Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 48,1928-1929
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SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES Branch Exchange Telephones, Ticket and Administration Offices, Back Bay 1492 Boitoe INC. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor FORTY-EIGHTH SEASON, 192S-1929 Cfif^r^ WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE COPYRIGHT, 1929, 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 1029 THE INSTRUMENT OF THE IMMORTALS "THE MAGIC TIRE SPELL," painted for tie STELNWAY COLLECTION bv N. C. 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Any Steinway piano may be purchased with a For more than 75 years such people cash deposit of 10%, and the balance will be extended over a period of two years. Used have turned to the Oteinway as the finest pianos accepted in partial exchange. A. few piano available anywhere m the world. completely rebuilt Steinways are available at special prices. And their choice is a reflection of that of the foremost musicians. Virtually STEINWAY & SONS, Steinway Hall every great name in music, from Wagner 109 We s t 5 7th Street, New York Represented h y foremost dealers everywhere 1030 Forty-eighth Season, 1928-1929 SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor Violins. Burgin, R. Elcus, G. Gundersen, R. Sauvlet, H. Cherkassky, P. Concert-master Kreinin, B. Kassman, N. Hamilton V. Eisler, D. Theodorowicz, J. Hansen, E. » Lauga, N. Fedorovsky, P. Leibovici, J. Pinfield, C. Mariotti, V. Leveen, P. Tapley, R. Jacob, R. Zung, M. Knudsen, C. Gorodetzky, L. Mayer, P. Diamond, S. Zide, L. Fiedler, B. Bryant, M. Beale, M. Stonestreet, L. Messina, S. Murray, J. Del Sordo, R. Erkelens, H. Seiniger, S. Violas. Lefranc, J. Fourel, G. Van Wynbergen, C. Grover, H. Fiedler, A. Artieres, L. Cauhape, J. Werner, H. Shirley, P. Avierino, N. Gerhardt, S. Bernard, A. Deanp C. Violoncellos. Bedetti, J. Langendoen, J. Chardon, Y. Stockbridge, C. Fabrizio, E. Zighera, A. Barth, C. Droeghmans, H. Warnke, J. Marjollet, L Basses. Kunze, M. Lemaire, J. Ludwig, 0. Girard, H. Kelley, A. Vondrak, A. Oliver, F. Frankel, I. Dufresne, G. Demetrides, L. Flutes. Oboes. Clarinets. Bassoons. Laurent, G. Gillet, F. Hamelin, G. Laus, A. Bladet, G. Devergie, J. Arcieri, E. Allard, R. Amerena, P. Stanislaus, H. Allegra, E. Bettoney, F. {E-flat Clarinet) Piccolo. English Horn. Bass Clarinet. Contra-Bassoon. Battles, A. Speyer, L. Mimart, P. Piller, B. Horns. Horns. Trumpets. Trombones. Boettcher, G. Valkenier, W. Mager, G. Rochut, J. Pogrebniak, S. Schindler, G. Voisin, R. Hansotte, L. Van Den Berg, C. Lannoye, M. Lafosse, M. Kenfield, L. Lorbeer, H. Blot, G. Perret, G. Raichman, J. Mann, J. Adam, E. Tubas. Harps. Timpani. Percussion. Sidow, P. Zighera, B. Ritter, A. Ludwig, C. Adam, E. Caughey, E. Polster, M. Sternburg, S. White, L. Organ. Celesta. Librarian. Snow, A. Fiedler, A. Rogers, L. J. 1031 The Vogue of v5> Semi-Precious Jewelry Never has the trend of Fashion been so beautifully and artistically expressed as it is in the newest costume jewelry, made from semi-precious stones. Equally as attractive, and every bit as genuine as the five precious stones—the diamond, emerald, pearl, ruby, and sapphire—their great appeal is, not only the difference in price, but their adapta- bility to completing the costume, or adding just the needed touch of color harmony for true chic. Following out the ensemble idea, Chandler & Co. present an unusual collection of necklaces, ear- rings, brooches, rings and pins, exquisitely set with, or made entirely from amethyst, jade, Swiss lapis lazuli, rose quartz, and agate in carnelian or chalcedony colors and many dainty pieces of crystal, or crystal combined with other stones. 7 50 to 59 50 STREET FLOOR ChanMer $c Co. Boston Common Tremont St. at West 1032 Forty-eighth Season, Nineteen Hundred Twenty-eight and Twenty-nine FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 18, at 2.30 o'clock SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, at 8.15 o'clock ENRIQUE F. ARBOS will conduct these concerts Wagner . Prelude to "The Mastersingers of Nuremberg" Halflter ....... Sinfonietta in D major I. Pastorella. II. Adagio. III. Allegretto vivace (Minuetto). IV. Allegro giocoso. (First time in Boston) Ravel . Alborada del Grazioso Albeniz Suite, "Iberia" (Arranged for Orchestra by Arbos) a. La Fete-Dieu a Seville. b. Triana. (First time in Boston) Turina "La Procession del Rocio," Tableau Symphonique DeFalla .... Three Dances from "The Three Cornered Hat," Ballet a. The Neighbors. b. Dance of the Miller. c. Final Dance. MASON & HAMLIN PIANOFORTE There will be an intermission after Ravel's "Alborada del Grazioso" The works to be played at these concerts may be seen in the Allen A. Brown Music Collection of the Boston Public Library one week before the concert 1033 Spend Spring on the sunny shores of the <JMediterranean, for Spring is the best ^Mediterranean season. Then the weather is pleasantly warm, the air is soft, the foliage is fresh, and the flowers are brightly in bloom. RAYMOIVD -WHITCOUIB Mediterranean Spring Cruise Sailing April 8 on the Cunard liner "Carinthia" Rates, including return passage at any time, $725 and upward CL,In route as well as season this is a most unusual voyage. It is the first cruise ever to include a visit to romantic Carcassonne. It goes to out-of-the-way and picturesque places that other cruises rarely, if ever, reach — to white Casablanca and oriental %abat in Morocco, to <JMalaga and ^Barcelona in Spain, to Talma in the purple Balearic Islands, to Valletta, the fortress capital of Malta, to beautiful Taormina in Sicily, and to ancient %agusa and quaint Cattaro on the Balkan shores of the Adriatic. And it goes also to the usual cruise ports, Madeira, Gibraltar, Algiers, Naples, Nice, etc. Take it for a complete six weeks holiday, or as a new and interesting voyage to Europe by the favorite southern route Send for the ^Booklet —"Mediterranean Spring Cruise" Raymond & Whitcomb Co* 126 Newbury St. 165 Tremont St BOSTON 1034 Enrique Fernandez-Arbos, conductor, violinist, composer, was born at Madrid, Spain, on December 25, 1863. His childhood was passed in Galicia; but when war broke out, his father, a military bandmaster, took his family to Madrid. The boy entered the Con- servatory of that city to study violin, playing under Jesus Mona- sterio y Agtieros.* At the age of twelve, Arbos took first prizes for violin playing, harmony, and theory. The Princess Isabel became interested in him and gave him an allowance. Going to the Brussels Conservatory, he studied violin playing with Vieuxtemps; composition with Gevaert, and took a prize in 1879. From Brussels he went to Berlin, where he studied with Joachim for four years. He spent five years in Germany. For a time he was concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. He traveled as a virtuoso Monasterio (1836-1903), born at Potes, Spain, played in public at Madrid when he was twelve years old. He entered tbe Brussels Conservatory to take lessons of Charles de B§riot. In 1852 the boy was awarded the Prix d'Honneur, against the rules of the Conservatory on account of his tender age. Having returned to Madrid, he toured as a virtuoso in England and Scotland. In 1856 he was appointed pro- fessor of violin teaching at the Madrid Conservatory. In 1861 he toured in Ger- many and the Netherlands. He refused the position of first violin and conductor, in collaboration with Liszt and Lassen, of the Court concerts offered him by the Grand Duke of Weimar ; he also refused to succeed de Beriot at the Brussels Conservatory, for he thought his duty was to give Spain his knowledge and experience. He taught at the Royal Conservatory, Madrid, and was for a time its director. In 1869-76 he conducted the Sociedad de Conciertos (now the Orquesta Sinfonica, and in 1863 founded the Sociedad de Cuartetos to educate the public for the appreciation of music by Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven. Among his compositions are orchestral works, a violin concerto, chamber music, smaller pieces, and "20 Artistic Concert Etudes" for violin, adopted in 1878 and still in use at the Brussels Conservatory. From the Programs of CONCERT PIANIST MARION BAUER EDWARD MACDOWELL Op. 15. No. I. Prelude in D (for the left hand) Fourth Sonata (Keltic, Op. 59) Op. 1 5, No. 6. Prelude in F minor The joy of Autumn (From New England Idyls, ELLEN COLEMAN Op. 62) Sung outside the Prince's Door (From For- The Three Kings) r ..r» j rv .. >» From "Poems and Pictures Nocturne | gotten Fairy Tales —Thorn) Of Br'er Rabbit (From Fireside Tales, Op.