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
A list of notable fiction best sellers featuring Le Carré's The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, and novels by McCarthy, Knebet and Bailey, Cheever, MacInnes, Westheimer, Remarque, Reuben and DeVries, plus titles by Reuben, Kim, UPI and American Heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Carré
McCarthy
Knebet and Bailey
Cheever
MacInnes
Kim
Lisbon
Reuben
DeVries
Schultz Wins Prize at Springfield Art Exhibition
William J. Schultz Jr. of Pittsfield is one of two Western Massachusetts artists to receive prizes at the National Jury Exhibition of the Academic Arts Association on view at the Museum of Fine Arts in Springfield. Schultz earned the $50 Morton Donald Catok Memorial award for a pastel head study of a Negro. his work is among 14 prize recipients from a field of 140 accepted works, with 400+ works rejected. The nationally scoped show favors traditional art and is a Springfield yearly event. Schultz runs a summer art school from his barn studio on the Pittsfield Lenox Road and has recently held a month-and-a-half solo show in Panama City, Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Schultz Jr
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Ith
Academic Arts Association
Museum of Fine Arts
Springfield
Schultz
Morton Donald Catok
Pittsfield-Lenox Road
Panama City
Fla
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