Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 12, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page 14 Winnipeg free press saturday june 12, 1954 Rainbow stage set for july 7 opening plans Are Well under Way for the official opening of Winnipeg s outdoor Rainbow stage Donan Park july 7. In Kil philharmonic concerts Start oct. 10 the new York philharmonic symphony with Dimitri Mitrop have Len a n d r e a comedian As musical director will master of ceremonies for the variety concert which also Georges Paquin St. Boniface the two hour show which and Norman Howarth begin at 8.15 ., is to feature Persona Tor taking part As much Winnipeg Talent As pos sible. Choirs an orchestra comedians singers and an accordion band Are among the 12 numbers on the program. Volunteer artists All artists taking part in the opening show Are giving services voluntarily. Net proceeds from the show will go to the Rainbow stage fund to pro vide additional equipment for the outdoor theatre. Mayor Garnet Coulter will officially open the theatre. Speeches will be Given by Reg Hugo president of the civic music league and James Fraser chairman of the Board of Parks and recreation. Work is proceeding at Lull tilt and As Lonj As the weather co operates the seating area will be finished for the opening said t. R. Hodgson superintendent and Secretary of the Board of Parks and recreation. Or. Hodgson is also chairman of a committee set up to make arrangements for the stage opening. James Duncan is general coordinator of the program. Csc orchestra Eric wild Csc musical director in Winnipeg will conduct his orchestra As one of the Fea tured groups on the program. The orchestra will be appearing with the co operation of the Winnipeg musicians association. An 80-voice mixed choir from the ukrainian youth association for James Duncan program co Ortli Nitor opening Rainbow stage Jil vow music circles mourn death of adjudicator 1954 Manitoba musical directed by w. Kardash will sing ukrainian ukrainian songs anal about 30 Folk dancers from the Trident club directed by Walter Dudar will perform. The jewish Community choir directed by Cantor b. Brown Stone is also scheduled to take part As Well As Lowe s 22-piece accordion band. Bill Walker of Krc will be children s theatre Many festival competitors Deneri to learn of the sudden death in England May 30 of Frank Odell one of the four Bri Tish adjudicators who toured the Chain of Canadian music festivals this Spring. Word of or. Odell s death was received in Winnipeg by r. W. Cooke Secretary of the men s musical club and the Canadian federation of music festivals in Hess Grant Johannesen open its 25th consecutive season of weekly sunday broadcasts oct. 10. Or. Mitropoulos returning for his fourth season As musical director will conduct the orches tra during the 1954-1955 season for a total of 17 weeks including part of the orchestra s five week Spring tour to the West coast. Guest conductors Bruno Walter George Szell and Guido Cantelli will return As guest conductors with the philharmonic symphony. This will Mark the fourth season in which these conductors have served As colleagues in conducting the broadcasts of the orchestra. Franco Autori associate conductor of the orchestra for the past five years will return for his sixth consecutive season. Among the major highlights of the 25th broadcast season will be performances of the Brahms Ger Man requiem the Verdi requiem and the Beethoven ninth sym phony. Bruno Walter will conduct the Brahms requiem the Verdi opus will be heard under Guido Cantelli Andi the ninth symphony will be under the direction of Dimitri Mitropoulos. Eminent vocal soloists will be heard in these three works. The assisting chorus will be the Westminster choir under the direction of or. John Finley Williamson. Well known soloists to play next season pianist Walter Gie seeking will be heard for the first time since world War ii on the philharmonic broadcasts. Pietro Scarpini Brilliant italian pianist and composer will make his american debut with the philharmonic playing the Prokofieff piano concerto no. 2. Well known soloists returning to the philharmonic broadcasts will include pianists Claudio Arrau Rooert Casadesus Clifford cur Rudolf Firkusny Walter Gie seeking Gary Graffman Myra Pietro meeting thursday the annual meeting of the children s theatre of greater Winnipeg will be held at 8.15 Thursday in room 200, legislative building. A letter from or. Odell s and Rudolf Ter. According to the letter or. Odell had arrived at his Home in Morden Surrey May 28 after completing his four month Cross country tour in Canada. I the Day following his return i he was taken to Hospital where guest speaker will be shortly after of a heart Greta Douglas of the old Vic seizure according to his Daugh theatre school London England. Miss Douglas will be in Winnipeg Ter. Or. Odell had adjudicated jul a insists Mischa Elman Zino fran Cescatti Yehudi Menuhin Nathan Milstein Erica Morini and Joseph Szigeti and cellist Raya Garbou to examine for the Trinity col Junior classes at the festival this lege of music. Chamber music four chamber music Seren Ades consisting or works by Beethoven Mozart Haydn Dvorak and Giardini will be Given in Lake Constance Ger Many this summer according to the German tourist information office. The Schmitt Bohn Trio of Constance with guest stars will perform july 9 and 23 and August 6 and 20. Spring. It was his first visit to Canada As a festival adjudicator although he had twice appeared Here in earlier years As a Singer. 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A special feature will be made of the witches who Are of vital importance in the play. Relying on their false prophecies Mac Beth wades through blood to a despairing death while his wife collapsing under the Strain ends her life the two leading roles of lady Macbeth and Macbeth will be played by Mary Godwin and Earle Grey who has portrayed Macbeth in the famous shake Speare company of sir Philip Ben Greet in England. King Dun can victim of Macbeth s Ambi Tion will be played by James Annand the witches Donald sin Clair Fraser Macdonald and Muriel Macduff by Glynne Morris a re cent arrival from England the Porter by Charles Palmer who is also stage director of the festival. Others in the cast will be Rex Devlin Daniel Hyatt David Gale Robert Mcleod an Thony Grey Michael Richard Rayfield. Green and Sandka Sisler Peggy Anne Truscott these two Winnipeg musicians this week were named winners of the women s musical club scholarship awards totalling miss Sisler a 16-year-old pianist of 39 Silvia Street won the top award of amt Fng the 20 applicants who were auditioned last sunday. Miss Truscott a 23-year old contralto of 164 Harrow Street received second prize of both musicians consistent musical festival winners. Miss Sisler won the Beryl Ferguson trophy at the 1953 festival and the Aikins trophy top instrumental trophy at the 1954 festival. Miss Truscott was 1954 Winner of the Rose bowl at the musical festival and was awarded the top prize in the Manitoba registered music teach ers association 1953 series of scholarship concerts. Judges of the women s musical club scholarship auditions were or. Frank Blachford of Toronto Howard Leyton Brown of Regina and Chester Duncan of Winnipeg. Music festival group to hold meet june 29 . Pair to conduct music exams a musician and a speech arts specialist Are coming from Lon Don England to conduct examinations in Winnipeg for the Trinity College of music London. The Winnipeg examinations will begin monday and last until thursday at St. Edward s school Arlington Street. Edgar Moy a pianist organist and composer will judge All music classes while miss Greta Douglas principal of the old Vic theatre school will examine All speech classes. Miss Douglas will also be guest speaker at the annual meeting of j the children s theatre of greater Winnipeg thursday evening or. Moy who was born and educated in London has composed and published works for Many instruments As Well As two three and four part songs. With Alec Rowley he has Given Public and broadcast recitals of piano duets. He has also conducted examinations for Trinity College in new zealand and Australia. After receiving Early training in drama with a Liverpool com Pany and at London s old v i c theatre miss Douglas had a school of her own for the arts in the 1930 s. She was principal of the Eastbourne school of elocution and drama and then taught in the Central school of speech and dramatic Art before becom ing vice principal and later Prin Cipal of old Vic theatre school. A specialist in the training of the speaking voice miss Doug Las is Well known As an examiner adjudicator and lecturer. Genera sessions of the fifth an Nual meeting and conference of he Canadian federation music festivals will begin at 2 ., june 29 at the fort Garry hotel. Fifty delegates from coast to coast Are expected to Register for the three Day meeting at which Mutual problems affecting music festivals will be discussed. The federation s annual dinner will be Leld at June 30 when1 t. W. Kent associate editor of he Winnipeg free press will be just speaker. Following the dinner a Short musical program will be presen de by the Winnipeg boys choir conducted by Donald Leggat the win Cipal Sparling school choir in the Chain of Canadian music festivals will be announced at the dinner meeting. Morning and afternoon business sessions will continue june 30 and july l Between . Until 12 noon and from 2 to 5 Is expected to its business of july 1. The City Man plans liturgical music record society Winni Eggers interested in i ,.turgical music and in particular Shnider and Karen with the choral work of Toron Ann Borthistle Winnipeg pianists i to s St. Mary Magdalen Church conducted and. Pearl by Glen Harrison All Winnipeg Talent opera set for wednesday All Winnipeg Talent will take this Type the Lowland sea has part in the chamber opera the Lowland sea which will be one of the features on the Csc wednesday night program next week. The opera will be broadcast be tween 8 and 9 June 16 on cow. Eric wild will conduct the chamber opera which will be presented by a 27-piece orchestra and 24-voice choir trained by James Duncan with nine soloists and two speaking parts a remembering composer of the opera Alex Wilder and the librettist Arnold , have described their work As a remembering of the sea and sea songs of dunes harbours of voyaging of Lone Liness of waiting. It is hoped that it will seem familiar to anyone who has walked or wanted to walk the streets of Nantucket a plot in addition to some very tuneful and sentimental songs. The plot of the opera is Johnny Lee leaves his Sweet heart d o r i e Davis and sails away from scar let town in the ship scar let sail commanded by Cap Tain Jessie. Dorie Waits and Longs. In Singapore Dorraugh just As the ship sails homeward Johnny Falls ill with malaria and has to be left behind. The scar let sail flounders off Cape hat Teras and is lost with All hands. At Home Dorie is wooed by with this will be the choir s 13th and final performance of the seas on. Or. Leggat will the City june 30 to summer in England. Where or. Healey Willan is organist and choir director have be leaving i been invited by a Winnipeg Man spend t h e to form a record society. Organizer of the record society the two National festival Winnipeg is Ross. Murray of adult 485 Wellington Crescent. Or. Moore forced to give up role Stratford ont. Mabr Moore has had to relinquish the role of Petrucho in this sum Mer s production of the taming of the shrew at the Stratford shakespearean festival. Last week or. Moore fell and broke two ribs and while he at tempted to continue rehearsals for the athletic part the injury worsened. With less than three weeks of crucial rehearsals left i he has had to withdraw. Or. Moore will continue with his role of Escalus in measure for measure and take an Active part in the direction of the drama course. The part of Petrucho will be played by William Needles. The festival will open june 28. Or has waited for the evening i mail boat at until Solo singers who will be heard in the hour Long work include Marilyn Duffus Mezzo Soprano As Dorie Davis o r v i 11 e Der Raugh baritone As Johnny Lee Dorie s Sweet heart James Duncan b a r i tone As Captain Jessie Glen Harrison Tenor As n a t h a Niel Hazard Mary Gynn so Duffus Prano As Hannah Kathleen Brown Soprano As Belinda. The part of. Amos the ship s doctor will be taken by Jean Charbonneau while Nathaniel s three children will be enacted by Douglas Howland Arthur Jan zen and Patricia Hutcheson. The opera is designed primarily for presentation by College school and Community groups. The libretto was written on a Grant from the j. S. Guggenheim me Morial foundation. Unlike other productions of Nathaniel Hazard a widower three attractive children. Rejects All his attentions a ship sails into Scarlet town with the news that Captain Jessie and All hands Are lost. When she hears this Dorie finally accepts Nathaniel s proposal. Johnny at last comes Home to find Dorie wed to Nathaniel. New Delhi Elizabeth has approved sending part of the Royal stamp collection for exhibition at the International philatelic exhibition Here oct. 1, Mark ing the Centenary of Indian postage and children s choirs taking part City lutheran churches plan choir festival Murray Hopes that enough people Robin Hood Dell concerts Start june 21 Philadelphia s Robin Hood Dell the lutheran choir m the playhouse theatre under the auspices the Winnipeg la Heran ministerial association. Selections on the program will include performances by choirs of redeemer our Savior a holy Oss Imanuel St. Marks St. Johns Christ memorial churches and the lutheran Church if the Cross. Singing of the combined choirs will conclude the program. Solos will be Sung by miss Shirley Sackrison of St. Mark s lutheran and miss Ruth weit Zel of Christ lutheran. Rev. T. Hanson will give an address. Here will be interested in the music of or. Willan s choir to form a group which would have i concerts will begin their six week the Opportunity of hearing re i season of. Free concerts june 21 when Pierre Monte duct the orchestra and Roberta Peters Soprano will be soloist. During the rest of the summer season there will be three con certs each week. The conductors will be Andre Kostelanetz Vlad Imir Golschmann Alexander Hilsberg William Steinberg and Krich Reinsdorf and the soloists will include Jose Iturbi Lily Pons Yehudi Menuhin and Alicia Mark i corded performances by the to Vine re Pierre Monteux will Civ Ronto choir. The choir of the High anglican festival j Church specializes in singing Early will be held at 8.15 Sunday i Church music by such composers As palestrina and Byrd and in four and five part masses. Membership in the record so piety would enable members to receive records made at recitals and rehearsals of the St. Mary Magdalen choir or. Murray said. Elsie Waldman a. A. Zimmerman present sonata recital featuring works by Willan Elcar Delius Schumann tuesday june 15th 8.30 76 Smith Street Auto Toons get to at need Money for Down payment or repairs on an Auto. Repair or Down payment on a Home or other worthy purposes now you can get that Cash on your Auto promptly and simply at . Drive it to bringing proof of ownership. On approval get Cash. Of course you keep your phone or come in today for ten mat loan on your Auto. Loans also on signature or furniture. 5 loom to on signature furniture or Auto 4 convenient offices in Winnipeg area i floor room 213, Mitchell Copp building 114 am. Cor. My tit my ind floor room a 411 Porlares Avenue Opp. City floor Romih 112, Childs building Cor. Port ire Avenue Mir Iii us my Brandon.107 7th Street 2nd floor. 5397 Quick lunch hour Loon service far buy open evenings by appointment for evening Houts Modi la re ideals Oil a rounding Lewiw personal firn i Cempini ctn Rii new York City opera to use Only revivals As Economy measure new York the new York Gity opera v company have been instructed make any commitments for new productions this fall. A season Only of revivals was decreed recently by directors of the new York City Centre of Musi the economic and drama reason for the phone 74-2435 14 decree appeared later when it was announced that the Centre s operating loss for the year was unless some further change of plans is announced the decree Means the shelving of Menotti s new opera the Saint of Bleecker Street and makes unlikely the presentation of such possible works As Massenet s be jongleurs de notre Dames Bellini s la Sonnambula and Stravinsky s the Nightingale. Composer Stravinsky gets High Honor russian born composer Igor Stravinsky 71, received the Gold medal of the Royal philharmonic society Britain s highest musical distinction at a recent concert in London s Royal festival Hall. In return the world famed com Poser now a . Citizen who makes his Home near Holly Wood conducted the Royal Phil harmonic orchestra in some of his own works before a cheering capacity audience of boys choir concert the Winnipeg boys choir con ducted by Donald Leggat gave its 12th performance of the sea son recently at Transcona s Mem orial United Church Hall. A Sec Tion of Anne or Chestra also took part in the pro Gram. The choir has one More scheduled performance before it agents for Allied Van lines Ltd. Long distance movers concludes its activities Lor the season. Less familiar Berlioz music to be broadcast some of the Jess familiar music of the 19th Century French com Poser Hector Berlioz will make up the program of your invitation to music this sunday. The program will be broadcast at 2 On cow. Music commentator James fas sett will have As his guest Dun can s. Robinson Nice president newly formed Berlioz society. Or. Robinson will discuss the function and Aims of his organization. The program will open with an excerpt from Berlioz opera the trojans at Carthage played in a French recording by the conservatory concerts orchestral society conducted by Hermann Scherchel. The fantasia on Shakespeare s the tempest from Berlioz Lyric melodrama work to be Lelio is the next heard. Scored for a Large orchestra vocal soloists chorus and narrator it will be heard in a recording by the new Paris symphony association con ducted by Rene Leibowitz. The remainder of the program will be devoted to three excerpts from Berlioz sacred trilogy the infancy of Christ including her of s drear i the flight into Egypt and the arrival at Sais. Thomas Scherman conducts the Little orchestra society in this newly issued Columbia recording with Mary Devenport and mar tial singher As soloists with the choral arts society. Cologne orchestra Eugene Ormandy will conduct he Cologne broadcasting orches tra in a concert consisting of works by Hindemith Stravinsky an4 Beethoven in reckling Hausen Germany on july 11. His West appearance is part of the Ruhr festival plays held annually in Recklin Hausen under the auspices of the German federation of labor to take place this year from june 18 to july 30. Other highlights of the 1954 Festi Val will be an Art exhibition and three plays for the Ruhr performances of staged especially festival Ibsen s peer gent Gogol s the controller and the German premiere of to. S Eliot s the confidential clerk. International convention of the Independent assemblies of god for Canada and the .a. Presents Rev. 0. L. 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