KOUSSEVITSKY TO CONDUCT GLEE CLUB ON APRIL 16

M. Serge Koussevitsky, leader of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has recently accepted an invitation to lead the University Glee Club in the Brahms "Requiem", which will be performed at Symphony Hall on April 16. For the first time since his arrival in this country, M. Koussevitsky will act as guest conductor, and the concession is purely complimentary to the Glee Club. When interviewed by a CRIMSON reporter, he stated that he liked the chorus immensely, and admired the work it is doing in the field of choral music. Consequently he was pleased to accept the offer made by the club's regular conductor, Dr. A. T. Davison '06, particularly so because the Requiem, one of Brahms greatest works, is a favorite with him.

Will Require Large Accompaniment

It is a particularly ambitious undertaking, and will require an accompaniment of 60 members of the Symphony Orchestra, about 125 voices from the Radcliffe Choral Society, and an equal number of Glee Club men. In addition, two professional concert singers have been chartered to do the baritone and soprano solos which occur from time to time. It is on account of the elaborate preparation required in the production, that the "Requiem" is very rarely heard in Boston.

To conduct this array of voices and instruments through a piece certainly not noted for its simplicity, is an undertaking worthy of Boston's greatest Symphonic leader. Born at Tver, in the north of Russia, M. Koussevitsky began the study of music very early in life. At the age of twelve he led the Municipal Orchestra in a brilliant concert, and was considered the prodigy of the age. Later he played the double bass in the Moscow Imperial Orchestra, until he again took up conducting.

During the last 20 years, M. Koussevitsky has acquired much fame at his work in England, Paris, and Leningrad, where he has done much to promote the modern school of music.