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...PRADES (July 27-Aug. 9), a small French town near the Spanish border, is notable for the presence of its director, Cellist Pablo Casals. Joining Casals for concerts in the Gothic church...
Beyond the large, established sessions of summer music in Vienna (through June 20), Lucerne (Aug. 14-Sept. 9), Salzburg (July 26-Aug. 31), Holland (June 15-July 15), Edinburgh (Aug. 22-Sept. 11) and Glyndebourne (through Aug. 15), there are several smaller, off-the-beaten-track music festivals of special interest. Herewith a sampling of the most distinctive...
...PROVENCE (July 11-Aug. 1), a historic spa 17 miles north of Marseille, traditionally provides the most exciting of the French festivals. Held in the torchlighted, tapestry-draped courtyard of the archbishop's palace, the event will feature, in addition to its annual Mozart cycle (Cosi fan Tutte, Die Zauberflote), concerts by Sopranos Regine Crespin and Teresa Stich-Ran dall, Violinist Igor Oistrakh and the Smith-Princeton Chamber Chorus...
...MENTON (Aug. 1-25), on the French Riviera, mixes chamber music with the murmur of the sea. Performances are held in the centuries-old square of St. Michel's Church, which affords a panoramic view of the surrounding lemon groves and the port. Highlights include concerts by Pianists Byron Janis and Van Cliburn and a Schubert recital by Soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf...
...COMBLAIN-LA-TOUR (July 31-Aug. 1), a hamlet 18 miles south of Liege, Belgium, will hold its sixth annual jazz festival, compliments of Impresario Joe Napoli, who founded the event as repayment for the kindness shown to him by the villagers when he was a G.I. fighting in the Battle of the Bulge. Staged in the village meadow, the program will feature artists from eight countries, including the Woody Herman Band, Saxophonist John Coltrane, the Prague Dixieland Band, Germany's Woodhouse Stompers and Blues Singer Tany Golon from Katanga...