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ELEVENTH REHEARSAL and CONCERT Boston Symphony Orchestra* SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON, HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES. (Telephone, J492 Back Bay.) TWENTY-FOURTH SEASON, J9(H-J905. WILHELM GERICKE, CONDUCTOR. IProQtamme OF THE ELEVENTH REHEARSAL and CONCERT WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 6, AT 2.30 O'CLOCK. SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, AT 8.00 O'CLOCK. Published by C A. ELLIS, Manafer. 685 CONCERNING THE "QUARTER (J^) GRAND" ^Its Tone Quality is superior to that of an Upright ([It occupies practically no more space than an Upright. ([It costs no more than the large Upright. f[It weighs less than the larger Uprights. ([It is a more artistic piece of furniture than an Upright. ([ It has all the desire able qualities of the .larger Grand Pianos. 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Eleventh Rehearsal and Concert* FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 6, at 2.30 o'clock. SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, at 8.00 o'clock. PROGRAMME. D'Indy ..... Symphony in B-flat major, No. 2, Op, 57 I. Extremement lent ; Tr^s vif II. Moderement lent. III. Modere ; Tr^s anim^. IV. Introduction, Fugue, et Finale. (First time.) JBruch .... Penelope's Lament from "Odysseus," Op. 41 t' Brahms Waltzes, Op. 39 (Scored for orchestra by Wilhelm Gericke.) Elgar . " Sea Pictures," Three Songs from a Cycle of Five for Contralto and Orchestra, Op. 37 Dvordk Overture, " Carnival," Op. 92 SOLOIST Miss MURIEL FOSTER. There will be an intermission of ten minutes after the Bruch selection. The doors of the hall will be closed during the performance of each number on the programme. Those who wish to leave before the end of the concert are requested to do so in an interval be- tween the numbers. 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Its price is only $90 Solid mahogany case, 8 ft. ij^ in. hig-h — pure Colonial pattern — lion's-claw feet — fluted columns — finely finished throughout — imported movement, striking the hour andhalf- hour on a rich-toned gong — excellent timekeeper — a highly effective addition to the furnishings of any apartment. 4®= And this is but one of many hall clocks of mod- erate price which we exhibit. SMITH PATTERSON COMPANY, WKolesale and Retail Jewellers 52 Summer Street, Cor^ Arch Street, BOSTON^ Symphony in B-flat major, No. 2, Op. 57 . Vincent d'Indy (Born at Paris, March 27, 1852*; now living in Paris.) In 1876 a work by d'Indy, "Symphonie Chevaleresque : Jean Hun- yade," was performed at a concert of the Societe Nationale, Paris; but this work is not now included in the composer's own Hst of his compositions. The work entitled "Wallenstein," composed during the years 1873-81, though classed by some as a symphony, is entitled by d'Indy "Trilogy, after the dramas of Schiller." According to his own catalogue, d'Indy's Symphony No. i is the symphony in three parts on a French mountain air, for pianoforte and orchestra, com- posed in 1886, produced at Paris, March 20, 1887 (Mme. Bordes- Pene, pianist), and performed in Boston, April 5, 1902, with Mr. Bauer, pianist. The Symphony in B-flat major, composed in 1 903-1 904, was pro- duced at a Lamoureux concert, Paris, February 28, 1904. The score is dedicated to Paul Dukas. The S5miphony is scored for three flutes (one interchangeable with piccolo), two oboes, one English horn, two clarinets, one bass clarinet, three bassoons, four horns, one small trumpet in E-flat, two trumpets in C, three trombones, one contra- bass trombone, chromatic kettledrums, big drum, cymbals, triangle, two harps, strings. The first performance of the symphony in America was at Phil- adelphia by the Philadelphia Orchestra, December 31, 1904. Mr. Calvocoressi in a study of this symphony {Le Guide Musical, May 8-15, 22-29, 1904) first mentions the symphonies written by the French of the modern school, Chausson, Lalo, Saint-Saens, Guy- Ropartz, Alberic Magnard, P. Dukas, Savard, Wittowsky, Vreuls, de Wailly, Toumemire, Marcel Labey, and especially the symphony by *This year is given by the composer. The catalogue of the Paris Conservatory gives 1851, and 1851 is given by Adolphe Jullien, who says he verified the date by the register of d'Indy's birth. NEW ALBUnS OF SONGS Songs from the Turkish Hills Two Sets. By G. H. CLUTSAM. Songs from the hfills By LANDON RONALD. As sung by Miss Muriel Foster. Songs of the Sea By C. VILLIERS STANFORD. (With Male Chorus Accompaniment.) To be had of all Dealers or BOOSEY & COMPA/SY, 9 Easl 17th Street, NEW YORK Reduction Sale of Models Tailor street gowns visiting costumes, evening coats COVERTS, Etc. ALL THIS SEASON'S MODELS AT HALF PRICE TO CLOSE AT ONCE V. BAIvLARD (a SONS Ladies' Costumers and Riding Habit Makers 256 Boylston Street CvCt^ 690 — :; C^sar I^ranck and d'Indy's first. He then says: "Examining the series of works by Vincent d'Indy and the different stations of his sure development, one will see that each of his dramatic works has been followed by an important work of absolute music. After 'The Song of the Bell' came the Symphony on a Mountain Air; after 'Fervaal,' the second string quartet; after 'The Stranger,' the Symphony in B-flat major."* This symphony is without a programme of any sort. D'Indy wrote in an article published in the first number of Musica (Paris): "Sym- phonic music, unlike dramatic music, is developing toward complexity the dramatic element is more and more introduced into absolute music, in such a way that form is here, as a rule, absolutely submissive to the incidents of a veritable action." Mr. Calvocoressi supplies a note to this remark: "To search for an action that is not purely musical in absolute music would be madness. There is, indeed, an action in this symphony, but it is wholly in the music: the putting into play of two principal themes, which present themselves at the beginning side by side, follow each other, war against each other, or, on the con- trary, are each developed separately, associate with themselves new ideas which complete or serve as commentary, and at the end of the work are blended in an immense triumphal chant." It would be idle, then, to attempt to characterize these themes as though they were dramatic motives. One can say, however, that two decided elements of musical expression are strongly opposed to each other. The first movement is made up of two distinct parts: a slow intro- duction, in which the themes appear at first in the state of simple cells and a lively movement. *"The Song of the Bell," romantic symphony for solo voices, double chorus, and orchestra, wbs composed during the years 1879-83; the opera "Fervaal," during 1889-95; the second string quartet in 1897; "The Stranger," an opera, was produced at Brussels, January 7, 1903. Ed. PAVORITE SO/NGS. CHOICE SACRED DUETS. firs. H. Beach, fl. A. Ambrose, R. S. not Too Far . Go $0.50 Bow down Thine Ear, O Lord. ^0.60 Foote, Arthur. Soprano and Tenor. Constancy . .50 Andrews, flark. Lang, riargaret Ruthven. Come unto Me, ye Weary . 60 Soprano and Baritone. Day is Gone . .50 Lynes, Frank. Scott, Charles P. Art thou Weary 40 My Dearie, O . .50 Tenor and Bass. nacDowell, Edward. West, John A. Sweetheart, Tell Me . .30 I love the Lord . .60 Merry Maiden Spring . • .50 Soprano and Tenor. Neidlinger, W. H. Love Divine .60 Alto and Baritone. On the Shore . • .30 Two Keys Each. Frey, Adolph. in •' Singers' Repertoire." A list of care- Trust the Lord .60 Soprano and Alto. Tenor and fully selected songs sent upon application. Bass ARTHUR P. SCHMIDT, CHARLES W. HOMEYER & CO., 120 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON.
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