BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

FOUNDED IN I88I BY >^- HENRY LEE HI

SEVENTY-FIRST SEASON 1951-1952

Sanders Theatre, Cambridge [harvard University] Boston Symphony Orchestra

(Seven ty-first Season, 1951-1952) CHARLES MUNCH, 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 Theodore Brewster Gaston Elcus Eugen Lehner Rolland Tapley Albert Bernard Contra-Bassoon George Humphrey Norbert Lauga Boaz Filler George Zazofsky Jerome Lipson Paul Cherkassky Louis Arti^res Horns Harry Dubbs Robert Karol Stagliano Vladimir Resnikoff Reuben Green James Harry Shapiro Joseph Leibovici Bernard KadinofI Harold Vincent Mauricci Meek Einar Hansen Paul Keaney Harry Dickson Violoncellos Walter Macdonald Emil Kornsand Osbourne McConathy Carlos Pinfield Samuel Mayes Alfred Zighera Paul Fedorovsky Minot Beale Jacobus Langendoen Trumpets Herman Silberman Mischa Nieland Roger Voisin Roger Schermanski Hippolyte Droeghmans Marcel Lafosse Armando Ghitalla Stanley Benson Karl Zeise Gottfried Wilfinger Josef Zimbler Bernard Parronchi Trombones Clarence Knudson Enrico Fabrizio Jacob Raichman Pierre Mayer Leon Marjollet Lucien Hansotte John Coffey Manuel Zung Flutes Josef Orosz Samuel Diamond Georges Laurent Victor Manusevitch James Pappoutsakis Nagy Tuba James Phillip Kaplan Leon Gorodetzky Vinal Smith Raphael Del Sordo Piccolo Melvin Bryant George Madsen Harps Lloyd Stonestreet Bernard Zighera Saverio Messina Oboes Olivia Luetcke Sheldon Rotenberg Ralph Gomberg Leo Panasevich Jean Devergie William Waterhouse John Holmes Timpani Roman Szulc English Charles Smith Basses Horn Georges Moleux Louis Speyer Willis Page Clarinets Percussion Ludwig Polster Juht Gino Cioffi Max Irving Frankel Manuel Valeric Simon Stemborg Henry Greenberg Pasquale Cardillo Harold Farberman Henry Portnoi E\) Clarinet Henry Freeman Librarians Bass Henri Girard Clarinet Leslie Rogers John Barwicki Rosario Mazzeo Leonard Burkat Sanders Theatre, Cambridge {harvard University]

SEVENTY-FIRST SEASON, 1951-1952

Boston Symphony Orchestra

CHARLES MUNCH, Music Director

Richard Burgin, Associate Conductor

Concert Bulletin of the

Fifth Concert

TUESDAY EVENING, March 25

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 Charles D. Jackson Theodore P. Ferris Lewis Perry Alvan T. Fuller Edward A. Taft N. Penrose Hallowell Raymond S. Wilkins Francis W. Hatch Oliver Wolcott

George E. Judd, Manager

T. D. Perry, Jr. N. S. Shirk, Assistant Managers

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Sanders Theatre, Cambridge [Harvard University]

Boston Symphony Orchestra

CHARLES MUNCH, Music Director FIFTH CONCERT

TUESDAY EVENING, March 25

Program

G. WALLACE WOODWORTH Conducting

Mozart Symphony in C major. No. 34 (K. 338) I. Allegro vivace II. Andante di molto III. Finale: Allegro vivace

Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 INTERMISSION

Stravinsky "Oedipus Rex," Opera Oratorio in Two Acts (Text by Jean Cocteau, after the Drama of Sophocles) Oedipus David Lloyd, Tenor The Shepherd Oscar Henry, Tenor Jocasta Eunice Alberts, Contralto

Creon ] Tiresias Paul Tibbetts, Baritone f The Messenger J Speaker Wesley Addy Chorus The Harvard Glee Club Prologue; Speaker ACT I ACT II Oedipus; Chorus Speaker Speaker Jocasta; Oedipus Creon; Oedipus Speaker Speaker Chorus; Messenger; Shepherd; Oedipus Chorus Chorus; Tiresias; Oedipus Epilogue; Speaker; Messenger;

The Friday and Saturday concerts will be broadcast each week on Station WGBH (FM) BALDWIN PIANO RCA VICTOR RECORDS

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