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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1963

Page

7

Al Hirt at Music Barn Distracts a Dampened Lenox Crowd

A near capacity Berk shire Music Barn audience in Lenox heard Al Hirt and his group perform jazz and New Orleans numbers. The review finds the musicians technically capable but unable to blend into the material, noting distorted horn work and dull drum solos.

al Hirt New Orleans Cart Berkshire Music Barn Lenox Hirt Gerry Hirt Fred Crane Dim Zitano Lowell Miller Pee Wee Spilelera Zitano Miller Mr. Hirt

David and Lisa review at the Little Cinema

Honest, touching film on mental breakdown based on a psychiatrist book. Keir Dullea and Janet Margolin give incisive performances under Frank Perry’s direction with Eleanor Perry’s script and Leonard Hirschfield editing.

Bayio Lisa Peter Heller-Lisa David Co Frank Perry Sreenplay Eleanor Perry Leonard Hirschfield Irving Oshman Little Cinema David Keir Quiten Lisa JanetsAargal Doctor Howard da Silva Neva Patterson David Keir Dullea Berkshire Playhouse Stockbridge

Young Royalty In Britain See Adult Cleopatra

Prince Charles aged 14 and Princess Anne aged 12 visited the theater with a detective as part of the royal party to see Cleopatra in London. The film carries an adult certificate in Britain requiring under 16s to be accompanied by an adult. The detective’s presence served both security and compliance with cinema rules.

Britain Cleopatra London Prince Charles Princess Anne Charles Anne

Soviet Tightens Theatrical Control

Moscow reports that Soviet Culture Minister Ekaterina Furtseva announced new censorship boards to scrutinize theatrical works. Tass says the boards aim to improve guidance for theaters and help shape repertory.

Moscow Ekaterina Furtseva Tass

Pro Football History Book By Robert Smith Due Aug

Robert Smith of Lenox will publish Pro Football a history of the game with Dou seday New York on Aug 9 The publisher notes the book traces pro football from its rough beginnings to its modern science Smith is a noted sports history authority and has written widely including Bage ball One Winter in Boston and two writing books He has penned a weekly column for years in this paper.

Robert Smith Lenox Douseday New York Mr. Smith Mis “Bageball Boston Fied

Salinger Helps Pick Pops Singer For Trip

President Kennedy aide Pierre Salinger and Pat Newcombe recommended Lulu Porter for the U S Poland festival delegate post after meeting her in a West Coast club. Porter travels to Washington to discuss the job with the State Department, with expenses covered by the State and the Polish government paying 1000 Aotes per performance in Sopot.

Washington UPD Pierre Salinger Kennedy Salinger Lulu Porter Porter Pat Newcombe Marilyn Monroe U.S. Information Agency United Stats Sopot Poland Miss Newcombe Miss Porter State Department Marianne Worlford U.S

Sleeping Beauty at Berkshire Museum This Friday

Tickets are available for Pilgrim Productions two performances of Sleeping Beauty at the Berkshire Museum Friday at 10 30 am and 2 30 pm. Gus Lambaisi directs and plays George with Cynthia Francher as Old Woman Darkness Joe Barnaba as Prince Susan Geier Sunlight Sandra Burns the Queen John Bulsa Charlton Charles Miles the King and Pamela Light as Beauty.

Pilgrim Productions Berkshire Museum Gus Lambaisi Players George Cynthia Francher Old Woman Darkness Joe Barnaba the Prince Susan Geier Sunlight Sandra Burns Queen John Bulsa Charlton Charles Miles the King Pamela Light Beauty

Leinsdorf Guides Students In Varied Berkshire Concert

Erich Leinsdorf led a Berkshire Music Center orchestra program designed to expose players to many master works and styles. The five part program appealed to diverse tastes, with Mozart and Copland opening, Debussy Nocturnes, Stravinsky Symphonies, and Wagner’s Rhine Journey closing amid a lengthy ovation from about 2000. The Festival Chorus joined for Nocturnes, though the women’s voices sounded dampened by the venue’s humid air.

Erich Leinsdorf Tanglewood Berkshire Music Center Orchestra Siegfried Leinsdorf Mintoy BMC Enkemble Debussy Copland BMC Leinsdert

Shakespeare Will Augment BSO Concert at Tanglewood

Erich Leinsdorf conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream music with Festival Chorus Lorna Cooke deVaron. Soloists Jeanette Scovatti and June Genovese. Patricia Peardon to read excerpts from Shakespeare's play. Also Prokofieff War and Peace Overture and Brahms Violin and Cello Concerto with Joseph Silverstein and Samuel Mayes.

Tanglewood Erich Leinsdorf Wiil Boston Symphony Orchestra Mendelssohn Mr. Leinsdorf Willi Lorna Cooke deVaron Berkshire Music Center Jeanette Scovatti June Genovese Alta Boston Leinsdorf Symphony Hall Berkshire Festival Patricia Peardon Miss Peardon Stratford Conn Katherine Luciana Tanzlewood RCA Victor Erich Leinsdorff Prokofieff Brahis Joseph Silverstein Samuel Mayes

Gregory Tucker Guest Artist At Cummington Concert

The seventh and final Cummington School of the Arts chamber music event features Gregory Tucker from Montana as visiting pianist and composer. Louise Road of Smith College plays viola with William Wittig leading the Ball Slate Wind Ensemble on flute. Repertoire includes Piston and Hindemith sonatas for flute and piano, Tucker Suite for Two Flutes and Harpsichord, and Brahms Viola and Piano Sonata in F minor Op 120 No 1. Student paintings will be exhibited in the Music Shed. A final student chamber concert is set for Saturday August 17 at 4.

Cummington School of the Arts Gregory ‘Tucker Louise Road Smith College Department of Music William Wittig Ball Slate Wind Ensemble Piston Tucker Hindemith Brahms Music Shed

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