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Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 47,1927-1928 SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES Branch Exchange Telephones, Ticket and Administration Offices, Back Bay 1492 he T< INC. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor FORTY-SEVENTH SEASON. 1927-1928 WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. THE OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. FREDERICK P. CABOT President BENTLEY W. WARREN Vice-President ERNEST B. DANE Treasurer FREDERICK P. CABOT FREDERICK E. LOWELL ERNEST B. DANE ARTHUR LYMAN N. PENROSE HALLOWELL EDWARD M. PICKMAN M. A. DE WOLFE HOWE HENRY B. SAWYER JOHN ELLERTON LODGE BENTLEY W. WARREN W. H. BRENNAN. Manager G. E. JUDD, Assistant Manager 985 STEIN WAY the instrument of the immortals Not only the best piano, bnt the best piano value It is possible to build a piano to beauty of line and tone, it is the sell at any given price, but it is not greatest piano value ever offered! often possible to build a good . Convenient terms will be piano under such conditions. arranged, if desired. Steinway pianos are not—and There is a Steinway dealer in your com- never have been built to a — meet munity, or near you, through whom you price. They are made as well as may purchase a new Steinway piano with human skill can make them, and a small cash deposit, and the balance will the price is determined later. The be extended over a period of two years. pianos result is the world's finest piano. Used accepted in partial exchange. Such an instrument costs more Prices: an^ up than a commonplace product—yet <fPo 4 O in point of long life, prestige, and Plus transportation STEINWAY & SONS, Steinway Hall, 109 W. 57th Street, New York Represented by the foremost dealers everywhere Boston Symphony Orchestra Forty-seventh Season, 1927-1928 SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor Violins. Burgin, R. Elcus, G. Gundersen, R. Sauvlet, H. Cherkassky, P Concert-master Kreinin, B. Eisler, D. Hamilton, V Kassman, N. Theodorowicz, J. Hansen, E. Graeser, H. Fedorovsky, P. Leibovici, J. Pinfield, C. Mariotti, V. Leveen, P. Siegl, F. Mayer, P. Zung, M. Knudsen, C. Gorodetzky, L. Tapley, R. Diamond, S. Zide, L. Fiedler, B. Bryant, M. Beale, M. Stonestreet, L. Messina, S. Murray, J. Del Sordo, R. Erkelens, H. Seiniger, S. Violas. Lefranc, J. Fourel, G. Van Wynbergen, C. Grover, H. Fiedler, A. ArtiSres, L. Cauhap6, J. Werner, H. Shirley, P. Avierino, N. Gerhardt, S. Bernard, A. Deane, C. Violoncellos. Bedetti, J. Zighera, A. Langendoen, J. Stockbridge, C. Fabrizio, E. Keller, J. Barth, C. Droeghmans, H. Warnke, J. Marjollet, L. Basses. Kunze, M. Lemaire, J. Ludwig, 0. Girard, H. Kelley, A. Vondrak, A. Oliver, F. Frankel, I. Dufresne, G Demetrides, L Flutes. Oboes. Clarinets. Bassoons. Laurent, G. Gillet, F. Hamelin, G. Laus, A. Bladet, G. Devergie, J. Arcieri, E. Allard, R. Amerena, P. Stanislaus, H. Allegra, E. Bettoney, F. (E-fiat Clarinet) Piccolo. English Horn. Bass Clarinet. Contba-Bassoon. Battles, A. Speyer, L. Mimart, P. PiUer, B. Horns. Horns. Trumpets. Trombones. Wendler, G. Valkenier, W. Mager, G. Rochut, J. Pogrebniak, S. Schindler, G. Perret, G. Hansotte, L. Van Den Berg, C Lannoye^ M. Voisin, R. Kenfield, L. Lorbeer, H. Blot, G. Mann, J. Raichman, J Jones, 0. Adam, E. Tubas. Harps. Timpani. Percussion. Sidow, P. Holy, A. Ritter, A. Ludwig, C. Adam, E. Zighera, B. Polster, M. Sternburg, S. Seiniger, S. Organ. Piano. Celesta. Librarian. Snow, A. Zighera, B. Fiedler, A. Rogers, L. J. 987 The Noeczel Studio DAI BUELL SOLOIST WITH THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Monday Evening, January 23, 1928 AND IN RECITAL SYMPHONY HALL - Tuesday Evening, February 14, 1928, at 8. 15 p.m. Programme to include novelties by he Flem, Vuillemin and Aubert [With the exception of her Causerie-Concerts arthe Copley- 1 Plaza in past seasons, these are Dai Buell's first official |J~ •. Boston appearances since her splendid successes abroad. J ATTEND DAI BUELL'S RECITAL ON VALENTINE'S NIGHT AND THEN HEAR HER RECORDINGS ON THE AMPICO IN THE CHICKERING PIANO Pianos in infinite variety from #3o5 to #18,000 — so easy to own on small monthly payments. Morn ¥ 595Boytsbon St./ 988 — Forty-seventh Season. Nineteen Hundred Twenty-seven and Twenty-eight Thirteenth Programme FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 20, at 2.30 o'clock SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21. at 8.15 o'clock SIR THOMAS BEEGHAM will conduct these concerts fa. Overture to "Teseo" Handel -j b. Musette from "II Pastor Fido" ( c. Bourree from "Rodrigo" (First time in Boston) Delius Intermezzo, "The Walk to the Paradise" from "A Village Romeo and Juliet" (First time in Boston) Berlioz "Royal Hunt and Tempest, Descriptive Symphony," from "The Trojans" Mozart Symphony in C major, No. 34 (Koechel No. 338) I. Allegro vivace.. II. Andante di molto. III. Finale: Allegro vivace. Strauss . "Ein Heldenleben" ("A Hero's Life") Tone Poem, Op. 40 The Hero—The Hero's Adversaries—The Hero's Helpmate The Hero's Battlefield—The Hero's Works of Peace— The Hero's Escape from the World, and the Completion. There will be an intermission after the symphony City of Boston, Revised Regulation of August 5, 1898,—Chapter 3. relating to the covering of the head in places of public amusement Every licensee shall not. in his place of amusement, allow any person to wear upon the head a covering which obstructs the view of the exhibition or performance in such place of any person seated in any seat therein provided for spectators, it being understood that a low head covering without projection, which does not obstruct such view, may be worn. Attest: J. M. GALVIN. City Clerk. The works to be played at these concerts may be seen in the Allen A. Brown Music Collection of the Boston Public Library one week before the concert 9S9 YOUR OWN TRIP TO EUROPE the first step I SPECIAL ITISERARX MP. A«D MRS. CHARLE3 BUHCUE ...... .. ..,...........,...„..,,.*, i £ 3 § Saturday April 7 fiQHA, Pier 59 North River, Foot or West 19th Street. Sunday April 8 to Saturday ' 14 Sunday April 15 Leave " " 5.00 PW Transfer by bullock sled or automobile to the railway station. Hide up Terreir da Lucta Mountain by the famous Funiculi Railroad audi descend in the local wicker sleds to thy town. Luncheon on shore. lionday April IB Tuesday April 1? Leave " 5.00 PU Carriage drive in and about the fortress town, including the Aleaieda Gardens and the Heutral Ground, 'ft'iJdnesaay April ifa Thursday April 19 AutoBiobile will be waiting to trunsfer y< to the HOTEL ST. GEOhGE. April At Algiers. * Private automobile and guide will be Tuesday :i supplied for two days' sightseeing in the city and vicinity, visiting the Kasbab., the Pointe Pescad^ and the See JiCKt page RAYMOND-WHITCOMB will prepare an itinerary for the trip that meets your own specia4 desires in dates, places visited, time spent, cost and other details. They will also make complete advance arrangements for your trip, and their extensive chain of European offices and repre- sentatives will see that they are carried out to your satisfaction. Send for the Raymond-Whitcomb Quide to European Travel RAYMOND & WHITCOMB CO. 165 TREMONT STREET, BOSTON Telephone HANcock 7820 990 Sir Thomas Beecham, Bart., conductor and operatic impresario, was born near Liverpool on April 29, 1879. As a boy he had lessons in composition from Dr. Sweeting, and at Wadham College, Oxford, a few lessons from Dr. Varley Roberts. In 1889 he founded an amateur orchestra at Huyton, and at a concert given by his father he took the place of Hans Richter, who was indisposed. In 1902 he conducted a touring opera company. He then studied composition for twelve months, and composed three operas (MS). In 1905 he gave his first orchestral concert in London. The next year he founded the New Symphony Orchestra, leaving It in 1908 for the Beecham Symphony Orchestra. In 1910 he gave operas at Covent Garden, among them Strauss's "Elektra." At a second season he produced "Salome" and "Pelleas et Melisande." In 1911 he con- ducted the Beecham Symphony Orchestra, the London Symphony, and other orchestras. Early in 1913 he produced operas largely by Strauss and Wagner, and in 1913-14 was associated with his father, Sir Joseph, in giving operas and ballets. In 1915 he conducted opera, also in 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920. Since then he has con- ducted orchestral concerts in London and Manchester. He was knighted in 1914, and inherited the baronetcy in 1916. It has been said that "he has done more than any living man towards the establishment of grand opera in England. ... As con- NEW COMPOSITIONS OF DISTINCTION By RCT c 1 &8V3I% CONTRASTS N A.PIANO CYCLE. IN riVE PICCE5 T "A cycle of five pieces that will appeal to every pianist interested in the trend of modern composi- R By tion. A cursory reading discloses refreshing A 'Rot e. Agnew s ideas, lyric quality, whimsy, fantasy. More T thorough study reveals the composer's mastery of his idiom. Artists and teachers of artist 5 pupils will find new and promising material in H=Jr this book." The Musician. "I am struck by the originality and content of 'Contrasts' and I shall certainly make use of it as much as possible this coming season." Frederic E. Tillotson. SONGS June Twilight (2 keys) Hie Away, Hie Away! (2 keys) Poem by John Masefield Poem by Sir Walter Scott THE ARTHUR P. SCHMIDT CO., 120 Boylston Street 991 ductor he added a greater zest and a finer line to the works of Mozart. He rejuvenated the programs of the Royal Philharmonic Society concerts during the seasons when he was artistic director, 1916-17 and 1917-18; and he did the same for the Halle concerts in Manchester." His first public appearance in the United States was as guest conductor of the Philharmonic Society, New York, on January 12, 1928.
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