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FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL, Daytona Beach (July 24-Aug. 17), in its fourth season, is again host to the London Symphony Orchestra. Principal Conductor Andre Previn and four guests will lead the orchestra in all-Beethoven and all-Sibelius programs, among others.
BLOSSOM MUSIC CENTER, twelve miles north of Akron, Ohio (through Aug. 31), is the summer residence of the Cleveland Orchestra. It offers Mozart, Schumann and Beethoven—and also a wide selection of such 20th century composers as Stravinsky, Bartok and Hovhaness. George Szell presides; Pierre Boulez is principal guest conductor.
STRATFORD FESTIVAL, Stratford, Ont., which was originally dedicated exclusively to Shakespeare, is becoming one of the most imaginative summer music centers in the Western hemisphere. Musical programs (July and August) include "Bach/ Rock," a concert version of Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio, Beethoven, Schubert and Haydn. There will also be performances by Cellist Leonard Rose and Pianist Eugene Istomin, chamber music by the Guarneri and Beaux-Arts string quartets, Indian music-cum-lecture by Ravi Shankar, and concert performances of songs by Beatles Paul McCartney and John Lennon. Avant-garde programs will present Pianists Peter Serkin and Japan's Yuji Takahashi.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FESTIVAL, Edwardsville, Ill., is the new summer home of the St. Louis Symphony. The five-week festivities (through July 27) opened with Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and continue with traditional programs, featuring Pianists Van Cliburn and Alicia de Larrocha, Cellist Leonard Rose and Violinist Itzhak Perlman, among others. Folk and rock artists will also appear.
SANTA FE OPERA, Santa Fe, N.M. (July 5-Aug. 23), will present the U.S. premieres of Gian Carlo Menotti's Help! Help! The Globolinks and Krzysztof Penderecki's first opera, The Devils of Loudun. Other operas on its schedule are Cosi fan Tutte, The Magic Flute, Tosca, Salome and Stravinsky's Le Rossignol.
ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL, Aspen Colo, (through Aug. 24), celebrates its ZUtn anniversary this year by offering three rarely heard operas: Donizetti sRita de Fal-la's La Vida Breve and Milhaud's Flesta.
Recitals will present Duo-Pianists Vitya Vronsky and Victor Babin, and Japanese Violinist Toshiya Eto. Classes are held by the distinguished music faculty.
STANFORD SUMMER FESTIVAL, Palo Alto, Calif, (through Aug. 17), is a two-month-long summer program that includes New York City Center's Joffrey Ballet, the Baird Marionettes, the New York Pro Musica, chamber music and jazz.
MUSIC AT THE VINEYARDS, near Saratoga, Calif. (Aug. 2-3, Sept. 6-7), presents chamber music concerts on the landscaped grounds of the Paul Masson winery.
CABRILLO MUSIC FESTIVAL, AptOS, Calif. (Aug. 15-17 and 22-24), offers a feast for the eye as well as the ear. Eight events are scheduled at the cliffside Monterey Bay site, among them the world premiere of a work by Mexico's Carlos Chavez and performances by the Pro Arte Quartet and Pianist Gary Graff man.