Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 27,1907-1908, Trip
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ACADEMY OF MUSIC, PHILADELPHIA Twenty-third Season in Philadelpnia DR. KARL MUCK, Conductor •Programme of % Fifth and Last Concert WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIP- TIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, AT 8.15 PRECISELY PUBLISHED BY C. A. ELLIS, MANAGER : Piano. Used and indorsed by Reisenauer, Neitzel, Burmeister, Gabrilowitsch, Nordica, Campanari, Bispham, and many other noted artists, will be used by TERESA CARRENO during her tour of the United States this season. The Everett piano has been played recently under the baton of the following famous conductors Theodore Thomas Franz Kneisel Dr. Karl Muck Fritz Scheel Walter Damrosch Frank Damrosch Frederick Stock F. Van Der Stucken Wassily Safonoff Emil Oberhoffer Wilhelm Gericke Emil Paur Felix Weingartner REPRESENTED BY THE MUSICAL ECHO CO., 1217 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Boston Symphony Orchestra PERSONNEL TWENTY-SEVENTH SEASON, 1907-1908 Dr. KARL MUCK, Conductor First Violins. ~Wendling, Carl, Roth, O. Hoffmann, J. Krafft, W. Concert-master. Kuntz, D. Fiedler, E. Theodorowicz, J. Ozerwonky, R. Mahn, F. Eichheim, H Bak, A. Mullaly, J. Stnibe, G. Rissland, K. Ribarsch, A. Traupe, W. Second Violins. Barleben, K. Akeroyd, J. Fiedler, B. Berger, PI. Fiumara, P. Currier, F. Rennert, B. Eichler, J. Tischer-Zeitz, H Kuntz, A. Swornsbourne, W. Goldstein, S. Kurth, R. Goldstein, H. Violas. Fenr, E. Heindl, H. Zahn, F. Kolster, A. Krauss, H. Scheurer, K. Hoyer, H. Kluge, M. Sauer, G. Gietzen, A. Violoncellos. Warnke, H. Nagel, R. Barth, C. Loeffler, E. Heberlein, H. Keller, J. Kautzenbach, A. Nast, L. Hadley, A. Smalley, R. Basses. Keller, K. Agnesy, K. Seydel, T. Elkind, S. •Gerhardt, G. Kunze, M. Huber, E. Schurig, R. Flutes. Oboes. Clarinets. Bassoons. Maquarre, A. Longy, G. Grisez, G. Sadony, P. Maquarre, D. Lenom, C. Mimart, P. Litke, H. Brooke, A. Sautet, A. Vannini, A. Regestein, E. Fox, P. English Horn Bass Clarinet. Contra-bassoon. Mueller, F. Stumpf, K. Helleberg, J. Horns. Horns. Trumpets. Trombones. Tuba. Hess, M. Schmid, K. Kloepfel, L. Hampe, C. Lorenz, O Lorbeer, H. Gebhardt, W. Mann, J. Mausebach, A. Hain, F. Hackebarth, A. Heim, G. Kenfield, L. Phair, J. Schumann, C. Merrill, C. Harp. Tympany Percussion. Schuecker, H. Rettberg, A. Dworak, J. Senia, T. Kandler, F. Ludwig, C. Burkhardt, H. Librarian. Sauerquell, J. MMHMbfefetatellrigto^ Hti)e <£f)ttJurtng Biuno Bears a name which has become known to purchasers as representing the highest possible value produced in the piano industry. It has been associated with all that is highest and best in piano making since 1823. Its name is the hall mark of piano worth and is a guarantee to the purchaser that in the instrument bearing it, is incorporated the highest artistic value possible. CHICKERING & SONS PIANOFORTE MAKERS Established 1823 791 TREMONT STREET BOSTON, U.S.A. Represented in Philadelphia by JOHN WANAMAKER, City Hall Square 4 BOStOn ACADEMY OF MUSIC, ™*»*™. Symphony § Twenty-seventh Season, 1907-1908. Orchestra Twenty-third Season in Philadelphia* Dr. KARL MUCK, Conductor. FIFTH AND LAST CONCERT, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, AT 8. J 5 PRECISELY. PROGRAMME. " Beethoven . Symphony in F major, No. 6, Pastoral," Op. 68 I. Awakening of serene impressions on arriving in the country: Allegro, ma non troppo. II. Scene by the brook-side : Andante molto moto. III. Jolly gathering of country folk: Allegro. In tempo d' allegro. Thunder-storm; Tempest: Allegro. IV. Shepherds' song; Gladsome and thankful feelings after the storm: Allegretto. MacDowell . Orchestral Suite in E minor, No. 2, "Indian," Op. 48 I. Legend: Not fast; with much dignity and character. Twice as fast ; with decision. II. Love Song: Not fast; tenderly. III. In War Time: With rough vigor, almost savagely. IV. Dirge : Dirge-like, mournfully. V. Village Festival : Swift and light. Rimbky- Korsakoff . Caprice on Spanish Themes, Op. 34 rst me ' n Philadelphia I. Alborada. ^ ^ II. Variations. III. Alborada. IV. Scene and Gypsy Song. V. Fandango of the Asturias. There will be an intermission of ten minutes after the symphony. 5 There are 5,000 different parts in a single piano ; 10 different materials used, — <rvood, iron, felt, etc; 14 different 'woods,— ash, spruce, maple, etc* And it has taken 200 years to develop the instrument to its present perfection as represented by the HARDMAN PIANO It is evident that only the most expert knowledge and long experience are capable of combining these multi- tudinous elements so as to produce a truly artistic piano. For sixty-five years Hardman, Peck & Co. have been solving piano construction problems. Long enough to acquire expert knowledge and ripe experience; long enough to perfect the famous Hardman Tone, the exquisitely respon- sive touch, the beautiful cases ; long enough to demonstrate the remarkable durability of these vital qualities. Call at our warerooms or at the warerooms of any of our 'representatives, and verify these significant truths. All makes of pianos taken in exchange Convenient terms of payment for the balance can be arranged ART CATALOG SENT ON REQUEST HARDMAN, PECK & CO. 138 Fifth Avenue (corner 19th Street), New York 524 Fulton Street, Brooklyn. N.Y. Represented in Philadelphia by JAMES BELLAK'S SONS, 1129 Chestnut Street Improves Established with use 184.2 ^^^__ Symphony No. 6, in F major, "Pastoral/' Op. 68. Ludwig van Beethoven (Born at Bonn,— December 16, 1770; died at Vienna, March 26, 1827.) This symphony "Sinfonia pastorale"—was composed in the country round about Heiligenstadt in the summer of 1808. It was first per- formed at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, December 22, 1808. The symphony was described on the programme as "A symphony entitled 'Recollections of Life in the Country/ in F major, No. 5" (sic). All the pieces performed were by Beethoven: an Aria, "Ah, perfido," sung by Josephine Kilitzky; Hymn with Latin text written in church style, with chorus and solos; Pianoforte Concerto in G major, played by Beethoven; Grand Symphony in C minor, No. 6 (sic); Sanctus, with Latin text written in church style, with chorus and solos; Fantasie for pianoforte solo ; Fantasie for pianoforte, "into which the full orchestra enters little by little, and at the end the chorus joins in the Finale." The concert began at half-past six. We know nothing about the pecuniary result. * * * There was trouble about the choice of a soprano. Anna Pauline Milder,* the singer for whom Beethoven wrote the part of Fidelio, was chosen. Beethoven happened to meet Hauptmann, a jeweller, who was courting her, and in a strife of words called him "stupid ass!" Pauline Anna Milder was born at Constantinople, December 13, 1785. She died at Berlin, May 20 1838. The daughter of an Austrian courier, or, as some say, pastry cook to the Austrian embassador at Constantinople, and afterward interpreter to Prince Maurojeni, she had a most adventurous childhood. (The story is told at length in von Ledebur*s "Tonkunstler-Lexicon Berlin's.") Back in Austria, she studied three years with Sigismund Neukomm. Schikaneder heard her and brought her out in Vienna in 1803, as Juno in Susmayer*s " Der Spiegel von Arkadien." She soon became famous, and she was engaged at the court opera, where she created the part of Leonora in "Fidelio." In 1810 she married a jeweller, HauDtmann. She sang as guest at many opera houses and was offered brilliant engagements, and in 1816 she became a member of the Berlin Royal Opera House at a yearly salary of four thousand thalers and a vacation of three months. She retired with a pension in 1831, after having sung in three hundred and eighty operatic performances; she was also famous in Berlin as an oratorio singer. She appeared again in Berlin in 1834, but her voice was sadly worn, yet she sang as a guest in Copenhagen and St. Petersburg. Her funeral was conducted with pomp and ceremony, and it is said that the "Iphigenia in Tauris," "Alceste," and "Armide," her favorite operas, were put into her coffin, a favor she asked shortly before her death. NEW SONG CYCLES GEORGE H. CLUTSAM. Love Letters. Five Songs. 2 keys . Price, $1.00 net AMY WOODFORDE-FINDEN. Five Japanese Songs. 2 keys . Price, $1.00 net LIZA LEHMAN N. Golden Threshold. Quartette Cycle . Price, #1.50 net HERBERT G. LOVEDAY. Minstrel Songs from Scott's Rokeby. 2 keys Price, $1.00 net LANDON RONALD. Love Tokens. Six Songs. 2 keys . Price, $1.00 net 1. HUBERT S. RYAN. Six Elizabethan Aires. 2 keys . Price, $ 00 net GERRIT SMITH. Thistledown Price, I1.50 net REGINALD SOMERVILLE. Love Themes. Cycle of Three Songs. Price, $1.00 net ARTHUR SOMERVELL. James Lee's Wife. Song Cycle for Contralto Price, $1.50 net 1 BOOSEY & COMPANY, 9 East Seventeenth St., New YorK City — HEPPE A Jury of Tone Ex- perts CERTIFIES all Heppe Pianos If you were about to buy a piano and could get such well-known authorities on tone and acoustics as these to aid you in your selection, would you not feel assured of an artistic piano ? HUGH A. CLARKE, Musical Doctor, professor of music at the University of Pennsylvania. W. "W. GILCHRIST, Musical Doctor, teacher of voice and composition, conductor of the Mendelssohn Club and Harrisburg Choral. HENRY GORDON THUNDER, orchestral conductor and pianist, conductor of Phila- delphia Choral Society, organist of the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901. WILLIAM STOLL, Jr., teacher piano and violin, conductor of the Germania Orchestra and the Beethoven String Quartette. SAMUEL L. HERRMANN, teacher piano and harmony, music director the Treble Clef, the Maennerchor, and the Manheim Clubs. The verdict of this distinguished jury is not embodied in a general opinion, but each individual piano is actually tested, and those found worthy receive a certificate which is sealed to the back of the piano and varnished over, so that neither figures nor facts can be changed.