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The Cleveland Orchestra THE MUSICAL ARTS ASSOCIATION Operating THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Frank E. Joseph, President Carl N. Osborne.................................................................. Vice President William A. McAfee.............................................................. Vice President Edgar A. Hahn...................................................................... Vice President Alfred M. Rankin.................................................................. Vice President Alan S. Geismer..............................................................................Secretary Burton A. Miller......................................................................Treasurer Walter K. Bailey* Frank K. Griesinger R. Henry "Norweb, Jr. Alfred A. Benesch Edgar A. Hahn* Carl N. Osborne* Mrs. George P. Bickford Newman T. Halvorson Thomas F. Patton* Mrs. Dudley S. Blossom Miss Dorothy Humel Alfred M. Rankin* Kenyon C. Bolton Mrs. Gilbert W. Humphrey* Alexander C. Robinson, III Mrs. Percy W. Brown Jay Iglauer H. Chapman Rose Howard F. Burns James D. Ireland Henry E. Russell Frederick C. Crawford Frank E. Joseph* Ralph S. Schmitt Henry S. Curtiss Mrs. John S. Lucas Kurt L. Seelbach* Leroy B. Davenport Ernest Manring Arthur W. Steudel Walter L. Davis William A. McAfee* Dr. Robert S. Stockton Howard Dingle Charles B. Merrill Vernon B. Stouffer Royal Firman, Jr. Burton A. Miller* Mrs. William C. Treuhaft* Ellwood H. Fisher W. A. C. Miller, III Dr. Paul J. Vignos, Jr.* Edward W. Garfield John S. Millis Hon. Carl V. Weygandt Alan S. Geismer* John P. Murphy Mrs. Fred R. White Robert Hays Gries Mrs. Richard P. Nash* Lewis B. Williams Ex Officio: Mrs. Webb Chamberlain*, President of Women's Committee * Member of Executive Committee PAST PRESIDENTS D. Z. Norton 1919-1921 Thomas L. Sidlo 1939-1953 John L. Severance 1921-1936' Percy W. Brown 1953-1955 Dudley S. Blossom 1936-1939 Frank E. Taplin 1955-1957 A. Beverly Barksdale, Manager George P. Carmer, Assistant Manager and Comptroller Lauren W. Pitcock, Ticket Office Robert G. Carman, Publicity and Public Relations Olin Trogdon, Touring Arrangements Klaus G. Roy, Director of Publications Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland 6, Ohio (Tel.: CEdar 1-7300) ARTUR RUBINSTEIN THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Forty-Fourth Season —1961-1962 artur Rubinstein waS born in Lodz, Poland. TV The youngeSt of seven children, he showed GEORGE SZELL, Musical Director and Conductor musical talent at the age of three and was de­ '■ Robert Shaw and LouiS Lane, Associate Conductors veloped as an infant prodigy. While still a very PERSONNEL small child, he was taken to Berlin, where he FIRST VIOLINS VIOLONCELLOS BASSOONS played for Joseph Joachim. Joachim waS much impreSSed with the boy, and sent him to Rafael Druian Jules Eskin George Goslee Principal Vaclav Laksar Heinrich Barth for a full course of piano study. Concertmaster Ronald Phillips Ernst Silberstein He also received instruction in composition and Arnold Steinhardt Co-Principal CONTRA BASSOON harmony from Max Bruch and Robert Kahn. Assistant Concertmaster Harry Fuchs Walter Henker He made his first public appearance in Michael Grebanier Berlin at the age of eleven, playing a concerto Ernest Kardos Warren Downs FRENCH HORNS Assistant Concertmaster Albert Michelson Myron Bloom of Mozart with Joachim conducting. His re­ Thomas Liberti Roy Waas markable career as a traveling virtuoso, which Daniel Majeske Rolf Störseth Martin Morris has taken him to many countries, dates from this occasion. He first visited Assistant Concertmaster Jorge Sicre Richard Mackey the United StateS in 1906. In recent yearS he has made this country his hpme. Martin Simon Ernani Angelucci urt oebel K L Donald White Charles Blabolil The artist’S active repertoire contains nearly 200 works by 20 composers. James Barrett Theodore Baar Last month, he concluded a series of ten Carnegie Hall recitals during a span Joseph Koch TRUMPETS of 40 days, devoting all the proceeds to a variety of charities. Stephen Erdely BASSES Bernard Adelstein Artur Rubinstein and George Szell first appeared together almost 30 years Leonard Samuels Jacques Posell Thomas Wohlwender Samuel Salkin Lawrence Angell Richard Smith ago, at a 1933 concert in Holland, performing Beethoven’S Concerto No. 4. Gino Raffablli Fay Jennings Their most recent collaboration abroad was at four concertS of the Concertge- Sidney Weiss Thomas LaRusso bouw OrcheStra in December of 1958. On Dec. 21-22-23, 1961, they appeared Philipp Naecele Irving Nathanson CORNETS Max Hobart together in three concerts of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, during Frank May Richard Smith Stephane Dalschaert Olin Trogdon David Zauder George Szell’S tenure as guest conductor. Mr. Rubinstein’S most recent Clemens Faber appearances with The Cleveland OrcheStra took place on January 26-28, 1961. TROMBONES Edward Matey Raymond Benner Marie Setzer Robert Boyd A complete listing of Artur Rubinstein’S appearanceS with The Cleveland HARPS Warren Burkhart Orchestra follows: SECOND VIOLINS Merritt Dittert Alice Chalifoux November 25-27, 1937 .....................................................Brahms:. Concerto No. 2 Hyman Schandler Martha Dalton Allen Kofsky January 12-14, 1939 ........................................... Tchaikovsky:. Concerto No. 1 Elmer Setzer TUBA February 22-24, 1940 . ............................................... Beethoven:. Concerto No. 4 Bernhard Goldschmidt FLUTES January 29-31, 1942 . ..................................................... Chopin:. Concerto No. 1 Chester Roberts William Brown Maurice Sharp Szymanowski: “Symphonie concertante” Samuel Epstein Martin Heylman TYMPANI April 1-3, 1943 . ......................................... Rachmaninoff:.Concerto No. 2 Felix Freilich John Rautenberg December 2-4, 1943 .....................................................Brahms:. Concerto No. 2 Maurice Wolfson Cloyd Duff November 9-11, 1944 .........................................Mozart:.Concerto in A, K. 488 Evelyn Botnick PICCOLO PERCUSSION Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Cathleen Dalschaert William Hebert January 23-25, 1947 ..................... .................................................... Brahms:. Concerto No. 2 Burton Kaplan Emil Sholle March 24-26, 1949 ......................... ...........................................Tchaikovsky:. Concerto No. 1 Robert Matson Bert Arenson OBOES April 9-11, 1953 ............................. .....................................................Brahms:. Concerto No. 2 Robert Pangborn Willis Reinhardt Marc Lifschey ........................................... Tchaikovsky:. Concerto No. 1 Edward Matey Charles Blabolil Elden Gatwood .................................................... Brahms:. Concerto No. 1 James Knox ..............................................Saint-Saëns:. Concerto No. 2 Robert Zupnik KEYBOARD January 17, 19571 Jerome Rosei INSTRUMENTS ............................................... Beethoven:. Concerto No. 5 Jeno Antal ENGLISH HORN > (special concerts) ......................................Schumann: Concerto in A minor George Silfies January 19, 1957 Emil Sholle Harvey McGuire ........................................... Tchaikovsky:. Concerto No. 1 Theodore Baar ..................................................... Chopin:. Concerto No. 1 Jerome Rosen* January 22, 1959] VIOLAS CLARINETS ........................................... Tchaikovsky:. Concerto No. 1 Michael Charry* > (special concerts) Abraham Skernick Robert Marcellus ............................................... Beethoven:. Concerto No. 5 January 24, 1959 Frederick Funkhouser Theodore Johnson LIBRARIANS .........................................Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2 Edward Ormond George Silfies Tom Brennand January 21-23, 1960 ..................... .....................................................Brahms:. Concerto No. 2 aszlo rausz L K Frederick Funkhouser January 26-28, 1961 ..................... .........................................Mozart: Concerto in G, K. 453 Tom Brennand E FLAT CLARINET Chopin: Concerto No. 2 Ben Selcer Theodore Johnson PERSONNEL MANAGER Liszt: Concerto No. 1 Muriel Carmen Olin Trogdon William Kiraly BASS CLARINET With his present appearances, January 13-14, 1962, in all five of Bee­ Walter Stummer Alfred Zetzer BAGGAGE MASTER thoven’S piano concertoS — the first three of which he has not played here Vitold Kushleika George Higgins before — Artur Rubinstein will have appeared with The Cleveland Orchestra Malcolm Mark SAXOPHONE * Apprentice Conductor at a total of 20 concertS or concert pairs, in 18 different works. Thomas Dumm George Silfies THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA GEORGE SZELL, Conductor TWO SPECIAL CONCERTS For the Benefit of The Cleveland Orchestra Pension Fund A BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL Soloist: ARTUR RUBINSTEIN, Piano STEINWAY.. FIRST PROGRAM PIANO OF IMMORTALS Saturday Evening, January 13, 1962, at 8:30 O'clock PIANO OF RUBINSTEIN Back of the name Steinway is a century of Overture to “Egmont”, Op. 84 devotion to all that is finest in piano quality; Halle's is honored to have been Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 associated exclusively in the area with Allegro con brio this tradition for over twenty-eight years. Largo Many inventive minds and many skillful Rondo: Allegro hands have forged and maintained the INTERMISSION integrity it represents. You, too, may own a Steinway. Visit one of our salons soon. Hear Steinway's unexcelled tonal beauty. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Allegro moderato Halle's Piano Solons —
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