Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 62,1942-1943, Trip
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BmbttB Gtyratrr, (Eambrtog* [Harvard University] Thursday Evening, March 18 at 8 o'clock VICTOR RED SEAL RECORDS by the Boston Symphony Orchestra SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor Also Sprach Zarathustra Strauss Battle of Kershenetz Rimsky-Korsakov Bolero Ravel Capriccio (Jesus Maria Sanroma, Soloist) Stravinsky Classical Symphony Prokofieff Concerto for Orchestra in D major K. P. E. Bach Concerto Grosso in D minor Vivaldi Concerto in D major (Jascha Heifetz, Soloist) Brahms Concerto No. 2 (Jascha Heifetz, Soloist) Prokofieff Concerto No. 12 — Larghetto Handel Damnation of Faust : Minuet — Waltz — Rakoczy March Berlioz Danse Debussy-Ravel Daphnis et Chloe — Suite No. 2 Ravel filegie (Violoncello solo: Jean Bedetti) Faure "Enchanted Lake" Liadov Fair Harvard Arr. by Koussevitzky Fruhlingsstimmen — Waltzes (Voices of Spring) Strauss Gymnopedie No. 1 Erik Satie-Debussy "Khovanstchina" Prelude Moussorgsky La Valse . Ravel "La Mer" ("The Sea") Debussy Last Spring Grieg "Lieutenant Kije" Suite Prokofieff Love for Three Oranges — Scherzo and March Prokofieff Ma Mere L'Oye (Mother Goose) Ravel Mefisto Waltz Liszt Missa Solemnis Beethoven Passion According to Saint Matthew (Three Albums) Bach "Peter and the Wolf" Prokofieff Pictures at an Exhibition Moussorgsky-Ravel Pohjola's Daughter Sibelius "Romeo and Juliet," Overture-Fantasia Tchaikovsky Rosamunde — Ballet Music Schubert Sal6n Mexico, El Aaron Copland San Juan Capistrano — 2 Nocturnes Harl McDonald Sarabande Debussy-Ravel Song of Volga Boatmen Arr. by Stravinsky "Swanwhite" ( "The Maiden with Roses" ) ., Sibelius Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major ("Spring") Schumann Symphony No. 2 in D major Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D major Sibelius Symphony No. 3 Harris Symphony No. 4 in A major ("Italian") Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 in E minor Brahms Symphony No. 4 in F minor Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major Sibelius Symphony No. 6 in B minor ( "PathStique" ) Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 8 in F major Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in B minor ("Unfinished") Schubert Symphony No. 29 in A major Mozart Symphony No. 34 in C major Mozart Symphony No. 94 in G major ( "Surprise" ) Haydn Symphony No. 102 in B-flat major Haydn Tapiola ( Symphonic Poem) Sibelius Waltz (from String Serenade) Tchaikovsky Wiener Blut — Waltzes (Vienna Blood) Strauss &Ut\bttB 3{jtfatr? • Harvard University • fflambr&ge SIXTY-SECOND SEASON, 1942-1943 Boston Symphony Orchestra SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor Richard Burgin, Associate Conductor Concert Bulletin of the Seventh Concert THURSDAY EVENING, March 18 with historical and descriptive notes by John N. Burk The TRUSTEES of the BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. Jerome D. Greene . President Henry B. Sawyer . Vice-President Henry B. Cabot . Treasurer Philip R. Allen M. A. De Wolfe Howe John Nicholas Brown. Roger I. Lee Reginald C. Foster Richard C. Paine Alvan T. Fuller William Phillips N. Penrose Hallowell Bentley W. Warren G. E. Judd, Manager Q. W. SPALDING, Assistant Manager [il Boston Symphony Orchestra [Sixty-second Season, 1942-1943] SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor Personnel Violins BURGIN, R. ELCUS, G. LAUGA, N. KRIPS, A. RESNIKOFF, V. Concert-master tapley, r. KASSMAN, N. CHERKASSKY, P LEIBOVICI, J. THEODOROWICZ, J. HANSEN, E. DICKSON, H. FEDOROVSKY, P. ZAZOFSKY, G. EISLER, d. PINFIELD, C. BEALE, M. SAUVLET, H. KNUDSON, C. ZUNG, M. LEVEEN, P. GORODETZKY, L. MAYER, P. DIAMOND, S. DEL SORDO, R. HILLYER, R. BRYANT, M. STONESTREET, L. messina, s. DUBBS, H. MURRAY, J. ERKELENS, H. seiniger, s. TRAMPLER, W. Violas LEFRANC, J. FOUREL, G. VAN WYNBERGEN, C. GROVER, H. CAUHAPE, J. ARTIERES, L. BERNARD, A. WERNER, H. LEHNER, E. KORNSAND, E. GERHARDT, S. HUMPHREY, G. Violoncellos BEDETTI, J. LANGENDOEN, J. droeghmans, h. zeise, k. FABRIZIO, E. ZIGHERA, A. CHARDON, Y. zimbler, j. MARJOLLET, L. Basses L. MOLEUX, G. JUHT, GREENBERG, H. GIRARD, H. BARWICKI, J. DUFRESNE, G. 1 RANKEL, I. PAGE, W. PROSE, P. Flutes Oboes Clarinets Bassoons LAURENT, G. GILLET, F. POLATSCHEK, V. ALLARD, R. PAPPOUTSAKIS, J DEVERGIE, J. VALERIO, M. PANENKA, E. KAPLAN, P. LUKATSKY, J. CARDILLO, P. LAUS, A. Piccolo English Horn Bass Clarinet Contra-Bassoon MADSEN, G. SPEYER, L. MAZZEO, R. PILLER, B. Horns Horns Trumpets Trombones VALKENIER, W. SINGER, J. MAGER, G. RAICHMAN, J. MACDONALD, W. LANNOYE, M. LAFOSSE, M. HANSOTTE, L. R. SINGER, J. SHAPIRO, H. VOISIN, L. COFFEY, J. KEANEY, P. GEBHARDT, W VOISIN, R. SMITH, V. Tuba Harps Timpani Percussion ADAM, E. ZIGHERA, B. SZULC, R. sternburg, s. CAUGHEY, E. polster, m. WHITE, L. ARCIERI, E. Librarian ROGERS, L. J. [2] £>mbtt8 QTljFatr? • Harvard University • (Eambn&g? Boston Symphony Orchestra SIXTY-SECOND SEASON, 1942-1943 SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor SEVENTH CONCERT THURSDAY EVENING, March 18 Programme RICHARD BURGIN, Conducting Haydn Symphony in C minor, No. 95 I. Allegro •II. Andante cantabile III. Menuetto: Trio IV. Finale: vivace Dukelsky Violin Concerto in G minor I. Allegro molto II. Valse III. Tenia con variazioni e coda (First performance) INTERMISSION Mahler Symphony No. 3 (First part) SOLOIST RUTH POSSELT BALDWIN PIANO [Si : SYMPHONY IN C MINOR, NO. 95 By Franz Joseph Haydn (Born at Rohrau, Lower Austria, March 31, 1732; died at Vienna, May 31, 1809) This symphony was listed as No. 5 in the catalogue of the London Philharmonic Society, and by Breitkopf and Hartel as No. 9 in their old numbering.* It is No. 95 in the new listing by Breitkopf and Hartel. The symphony was composed in 1791 and first performed probably in that year in London. The orchestration calls for two flutes, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani and strings. This symphony was first performed at these concerts April 12, 1889. It has had subsequent performances April 7, 1893; December 24, 1896; December 18, 1903, and November 24, 1916. As the Fifth in order among the twelve Salomon symphonies, the > Symphony in C minor was among the first set of six which Haydn composed for his first visit to London in 1791. Except for the "Clock" Symphony, No. 11, in D minor, this is the only one of the twelve in a minor key. It is also the only "London" Symphony which dispenses with an introduction. The symphony opens with a theme concise and dramatic. After several pages of expository development, a second theme effectually dispels any ominous suggestion in a bright and lilting E-flat major. The tune might well have dropped from an opera of Mozart, Haydn's revered colleague, the news of whose death was destined to sadden him in London before the year had ended. The working out begins with a return of the initial subject, passing through several minor keys, but the brighter subject soon dominates the scene, and the rather brief movement closes in C major. The slow movement is a melody in E-flat major, 6-8 time, with variations. The strings give out the simple theme and dominate until the exceedingly beautiful variation in E-flat minor has ended. In the final variation the woodwinds and horns at last assert themselves, while the violins weave an ornamental figure in thirty-second notes. A graceful coda, almost Beethovenesque, ends the movement, which once brought the remark from H. T. Parker that here "sentiment joins fingertips with elegance." The minuet, in C minor, is brilliant and fully scored. Its trio, in the *The twelve symphonies which Haydn wrote for performance in London are here listed in the numbering of the London Philharmonic Society, together with the dates of their most recent performances by the Boston Symphony Orchestra Breitkopf and Hartel Date of last performance Salomon No. No. at these concerts 1. C major 97 March 21, 1924 2. D major 93 Nov. 16, 1900 3. G major ("Surprise") 94 March 19, 1937 4. B-flat major 98 Dec. 15, 1905 5. C minor 95 Nov. 24, 1916 6. D major 96 (Not performed) 7. D ("London") 104 Feb. 27, 1942 8. E-flat major ("Drum Roll") , 103 Jan. 16, 1931 9. B-flat major 102 Nov. 7, 1941 10. E-flat major 99 Dec. 3, 1937 11. D minor ("Clock") 101 April 5, 1895 12. G major ("Military") 100 Jan. 14. 1921 [4] tonic major, presents a graceful and undulating discourse in running eighth notes from the solo 'cello over a light accompaniment of plucked strings. The finale, vivace, is an engaging movement with contrapuntal interplay. Its C major takes possession for once and all — indeed, when all is said, the minor mode has played no more than an episodic part. The symphony is more concise than most of the composer's later ones. "The total effect," wrote Tovey, "is so spacious that you would never guess that it is one of Haydn's tersest works." [copyrighted] CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA By Vladimir Dukelsky Born in Pskov, Russia, October 10, 1903 This concerto was begun in 1941 and completed in the spring of 1942. It is dedicated to Miss Ruth Posselt, and is here having its first performances. The orchestration requires two flutes and piccolo, two oboes and English horn, two clarinets and bass clarinet, two bassoons and contra-bassoon, four horns, two trumpets, trombone, tuba, timpani, military drum, tam-tam, bass drum, triangle, xylophone, cymbals, tambourine, wood block, glockenspiel, celesta, and strings. Vladimir Dukelsky's composition before this one was a piano concerto ("Dedi- caces" for piano and orchestra with soprano obbligato, performed at these con- certs). Another concerto, for violoncello and orchestra, was completed at Lenox, Massachusetts, last summer and awaits performance. T^he key of the Violin Concerto is G minor. The first movement, according to information furnished by the composer, "has certain earmarks of the sonata form without being written in that form at all. The first subject (in G minor) reappears in the finale and is the mainstay of the movement. The second movement is a melancholy waltz. The third and last movement is a theme with variations and an elaborate coda.