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(fr) BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOUNDED IN 1881 BY HENRY LEE HIGGINSON Vk [Q m A* ^5p — H & #i SIXTY-EIGHTH SEASON 1948-1949 Tuesday Evening Series Boston Symphony Orchestra [Sixty-eighth Season, 1948-1949] SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Music Director RICHARD BURGIN, Associate Conductor PERSONNEL Violins Violas Bassoons Richard Burgin, Joseph de Pasquale Raymond Allard Concert-master Jean Cauhap6 Ernst Panenka Alfred Krips Georges Fourel Ralph Masters Gaston Elcus Eugen Lehner Rolland Tapley Albert Bernard Contra-Bassoon Norbert Lauga Emil Kornsand Boaz Piller George Zazofsky George Humphrey Paul Cherkassky Louis Artieres Horns Harry Dubbs Charles Van Wynbergen Willem Valkenier Vladimir Resnikoff Hans Werner James Stagliano Principals Joseph Leibovici Jerome Lipson Harry Einar Hansen Siegfried Gerhardt Shapiro Harold Daniel Eisler Meek Violoncellos Paul Keaney Norman Carol Walter Macdonald Carlos P infield Samuel Mayes Osbourne McConath) Paul Fedorovsky Alfred Zighera Harry Dickson Jacobus Langendoen Trumpets Minot Beale Mischa Nieland Georges Mager Frank Zecchino Hippolyte Droeghmans Roger Voisin Karl Zeise Principals Clarence Knudson Josef Zimbler Marcel La fosse Pierre Mayer Bernard Parronchi Harry Herforth Manuel Zung Enrico Fabrizio Ren£ Voisin Samuel Diamond Leon Marjollet Victor Manusevitch Trombones James Nagy Flutes Jacob Raichman Leon Gorodetzky Georges Laurent Lucien Hansotte Raphael Del Sordo James Pappoutsakis John Coffey Melvin Bryant Phillip Kaplan Josef Orosz John Murray Piccolo Tuba Lloyd Stonestreet Vinal Smith Henri Erkelens George Madsen Saverio Messina Oboes Harps Herman Silberman Bernard Zighera John Holmes Stanley Benson Elford Caughey Devergie Sheldon Rotenberg Jean Joseph Lukatsky Timpani Basses Roman Szulc English Horn Georges Moleux Max Polster Louis Speyer Willis Page Percussion Ludwig Juht Clarinets Simon Sternburg Irving Frankel Manuel Valerio Charles Smith Henry Greenberg Attilio Poto Emil Arcieri Henry Portnoi Pasquale Cardillo Piano Gaston Dufresne E\) Clarinet Lukas Foss Henri Girard Henry Freeman Bass Clarinet Librarian John Barwicki Rosario Mazzeo Leslie Rogers i9^4\\Ci949 SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON SIXTY-EIGHTH SEASON, 1948-1949 CONCERT BULLETIN of the Boston Symphony Orchestra SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Music Director Richard Burgin, Associate Conductor with historical and descriptive notes by John N. Burk The TRUSTEES of the BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. Henry B. Cabot President Jacob J. Kaplan Vice-President Richard C. Paine Treasurer Philip R. Allen M. A. De Wolfe Howe John Nicholas Brown Roger I. Lee Alvan T. Fuller Lewis Perry Jerome D. Greene Henry B. Sawyer N. Penrose Hallowell Raymond S. Wilkins Francis W. Hatch Oliver Wolcott George E. Judd, Manager [1] © © © © © © © Only © © © you can © © © decide © © © © © © Whether your property is large or small, it rep- © resents the security for your family's future. 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And he underlined the word created big. The friends like the idea and last by week they launched a campaign to make sure the gift would be really big. Strik- famous ing while the glow of admiration for the retiring conductor is hot, they are designers asking his fans to show their apprecia- tion to the tune of $200,000. The plan is for to add this sum to a reserve of $50,000 to form the Serge Koussevitzky Fund. women The new fund will be for emergencies. It will be different from the endowment who fund, for only the income of that fund is expendable, whereas both the know principal and the income of the new fund will be available to the orchestra and in the event of any sudden need of money. appreciate —New York Times, November 7, 1948. fine ORCHESTRA TO BROADCAST things . • • It will be remembered that one of Henry L. Higginson's primary inten- tions when this Orchestra gave its first concerts was to make its music avail- able to the widest possible audience. This he did in pre-radio days by open- ing the final rehearsal each Friday after- noon to all who paid a small admission fee at the door. It is now many years since the Friday afternoon "rehearsals" have become in e.very sense concerts, retaining something of their original pur- pose only in the "rush" line in the sec- ond balcony. The actual rehearsals of Boston the Orchestra are held behind closed doors. Providence Dr. Koussevitzky has agreed to sub- Wellesley mit a half hour of the Orchestra's re- [3] hearsal each Monday to be broadcast. The rehearsal will be on the network of the National Broadcasting Company from 1 to 1:30, beginning next Monday, November 22 (on local station WBZ). Chandlanaier s The rehearsal will proceed in the usual way with occasional interruptions and reoetition of a phrase by the orchestra according to the audible directions of the conductor. Tnese broadcasts are de- signed to give music lovers and es- Gifts and pecially students the opportunity to ob- serve a great orchestra and its conductor actually at work. The rehearsal broad- casts will continue into the summer, Fashions including the Pops and Berkshire Festi- val series. In addition to the Boston Symphony broadcasts there will be a weekly series for a brilliant by the Pops orchestra each Sunday from 5:30 to 6:00 P.M., E. S. T., over the same network. Arthur Fiedler will conduct. and This series will begin on December 12 and will be given under the sponsorship of RCA Victor. successful The two series of broadcasts are in effect the renewal of an old and well- remembered association. Concerts were holiday! also broadcast by the National Broad- casting Company in the years 1935, '36, and '37. Chandler's delight- HONOR FOR RICHARD BURGIN ful Gift Shop . In recognition of Richard Burgin's a perfect setting efforts in behalf of the music of Gustav Mahler, he is awarded this week the Mahler medal by the Bruckner Society for fascinating of America. The medal, which bears the inscription, "My time will yet come," suggestions! The was designed by Julio Kilenyi. Among the holders of the Mahler medal are Walter, Fur Salon . for all Koussevitzky, Ormandy, Reiner, Rodzinski, and Mitropoulos. the luxury that women love! The ORCHESTRA OPENS ITS Street Floor ... a NEW YORK SEASON gold mine of Olin Downes, N. Y. Times, November 11, 1948 brilliant accessories There is no use to claim infallibility. It may be unconscious favoritism toward for your own an orchestra with which we grew up. But it is the inescapable conclusion, and costumes or for to the best of this deponent's knowledge and belief, after hearing brilliant per- formances in preceding weeks by other gifts! fashion-wise symphonic ensembles, that there is no other orchestra in the country which for finish, glow of tone and distinction [4] of style equals the Boston Symphony. This orchestra gave its first New York concert of the season last night ts&zc in Carnegie Hall. Dr. Koussevitzky started his program with the first score that he interpreted when he came to \&tff£ erf \/nA/£&&*t<?^ America at his opening concert October 10-11, 1924, in Boston's Symphony Hall. The orchestra, as all know, was then a body of historic distinction. No doubt it played Vivaldi's D minor Concerto Grosso beautifully at the time. But one does not believe it could have played as beautifully as it did last night. Dr. Koussevitzky has been at work upon it for twenty-four years. There is no string tone like it for vibrancy, transparency and luster. Some think that Dr. Koussevitzky pitches his strings too high and thereby gains a spurious brilliancy. It is too bad, but we fear that if this is the reason, other conductors will have to adopt a similar pitch, and we are far from cer- tain that this device would in itself se- cure the Boston Symphony standard of What finer gift this tone-quality. From the first sound on- Christmas than a superb ward the performance of Vivaldi's music was a feast to the ear and the under- Fidelitone Phonograph standing. Needle ... to give It is not improbable that Dr. Kous- sevitzky, with memories crowding him countless hours of musical close, and at the beginning of his last enjoyment to your friends. season with the orchestra to which he has contributed so much, put his last ounce of effort into securing maximum results on this particular occasion. But he has never spared the last effort to gain his artistic end. Whatever the con- Fidelitone ditions and motivations, he set forth the noble simplicities of Vivaldi music with PHONOGRAPH NEEDLES a mastery and a beauty that will long be remembered. The program was of familiar music, a wide selection as too many programs seem to be today, with the single exception of the recently at your favorite composed "Symphony for String Or- chestra," with trumpet obbligato, by record shop Arthur Honegger.
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    KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC DouglasTrumpet Lindsey, Ensemble Conductor Nancy Conley,Philharmonic Conductor UniversityTrey Harris, Conductor Band Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at 8 pm Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center, Morgan Hall Fifty-eighth Concert of the 2017-18 Concert Season program TrumpetDouglas Lindsey, Ensemble Conductor BRUCE BROUGHTON (b. 1945) Concert Piece VACLAV NELHYBEL (1919–1996) Music for Six Trumpets WILLIAM SCHMIDT (1926–2009) Variants with Solo Cadenzas MIKHAIL GLINKA (1804–1857) Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture Intermission PhilharmonicNancy Conley, Conductor DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE (1637–1707) arr. Robert Hause Chaconne in E minor SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891–1953) arr. Paul Lavender “Troika” from Lt. Kije NORMAN DELLO JOIO (1913–2008) Air for Strings FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847) ed. Hellmuth Christian Wolff and Lucas Drew Sinfonia VII in D minor Allegro Intermission UniversityTrey Harris, Conductor Band RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872–1958) Flourish for Wind Band (1939) MICHAEL COLGRASS (b. 1932) Old Churches (2002) CHARLES E. DUBLE (1884–1960) Bravura (1918) ANNE MCGINTY (b. 1945) The Red Balloon (1993) JOHN MACKEY (b. 1973) Undertow (2008) program notes Chaconne in E minor | Dietrich Buxtehude Dietrich Buxtehude, a Baroque composer of Danish-German ancestry, is best known for his compositions for organ. Buxtehude’s renown and influence as a performer, composer, and teacher lead a young J. S. Bach to travel 60 miles on foot to meet Buxtehude and hear him perform. The Chaconne in E minor was originally composed for organ, and has been artfully arranged for string orchestra by Robert Hause. Troika (from Lieutenant Kijé) | Sergei Prokofiev Born in Russia, Sergei Prokofiev is considered one of the major composers of the 20th century.