XXIV International Society for Contemporary Music Festival

The XXIV International Society for Contemporary Music Festival was held on June 23–30, 1950 in Brussels. All concerts took place at the Institut National de Radiodiffusion's large studio hall.

This edition was notable for the posthumous premiere of Anton Webern's last work, his Cantata No. 2. Other works performed included:

Sonatina for Piano No. 2

Chamber Concerto, Op. 52

Eunice Catunda

Hommage to Schönberg

Sinfonia Giocosa, Op. 22

Sinfonietta, Op. 29

Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra

Cello Sonata

String Quartet No. 1, Op. 8

Flute Concerto

String Quartet No. 1, Op. 8

Psyché

L'Explication des Metaphores, Op. 15

Artur Malawski

Toccata and Fugue in Variation Form for Piano and Orchestra

Les Rêves de Jacob, Dance Suite, Op. 294

Ten Haikai of Bashō

Cantata of the Vistula

Fernand Quinet

Three Symphonic Movements

Concerto for String Orchestra

Harald Saeverud

Symphony No. 5 'Quasi una Fantasia', Op. 16

La Nascita del Verbo, Cantata

References

Music Survey, Summer 1950 (pages 44-46). Review by Humphrey Searle.

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