Sounds of Summer; 1; Casals Concert in Puerto Rico; Interview with Pablo Casals
- Series
- Sounds of Summer
- Episode Number
- 1
- Episode
- Casals Concert in Puerto Rico
- Raw Footage
- Interview with Pablo Casals
- Producing Organization
- National Educational Television and Radio Center
- Contributing Organization
- Thirteen WNET (New York, New York)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/75-46254jtz
- NOLA Code
- SDSS
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- Description
- Episode Description
- This episode is the first in NET's weekly coverage of summer festivals consisting of classical, jazz, folk music, opera, and dance. It contains three works played during the opening concert of the Festival Orchestra at the Festival Casals, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Series host Steve Allen introduces the episode and comments on the music and on the festival. In addition, there may be interviews with leading musical figures. The festival is the creation of the 92-year-old cellist Pablo Casals. Devoted exclusively to classical works, it is considered one of the world's most prestigious musical events. An earlier Bach festival had been established by Casals in 1950 in Prades, France. However, in 1957, he moved the festival to Puerto Rico as a tribute to his mother's birthplace. Mr. Casals, now a resident of San Juan, has conducted and performed in many of the festival programs, which take place in the Theater of the University of San Juan. The program consists of 3 works: 1. Symphony #38 in D Major, K. 504, "The Prague," by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - a work which premiered in 1787, during Mozart's lauded visit to the Czechoslovak capital. Mr. Casals conducts the Festival Orchestra in this work. 2. Concerto for Oboe, strings, and continuo in B Flat Major by George Frideric Handel (composed around 1740.) Conductor is Alexander Schneider, a noted violinist and co-founder of the original Prades Festival. Soloist is Harry Shulman, a featured performer at each of the Casals music festivals. 3. Concerto in A Minor, Opus 102, for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra by Johannes Brahms - a work written for the great violinist Josef Joachim and first performed in 1887 in Cologne, Germany, with Cellist Robert Hausmann. Casals is conductor of the work. Soloists are violinist Yehudi Menuhin, one of the world's greatest virtuosos, and cellist Leslie Parnas, winter of the "Prix Pablo Callas" at the International Cello Concours in Paris. Sounds of Summer - "Casals in Puerto Rico" is a production of NET, made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Running Time: 120 minutes. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- This Sunday evening series presents summer festival programs of classical and folk music, opera, jazz, and the dance from across the United States and from Europe, host by Steve Allen. The 18 episodes that comprise the series were originally recorded in color on videotape. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Broadcast Date
- 1969-06-01
- Asset type
- Raw Footage
- Genres
- Performance
- Topics
- Music
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Conductor: Casals, Pablo
Conductor: Schneider, Alexander
Director: Squier, Robert D.
Executive Producer: Gilbert, Craig
Host: Allen, Steve
Performer: Parnas, Leslie
Performer: Shulman, Harry
Performer: Menuhin, Yehudi
Producer: Squier, Robert D.
Producing Organization: National Educational Television and Radio Center
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Thirteen - New York Public Media (WNET)
Identifier: wnet_aacip_80112 (WNET Archive)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Original
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Sounds of Summer; 1; Casals Concert in Puerto Rico; Interview with Pablo Casals,” 1969-06-01, Thirteen WNET, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 22, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-46254jtz.
- MLA: “Sounds of Summer; 1; Casals Concert in Puerto Rico; Interview with Pablo Casals.” 1969-06-01. Thirteen WNET, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 22, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-46254jtz>.
- APA: Sounds of Summer; 1; Casals Concert in Puerto Rico; Interview with Pablo Casals. Boston, MA: Thirteen WNET, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-46254jtz