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SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES Branch Exchange Telephones, Ticket and Administration Offices, Back Bay 1492 Boston Symphony Orchestra INC. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor FORTY-FOURTH SEASON. 1924-1925 WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. THE OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. FREDERICK P. CABOT President GALEN L. STONE Vice-President ERNEST B. DANE Treasurer FREDERICK P. CABOT ERNEST B. DANE HENRY B. SAWYER M. A. DE WOLFE HOWE GALEN L. STONE JOHN ELLERTON LODGE BENTLEY W. WARREN ARTHUR LYMAN E. SOHIER WELCH W. H. BRENNAN, Manager G. E. JUDD, Assistant Manager 673 — i E THE INST%U34ENT OF THE IMMORTALS IT IS true that Rachmaninov, Pader- Each embodies all the Steinway ewski, Hofmann—to name but a few principles and ideals. And each waits of a long list of eminent pianists only your touch upon the ivory keys have chosen the Steinway as the one to loose its matchless singing tone, perfect instrument. It is true that in to answer in glorious voice your the homes of literally thousands of quickening commands, to echo in singers, directors and musical celebri- lingering beauty or rushing splendor ties, the Steinway is an integral part the genius of the great composers. of the household. And it is equally true that the Steinway, superlatively fine as it is, comes well within the There is a Steinway dealer in your range of the moderate income and community or near you through 'whom meets all the requirements of the you may purchase a new Steinway modest home. piano 'with a small cash deposit, and This instrument of the masters has the balance will be extended over a been brought to perfection by four period of two years.* Used pianos generations of the Steinway family. accepted in partial exchange. But they have done more than this. They have consistently sold it at the Prices: $875 and up lowest possible price. And they have Plus transportation given it to the public upon terms so convenient that the Steinway is well Steinway & Sons, Steinway Hall within your reach. Numerous styles 109 East Fourteenth St.. New York and sizes are made to suit your home. 674 OH i* Forty-fourth Season, 1924-1925 SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor Violins. Burgin, R. Hoffmann, J. Gerardi, A. Hamilton, V. Concert-master. Mahn, F. Krafft, W. Sauvlet, H. Theodorowicz, J. Gundersen, R. Pinfield, C. Fiedler, B. Siegl, F. Kassman, N. Cherkassky, P. Leveen, P. Maribtti, V. Thillois, F. Gorodetzky, L. Kurth, R. Riedlinger, H. Murray, J. Goldstein, S. Bryant, M. Knudsen, C. Stonestreet, L. Tapley, R. Del Sordo, R. Messina, S. Diamond, S. Erkelens, H. Seiniger, S. Violas. Fourel, G. Werner, H. Grover, H. Fiedler, A. Artieres, L. Van Wynbergen, C. Shirley, P. Mullaly, J. Gerhardt, S. Kluge, M. Deane, C. Zahn, F. Violoncellos. Bedetti, J. Keller, J. Belinski, M. Warnke, J. Langendoen, J. Schroeder, A. Barth, C. Stockbridge, C. Fabrizio, E. Marjollet, L. Basses. Kunze, M. Seydel, T. Ludwig, O. Kelley, A. Girard, H. Keller, K. Gerhardt, G. Frankel, I. Demetrides, L. Flutes. Oboes. Clarinets. Bassoons. Laurent, G. Longy, G. Sand, A. Laus, A. Bladet, G. Lenom, C. Arcieri, E. Allard, R. Amerena, P. Stanislaus, H. Vannini, A. Bettoney, F. Piccolo. English Horns. Bass Clarinet. Contra-Bassoon. Battles, A. Mueller, F. Mimart, P. Piller, B. Spcyer, L. Horns. Horns. Trumpets. Trombones. Wendler, G. Valkenier, W. Mager, G. Hampe, C. Schindler, G. Hain, F. Mann, J. Adam, E. Hess, M. Van Den Berg, C. Schmeisser, K. Mausebach, A. Lorbeer, H. Gebhardt, W. Perret, G. Kenfield, L. Kloepfel, L. Tuba. Harps. Timpani. Percussion. Sidow, P. Holy, A. Ritter, A. Ludwig, C. Zahn, F. Savitzkaya, L. Polster, M. Sternburg, S. Organ. Celesta. Librarian. Snow, A. Fiedler, A. Rogers, L. J. 675 The House Where Music Is FOR over a hundred years Chickering has stood supreme among fine pianos. The name has come to have even wider significance, however, for it means, also, an old Colonial building on Tremont Street, a Boston institution where one naturally goes to select a piano at whatever price one can afford to pay with a certainty of being satisfied. You are cordially invited to our store if only to listen to the tone of our several instru- ments. It will be well worth a visit to hear the Ampico re-enact the very personality of the playing of the greatest artists. If you wish to to buy at this time, your present piano will be taken in exchange and con- venient terms of monthly payment may be arranged. Until Christmas we shall be open evenings until 9 o'clock. 169-Tremont Street, Boston PIANOS OF ALL PRICES — EACH PRE- E MINENT IN ITS CLASS 676 FORTY-FOURTH SEASON NINETEEN HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR &TWENTY-FIVE FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 19, at 2.30 o'clock SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, at 8.15 o'clock Haydn . Symphony in G major (Breitkopf and Hartel No. 13) I. Adagio; Allegro. II. Largo. III. Menuetto; Trio. IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito. Bach, C. P. E. Concerto for Two Pianos (First performance in Boston) Bliss ........ Concerto for Two Pianos (First Performance) Hill Scherzo for Two Pianos (First Performance) Ravel "La Valse," Choregraphic Poem SOLOISTS GUY MAIER and LEE PATTISON STEINWAY PIANOS USED There will be an intermission of ten minutes after Bach's concerto City of Boston, Revised Regulation of August 5, 1898, —Chapter 3, relating to the covering of the head in places of public amusement Every licensee shall not. in his place of amusement, allow any person to wear upon the head a covering which obstructs- the view of the exhibition or performance in such place of any person seated in any seat therein provided for spectators, it being understood that a low head covering without projection, which does not obstruct such view, may be worn. Attest: J. M. GALVIN. City Clerk. The works to be played at these concerts may be seen in the Allen A. 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No. 13) Joseph Haydn (Born at Rohrau, Lower Austria, March 31, 1732; died at Vienna, May 31, 1809) Haydn wrote a set of six symphonies for a society in Paris known as the "Concert de la Loge Olympique." They were ordered in 1784, when Haydn was living at Esterhaz. Composed ^in the course of the years 1784-89, they are in C, G minor, E-flat, B-flat, D, A. No. 1, in C, has been entitled "The Bear"; No. 2, in G minor, has been entitled "The Hen"; and No. 4, in B-flat, is known as "The Queen of France.'' The symphony played at this concert is the first of a second set, of which five were composed in 1787, 1788, 1790. If the sixth was written, it cannot now be identified. This one in G major was written in 1787, and is "Letter V" in the catalogue of the London Philharmonic Society, No. 13 in the edition of Breitkopf & Hartel, No. 8 in that of Peters, No. 29 in that of Sieber, No. 58 in the list of copied scores of Haydn's symphonies in the library of the Paris Conservatory of Music. This symphony in G major is the first of the second series, and with the second, "Letter W," it was composed in 1787.