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(Contiau«d from paf« l) Orchestra and! interest in the ex. periment is keen. . * Admission free. Broadcast, WGMS, Washington,
i £fc C; FM |l03L5v AM 570. ■"The unique combination of the music of carillon bells and orchestra
comes to yjou on this evening’s program because of a chairj^ofimpcoincidence*.■)<;;, r'' 4-I.n# \ f- LaSalle Spier, president <rf the Washington Composer’s Club, has for years, with Mrs. Spier, enjoyed vacationing in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, particularly in the area of the friendly town of Luray and the Shenandoah National Park. In 1937 a Singing Tower with its carillon of 47 bells, waf
given to the jj>eool<* of Luray by the late Col. T.C. Northcott and his daughter. Mrs. Katherine Nor.' : thcott Graves, with an endowment fof^recitals in perpetuity, as a memorial to M'C Graves’ mother, > Belle Brown Northcott. ’ The beautiful bell music from this from the it ammoth instrument was for Mr 5 pier an enirchment of his experience and a new avenue for his artistic ^expression. was
ind was immediateithe
idea of its ex*
relopmynt.* '
During the fallowing years Mr. Spie1' composed : twenty .seven pieces—forthe Luw Singing Tower wh jehartv frequently played on the programs there, Last year he enlisted the interest of Mr. Richard Bales. Conductor of The National Gallery Otghestra, in the idea of a Concerto, for^ carillon and live ■orchestra, whereupon Mr. Bales commissioned him to write the composition you will hear this evefasinated bv it/ Iv intrigued pforation and
ning “Concerto
Pastorale for Carfllo and Orchestra,” the first major work written for this combination.
The solo carfljlon part, recorded at Luray, Va., by Charles T.
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