BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA % FOUNDED IN 1881 BY /i HENRY LEE HIGGINSON i &A SUNDAY AFTERNOON ll! b?. J* SERIES ;:;;M^swJid \ \ ^% CtJr: 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 i . , . H Wj C0 5^¥£?._ : ™^ £_ _:.. /OBRION, KUSSELL 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 The TRUSTEES of the BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. Henry B. Cabot President Talcott M. Banks Vice-Presiden t 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. Rabk E. Morton Jennings, Jr. John L. Thorndikf. Raymond S. Wilkins TRUSTEES EMERITUS Palfrey Perkins Lewis Perry Edward A. T\i 1 Oliver Wolcoi 1 Thomas D. Perry, Jr., Manager NORMAN S. Shirk ROSARIO MaZZEO jwns |. Brosnahan Assistant Manager Orchestra Personnel Manager Business .1 tlministratur Assistan i A dm in istratoi s Sarah M. IIikim, HaRRI |. I\k\i i S II () l i s V M P N \ ILL () I ON (3] Mozart ^ The Boston Symphony "Jupiter" Symphony WA """* under Leinsdorf Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Boston Symphony Orchestra The complexities of Mozart's"Jupiter" Sym- j Erich Leinsdorf phony impose severe demands on both conductor and orchestra. Leinsdorf and the Boston Symphony respond with a virtuoso performance marked by discipline and polish. Recorded with it, the delightful "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik." Equally impressive, in the Romantic idiom, is their recording of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto with Artur Rubinstein. Enjoy these fine perform- RCA Victor ances on RCA Victor Red Seal albums. The most trusted name in sound [4] CONTENTS Program 9 Notes Brahms (Academic Festival Overture) 11 Shostakovitch (Symphony No. 1) . 16 Entr'acte The Boyhood of Shostakovitch (J.N.B.) 25 Notes Beethoven (Symphony No. 6) . .38 C. D. JACKSON 1902-1964 Charles Douglas Jackson of New York, who died last Saturday, was a highly valued trustee of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He became a member of the Board in 1950 and has served the Orchestra ever since, with the exception of the season 1953-54, when he was called to the United States delegation of the United Nations Gen- eral Assembly. Mr. Jackson was helpful to the Or- chestra in many ways, notably in its two foreign tours. He had his sum- mer home in Lenox, and was active in connection with the Berkshire Festival concerts at Tanglewood. His career has been manifold, involv- ing publication in addition to diplomacy as a public service. He was associated with Time since 1931, and has been active in the production of that maga- zine and its associates Life and Fortune, with interruptions caused by his duties \Jne ^Jouch of ^atin in Washington. Last June he became Senior Vice President of Time, Inc. On the scalloped collar of our Mr. Jackson served his country under velvet at-home coat. Black with the last four administrations and was Pink. Sizes 10- 18. $75.00 sent on many vital diplomatic missions abroad. In the present year he helped organize the International Executive Service Corps. Devoted to the arts, he served on several Boards including, be- Site cFrausscau3&use of33os!oit sides this Orchestra, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Metropolitan 4I6 BOYLSTON STREET 54 CENTRAL STREET Opera, and the Carnegie Corporation of BOSTON 02II6 WELLESLEY New York. KEnmore 6-6238 CEdar 5-3430 [5] THE SEASON OF LAST SUMMER AT TANGLEWOOD The Berkshire Festival of 1964 in- fonrad cluded eight weeks of concerts by this Orchestra. It was the twenty-ninth year since the Boston Symphony Orchestra Thandler first participated, and the second season under the direction of Erich Leinsdorf. The Berkshire Music Center had its twenty-fourth season and also its second under Mr. Leinsdorf's direction. The programs of the Festival stressed the music of Richard Strauss, the hundredth anniversary of whose birth was on June 11. Thirteen of his works including most of his symphonic poems were played, and other less-known works such as the Burleske and Parergon for piano and orchestra, Three Hymns, and the com- plete Incidental Music, with voices, to "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme." There were eight Tuesday evening chamber music concerts, a Boston Pops concert, and a Gala Evening in which the Music Center was combined with the regular orchestra, likewise eight Open Rehearsals, bringing a total attendance of 224,320. The Berkshire Music Center, which is maintained and operated by the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood in conjunction with the Festival, this year had an enrollment of 290 members from thirty-five states and eleven foreign in a countries. Erich Leinsdorf served as Director for his second season and Aaron Copland was Chairman of the Faculty. Robin Hood The very active program of the Music Center included over forty musical pro- grams by the young musicians; a Musi- mood • • • cological Symposium with eleven leading musicologists of this country; a String Symposium bringing together eighteen string players and teachers, aided by a A dashing shell of coat in moss grant from the Martha Baird Rockefeller green imported cotton suede- Fund for Music, Inc.; a five-day Festival cloth lined to match the lean of Contemporay American Music in co- operation with the Fromm Music Foun- shift in pale mist green jersey dation; and a four- week Seminar in of bonded orlon acrylic and Contemporary Music for music educa- tors, supported by a grant from a six- wool. Juniors 7-15. project begun in July 1963 by the 29.95 year Ford Foundation. Junior Dresses—Third Floor BOSTON • BELMONT RETIRING MEMBERS MEMBERS PEABODY • FRAMINGHAM AND NEW Six distinguished musicians played this summer for the last time as members [6] of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Joseph de Pasquale, the first viola, and Samuel Mayes, the first cello, together with Winifred Winograd of the cello section, have left and joined the Phila- delphia Orchestra. Three players have retired. Louis Speyer has been invalu- able as English horn soloist for many years, having joined the Orchestra in 1918. Vladimir Resnikoff of the first violin section has been a member since 1933, and Jean de Vergie, oboist, has been in the Orchestra since 1925. The new principals in the positions of Eng- lish horn, first cello and first viola, will be Laurence Thorstenberg, Jules Eskin and Burton Fine. APPOINTMENT Erich Leinsdorf has been appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to an eight-year term as trustee of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D. C. Last Tuesday, September 22, Erich Leinsdorf was honored at a dinner given at the Temple Ohabei Shalom. Henry B. Cabot, representing the Trustees of the Orchestra, was the principal speaker. A. Fred Prager, ex-President of the Brotherhood, presented to the Music Director an Atmos clock with the in- scription: "For meritorious service in advancing the highest traditions of the Performing Arts." EXHIBITION Pictures loaned by the New Hamp- shire Art Association are now on view in the Gallery. WHEN YOU CANNOT ATTEND The Trustees wish to express their appreciation to the sub- scribers who are generously turn- ing in their tickets when they are unable to attend a concert. These tickets are resold to help reduce the deficit. A telephone call to Symphony Hall to give the loca- tion and name of the subscriber is sufficient. Commonwealth 6-1492 [71 Favorites — old and new Several years ago, a radio station polled its listeners to find out their favorite symphony. 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If you'd like to know more about this new favorite in financial arrangements, send for a complimentary copy of "A Living Trust for You?" [8] EIGHTY-FOURTH SEASON • NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR- SIXTY-FIVE First Program SUNDAY AFTERNOON, September 27, at 3:00 o'clock Brahms "Academic Festival" Overture, Op.