Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 53,1933-1934
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SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES Branch Exchange Telephones, Ticket and Administration Offices, Commonwealth 1492 INC. Dr. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor FIFTY-THIRD SEASON, 1933-1934 WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE AND JOHN N. BURK COPYRIGHT, 1934, BY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. THE OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. BENTLEY W. WARREN President HENRY B. SAWYER Vice-President ERNEST B. DANE Treasurer ALLSTON BURR ROGER I. LEE HENRY B. CABOT WILLIAM PHILLIPS ERNEST B. DANE EDWARD M. PICKMAN N. PENROSE HALLOWELL HENRY B. SAWYER M. A. DE WOLFE HOWE BENTLEY W. WARREN W. H. BRENNAN, Manager G. E. JUDD, Assistant Manager 585 n en uotw ami name& mib {OomAwnu a& (bocecatcw cmd zJ wu&£ee, uoa awe fwowtima uie wtieiMk of an m&iitwticm weiidewina d^lwwat/mea &w= vice in a mcbtimiwt^nliieia. Old Colony Trust Company 17 COURT STREET, BOSTON Affiliated with The First National Bank ^Boston EXECUTOR * TRUSTEE • GUARDIAN • CONSERVATOR • AGENT 586 Title Page ... .... Page 585 Programme ....... 589 Analytical Notes: " Sir Henry Wood: Biographical Sketch . 590 Purcell . Suite (Arranged for Orchestra by Sir Henry Wood) . 591 Beethoven Rondino (For eight wind instruments) 608 Mozart Andante from Cassation No. 1 for Strings 609 Elgar . "Enigma" Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 . 610 Strauss . "Don Juan," Symphonic Poem 619 Lalo .... Norwegian Rhapsody 625 Advance Programme . 627 Special Concert Announcements .... 628-629 Teachers' Directory 630-632 Personnel Opposite page 632 587 —CijaniJler & Co — Tremont Street at West—Boston In our January Sale of Fur Coats— We present the seasons outstanding value Huduason (Seal dyed Muskrat) Croats $139 made to our special order in new advanced styles Our expert selected the skins for these coats from literally hundreds — choosing them for depth of fur, perfection of dye and flawless quality. The styles represent those most important this season. These coats may be purchased on our ten-payment budget plan. Second Floor 588 FIFTY-THIRD SEASON, NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE AND THIRTY-FOUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 19, at 2.30 o'clock SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, at 8.15 o'clock Sir Henry Wood, Conducting Purcell . Suite (Arranged for Orchestra by Sir Henry Wood) I. Prelude ("Dioclesian") II. Minuet ("Distressed Innocence") III. Largo (Fifth Sonata) IV. "Song of the Birds" ("Timon of Athens") v. Finale (First Sonata) (First performances in Boston) Beethoven Rondino (For eight wind instruments) (First performances at these concerts) Mozart Andante from Cassation No. 1 for Strings (First performances at these concerts) Elgar "Enigma" Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 Theme: Andante. Variations. I. "C. A. E." L'istesso tempo. II. "H. D. S.—P." Allegro. III. "R. B. T." Allegretto. IV. "W. M. B." Allegro di molto. V. "R. P. A." Moderate VI. "Ysobel" Andantino. VII. "Troyte" Presto. VIII. "W. N." Allegretto. IX. "Nimrod" Moderato. X. "Dorabella—Intermezzo." Allegro. XI. "G. R. S." Allegro di molto. XII. "B. G. N." Andante. XIII. "X. X. X.—Romanza." Moderato. XIV. "E. D. U.—Finale." Strauss "Don Juan," Symphonic Poem Lalo Norwegian Rhapsody There will be an intermission of ten minutes after Elgar's Variations 589 SIR HENRY WOOD The history of musical performance in England during the last forty years is inseparably bound with the career as conductor of Sir Henry Joseph Wood. Born in London, March 3, 1870, he was taught music by his mother, became "deputy organist" when a boy of ten in St. Mary Aldermanbury, and subsequently in other churches of London. He aimed to become a composer, studied for six years at the Royal Academy of Music, and wrote music in small and large forms. From the time that he joined a touring opera com- pany, at the age of nineteen, conducting has been his exclusive musical pursuit (excepting his experience as teacher of singing, which has led to his career as choral conductor). For several years he conducted much opera, from Gilbert and Sullivan to the Italian repertory, and "Eugen Onegin." In 1895 he became connected with the then newly built Queen's Hall, an association which still continues. To the Promenade Con- certs, which, from their first season found a large and immediate public, were added in 1897 a Saturday afternoon and a Sunday series of symphony concerts. According to the English recorders, these three series gave a new impetus to musical life in London. In both the symphony and the Promenade Concerts, Henry Wood gained a reputation through the years for the introduction in Eng- land of much new music, from various countries. H. C. Colles, in his article for Grove's Dictionary, says of Wood's first wife, the singer, Olga Ouroussov: "She had been his pupil and became to a certain extent his teacher, for he owed much to her accomplishment and fine taste. She was no doubt partly responsible for the direction of Wood's attention to the great wealth of Russian orchestral music which was still practically unknown in England in the nineties." Rosa Newmarch, in her monograph "Henry J. Wood," published as long ago as 1904, takes exception to the point of view as perhaps "reasoning backwards." It may well have been the conductor's musical inclinations and his type which found him a Russian wife. In any case, Sir Henry Wood was, and is, no narrow specialist. He has deeply probed each musical nationality, including his own, and brought forward many young virtuosos at his concerts. it was in 1911 (after his first wife's death) that he was knighted. To this day, Sir Henry Wood maintains his reputation as a coura- geous exponent of new music. He has on many occasions invited com- posers of Europe (such as Strauss, Debussy, Reger, Scriabin, Schonberg) to lead their own music at Queen's Hall. He has con- ducted at various festivals in European capitals. He visited this 590 country 1896 and 1904, conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and again in the summers of 1925 and 1926 to conduct at the Hollywood Bowl. Choral conducting has been an important and an enduring part of Sir Henry Wood's activities. In the first years of this century he became conductor of the choral festivals in Birmingham, Shef- field, Wolverhampton, Norwich, and some of these he still leads. Next autumn the "Proms," so called, will reach their fortieth season, under his direction. Suite (arranged for Orchestra by Sir Henry Joseph Wood) Henry Purcell (Born in London, 1658 (or 1G59) ; died in London, November 21, 1695) "Poetry and painting have arrived at perfection in our own country, yet Musick is yet but in its nonage, a forward child, which gives hope of what it may be hereafter in England, when the masters of it shall find more encourage- ment. 'Tis now learning Italian, which is its best master—we must shake off our barbarity by degrees." So, with a deprecating flourish and an adroit hint, Henry Purcell dedicated to Charles, Duke of Somerset, his printed score of BY ENGLISH COMPOSERS Piano Net Songs Net ROY AGNEW ADAM CARSE Contrasts. Cycle of five pieces ;i.oo A Jewel Cycle. 4 songs, each. .$.50 EDGAR L. SAINTON S. COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Will o' the Wisp .40 Life and Death (3 keys) 50 Puck .40 ALMA GOATLEY ELLEN COLEMAN Now that April's There (2 Poems and Pictures. 5 com- keys) 60 1.00 Pipe out, ye Silver Flutes (2 EDWARD ELGAR kevs) 60 .50 JULIUS HARRISON JOHN PENNINGTON The Wayfarer (2 keys) 50 .60 Fulfilment (2 keys) 50 THEOPHIL WENDT GUSTAV HOLST Valse Glissando on Black Keys .60 She who is dear to me (2 keys) .50 Awake, my Heart keys) . .50 ORLANDO MORGAN (2 Violin and Piano Love and Eternity (2 keys) . .50 MARY CARMICHAEL I wove a fabric (2 keys) 50 Melodies for Two Violins and II. WALDO WARNER Piano (arranged) .75 Flowers, Awake ! (3 keys) . .50 EDWARD ELGAR Love and the Rose (With Sursum Corda .50 violin obligato) (2 keys) . .65 I . LIONEL TERTIS Knew not Love (2 keys) . .50 Londonderry Air (arranged) .50 Choruses for mixed and women's voices For Orchestra by Adam Carse, S. Coleridge-Taylor. C. V. STANFORD Gustav Hoist, C. V. Stanford. Symphony No. 7 in B-flat H. Waldo Warner, Felix White, and Score 6.00 others. The ARTHUR P. SCHMHOT CO. 120 Boylston St. 591 Beauty that never ages Tomorrow, as you walk down ever designed. And because they the streets of Boston, try to have that beauty which is date- guess the age of the Packard's you less, they will still be in style a see. You'll find it difficult indeed. half dozen years from now. For the lines of a Packard never We invite you to come in and grow old. Even after five or six see these new Packards. 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