s^%^ BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOUNDED IN 1881 BY HENRY LEE HIGGINSON ^ikzz^j&s^ EIGHTY-FOURTH SEASON 1964-1965 TAKE NOTE The precursor of the oboe goes back to antiquity — it was found in Sumeria (2800 bc) and was the Jewish halil, the Greek aulos, and the Roman tibia • After the renaissance, instruments of this type were found in complete families ranging from the soprano to the bass. The higher or smaller instruments were named by the French "haulx-bois" or "hault- bois" which was transcribed by the Italians into oboe which name is now used in English, German and Italian to distinguish the smallest instrument • In a symphony orchestra, it usually gives the pitch to the other instruments • Is it time for you to take note of your insurance needs? • We welcome the opportunity to analyze your present program and offer our professional service to provide you with intelligent, complete protection. We respectfully invite your inquiry . , .„ y J J J * J / , / Associated with W TKIN C( ?™£5: ^ ? ? L /OBRION, RUSSELL 8c CO. Richard P. Nyquist — Charles G. Carleton 147 MILK STREET BOSTON 9, MASSACHUSETTS Insurance of Every Description 542-1250 EIGHTY-FOURTH SEASON, 1964-1965 CONCERT BULLETIN OF THE Boston Symphony Orchestra ERICH LEINSDORF, Music Director Richard Burgin, Associate Conductor with historical and descriptive notes by John N. Burk Copyright, 1964, 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 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 Orchestra Personnel Manager Business Administrator Assistant Administrators Sarah M. Hering Harry J. Kraut SYMPHONY HALL BOSTON [*95] The Boston Symphony Van Clihurn Brahms Concerto No. 1 under Leinsdorf Boston Symphony Orchestra Erich Leinsdorf Brahms' First Concerto is Van Cliburn's first recording with the Boston Symphony under Leinsdorf. Together they meet the challenge of this demanding score with a performance ofpassion and intensity. Hear also the new- est album in the Prokofieff Series. ..the Violin Concerto No. 7 and the Piano Concerto No. 5 with Brick Friedman and Lorin Hollander as soloists. Both records in Dynagroove sound RCA Victor The most trusted name in sound on RCA Victor Red Seal Albums. [196] CONTENTS . 201 Program (for this week) . Program (October 30-31) . • 251 Program (November 6-7) . • 253 Notes Schumann (Overture to Byron's "Manfred") . • 203 Schonberg (Interlude and Song of the Wood-Dove from "Gurre-Lieder") . 206 Respighi ("Vetrate di Chiesa" ["Church Windows"]) . 217 Menotti (The Death of the Bishop of Brindisi) . 220 LILI CHOOKASIAN Lili Chookasian, who sang this part at the performance of Menotti's "Death of the Bishop of Brindisi" at Tanglewood last summer, was born in Chicago of Armenian parents. She has sung con- tralto and mezzo soprano parts in both oratorio and opera, the latter notably with the Metropolitan Opera Company since 1959, where she has appeared in La Gioconda, The Masked Ball, The Flying Dutchman and Andrea Chenier. She has sung at the Spoleto Festivals in the last two seasons. GEORGE LONDON George London, who is appearing for the first time with this Orchestra, is an American singer who spent his early years and had his musical education in of ^atu.in Los Angeles. Having sung in operetta \Jne ZJoucn he went to Europe and sang with marked On the scalloped collar of our success at the Vienna State Opera in velvet at-home coat. Black with 1949 in A'ida. Since then he has sung Pink. Sizes 10-18. $75.00 principal parts in the opera houses of Europe such as Bayreuth, Salzburg, La Scala, Venice and Moscow. First ap- §)T(aKanwaJlnc. pearing with the Metropolitan Opera Company in 1956, he has since taken 31tccIrcM5scau3 House oJ33 oslon leading parts with a regularity inter- 416 BOYLSTON STREET 54 CENTRAL STREET rupted only by other engagements. It BOSTON 02116 WELLESLEY was in Menotti's opera, The Last Savage, KEnmore 6-6238 CEdar 5-3430 that he took the title part at the Metro- politan Opera House last season. [»97] COMING PROGRAMS Visiting New York and other cities with the Orchestra next week, Mr. fonrad Leinsdorf will conduct for the first time in New York on October 21 "The Death of the Bishop of Brindisi" by Menotti. On October 23 he will present the Ex- fhandler cerpt from "Die Gurre-Lieder" Sir John Barbirolli, who is to be the guest conductor for the concerts of the two weeks following, has been our guest on one previous occasion (in 1959). The Vaughan Williams Sixth Symphony, which was heard at these concerts in the year of its first performance (1948), has been conducted by Sir John Barbirolli in close association with the composer. Elgar's Second Symphony, which is to figure in the second program, has not been heard at these concerts since 1935. At the seventh pair of concerts (No- vember 13-14), Erich Leinsdorf will conduct the first performance of "Sculp- tures" by John Huggler, who is the composer-in-residence with this Orches- tra in the present season. A feature of the eighth program (November 20-21) will be the first performance by this Orchestra of the Sixth Symphony of Gustav Mahler. Van Cliburn will be the soloist in that program. Soloist at the concerts of November 27-28 will be Leonid Kogan, playing Shostakovich's Violin Concerto. Leontyne Price will be the soloist on December 11-12. JOHN J. ENNEKING the The exhibition which begins this week in the Gallery will be devoted to the paintings of John J. Enneking. This towering artist was highly regarded in the early years of this century, having died in 1916, and there is now a distinct revival turban of interest in his landscapes. Born in Minster, Ohio in 1840, he fought in the Ravishing ripples of Civil War and later studied in Europe, rayon satin draping especially Paris, under Leon Bonnat and swept with a bow. Daubigny. Returning to this country, he spent the greater part of his life in Solid black or white; Boston, and it was here that his talents beige, blue or carna- found full expression. tion combination. By Robert C. Vose of the Vose Galleries, Miss Carnegie $23 who has been instrumental in arranging this exhibition, writes about the artist: Millinery Salon Second Floor — "The Vose Galleries are happy to have BOSTON — BELMONT the opportunity to present an important PEABODY — FRAMINGHAM and comprehensive exhibition of John J. Enneking's work representing the entire [198] span of his career as he takes his right- ful place again among the top-ranking Really darlings ... I know landscapists of New England. "One of the strange characteristics of it's low, low priced the art world is the period of decline for is in public interest through which most what obviously the painters' reputations pass following the highest quality ... and even closing of their careers. This temporary dip in popularity affects many of the those, er . Top Value Stamps world's most successful artists. with it all . but, what do I do with it? BOSTON SYMPHONY CHAMBER PLAYERS The Boston Symphony Orchestra has formed its first players into the Boston Symphony Chamber Players to present public concerts of chamber music. With the announcement of the creation of the Chamber Players Erich Leinsdorf, who will also serve as Music Director of the new ensemble, said, "The Boston Sym- phony Orchestra is fortunate to have among its members a number of splen- did chamber music players, to whom the cultivation of this most refined music is an artistic necessity. As Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra I re- joice that we can give to the public, as well as to the players, the most complete 'coverage' of music." The Boston Symphony Orchestra is the only major symphony orchestra in this country to sponsor such an activity for its solo players. The repertoire for the Boston Symphony Chamber Players will include chamber music written for strings, winds, and brasses as well as string trios, quartets, and wind quintets. With the variety of instrumentation available among the first players of the Boston Symphony, the Chamber Players Satisfy will be drawing from the broadest range of the chamber music repertoire from your fondest the pre-Baroque to Contemporary compulsions — periods. In addition to their public concerts the economically Boston Symphony Chamber Players will at also be heard on RCA Victor Red Seal recordings. For the announcement of the newly organized chamber music concerts by principals of the Boston Symphony Or- chestra see page 237. Stop Shop SUPER MARKETS £2& Top Value Stamps, too [199] ILLUSTRATION BY ISADORE SELTZErV "You called for an orchestra?" If it's music you have in mind, you'd do better hiring one short-winded tuba player. Our symphonic friend here can't play any of the instruments very well. Virtuosity takes years of devotion to one instrument. Same rule applies to investment management. That's why every one of our invest- ment analysts concentrates in a selected area. 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