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Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 49,1929-1930 SANDERS THEATRE . CAMBRIDGE HARVARD UNIVERSITY Thursday Evening, January 16, at 8.00 ^\WHilJ/iw a? % turn J; "V / BOSTON SYAPHONY ORCHESTRA INC. FORTY-NINTH SEASON 1929-1930 PRSGRHftttE mm^ 4 g J£ =V:^ The PLAZA, New York Fred Sterry John D. Owen President Manager , m^%M^\^\gjA The Savoy-Plaza T/^Copley-Plaza Henry A. Rost New y^ Arthur L. Race Boston President Managing Director Jlotels of ^Distinction Unrivalled as to location. Distin- hed throughout the World for their Appointments and service. =y* SANDERS THEATRE . CAMBRIDGE HARVARD UNIVERSITY FORTY-NINTH SEASON 1929-1930 INC. Dr. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor SEASON 1929-1930 THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, at 8.00 o'clock WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE COPYRIGHT, 1930, BY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. THE OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. FREDERICK P. CABOT President BENTLEY W. WARREN Vice-President ERNEST B. DANE Treasurer FREDERICK P. CABOT FREDERICK E. LOWELL ERNEST B. DANE ARTHUR LYMAN N. PENROSE HALLOWELL EDWARD M. PICKMAN M. A. DE WOLFE HOWE HENRY B. SAWYER JOHN ELLERTON LODGE BENTLEY W. WARREN W. H. BRENNAN, Manager G. E. JUDD, Assistant Manager There is a STEINWAY priee and model for your home No matter where you live — on a country estate or in a city apartment —there is a Steinway exactly suited to your needs. This great piano is avail- able in five grand sizes, and one upright model, together with many special styles in period designs. 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Allegro Glazounov "Stenka Razin," Symphonic Poem, Op. 13 SOLOIST BENNO RABINOFF There will be an intermission of ten minutes after the symphony 5 They will make theirWest Indies Cruise with RAYMOND -WHITCOMB PERSONS who consider the manner and the company in which they travel — who know the famous limited trains and the top-notch hotels of Europe and America — always find themselves at home with Raymond -Whitcomb. CThcy will go to the West Indies this winter with Raymond -Whitcomb on the"Statendam:' Spacious, sparklingly smart, splendidly served, she was built for them. She is the newest steamship to make a West Indies Cruise this sea- son, and the largest. Sail on her and you will find the days you spend at sea as pleasant and as fleeting as those you spend at Havana, Kingston and the other Caribbean cities that are visited on the Raymond-Whitcomb Cruises. TWO MID-WINTER CKUISES February Cruise—January 29 to February 23 Second Long Cruise—February 25 to March 22 Rates, $300 and upward StnJ for Booklet - "WlST [Noil! CftUISI Spring Crnite to the- Mediterranean Summer Cruise to the North Cape and Russia RAYMOND & WHITCOMB COMPANY 1 65 Tr«-mont Sir«-«-t 122 Newbury Sir.-.t HANcock 7820 BOSTON KEN. 70 also at THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON b7 Milk Street I IR.-rty 4900 Symphony No. G, C minor, Op. 58 Alexander Glazounov (Born at St. Petersburg (now Leningrad) on August 10, 1865; living in Leningrad) This symphony was completed in 1896. It was performed for the first time on February 20, 1897, at one of the concerts in Lenin- grad of the Young Russian School, concerts organized by Belaiev, the publisher. (The name of Belaiev, the publisher, must necessarily be asso- ciated with that of Glazounov. Belaiev, who had gained a great fortune as a merchant in grain, offered to publish at his own cost the compositions of Glazounov, his intimate friend. The young musician accepted the proposition, but insisted on introducing the Maecenas to his colleagues. Thus the hypo-modern Russians found a publisher, and one that delighted in handsome editions. Further- more, Belaiev gave at his own expense, in St. Petersburg, concerts devoted exclusively to the works of the younger school. It was he that in 1889 organized and paid all the cost of the concerts of Russian music at the Trocadero, Paris. As Bruneau said: "Noth- ing can discourage him, neither the indifference of the crowd, nor the hate of rivals, nor the enmity of fools, nor the inability to understand, the inability on which one stumbles and is hurt every time one tries to go out of beaten paths. I am happy to salute l Edited by Percy Goetschius, Mus. Doc. An analytic edition of the master symphonies, symphonic poems, and classic overtures, arranged for the piano, two hands. Designed for analysis and appreciation classes and for all students of music in its higher forms. Each volume contains a portrait and biographical sketch of the composer, and a critique of his work. The Latest Editions: No. 16. TCHAIKOVSKY. Symphony No. 4, in F minor 1 .00 No. 18. MOZART. Symphony No. 47, in Eb major .75 No. 20. BRAHMS. Symphony No. 1 , in C minor 1 .00 No. 34. BEETHOVEN. Symphony No. 4, in Bb major 1 .00 179 Tremont Street Boston Founded 1783 : Established 1835 Incorporated 1889 here this brave man. who is probably without as imitator.'' Mil rofan Petrowitsch Belaiev, horn al St Petersburg, February 22, 1836, died there January LO, 1904. He founded his publishing-house in L885; in the same rear the Russian Symphony Concerts; and in 1891 the Russian Chamber Music Evenings. His firm was changed by his will into a fund directed by Glazounov, Liadov, and Rimsky- Korsakov.) The program of this concert on February 20, L897, included als,> a posthumous Andante and Finale for pianoforte and orchestra by Tchaikovsky* (Serge Taneiev, pianist); Taneiev's overture "Oresteia," and a Mazurka for orchestra by Felix Blumenfeld. The compositions by Glazounov, Taneiev, and Blumenfeld were con- ducted by the respective composers. The first performance of this symphony in Boston was by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, on October 21, 1899; Mr. (Jericke, conductor. The second performance here was by this orchestra on January 5, 1901. Tin 1 symphony is scored for three flutes (the third tlute interchangeable with piccolo), two oboes, three clarinets, •These movements, found at Klin after Tchaikovsky's death, were arranged by him from sketches for a symphony planned in 1862. He wrote to Taneiev From Klin in July of that year: "Before I went abroad in May, l hail sketched the first movement ami finale of a symphony.
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