Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 76, 1956-1957, Subscription
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SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON Telephone, Commonwealth 6-1492 ' SEVENTY-SIXTH SEASON, 1956-1957 CONCERT BULLETIN of the Boston Symphony Orchestra CHARLES MUNCH, Music Director Richard Burgin, Associate Conductor with historical and descriptive notes by John N. Burk COPYRIGHT, 1957, BY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, IflC. The TRUSTEES of the BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. Henry B. Cabot President Jacob J. Kaplan Vice-President Richard C. Paine Treasurer Talcott M. Banks, Jr. E. Morton Jennings, Jr. Theodore P. Ferris Michael T. Kelleher Alvan T. Fuller Palfrey Perkins Francis W. Hatch Charles H. Stockton Harold D. Hodgkinson Edward A. Taft C. D. Jackson Raymond S. Wilkins • Oliver Wolcott . TRUSTEES EMERITUS Philip R. Allen M. A. DeWolfe Howe 1 j N. Penrose Hallowell Lewis Perry Thomas D. Perry, Jr., Manager G. W. Rector | Assistant J. J. Brosnahan, Assistant Treasurer N. S. Shirk Managers Rosario Mazzeo, Personnel Manager [1285] - » . 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Photographs by members of the Boston Camera Club (January 4-20). Lithographs by Henri De Toulouse- Lautrec loaned by the Boston Public Library (January 25-February 2). "The 20th Century Landscape," paint- ings from the deCordova and Dana Museum (February 12-March 2). Exhibition from Boston Society of Water Color Painters (March 5-April 2). Paintings, representing the work of Berkshire artists, assembled by D. R. Davis of the Tyringham Gallery (April 5-20). European photographs by members of the Orchestra (April 23-26). Reproductions of sketches by Fantin- Latour, etchings by Arthur W. Heintzel- man, and a collection of postage stamps loaned by Harold Meek were shown in the cases. endowed with the dual ability LIST OF ARTICLES to look beautifully gracious at PAGE The European Tour 3 home, or pack to a traveling Welcome by the City 59 minimum . silk and rayon European Impressions 59 blend in gold or navy with An Opinion from Moscow 115 white dots . sizes 10 to 20. An Official Welcome 171 The Statues in Symphony Hall . 227 Hindemith and Rilke 283 "Boston Visits Moscow" 284 416 B0YLST0N ST., BOSTON KE 6-6238 Guido Cantelli 339 54 CENTRAL ST., WELLESLEY WE 5-3430 Walton's New Concerto 340 [1287 ] The Orchestra Honored in Vienna 451 The Orchestra in New York 483 Subscribers' Exhibition 507 Fantin-Latour 539 The Barnet Collection 563 To Further Contemporary Music 675 Ludwig Juht 676 An Adventure in Percussion .... 707 Sir William Walton 707 Drawings by Toulouse-Lautrec. 731 Memories of Toscanini (Ernest Newman) 732 "The 20th Century Landscape" (Frederick P. Walkey) . 787 A Rare Portrait 788 "Dutch Treat" Luncheons 871 Josef Hofmann 871 Berkshire Festival Announcement 891 Walton's Cello Concerto in London 923 Dr. Munch in Philadelphia 943 15th Session of the Berkshire Music Center 996 Honors for Randall Thompson. 1027 Danny Kaye and the Boston Symphony Orchestra 1048 After the Concert ("Kaffee Klatsch" 1048 New Music at Tanglewood 1099 Berkshire Festival Programs... 1151 A Birthday Gift 1183 A WORD OF THANKS The return of unused tickets by our subscribers for resale has not only enabled many people to hear the Or- Two part harmony . , chestra in a solidly subscribed season, our silk dress with its own but has proved a most profitable custom. During the season now ending, the matching orlon cardi- Orchestra's deficit has by this means gan, in ice cream tones been lessened by $10,000. The thoughtfulness of those who have tor only 35.00 . turned in their seats for this purpose a wonderful way to deserves the warmest gratitude. live this summer, in town or THE GUEST CONDUCTORS country. FOR NEXT SEASON Charles Munch has invited three guests to share conducting duties in the Orchestra's 77th season, 1957-58. Pierre Monteux will direct the Or- chestra for three weeks, including two pairs of Friday and Saturday concerts (Continued on page 1319) [1288] — the wee windblown jacket costume $69.95 So tiny, yet so tremendously important and clearly, one of the freshest looks in a long, long, time. Suddenly figures have a delicious new proportion under this jutting top. And the superhly slender dress, of immaculate detail, can well afford to be independent. Soft pure wool in navy. 8 to 14. filene's french shops, seventh floor [1289] FINANCIAL. 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Coburn, Jr. Trust Company Chairman, Trust Investment Committee ONE FEDERAL STREET, BOSTON Allied with The First National Bank of Boston [1290] SEVENTY-SIXTH SEASON • NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX AND FIFTY-SEVEN Twenty-fourth ^Program FRIDAY AFTERNOON, April 26, at 2:15 o'clock SATURDAY EVENING, April 27, at 8:30 o'clock Barraud Te Deum, in Memory of Serge Koussevitzky, for Chorus and Orchestra (First performance in the United States) Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, with final chorus on Schiller's Ode to Joy, Op. 125 I. Allegro, ma non troppo, un poco maestoso II. Molto vivace: Presto III. Adagio molto e cantabile IV. Presto: Allegro Allegro assai Presto Baritone Recitative Quartet and Chorus: Allegro assai Tenor Solo and Chorus: Allegro assai vivace, alia marcia Chorus: Andante maestoso Adagio, ma non troppo, ma divoto Allegro energico, sempre ben marcato Quartet and Chorus: Allegro ma non tanto Chorus: Prestissimo CHORUS PRO MUSICA Alfred Nash Patterson, Conductor SOLOISTS Mariquita Moll, Soprano John McCollum, Tenor Martha Lipton, Alto Mack Harrell, Bass These concerts will end about 3:35 o'clock on Friday afternoon; 9:50 o'clock on Saturday evening. BALDWIN PIANO RCA VICTOR RECORDS [1291] your Spring hat for '57 will be the most flattering in years There's something infinitely feminine, devastatingly charming about a little tilted brim . and so many of this year's hats have them! The line is soft, wearable and there are some delicious variations on the theme awaiting you now in our second floor salon and in Chestnut Hill. FASHIONS OF DISTINCTION [1292] TE DEUM FOR CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA By Henry Barraud Born in Bordeaux, April 23, 1900 This Te Deum was first performed at the Music Festival in Venice in September, 1956. It is scored for wind orchestra with double basses: 2 flutes and piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones. The score is dedicated to the memory of Serge Koussevitzky. npHE choral part alternates between the chordal and contrapuntal **• manner. It starts fortissimo with an orchestral introduction of varied beat. The chorus enters unaccompanied and then sings in alternation with the wind choirs. At the words "Tibi omnes angeli" the chorus re-enters softly and is treated with elaborate counterpoint soon increasing to power. Henry Barraud's choral Le Mystere des Saints Innocents was performed by this orchestra under the direction of Serge Koussevitzky as "Conductor Emeritus" on December 1-2, 1950, when the chorus Pro Musica assisted. 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