Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 52,1932
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RKO-ALBEE THEATRE . PROVIDENCE Tuesday Evening, December 6, at 8.15 Ji- '\ x?~; W«*=* BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC. FIFTY-SECOND SEASON re 19321933 "wk PRSGRsnnc mm Madame et La Jeune Fille INCORPORATED 130 Newbury Street, Boston Mrs. John A. Tuckerman Kenmore 9412 Sport Costumes and Hats Day and Evening Dresses also Ready to wear and Made to order clothes for Girls 14 years up Our Cash Policy Permits Moderate Prices New York Shop, 553 Madison Avenue RKO-ALBEE THEATRE PROVIDENCE FIFTY-SECOND SEASON, 1932-1933 J\ INC. Dr. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, at 8.15 WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE COPYRIGHT, 1932, BY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. THE OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. BENTLEY W. WARREN • President HENRY B. SAWYER Vice-President Treasurer ERNEST B. DANE HENRY B. CABOT, JR. ARTHUR LYMAN PHILLIPS ERNEST B. DANE WILLIAM N. PENROSE HALLOWELL EDWARD M. PICKMAN B. SAWYER M. A. DE WOLFE HOWE HENRY FREDERICK E. LOWELL BENTLEY W. WARREN E. JUDD, Assistant Manager W. H. BRENNAN, Manager G. — — — ALUMNAE HALL: 123 Cushing St., Providence THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1933 MYRA HESS Celebrated English Pianist Presented by The Alumnae Asso. of Brown University Tributes from the Press, 1931-32 "The Empress of the piano. " New York Evening Telegram. "The greatest living woman exponent of the keyboard—with few male equals." New York World. "Displayed her rare—and in some respects matchless art to an audi- ence that filled the hall and half the stage." Boston Post. "The usual audience, in numbers and quality, overflowed to the stage of Jordan Hall at Miss Hess's recital. Her playing rose to power, expanded to splendor. The impulse to magnificence haunted it." H. T. P., Boston Transcript. "Myra Hess, pianist, returned to her New York public yesterday. She found a house that was packed. The occasion was one of exceptional enthusiasm and many recalls for the performer. — Olin Downes, New York Times. Miss Hess's program will include Fantasia (Mozart), Three Inter- mezzo and Bhapsodie (Brahms), Sonata, Opus 110 (Beethoven), Six Preludes (Chopin). STEINWAY PIANO Ticket sale opens December 29 at M. Steinert and Sons, 495 West- minster Street. Mail orders accepted now and filled in the order in which they are received. Prices: $2.50, $2.00, $1.50, $1.00. Local Manager: Anita Davis-Chase. Fifty-Second Season, 1932-1933 Dr. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor Violins. Burgin, R. Elcus, G. Lauga, N. Sauvlet, H. Rcsnikoff, V. Concert-master Gundersen. R. Kassman, N. Hamilton, V. Fisler, D. Theodorowicz, J. Mariotti, V. Fedorovsky, P. Hansen, E. Tapley, R. Leveen, P. Leibovici, J. Pinfield, C. Cherkassky, P. Zung, M. Knudson, C. Gorodetzky, L. Mayer, P. Diamond, S. Zide, L. Fiedler, B. Bryant, M. Beale, M. Stonestreet, L. Messina, S. Sordo, Erkelens, H. Seiniger, S. Murray, J. 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Poem, Op. 112 Sibelius "Tapiola," Tone Wagner Prelude to "Die Meistersinger von Nlirnberg" after the symphony There will be an intermission often minutes Department at the Providence For the music on these programmes, visit the Music Public Library ; Overture to the Opera "Oberon" . Carl Maria vox Weber (Born at Eutin, Oldenburg, December 18, 1786; died at London, June 5, 1826) a romantic opera in three acts, "Oberon : or, the Elf-King's Oath," book by James Robinson Planche, who founded it on Villeneuve's story "Huon de Bordeaux" and Sotheby's English translation of Wieland's German poem, "Oberon," music by Carl Maria von Weber, was first performed at Covent Garden, London, on April 12, 1826. Weber conducted. The cast was as follows : Eezia, Mary Anne Paton Mermaid, Mary Anne Goward ; Fatima, Mme. Vestris ; Puck, Harriet Cawse; Huon, John Braham; Oberon, Mr. Gownell; Scherasmin, acted by Mr. Fawcett, "but a bass singer, named Isaacs, was lugged in head and shoulders to eke out the charming quatuor, 'Over the Dark Blue Waters.' " The story of the opera was founded by Plane-lie on Wieland's ''Oberon.*'* which in turn was derived from an old French romance, "Huon of Bordeaux." Oberon and Titania have vowed never to be reconciled until they find lovers *"Oberon, or Huon of Bordeaux," a masque by W. Sotheby, was produced at Bristol, England, in 1802 ; "Oberon. or the Charmed Horn," in London on March 27, 1826—the two were founded on Wieland's poem, "Oberon's Oath : or the Paladin and the Princess," in London, on May 21, 1816. Ben Jonson wrote a masque, "Oberon the Fairy Prince," written about 1611, produced in 1640. "Oberon, or The Charmed Horn," a version of Wieland's poem, was produced at the Park Theatre, New York, on September 20, 1826. It had many repetitions at this theater. There were revivals in 1828 and 1841. Aids of Practical Value DITSON PUBLICATIONS to Appreciation TALKS ABOUT BEETHOVEN'S SYMPHONIES 2.50 By Theodore Thomas and Frederick Stock SYMPHONY SINCE BEETHOVEN ... 1.00 By Felix Weingartner ART-SONG IN AMERICA 3.00 By William Treat Upton EARLY ENGLISH CLASSICS . 1.00 Edited and Revised by George Pratt Maxim PROJECT LESSONS IN ORCHESTRATION . 1.50 By Arthur E. Heacox ESSENTIALS IN CONDUCTING . 1.75 By Karl W. Gehrkens OLIVER DITSON COMPANY, Inc. 359 Boylston Street Boston, Mass* faithful in adversity. Puck resolves to serve Oberon, his master, by bringing together Huon and Rezia. Huon has been ordered by Charlemagne to kill the favorite at Baghdad and to wed the Caliph's daughter, Rezia. The Lovers, having met, in a vision, are in love. At Baghdad, Huon being sent there because he had slain a son of Charlemagne, kills Babekan, betrothed to Rezia, and escapes with her, by the aid of a magic horn given to him and blown by Scherasmin, Huon's shield-bearer. The horn compels the Caliph's court to dance. Oberon appears and makes the lovers swear to be faithful in spite of all temptation. They are shipwrecked. Rezia is captured by pirates; Huon is wounded. The Emir Tunis has Rezia in his harem: his wife Roschana is enamored of Huon. The Emir orders the wife and Huon to be burned; but again the magic horn is blown. Oberon, reconciled to Titania, brings the lovers to Charlemagne's court, where they are welcomed with pomp and ceremony. There is another pair of lovers in the opera : Scherasmin and Rezia's Arabian maid. Fatima. The overture, scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, kettledrums, strings, begins with an introduction (Adagio sostenuto ed il tutto pianissimo possibile, D major, 4-4). The horn of Oberon is answered by muted strings. The figure for flutes and clarinets is taken from the first scene of the opera (Oberon's palace ; introduction and chorus of elfs). After a pianissimo little march, there is a short dreamy pas- sage for strings, which ends in the violas. There is a full orchestral crashing chord, and the main body of the overture begins (Allegro ;HOT€ L S OF DISTIIICT i-o n COPL€Y-PLflZfl THESE HOTELS are recognized as three of the finest hotels in the world .