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:

Switzerland Conrad Beck
Sonatina for Piano No. 2
Denmark Niels Viggo Bentzon
Chamber Concerto, Op. 52
Brazil Eunice Catunda
Hommage to Schönberg
Norway Klaus Egge
Sinfonia Giocosa, Op. 22
East Germany Hanns Eisler
Sinfonietta, Op. 29
Netherlands Marius Flothuis
Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra
Germany Wolfgang Fortner
Cello Sonata
United Kingdom Peter Racine Fricker
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 8
Germany Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Symphony No. 4
Netherlands Hans Henkemans
Flute Concerto
Czechoslovakia Karel Husa
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 8
France André Jolivet
Psyché
France René Leibowitz
L'Explication des Metaphores, Op. 15
Poland Artur Malawski
Toccata and Fugue in Variation Form for Piano and Orchestra
France Darius Milhaud
Les Rêves de Jacob, Dance Suite, Op. 294
Japan Shukichi Mitsukuri
Ten Haikai of Bashō
Poland Roman Palester
Cantata of the Vistula
Belgium Fernand Quinet
Three Symphonic Movements
United Kingdom Alan Rawsthorne
Concerto for String Orchestra
Norway Harald Saeverud
Symphony No. 5 'Quasi una Fantasia', Op. 16
Italy Giacinto Scelsi
La Nascita del Verbo, Cantata

References

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