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Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 85, 1965 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA EIGHTY-FIFTH SEASON 1965-1966 EXCELLAIT SURTOUT POUR LES FANFARES!" Although it is difficult to trace the origin of the French horn, it is generally accepted that it was developed in France during the 17th century • An outgrowth of the early primitive and the later sophisticated hunting horn, its value in the use of Fanfares was acclaimed during the reign of Louis XIII • It was also discovered that strange and wonderful musical effects could be had by inserting the hand in the bell • One of the first orchestral uses came in 1717 when Handel included the French horn in his score of the "Water Music" • The modern instrument embodies a main tube measuring approximately 7 feet 4 inches in length, coiled in circles and finally expanding into a widely flared bell • As the French horn lends its importance to the value of the modern symphony orchestra, so too does the trained and reliable insurance office develop a modern and sensible insurance program for business and personal accounts • We would welcome an opportunity to analyze your need for complete protection. We respectfully invite your inquiry Associated with CHARLES H. WATKINS & CO. Richard P. Nyquist — Charles G. Carleton OBRION, RUSSELL 8c CO. 147 MILK STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Insurance of Every Description Telephone 542-1250 1 EIGHTY-FIFTH SEASON, 1965-1966 CONCERT BULLETIN OF THE Boston Symphony Orchestra ERICH LEINSDORF, Music Director Richard Burgin, Associate Conductor with historical and descriptive notes by John N. Burk Copyright, 1965, by Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. The TRUSTEES of the BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. Henry B. Cabot • President Talcott M. Banks • Vice-President John L. Thorndike • Treasurer Abram Berkowitz E. Morton Jennings, Jr. Theodore P. Ferris Henry A. Laughlin Robert H. Gardiner Edward G. Murray Francis W. Hatch John T. Noonan Andrew Heiskell Mrs. James H. Perkins Harold D. Hodgkinson Sidney R. Rabb Raymond S. Wilkins TRUSTEES EMERITUS Richard C. Paine Palfrey Perkins Lewis Perry Edward A. Taft Oliver Wolcott Thomas D. Perry, Jr., Manager Norman S. Shirk James J. Brosnahan Assistant Manager Business Administrator Rosario Mazzeo Harry J. Kraut Orchestra Personnel Manager Assistant to the Manager Sanford R. Sistare Andrew Raeburn Press and Publicity Assistant to the Music Director SYMPHONY HALL BOSTON 45 The Boston Symphony Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Erich Leinsd< Rimaky-Koraakoff/"LE COQ D'OR" SUT under Leinsdorf Stravinsky /"FIREBIRD" SUITE Here is a stunning new recording of two major ballet suites: Rimsky- Korsakoff's Le Coq d' Or and Stravinsky's Firebird. In this new album, the Boston Symphony under Leinsdorf devotes itself for the first time to the Russian ballet repertoire. The result is glittering, shimmering, luscious music. Hear also their recordings of Prokofieff's Fifth Sym- phony, his Symphony- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, the First Violin Concerto and the Fifth Piano Concerto. All these performances have been recorded in Dynagroove sound on RCA Victor Red Seal. RCA Victor? fc}The most trusted name in sound ^1$ [452 CONTENTS Program (for this week) . 457 Program (December 3-4) 507 @T(_aftcmttcdnc. Program (December 17-18) . 509 Notes 31k cfroMsseatuJ&use of'Jiosion Mozart ("Thamos, King of Egypt") . 459 Mozart (Symphony in D major, "Paris") 462 Hindemith (Concerto for Wood- winds, Harp and Orchestra) 478 Entr'acte Mozart and the Symphony (J.N.B.) 487 Notes Fine (Serious Song) . 497 Nielsen (Symphony No. 6) . 498 CARL NIELSEN June 9, 1865 - October 2, 1931 The present performances of Nielsen's Symphony No. 6, "Sinfonia Semplice," are played in celebration of the hun- dredth anniversary of the composer's birth. ORGAN RECITAL E. Power Biggs will present the second Symphony Hall Organ Concert next Sunday evening (December 5) at 6:00 p.m. The program will consist of Prel- udes and Fugues of Johann Sebastian Bach. Four works will be played on the organ and three on a pedal harpsichord, an instrument dating from the 14th cen- tury and often used by North German organists, particularly for practice. The works to be performed are the Fugue in D minor (Chorale Prelude "Wir glauben all") ; Prelude and Fugue in B minor; Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor; Prel- ude in D minor; Toccata and Fugue in C^mpliadid on ai^leaance D minor; Fugue in C major, "Fanfare"; and Toccata in F major. Our at home coat of satin-backed All seats are unreserved for this pro- crepe — the yoke and long, tapered gram, which will last approximately one sleeves of satin. Zipper closing. In hour without an intermission. Tickets Deep Sapphire or Emerald. Petite, are now on sale at the Symphony Hall small, medium, large. $45.00 Box Office. 416 BOYLSTON STREET 54 CENTRAL STREET The following note on the pedal BOSTON 02116 WELLESLEY harpsichord has been supplied by John KEnmore 6-6238 CEdar 5-3430 Challis: "Early references to the pedal [453 harpsichord are found in the writings of Sabellicus (historian, d. 1506), who at- tributes the invention—fundamentally, the connection between pedal board and bass strings—to Bernhard, a German organist living in Venice around 1470. Louis van Valbecke of Brabant (d. 1318) also has been credited as the inventor. References to pedal clavichords are found in treatises of the late 1400's and in the writings of Virdung in 1511. "A large number of 17th- and 18th- century harpsichords still in existence y0r have wire staples under one or two oc- taves of their bass keys. Below these staples are holes in the Keybed, allow- ing wire or string connection to foot pedals. Jakob Adlung in his treatise 'Musica Mechanica Organoedi' (1768) writes that many harpsichords and clavi- chords were equipped with foot pedals for playing bass notes. He also describes «* * clavichords and harpsichords that had ^tfr^. pedal claviers with their own separate strings to 16', 8', and 4' pitch. He writes that such instruments were in common use among North German organists. "Forkel wrote that Johann Sebastian Bach liked to improvise on 'a. 2-manual instrument with pedals.' In the list of instruments catalogued in 1750 as be- longing to Bach were '3 claviers with pedals.' They were given to Johann Christian Bach, the youngest son. Why did the frugal J. S. Bach have three Stop Shop such instruments? "Playing the organ in the days before Bradlees wind could be supplied by mechanical POODS power meant finding human energy and paying for it. (Apparently only painters were able to locate the charming winged (tKe^ a^ife, cherubs abundantly found pumping o^e^ organs in old paintings!) Moreover, churches were not heated in winter. So the pedal harpsichord started as a prac- tice instrument. "A student of harpsichord style rec- ognizes that some of the three stave mini-pncing music of Bach and his contemporaries is as closely related to the harpsichord as to the organ. The Passacaglia is marked 'Cembalo e Pedale.' It will probably never be known with any cer- [454] . tainty which works were intended for organ and which for pedal harpsichord, or whether all were used interchange- WE'RE A ably Regardless of historical evidence, the pedal harpsichord, as all other in- struments, must stand on its own artistic F00D-F0R-TH0UGHT merit as a medium for vital music. STORE. "The present pedal harpsichord has the following specification: Book Clearing House is sort of a I Manual II Pedal Manual supermarket of intellectual delicacies 16' 8' 16' 8' Harp, on 8' 8' to read and listen to. In fact, we 8' 4' have seven different kinds of food 4' Harp, on 16' Harp, on 8' and 8' for thought under one roof, ranging from such literary tidbits as The Stop controls for the manuals are in the center below the lower manual. Stop Hudson Review and Foreign Affairs controls for the pedal are by four foot to a 10,000-title record department pedal gives full pedals. In addition, a with virtually everything on discs. harpsichord and pedal without changing Consider, too, that you are inalien- the setting of stops. Another pedal con- ably free to browse, and that our trols a Venetian swell for the pedal". knowledgeable salespeople speak only when spoken to. Then add this BROADCASTS list of our wares, and perhaps you'll This Orchestra is pleased to announce be impelled to come see for yourself. that through the coming season almost all its symphony concerts in Boston will 1 Hundreds of new books be broadcast "live." 2. Hundreds of book bargains The Friday afternoon series will be 3. 11,000 paperback titles broadcast by Station WGBH-FM. 4. Text and technical books The Saturday series by WCRB-AM- FM and WGBH-FM. 5. Record dept. 10,000 titles 6. Dozens of literary The Tuesday "A" series of ten con- quarterlies certs by WBUR-FM. 7. Our rive gauche carts of bargain books The Tuesday "B" series of six con- certs will be divided between Stations As we say, you'll find 7 kinds WBUR-FM and WGBH-FM. The third of food for thought at and sixth concerts of this series will also be televised. The Tuesday "Cambridge" series of six concerts on WGBH-FM and TV. BOOK Delayed broadcasts (from tapes) will CLEARING also be given on dates to be specified HOUSE later. 423 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON • COpley 7-1600 Q& Open Wednesday evenings till 9 MAIL AND PHONE ORDERS DISPATCHED AT ONCE [455 "I happen to know this stock is going to skyrocket." Make no mistake, we're always open to suggestion. And from time to time, a little-known stock turns up that has all the earmarks of a brilliant future. If, after thorough professional analysis, it still looks promising, we're only too happy to put that stock to work to the advantage of our customers.
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