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l 'ELIJAH,"OlY PROGRAM

I Balladists, Pianists[Eileen Farrell Star

A t Brevard F estivalBy HELEN KNOX SPAIN

High in the rul'tl{ed grandeur of the Great Smoky Mountains in the picturesque area of the Pisgah and NantahalaNational Forest, musicians come together each summer formaking and listening to music.

Just outside or the friendly Httlelown of Brevard, N. C . on the siteof the Transylvania MUsic Camp ,

I th e Brevard Music Festival in

August holds forth in the quaintrustic open-lIlr ~ h e d . Two ~ e r i e s ot concert., IIrc presenterl on consecutive week enrls, under l h ~ auspices ot the Brevard MusicFestival F o ~ m d a t i o r . .

This summer the concerh will 'be given on Aug. 7, 10, 11, 12 an dAug, 14, 17, 18, 19. 'I'he oUeringsfo r th e opening series includesa ballad singeran authority onfolklore, c 0 n

c e r t ~ hy a dramatic sopranoand violinist;l;nd " lecturer.The closing ~ c t fl f ~ o n c e r t ~ willhe ~ i v e n hy acomp05er and

collector or Colk:h a l l a d ~ , a concert by a duopiano tE'am Andclimaxing with 011" I l ~ _ . .

two performances of the oratorio,"The Elijah"

The Brev.ud Fe<lt\va\ Orch . ~ t r a , under the baton or Jltm('s C ( l r l ~ -tian Pfohl, will he heard in tourconcerb dunng the festival.

Susan Reed, the enchantingSouth CaroUIlII ballad singer, willopen the festivaL on Tuesday, 8 : 1 ~ p. m., Aug. 7. EIIl'en Farrell.hailed as one of the excilingvoices ot the century, will he thesoloist with the Festival Orchestraat 8 : 1 ~ p. m. on Aug. 10 an d Ii .

Olin Downes , music critic of theNew York T i m e ~ , will discuss I

"Being Your Own Critic," at 41"p. m., Aug. 11, ,Je anne MitchI'll,brilliant North C.'I.rolina viohnist,considered jn the fint rank amongthe younger generation ot. c o n c ~ r t 1artists, will be the s o l O l ~ t WIththe Ferlh'al Orchestra at 4 p. m' lon Aug. 12.. ohn J. NUes, folklorist. will Rive a IE'cture-recltalat 8:15 p. m. Aug. 14. The re nowned duo-pianists, Luboshulzand Nemenoff, will appear with

the Festival Orchestra at 8:15 p.m. Aug. 17 and 18 "The Elijah"by Mendelssohn will be given bythe Festival O r c h e ~ t r a and Chorusat 2:30 p. m. and 8:15 p. m. Aug.19. The s o l o i s t ~ In the oratorio

Iperformance are Nn!'ma Heyde,

: soprano, Gloria Gonano. contralto,;James SchwI'lbacher, tenor and. A ~ d r e w Whitp, baritone.-'-""'" r -

II Tickets may be had singly at , !$3 each at the gate. or hy ~ p e c i ~ l itypes ot membershIp rangmg m ,prices from $12 to $50. I

• • •THE STORY of this music-mak

ing had it s start some 16 yearsago with John Christian Pfohl.the 'dreamer. For the benefit ot26 music-loving high school boys, 1ht! held a summer session on the 'campus of Davidson Co!!!!ge inDavidson, N. C. From t h i ~ humble ,beginning, it has achieved a bea';l- itiful campsite, the Transylvam1l

Music Camp at Brevard. Its en - ;rollment iJ limited to 150, dividedequally hetween boys and girlsand a staff of 60 instructors andcounselors. Mr. Pfohl was once II ,

winner o( the Hi,l!h School Schol- 'arship to the National Music Campat Interlocken, Mich.I The Brevard Music Festival was .inaugunted during the third sea- 'son of Camp Transylvania on its ,present site. At the end of thesix-week camp season a group oforcht!stra players of outstanoing ,

talent and experience move into ;the camp cabins. They, togetherwith members of the Camp staffand advanced pupils who havemerited the privilege of remaining for the Festival, make up the70-piece Brevard Festival Orchestra. Nationally celebrated starsappear each summer as the soloists.

The Brevard Music Foundation,Inc . has grown out of the MusicFestivBJ Association. I t was or

.nized by a group of forward_

looking citizens of the town fort h ~ purpose of sponsoring lhi5series of annual concerts. Theircompetent and consistent effortsunder the leadership of the f i r ~ t president of the Foundation , Mrs.Henry N. Carrier, and the presentpresident, F. S. Best and the di -

red"r. Mr. Pfohl. have made pos_sible the larger project. The F6-

IIval is now in its sixth ~ e a s o n .

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LUBOSHUTZ AND NEMENOFF, DUO-PIANISTS

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Balanced Festival Program

The announcement of the 1951 artists

who will appear here in the Brevard Mu-&i.e Festival is good news for all boosters

who have been desirous of obtaining a

more varied program here and yetc o n t i n ~

'(ling with the high caliber of musicians

who appear. Each of the soloists repre

sents an accomplishment in the chosen

field of music, which this year will achieve

a balance never before attained by the

music classic. IEileen Farrell, soprano, has been called

"one of the two greatest dramatic so-pranos of our time." The d u o ~ p i a n i s t s , Luboshutz and Nemenoff, are the mostpopular piano team today. The violinist,

.TeaJJ.ne Mitchell, native of North Carolina,

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------------------------ ,IBrevard Music Festiva I Drive

Is Now Underway, President ISays Early Response Good '

o = t = m : : 1-Ieyde, who is no strang- 1cr e r e . having appeared last sum- IThouaanda Of Two-Color e d

. in Verdi's I Folders Mai led Out. Event" ! ' ~ t I U i , ' ! " .." com- Opene August 7

list ofc:;:cc,'_-,c_

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A concerted membership driveIfor the sixth annual Brevard Mu-sic Festival is now underway. andIccording to Walter K. Straus,president and membership chairman, the response this year is bet- I

ter than ever.C. M. Douglas and Jerry Je-

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rome, who are now canvassing~ u s i n e s s e s and industries of thecounty, report that the local SUP"Iport of the music enterprise ismore than gratifying.

Thousands of the two-color fold·ers have been mailed out with eD·closed membership applications,Mr. Straus said, and he has re-

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elved many of them In retutn'L _ with checks. He advises local per-

concertEaster

M i s ~ Heyde was soloist in Dubois'"Se'/en Last Words" at Winston

Salem under the direction of Mr.Pfohl. She also appeared thilspring with the chamber. group atDuke UniverSity, conducted by Allen Bene.

-.o n ~ who have not done so to pur

chase their tickets immediately., There are less than Ulree weeks

before the opening concert on August 7th," Mr. Straus points out,-'snd we would like to have mon

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Party Planned

ISaturday By

. CogginsesMr. and Mrs. George COfI'lI'lns of

419 Beaucatcher Drive wI\! entertainwith a cocktail party 8a.turdayfrom 5 I.e! 7 p. m. In their homehonoring Dr. Thor J o h n ~ o n . con·ducoor of the Cincinnati SymphonyOrchestra.

The event also wlll trcmor Dr. Vit· I

torto Gianlnn!. c o m p o ~ e r , and his 'wife, of New York City, and Mrs.C. H. Detmer and son, Roger Detmer. or CincinnatI.

Dr. Johnson, the Glanlnnls and .the Detmen will spend m05t ot taeVlCek at the Transylvania Musie

Camp. where Dr. Johnson will con·Iduct the Tnlnsylvanla Orchestra attheir C(lncert Sunday. One of Dr.Olaninni's compollitions will be

I played at that time. Dr. Johnsonalso will conduct a nwnber at thePops Concert to be held hereday, July 23.

MUSIC FROM TOM

•Concert

BRF.VARD-Dr. Tho r Johnson.Iconductor of the Cincinnati Sym·

,pbony IIna trustee of the Brevard IMusic Foundation, is a visitor tbls !week at Transylvania Music Camp.

He will conduct the cl'lmp O f

chestra In concert Sunday after-,noon. I

Appearing as soloist on the concert Sunday at 4 p. m. will be Da-!vld Smith. pianist. who has been

Iheralded as "The American Horo""Itz."

The Transylvania C h 0 r u s. dl·rected by Lester McCoy. will alsoappear on the Sunday concert.

Other programs scbeduled fo r

Ithe coming week include the regu·la r band concert Frlaay at 8:15

p. m. with Mrs. James ChristianPfohl as plano soloist.Pfohl wI!! give a special lecturp

Saturday night on "What Is AnOrchestra." planned to prepare audiences for better appreciation offuture camp and festival concerts.

His talk and a dtscussion periodwith questions will be followed by

a square dance with music by th eEcusta String Band and "Speedy"Jones calling.

At th e Tuesday evening chambermusic faculty program, Smith willaga.ln be soloist, playing the BelaBartolr. Concerto No. 3 for pianoand orchestra.

In addition to Dr. Johnson. an·s other outstanding mUSician, V I t·_ torla G! ann 1, is visiting at ther camp with his wife this week. Ohm·r nl Is II. composer Rnd faculty memo_ ber at Julllard Schoo! of Music.,'. l i '_.:r . D __ a

One of the great din:)ensions or concert at Grove Park Inn by the

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'600 Persons

Hear NilesAt Festival,f .

•Brevard-Some 600 persons heaxd pianists, appear with the Brevard

John Jacob Niles sing ballads and Festival Symphony Orchestra undercarols from his cOllection of folk direction of James Christian Pfohl.songs Tuesday night as fI . feature ofthe Brevard M u ~ i c Festival.

Acclaimed throughout the country as a leading folklorist, Nilesaccompanied himself witl1 threedulcimers of different keys. A

Jlumber of his selections were hisown compoSitions.

"Barbary Allen," "The Hangman,""You Got to Cross tha t LonesomeValley," "J Wonder as I Wander,"

and "Go 'Way From My Window"were among selectlOrnl On Niles' program.

The next festival programs will beFriday and Saturday at 8:15 p. m.,when Luboshutz and Nemenoff, duo-

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THE FIRST POPS CONCERT OF THE SEASONwas presented last night in Grove Park Inn by th e T ran

sylvania Music Camp faculty orchestra. A large audience

gave enthusiastic evidence of its appreciation fo r James

Christian Pfohl', leadership of the orchestra and of th e

t"lent of soloist Andrew White. PEohl, in th e centcr of th e

oicture, is directing th e attention of the audience to th e

--'orchestra. composed fo r th e most part of members of sym.

phony orchestras throughout the country, during an inter

lude in the program. White, a baritone. sang operlltic and

popular airs and the orchestra presented a well_balanced

and crisply executed program of numbers by Smetana.

Mozart, Benjamin Britten. Stix-Ormandy and Bruden.

(Citizen Photo)

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Famous "Elijah" Trtlimax 1951 Brevard Festival

Four Solois ts Have Lead I Roles In Oratorio. Back-

ground Is Given

I By FRANCES WALKER

When the sixth annua l Brevard I ;\fusic Fest ival ends on Sunday ,

August 19th , it will be on a h ig h,dear note (if beauty echoing across the mounta in s probably the most

I dramatic oratorio ever writ ten , "The Elijah" by Mendelssohn-Barthald y.

I "The Eli jah," which climaxes 1 he seven programs here ill Au-

I ust, will be given in two perfo rm -

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,mces on Sunday, in order to ta ke to re of the tremendous au dience

I expec ted to come from all ovcr the South . The first concert wil t be at 2:30 and the second a t 8:15

IP. m.

Four so lo ists wil l s ing the lead of th is lamed work, accom

panied by th e fu l l festival symphony o rchestra , and a cho rus of

over 100 voices. The cho rus wil l be m ade up of students and instructors of the camp, s ingers of B revard , A sheville and other communities.

Few musicians have ever been so many-sided in the man ifesta tion I of his gen iu s as was thc Elijah'scomposer, Mendelssohn. His work' is calle d a succession of bea

u ties , and since its f irs t p erfo rm ance in B irm ingham , Eng land , in 1846, the en thus iasm for i t has remained the same.

Andrew Whit e, who sings the

" ' I Elijah, is now vocal in-at thecamp, and been ac

d,im,d _ highly audi

, his ap-11 here

at Ashe-vill e Pops cer ts . Mr. W hite

membermu s ic

m en t of he

School o f Fine Arts at Drake Univers ity in Iowa. H is concert and rad io reputation has become well

after a career, indudmg three years as solo ist w ith F 'red W aring, appearance w ith the Detro i t Symphony, the t i t le role in Mozart' s "Don Giova n n i" at the Hunter College p la

yhouse in New York, and other no tab le achievemeri ts. He was se lec ted as one of the

ten outstanding young music ians in the country in 1941 by the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Other soloists in "The Eli jah"will be Norma Heyde, soprano;James Schwabaciler, tenor; and

G lori a Gonano,

;;'li";;,,, and in.. has

with the

a s socra- t-

'h' oc ,nd g rees in She has

, with which

he appeared during the most cenl season .

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