# programme notes #

"There is always the possiblity that one will encounter among the ephemera a full-blown masterpiece such as George Crumb's Ancient Voices of Children, which had its premiere here yesterday at the Library of Congress's 14th Festival of Chamber Music. The piece, conducted with masterly precision and obvious love by Arthur Weisberg, bowled over the musically sophisticated audience that gathered for these concerts ... This is music that springs to life as a whole and at once, and may just be long-lived."