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:
Conrad Beck
- Sonatina for Piano No. 2
Niels Viggo Bentzon
- Chamber Concerto, Op. 52
Eunice Catunda
- Hommage to Schönberg
Klaus Egge
- Sinfonia Giocosa, Op. 22
Hanns Eisler
- Sinfonietta, Op. 29
Marius Flothuis
- Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra
Wolfgang Fortner
- Cello Sonata
Peter Racine Fricker
- String Quartet No. 1, Op. 8
- Karl Amadeus Hartmann
- Hans Henkemans
- Flute Concerto
Karel Husa
- String Quartet No. 1, Op. 8
André Jolivet
- Psyché
- René Leibowitz
- L'Explication des Metaphores, Op. 15
Artur Malawski
- Toccata and Fugue in Variation Form for Piano and Orchestra
- Darius Milhaud
- Les Rêves de Jacob, Dance Suite, Op. 294
Shukichi Mitsukuri
- Ten Haikai of Bashō
- Roman Palester
- Cantata of the Vistula
Fernand Quinet
- Three Symphonic Movements
- Alan Rawsthorne
- Concerto for String Orchestra
- Harald Saeverud
- Symphony No. 5 'Quasi una Fantasia', Op. 16
Giacinto Scelsi
- La Nascita del Verbo, Cantata
References
edit- Music Survey, Summer 1950 (pages 44-46). Review by Humphrey Searle.
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