Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 82, 1962-1963
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:') >i BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOUNDED IN I88I BY HENRY LEE HIGGINSON it )lf 24 vi '^7- fy J ^^\ -^ .J '~^u I \,.. -^- ^J--«i!i:^.^ ^x\ ••—ieCS^; \'\ EIGHTY-SECOND SEASON 1962-1963 ADIVARI created for all time a perfect marriage of precision and beauty for both the eye and the ear. He had the unique genius to combine a thorough knowledge of the acoustical values of wood with a fine artist's sense of the good and the beautiful. Unexcelled b<r anything before or after, his violins have such purity of tone, they are said to speak with the voice of a lovely soul within. In business, as in the arts, experience audi ability are invaluable. We suggest you take advantage of our extensive insurance background by letting us review youf needs either business or personal and counsel you to an intelligent program. W^e respectfully invite your inquiry. CHARLES H. WATKINS & CO. Richard P. Nvquist — Charles G. Carleton — Robert G. Jennings 147 MILK STREET BOSTON 9, MASSACHUSETTS LIBERTY 2-1250 Associated With OBRION, RUSSELL & CO. Insurance of Every Description EIGHTY-SECOND SEASON, 1962-1963 Boston Symphony Orchestra ERICH LEINSDORF, Music Director Richard Burgin, Associate Conductor CONCERT BULLETIN with historical and descriptive notes by John N. Burk Copyright, 1963, by Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. The trustees of the BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. Henry B. Cabot President Talcott M. Banks Vice-President Richard C. Paine Treasurer Abram Berkowitz Henry A. Laughlin Theodore P. Ferris John T. Noonan Francis W. Hatch Mrs. James H. Perkins Harold D. Hodgkinson Sidney R. Rabb C. D. Jackson Charles H. Stockton E. Morton Jennings, Jr. John L. Thorndike Raymond S. Wilkins TRUSTEES EMERITUS Palfrey Perkins Lewis Perry Edward A. Taft Oliver Wolcott Thomas D. Perry, Jr., Manager Norman S. Shirk Rosario Mazzeo James J. Brosnahan Assistant Manager Personnel Manager Business Administrator SYMPHONY HALL BOSTON [ 1475 ] Erich J^insdorf conducts The "Boston (Symphony ' ' The Aristocrat of Orchestras Under Mr. Leinsdorf's direction, this season tiie Processed in Dynagroove — the magnificent new Boston Symphony has been heard in many brilliant sound developed by RCA Victor, it is like having performances. The Mahler First Symphony the best seats in Symphony Halll Hear also the brought cheers when played in concert. You will be delightful Bartok Concerto for Orchestra. Both pleasantly surprised by the RCA Victor recording. in Living Stereo, Monaural Hi-Fi and on Tape. DIahler/Syinphony No. 1 Boston Symphony Orch. Erich Leinsdorf 'Jw '^inr'.i^/n^.'/^Jnxrj/rai RCA VICTOR OKHITHE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN SOUND [1476] CONTENTS Program 1481 Notes Brahms (Symphony No. 3) . 1484 Entr'actes What Wagner Owed to Weber (by Erich Leinsdorf) . 1496 From the Heart to the Heart (by Desmond Shaw e -Taylor) 1510 Notes Wagner (Excerpts from "Parsifal") 1518 EXHIBITIONS The exhibitions shown in the Gallery through the past season were loaned by the following artists and associations: New Hampshire Art Association (Sep- tember 2I-October 7) Watercolors by Eliot O'Hara, Glenn MacNutt and Benjamin Rowland, Jr., loaned by Doll and Richards I October 12-November 5) Pictures from the Shore Galleries (November 9-December 3) Subscribers' Exhibition (December 7- January 1) Paintings by Roger W. Curtis, Aldro Thompson Hibbard, Ken Gore and William James Flynn (January 4- January 29) Contemporary paintings, Boris Mirski Gallery (February 1-February 24) Boston Society of Watercolor Painters J^prinafprina /Vfr^oSei February 28-March 16) Pink, Blue or Yellow Roses printed Pictures from the Gallery of Tyring- ham, Massachusetts (March 28- on cotton sateen. Our Hostess April 13) Coat in sizes 8-18. $17.95 The bronze head of Charles Munch, 416 BOYLSTON STREET 54 CENTRAL STREET now in the Ancient Instrument Room, BOSTON 16 WELLESLEY is the gift of the conductor. It was made KEnmore 6-6238 CEdar 5-3430 in 1939 by Irene Codreano. [ 1477 ] LIST OF ARTICLES Charles Munch - International Conductor 837 3ini Memoriam - Joseph Leibovici. 5 The Council of Friends 838 The Lincoln Center Opening .... 5 Berj Zamkochian 902 The Orchestra on Television 6 When Debussy Answered a A Bronze Head of Beethoven ... 69 Questionnaire 965 John Browning 69 Henryk Szeryng 1029 70 New Players A Full Life of Folksong (Kodaly) 1029 Erich Leinsdorf and Boston 133 Lorin Hollander 1093 A Notable Book on Acoustics. 197 Reserved Seats for the United Nations Day 262 "Rush Line" 1094 The New York Opening 325 Samuel Mayes 1157 Geza Anda 389 Joan Carlyle Portrait of Gericke 390 Hermann Prey 1221 Joseph de Pasquale 453 Joshua Hecht Two Notable Broadcasts 454 A Gift 1221 List of Casts in Symphony Hall. 517 Grand Prix du Disque 1222 The Statues in Symphony Hall. 518 Ferenc Fricsay 1222 Mahler and Boston 581 Symphony Week 1285 A Composer's Praise (Irving Leinsdorf and the Berkshire Fine), by Aaron Copland 645 Music Center 1285 "Inside Symphony Hall" 646 A Continuing Career Cyrus W. Durgin 709 (Pierre Monteux) 1349 Gabriel Tacchino 710 Joseph Silverstein 1413 The Earliest Memories 774,838, To Teach and to Be Taught, 902, 1157 by Louis Chapin 1413 at Cj(/d6jGu^ ucumci CAo^ucA u€/u/ccj^ \^_ Sunday Services 10 :45 a.m. and 7 :30 p.m. Sunday School (also nursery) 10:45 a.m. ^> Wednesday Testimony Meetings 7 :30 p.m. \ ^ ~-^ 7^ 9l^6t/a^C/uMwA THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, IN BOSTON — Falmouth and Norway Streets (Symphony Station) [H78] all beautiful curves the cowl neckline drops to a deep scoop in back; demure across the table, dashing on the dance floor. The bloused top and softly rounded skirt with tucks at the top to release the easy fullness. In white, strawberry or black rayon and acetate. 8 to 14 by Hannah Troy. Filene's French Shops, seventh floor, Boston. $110 1479] Love of music can't be passed on by your will — unlike a prized Chip- pendale chair or your grandfather's watch fob. 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Andante III. Poco allegretto IV. Allegro INTERMISSION Wagner Excerpts from "Parsifal" Prelude to Act I Transformation Scene, Act I Prelude to Act II Prelude, Good Friday Music, and Finale, Act III These concerts will end about 4:10 o'clock on Thursday Afternoon; 10:25 o'clock on Saturday Evening. BALDWIN PIANO rCA VICTOR RECORDS [ 1481 ] LONGWOOD SHOP for young misses B 3 o E o >#» o 3 en *C CL 3 t. O >^ o o E o O MD o CI fi^'i Boston Chestnut Hill u) [ 1482 J TANGLEWOOD The BERKSHIRE FESTIVAL by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf, Music Director, will take place in Tanglewood, Lenox, Massachusetts, from July 5 through August 25, 1963, with concerts each Friday and Saturday evening, and Sunday afternoon. There will be two weeks of Mozart programs, one of music by Bach and Haydn, and five weeks of concerts by the full Orchestra. A feature of the repertory will be music by Prokofiev in observance of the tenth anniversary of his death.* The BERKSHIRE MUSIC CENTER, maintained by the Orchestra at Tanglewood for the advanced study of music, will have Mr. Leinsdorf as its Director and will hold its twenty-first session from June 30 through August 25. For the programs of the Berkshire Festival or the catalogue of the Berkshire Music Center, please address Berkshire Music Center, Sym- phony Hall, Boston 15, Massachusetts. * For programs see page 1525 cP ^i o9oO ^ come see how hurwitch reflects its S> lighthear+ed mood in our . souffle tweeds . textured silks 4''' I menswear worsteds . , I lir/lllrrn '" ^^^ superb collection of cAj<i\j\J I w I u vlb suits, coats, and gowns TWENTY NEWBURY BOSTON for spring 1963 [1483] SYMPHONY NO. 3, IN F MAJOR, Op. 90 By Johannes Brahms Born in Hamburg, May 7, 1833; died in Vienna, April 3, 1897 Composed in 1883, the Third Symphony was first performed at a concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, December 2, 1883, Hans Richter conducting. The first American performance was in New York, October 24, 1884, at a Novelty Concert by Mr. Van der Stucken. The first performance in Boston was by the Boston Sym- phony Orchestra, under Wilhelm Gericke, on November 8, 1884. The most recent performances in this series were on December 24-25, 1954, when Guido Cantelli conducted. The Symphony is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and contra- bassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani and strings. 'TpHE world which had waited so many years for Brahms' First Sym- ^ phony was again aroused to a high state of expectancy when six years elapsed after the Second before a Third was announced as written and ready for performance.