Marcel Tabuteau First-Hand

MT era oboe

Casals Festivals

The flyers and concert programs shown below all include Marcel Tabuteau in a solo/soli capacity.

Prades Festival of 1950

Except where noted, all performances took place in the Church of Saint-Pierre in Prades.

The cover of the 1950 Prades Festival program book
The cover of the 1950 Prades Festival program book
June 2

Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, BWV 1047
Flyer for the 1st Orchestra Concert
Flyer for the 1st Orchestra Concert
Page from the program book
Page from the program book
June 5

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata: Ich habe genug, BWV 82
Concerto for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060R
Flyer for the 2nd Orchestra Concert
Flyer for the 2nd Orchestra Concert
Page from the program book
Page from the program book
June 9

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata: Ich bin in mir vergenügt, BWV 204
Flyer for the 3rd Orchestra Concert
Flyer for the 3rd Orchestra Concert
Page from the program book
A page from the program book
June 11

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata: Ich bin in mir vergenügt, BWV 204

This special concert was scheduled at the last minute for the population of Prades, since the previous concerts could not accommodate its townspeople. Laila Storch remarks: “I found it very interesting to see all the Catalan faces in the audience, instead of New Yorkers and continentals.” No program book was printed for this concert.

June 18 (in the Abby of Saint Michel de Cuxa)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata: Ich habe genug, BWV 82

Pablo Casals
Sardana

A printed program may not exist

June 20

Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestra Suite No. 1, BWV, 1066
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, BWV, 1046
Cantata: Liebster Jesu, meine Verlangen, BWV 32
Flyer for the 6th Orchestra Concert
Flyer for the 6th Orchestra Concert
pages above from the program book
Page from the program book
Page from the program book, autographed for Laila Storch
Page autographed for Laila Storch

In remembrance of the lovely music at Prades.
Marcel Tabuteau
June 1950.

Perpignan Festival of 1951

Flyers were not printed for these concerts.

Front and back covers of the program book, from the collection of Mark Seerup

July 8 (in the Palais des Rois de Majorque)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Oboe Quartet, KV 370
Quintet for Piano with and Winds, KV 452

[Originally scheduled for July 8, the Piano Quintet was postponed to the next night due to rain.]

Three pages from the program book, from the collection of Mark Seerup

July 18 (in the Palais des Rois de Majorque)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata: Meine Seele rühmt und preist, BWV 189

Two pages from the program book, from the collection of Mark Seerup

July 21 (in the Palais des Rois de Majorque)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento No. 11, KV 251

Three pages from the program book

July 28 (in La Cathedrale de Perpignan)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata: Ich habe genug, BWV 82

Two pages from the program book

Prades Festival of 1953

All performances took place in in the Abby of Saint Michel de Cuxa in Prades.

Flyers were not printed for these concerts.

June 19

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata: Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202
Prades June 19
A page from the program book
June 27

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Oboe Quartet, KV 370

Two pages from the program book

NOTE: Jacob Krachmalnick was violinist in the Oboe Quartet. Laila Storch corrected the program in pencil.

The above flyers and programs are from the private collections of Laila Storch/Martin Friedmann and Guy Baumier, unless otherwise noted.

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What's New!

An audio interview with Joan Browne (Champie), a private Tabuteau student in the early 1950s.

A photograph of the music stand that was in Tabuteau’s private studio in Philadelphia.

An autographed photo of Marcel Tabuteau inscribed to Vladimir Sokoloff.

An autographed photo of Marcel Tabuteau inscribed to Joan Browne Champie.

With the passing of Wilbur Isaac Hilles in August 2023 and now Martha Scherer-Alfee in February 2024, no oboe students of Marcel Tabuteau at the Curtis Institute are still living.

A letter sent to the Curtis Institute by Laila Storch’s mother about Tabuteau not teaching at Curtis—and the reply.