Summer music festivals evolve from hotels to grand venues
The piece traces how Boston's orchestras once relied on hotels and resort towns for summer gigs, then shifted to famed spaces like Tanglewood. It notes Berkshire and Litchfield roots, key figures such as Coolidge, Hadley, and Koussevitzky, and the broad rise of summer outdoor concerts across the US and Europe.
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Boston
Symphony Hall
Maine Coast
Massachusetts Shore
White Mountains
Berkshires
Aspinall
Lenox
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Berkshire
Litchfield County Choral Union
Norfolk
Conn
Carl Stoeck
Yale Music Department
Sibelius
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
South Mountain
Pittsfield
Berkshire Symphonic Festival
Dan Hanna
Stockbridge
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Lewisohn Stadium
Henry Hadley
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Serge Koussevitzky
America
Cape Cod
Aspen
Europe
Johnson
Scotland
Spain
Finland
France
Isaac Stern
Tanglewood
Strasburg
Menuhin
Puerto Rico
Gstaad
Switzerland
Mise Casals
Marlboro
Prades
Bayreuth
Paris
Covent Garden
Vienna
la Scala
Salzburg
Glyndebourne
Spoletto
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Bellini
Norma
Rome
Henry Adams
St. Petersburg
Hermitage Gallery
Surmer Garden
Borodin
Igor
Wagner
Nurremburg
Gerber’s 1964 Team Triumph Highlighted at National
Bridge note details John Gerber, nonplaying captain of the 1985 American team, tied to the 1964 U.S. national championship. The four-hand analysis shows a five diamonds bid with West leading clubs. South can make after ruffing clubs and hearts. Keener defense at the second table with Gerber as East exposed West’s four clubs.
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John Gerber
Buenos Aires
U.S
Gerber
West
South
North-South
Erber
American Team Captain Is Master in Qun Right
Bridge column discusses a hand from a world championship bidding clash. Gerber shifts to trump after avoiding clubs, South ruffs hearts, and a defender aims to defeat a game contract. Bermuda Bowl may return to North America in May if the team doubles with high points, and a typical response to 1NT doubles is redouble.
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North America
Opera Workshop Program Listed Pittsfield hosts spring concert at Berkshire Museum
Fifteen local singers perform selections from romantic and modern operas in a mixed program. Some numbers staged, others in concert form, with a 8 15 p m start. Tickets at the door or Pittsfield Community Music School before noon today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield Community Music School Opera Workshop
Berkshire Museum
Pittsfield Community Music School
Fidelis
Beethoven Quartet
Kathleen Disco
Ruth Rice
E. Whitney Blackstone
Richard Bauer
Berkshire Playhouse Plans 10 Week Season
Paul Giovanni and Robert Saidenberg announce eight productions for a 10 week Berkshire Playhouse season in Stockbridge opening June 28 and ending September 4. Two musicals run two weeks each: Three Penny Opera and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. One week engagements include Cheri, The Last of Cheri, The Importance of Being Earnest, Duel of Angels, La Ronde, The Glass Menagerie, and a final date to be announced.
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Paul Giovanni
Robert Saidenberg
Berkshire Playhouse
Stockbridge
Colette
Cheri
Paris
Oscar Wilde
Jean Giraudoux
Vivien Leigh
Claire Bloom
Lady in the Dark Enters Summer Stock Circuits
The musical Lady in the Dark enters summer stock for the season with performance rights released by Kitty Carlisle widow of Moss Hart. Hart praised the work and Winged Victory as his favorites. Cy Feuer and Ernie Martin revise their production plan for two musicals next season. Walking Happy shifts to October. Mary Martin withdraws due to scheduling.
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New York
Kitty Carlisle
Moss Hart
Kurt Weill
Hart
Cy Feuer
Ernie Martin
Elmer Rice
Mary Martin
Britain raises annual license fee for radio and TV sets
The Labour government announced higher license charges for receiving sets. The cost for a combined TV and radio license rises from 4 pounds to 3 pounds yearly, while radio only increases from 1 pound to 1 shilling and 6 pence. Effective August 1, the move aims to cover rising BBC costs amid a monopoly on radio and shared TV channels. A BBC spokesman dismissed the fee hike as insufficient to avert losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
London
British Broadcasting Corp
Anthony Wedgwood Benn
House of Commons
BBG
Capitol Screens Show Mary Poppins Timetable
The Capitol presents Mary Poppins with showings at 1 00, 3 30, 6 00 and 3 30 pm Palace runs Go Go Mania at 1 00 2 45 6 35 and 9 25 Operation Snafu at 2 10 4 55 7 45 Union Square shows Dr No at 4 00 5 00 9 00 From Russia With Love at 3 00 7 00 Berkshire Drive In offers Bullet for a Badman at 8 00 Father Goose at 9 45 Pittsfield Drive In lists Send Me No Flowers at 9 30 The Lively Set at 8 10 Sunset Drivein shows Bikini Beach at 8 13 and Go Go Mania at 10506.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace
Berkshire
Pittsfield Drive-In
Bikini Beach
Two Williams Seniors To Open West Indies Theater
Jed Schlasberg and Ted Cornell, Williams College seniors, plan the Montserrat Summer Festival Theatre on the island in the British West Indies. A 11 member non Equity company will perform Fantastiks The Mousetrap Arsenic and Old Lace and A Thundercarnival with Jed directing one play Ted two and Jon Spelman directing another. The project is supported by a nonprofit foundation offering free transport and room and board. Rehearsals begin June 18 with a mid July opening.
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Williams College
Williamstown
Jed
Ted
Montserrat
British West Indies
Williamstown Theatre
Jed Schlasberg
New York City
Edward
Ted) Cornell
Wellesley
Williams
Yale
Purdue
Tation
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