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Music for HTW's 'Tempest' Drama Finished by Foss

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Lukas Foss, pianist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has composed the score for the Harvard Theater Workshop's production of "The Tempest."

The HTW has found that the music of the young protege of Serge Koussevitzky dovetails perfectly with its interpretation of the play to be presented in Brattle Hall in May.

It was felt that the traditional scores for the play, composed by Henry Purcell and Thomas Augustan Arne, although musically above reproach, were more appropriate for an eighteenth century production of the Shakespearian tragicomedy.

Working for TV

Many of Foss' works have been performed by the Boston and other outstanding symphony orchestras in the country. At present, in addition to the work on "The Tempest," he is composing the first television opera.

Thomas Phillips '47, a member of the faculty of the Longy School of Music, will conduct the orchestra. Oboe, flute, trumpet, two violins, two violas, cello, bass, and percussion are required by the score.

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