Program for "The Composer Speaks" at Town Hall, New York, Monday evening, January 21, 1974, featuring the Argentine composer with the Aeolian Chamber Players (Lewis Kaplan, musical director) and guest pianist Hilde Somer, signed by Ginastera in blue ballpoint across his printed name. The program included J. C. Bach's Divertissement in D for two flutes and strings (New York premiere), Mozart's Sonata in B-flat, K. 454, Ginastera's Piano Sonata (1952) played by Somer, and George Crumb's Vox Balaenae; the series continued with Marvin David Levy, Jacob Druckman and Luciano Berio. 4 pp., with a Rosoff's restaurant advertisement to the back. Centre fold, light toning. 9.75 x 6.75 inches; 24.5 x 17 cm. Scarce.
Ginastera, the leading Argentine composer of his generation, had settled in Geneva by the time of this New York appearance. The Austrian-born pianist Hilde Somer (1922–1979) was a noted champion of his piano music.
Program for "The Composer Speaks" at Town Hall, New York, Monday evening, January 21, 1974, featuring the Argentine composer with the Aeolian Chamber Players (Lewis Kaplan, musical director) and guest pianist Hilde Somer, signed by Ginastera in blue ballpoint across his printed name. The program included J. C. Bach's Divertissement in D for two flutes and strings (New York premiere), Mozart's Sonata in B-flat, K. 454, Ginastera's Piano Sonata (1952) played by Somer, and George Crumb's Vox Balaenae; the series continued with Marvin David Levy, Jacob Druckman and Luciano Berio. 4 pp., with a Rosoff's restaurant advertisement to the back. Centre fold, light toning. 9.75 x 6.75 inches; 24.5 x 17 cm. Scarce.
Ginastera, the leading Argentine composer of his generation, had settled in Geneva by the time of this New York appearance. The Austrian-born pianist Hilde Somer (1922–1979) was a noted champion of his piano music.