1936 International Society for Contemporary Music Festival
Introduction The '''1936 International Society for Contemporary Music Festival''' was the fourteenth edition of the festival. Held in Barcelona from 19 to 23 April 1936, just three months before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, it was one of the last major cultural events of the Second Spanish Republic. This edition is best remembered for the posthumous world premiere of Alban Berg's Violin Concerto on its inaugural day.
Programme The compositions were selected in Barcelona from 28 December 1935 to 1 January 1936 by a jury formed by Ernest Ansermet, Edward J. Dent, Joan Lamote de Grignon, Anton Webern and Bolesław Woytowicz. Knudåge Riisager could not attend the meeting. Date and location  Composers  Compositions  PerformersApril 19, 11:15Palau de les Belles ArtsWladimir VogelJosep Maria RueraRicard Lamote de GrignonFlorent Schmitt  ''Devise''Three Symphonic Movements''Joan de l'Os''''Dyonisiaques'' Mercedes Plantada, soprano; Ricardo Fusté, baritone; Conrado Giralt, bassOrfeó de Sant, Orfeó Montserrat de Gràcia, Schola Cantorum de Sant Miquel ArcàngelBarcelona Municipal Band – Ricard Lamote de GrignonApril 19, 17:30Palau de la Música CatalanaEdmund von BorckRobert GerhardErnst KrenekAlban BergPrelude and Fugue''Ariel''Fragments from ''Karl V''Violin ConcertoFragments from ''Wozzeck'' Leonor Meyer, sopranoLouis Krasner, violinPau Casals Orchestra – Ernest Ansermet, Hermann Scherchen1April 20, 22:00Palau de la Música CatalanaRobert BlumLudwig ZenkMark BrunswickVáclav KaprálJacques Ibert  Three PsalmsPiano SonataTwo Movements for QuartetLullabies''Concertino da camera'' Alice Frey and Jurmila Vavrdová, sopranosRobert Georg, piano; Sigurd Raschèr, saxophoneGalimir QuartetKarel Ančerl, Ernest Ansermet and Jacques Ibert, conductorsApril 21, 18:00Casal del MetgeWalter PistonEgon WelleszBenjamin BrittenAndré SourisManuel BlancafortBéla Bartók  Flute SonataSonnet for soprano and quartetSuite for violin and piano''Quelques airs de Clarisse de Jurenville''''Les ombres perennes''String Quartet No. 5 Concepción Badía and Panny Cleve, sopranos; Marie Lancelot, contraltro Antonio Brosa, violin; Esteban Gratacós, flute Benjamin Britten, Winifred Hooke, Alejandro Vilalta, Pere Vallribera, pianoNew Hungarian QuartetApril 22, 22:00Palau de la Música CatalanaCarl RugglesAlbert RousselFrank MartinRodolfo HalffterMarcel MihaloviciRoman Palester  ''Sun Treader''Symphony No. 4Piano Concerto''Don Lindo de Almería''Violin Concerto (''Quasi una Fantasia'')Polish Dances Walter Frey, piano; Stefan Frankel, violinMadrid Philharmonic – Ernest Ansermet, Bartolomé Pérez Casas and Pedro SanjuánApril 23, 22:00Palau de la Música CatalanaLennox BerkeleyKarl Alfred DeutschKarol SzymanowskiFederico ElizaldeLars-Erik Larsson  OvertureSymphonyViolin Concerto No. 2Sinfonia ConcertanteConcert Overture No. 2 Leopoldo Querol, piano; Stefan Frankel, violinMadrid Symphony – Enrique Fernández Arbós1 Anton Webern was scheduled to conduct Berg's Concerto and Krenek's ''Karl V'', but he was replaced respectively by Scherchen and Ansermet, who also conducted the other three compositions.
References *  19 March 1936, p. 11 (PDF) ''La Vanguardia''\