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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1965
Page
14
The essay outlines patterns for concert programming including overtures romantic works and a major symphony. It notes conductors’ varied repertoires and preferences influence selections, the use of guest conductors for rest or to broaden repertory, and opinions on conducting from score versus memory.
The piece argues that concert programming at Tanglewood leans toward balance and anniversaries, favoring familiar composers and neglected works from the past. It notes audience taste, box office influence, and a cautious approach with few bold novelties, despite some high quality music on offer. It recalls Degas, Shahn, and critic Virgil Thomson on repertory choices.
Verdi’s Messa da Requiem will be staged in two large concerts May 25 at St. Mark’s and May 27 at South Congregational. An ecumenical chorus from many local parishes plus Berkshire singers join 100 voices with soloists and full instrumental forces. Conductors Helen Morgan and George Nesbit share duties. performances are free with voluntary offerings.
Williams College alum and renowned director John Frankenheimer will headline Adams Memorial Theatre’s second annual banquet at the Country Restaurant Monday at 7 30. A screening of The Train starring Burt Lancaster will precede the talk at Walden Theater, with Frankenheimer answering questions on film drama.
The Sound of Music presented by the Town Players at Wahconah Regional High School last night opened a five performance run. Vickie Phillips led the cast with strong choir and solo work as the children sang with charm. The production drew praise for staging, pacing, and direction, with energetic ensemble performances and solid accompaniment guiding Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical through its 1938 Austrian backdrop and US adaptation.
A bridge hand from a club near the corner is recounted with a story of a tournament in a small French town last year. South wins the first trick with the king of clubs and tries to reach dummy by a spade to the king, East wins and returns a club forcing South to play trumps from his hand, aiming to limit trump losses to two. The tale is attributed to Jose.
The article explains optimal trump play to minimize loss when trumps break 2-2 or 3-2 and outlines a sequence starting with a low trump. It cites Nocti Southe Inerable and Le Dentu, discusses leading strategies after East wins ace of hearts, and covers bidding three spades with a 25 to 27 point combined strength to aim for game.
Anne Bancroft will return to Broadway next season to star opposite Jason Robards Jr. in John Whiting's The Devils, directed by Michael Cacoyannis for Alexander Cohen. Opening is set for November 2, with Bancroft playing a hunchbacked convent prioress and Robards a licentious priest.
The schedule lists showings at Capital Palace Berkshire Drive-In and other venues. Films include Cheyenne Autumn, Go Go Mania, Operation Snafu, Tom, Splendors of Paris, The Man Who Could Cheat Death, Dr Terror's House of Horrors, Faculty Bill, The Chapman Report, Blue Hawaii, and Beach Blanket Bingo with various start times and venues. The prices and exact times vary by theater.
Art critic notes Andrew Flagg’s watercolor show at the Berkshire Museum. He praises the jewel like seascapes and romantic landscapes but critiques rigid architectural pieces and overbright greens. The exhibition runs through May 30.
Rube Goldberg former cartoonist and commentator will speak to Albany Institute of History and Art members May 17 at 8 30 p m on A New Career at Eighty The lecture is part of the Institute s annual meeting.
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