Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 90, 1970
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Burk Back Bay Boston: institutions and patrons 623 by Diggory Venn The soloist 628 Program Editor ANDREW RAEBURN 585 NINETIETH ANNIVERSARY SEASON 1970-1971 Friday afternoon December 11 1970 at 2 o'clock Saturday evening December 12 1970 at 8.30 Tuesday evening December 15 1970 at 8.30 WILLIAM STEINBERG conductor SCHULLER Museum piece Rustic shimmerings A play of sonorities (duets and trios) Serenades Canzon da sonar SUZANNE CLEVERDON regal RICHARD COOK cornetto RAY CUTLER sackbut SUSAN GILLESPIE viola da gamba DAVID HART alto crumhorn, tenor crumhom, lute, drum ADRIENNE HARTZELL viola da gamba NANCY JOYCE soprano, alto and tenor recorders, alto crumhorn, renaissance bass flute GISELA KRAUSE sopranino, soprano and alto recorders PHILIP LONG bass crumhorn, bass shawm, triangle RAYMOND MASE cornetto HENRY MOLLICONE harpsichord KENNETH ROTH soprano and alto shawm, bass racket, sopranino recorder ROBERT PAUL SULLIVAN lute ELIZABETH STOLL viola da gamba HENRY TERVO soprano and alto shawm, alto crumhorn world premiere in celebration of the centennial of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 586 TOCH Symphony no. 2 op. 73 Allegro fanatico (like an incantation; Very light, skimming, shadowy Adagio Allegro intermission CHOPIN Piano concerto no. 2 in F minor op. 21 Maestoso Larghetto Allegro vivace JOSEPH KAUCHSTEIN WAGNER Prelude to 'Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg' Friday's concert will end about 4 o'clock; Saturday's and Tuesday's about 10.30 Joseph Kalichstein plays the Steinway piano Many of the old instruments played in the performance of Museum piece belong to the Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection of Early Musical Instruments in the Museum of Fine Arts. 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