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...from 1-2 p.m. in its garden (Kirkland St. and Divinity Ave.). The public is Divinity Ave.), The public is invited free of charge, and lunches may be brought. Each Wednesday the selection is related to a work of art. Next week: Mozard, Cost fan tutte; Hindemith, Mathis der Maler (Wed.); Schuller's Seven Studies on Themes by Paul Klee (Wed.): Stravinsky's Apollon Musagete; and Schubert's Octet...
...postwar generation of German composers consists principally of Hans Werner Henze and Karlheinz Stockhausen, two talented avantgardists. Among conductors, only Wolfgang Sawallisch stands out. But the articles' authors (Music Instructors Wilhelm Maler, Wolfgang Fortner and Wilhelm Twittenhoff) are most worried by the lack of instrumentalists. Not since World War II has a German contestant won first prize at a major international music competition, while Russia and the U.S., they point out, have virtually a corner on the market...
...Russia there are 1,800 state-supported primary music schools, 160 four-year technical schools, 22 five-year conservatories, plus an assortment of "houses of culture" for workers' unions. Conditions in the U.S. are also impressive. One in six American youngsters plays an instrument, report Maler & Co., as compared to one in every 16 German youngsters. The reason? Most American schools provide two hours of music instruction weekly through the first six grades. Part of the trouble in Germany, say the educators, is that schools do not detect talent early enough...
...Thomas Stewart, 31, was a surprise success as Amfortas in last summer's Parsifal at Bayreuth. Florida-born Negro Soprano Maroyne Betsch, 25, won rave reviews for her Salome with the Braunschweig Opera. In Bern, Tennessee-born Chloë Owen made outstanding debuts in Lohengrin and Mathis der Maler. Minnesota-born Bass-Baritone Keith Engen, 35, one of the stars of the Munich Opera, is so idolized in Germany that he obligingly changed the spelling of his first name to "Kieth" to make it easier for audiences...
...great tidal wave of the orchestra, and, as the scenes go by, the music becomes more lyrical until at the end no one notices that the style is difficult and unfamiliar; the drama and the music have become a single experience in the listener's mind. Mathis der Maler is one of the most moving works of 20th century...