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Symphony in B-flat major,[^No. 2, Op. 57 I. Extremement lent : Tres vif. II. Moder^ment lent. III. Modere; Tres anime. IV. Introduction, Fugue, and Finale. " Gr^try . Air of Lucette : I know not whether my sister loves" from "Silvain" Tschaikowsky . "Children's Dreams" from "Characteristic" Suite (No. 11) Op. 53 First time at these concerts ) Debussy . Azael's Recitative "These joyous airs" and Aria "O Time that is no More" from the Lyric Scene " The Prodigal Son " iiSmetana . Overture to the Opera "The Sold Bride" SOLOIST Miss GERALDINE FARRAR There will be an intermission of ten minutes after the symphony The doors of the hall will be closed during the performance of each number on the programme. Those ivho wish to'^leave before the end of the concert are requested to do so in an interval be^ tween the nutnbers. City of Boston. Revised Regulation of August 3. 1898.— Chapter 13. 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 Cltrk. 325 Once tie Kiole Always ti)eKiabe C. C. HARVEY CO. 144 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON 326 Symphony in B-flat major, No. 2, Op. 57 . Vincent d'Indy (Born at Paris, March 27, 1852;* now living in Paris.) In 1876 a work by d'Indy, "Symphonie Chevaleresque : Jean Hun- yade," was performed at a concert of the Society Nationale, Paris; but this work is not now included in the composer's own list of his compositions. The work entitled "Wallenstein," composed during the years 1873-81, though classed by some as a symphony, is entitled by d'Indy "Trilogy, after the dramas of Schiller." According to his own catalogue d'Indy's Symphony No. i is the symphony in three parts on a French mountain air, for pianoforte and orchestra, composed in 1886, produced at Paris, March 20, 1887 (Mme. Bordes-P^ne, pianist), and performed in Boston, April 5, 1902, with Mr. Bauer, pianist. The Symphony in B-flat major, composed in 1 903-1 904, was pro- duced at a Lamoureux concert, Paris, February 28, 1904. The score is dedicated to Paul Dukas. The symphony is scored for three flutes (one interchangeable with piccolo), two oboes, one English horn, two clarinets, one bass clarinet, three bassoons, four horns, one small trum- pet in E-flat, two trumpets in C, three trombones, one contra-bass trombone, chromatic kettledrums, big drum, cymbals, triangle, two harps, strings. The first performance of the symphony in America was at Phil- adelphia by the Philadelphia Orchestra, December 31, 1904. The first performance in Boston was at a concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra led by Mr. Gericke, January 7, 1905. The composer con- ducted his symphony in Boston at a concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, December 2, 1905. Mr. Calvocoressi in a study of this symphony (Le Guide Musical, This yeir is ?iveri by the cornpsser. The catalogue of the Paris Conservatory gives 1851, and 1851 is also given by Mr. Adolphe Jullien, who says he verified the date by the register of d'Indy's birth. The Only Authorized Edition of Operas as Performed by The Boston Opera Company LA BOHEME, TOSCA, MANON LESGAUT, and MADAMA BUTTERFLY . by G. Puccini ANTON by G. Galeotti FALSTAFF . by G. Verdi OTELLO by G. Verdi MEFISTOFELE .... by A. Boito AND ALL ITALIAN OPERAS BOOSEY & COMPANY, 9 East Seventeenth St., New YorK City 327 ; L P. Hollander & Co. 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MAIN OFFICE BRANCH OFFICE COURT STREET TEMPLE PLACE 328 — May 8-15, 22-29, 1904) first mentions the symphonies written by the French of the modern school, Chausson, Lalo, Saint-Saens, Guy- Ropartz, Alberic Magnard, P. Dukas, Savard, Wittowsky, Vreuls, de Wailly, Tournemire, Marcel Labey, and especially the symphony by Cesar Franck and d'Indy's first. He then says: "Examining the series of works by Vincent d'Indy and the different stations of his sure devel- opment, one will see that each of his dramatic works has been fol- lowed by an important work of absolute music. After 'The Song of the Beir came the' Symphony on a Mountain Air; after 'Fervaal,' the second string quartet; after 'The Stranger,' the Symphony in B-flat major." * This symphony is without a program of any sort. D'Indy wrote in an article published in the first number of Musica (Paris): "Sym- phonic music, unlike dramatic music, is developing toward complexity: the dramatic element is more and more introduced into absolute music, in such a way -that form is here, as a rule, absolutely submissive to the incidents of a veritable action." Mr. Calvocoressi supplies a note to this remark: "To search for an action that is not purely musical in absolute music would be madness. There is, indeed, an action in this symphony, but it is wholly in the music: the putting into play of two principal themes, which present themselves at the beginning side by side, follow each other, war against each other, or, on the con- trary, are each developed separately, associate with themselves new ideas which complete or serve as commentary, and at the end of the work are blended in an immense triumphal chant." It would be idle, then, to attempt to characterize these themes as though they were "The Song of the-'Bell," romantic symphony for solo voices/double chorus, and orchestra, was composed during the years 1879-83; the opera "Fervaal," during 1889-95; the second string quartet.^in 1897: "The Stranger," an opera, was produced at Brussels, January 7, 1903. Ed. C/^'M'/^ C from the Programmes SCORES, MIssOERALDINE FARRAR, Mme. SEMBRICH, OADSKI, NORDICA, EAMES, JOMELLI, SCHUMANN-HEINK LIBRETTOS, The Year's at the Spring . Mrs H. H. A. Beach June Mrs.