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LAfayette 3-6800 Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation CONTENTS Program Notes (j^miMfjros. Faure (Prelude to Penelope) . 9 Dutilleux (Symphony No. 2) . 20 Entr'actes Penelope (Arthur Honegger) . 14 From a Trickle to a Torrent (J.N.B.). 38 Daphnis et Chlo6 (A Perpetuall Oblation to Love) 54 Notes Franck ("The Accursed Hunter") 44 Ravel (Daphnis et Chloe) ... 46 Symphoniana SUBSCRIBERS' EXHIBITION The annual exhibition of paintings by subscribers, Friends and members of the ; Boston Symphony Orchestra will open at tonight's concert. It will be shown • at the symphony concerts through Janu- ary 2. • • nocturnal costume A TOUR OF THE ORIENT handsome new Charles Munch and the Boston Sym- way of evening phony Orchestra have announced their dressing . • acceptance of invitation to i an tour Japan little brocade i and other East Asian countries in the costume sees ; Spring of 1960. The tour will be made under the President's Special Interna- you through I tional Program for Cultural Presenta- | cocktails, dinner I tions administered by the American and theatre National Theatre and Academy. with perfect The tour, which is expected to begin aplomb ... on or about May 1st and last six to eight our collection weeks, will open in Japan where the priced from Orchestra will perform in the Osaka 69.95 to 245.00 Festival. Other Japanese cities will be visited. The President's Program and +wen+y n e w bur A.N.T.A. have not confirmed the itin- 7 erary for the other East Asian countries [3] 1 but it is anticipated that the Philippines, Formosa and Korea will be included. This will be the third foreign tour of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. It visited Europe in 1952 and in 1956 it was THE TROUSSEAU HOUSE OF BOSTON the first American orchestra to perform in the Soviet Union. AN AWARD FOR A BOSTON SYMPHONY RECORDING The recording by the Boston Sym- phony Orchestra of Debussy's three Images has been singled out for a special honor. The National Academy of Re- cording Arts and Sciences has chosen \ this as the Best Classical Performance j on records released this year. When the j award was made on November 29, a statuette was presented named "Gram- my," similar to the "Oscar" of the Na- tional Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. YOUTH CONCERTS The Youth Concerts, begun this year, will complete their season with per- formances on Saturdays, January 9 and March 5; and on Saturdays, January 16 and March 12, when the programs will be repeated. The orchestra consists of 60 players from the Boston Symphony Zror"or ~Auh~svuiumn C^ueninad — Orchestra and will be under the direc- Our wool jersey teagown — simply tion of Harry Ellis Dickson. The con- styled with a softly draped satin certs begin at 11 o'clock and last one collar and ascot. 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Andantino sostenuto III. Allegro fuocoso — calmato INTERMISSION France. "Le Chasseur maudit," Symphonic Poem Ravel. *"Daphnis et Chloey Ballet, Suite No. 2 Lever du jour — Pantomime — Danse generate BALDWIN PIANO *RCA VICTOR RECORDS [7] holiday opulence —gowns to light the night, dazzlements of every description— everywhere you turn at Utym BOSTON • CHESTNUT HILL PRELUDE TO "P£N£LOPE" By Gabriel Faure Born in Pamiers (Ariege), France, May 13, 1845; died in Passy, November 4, 1924 Penelope, Drame Lyrique in three acts to a text of Rene Fauchois was composed in 1913 and first performed at Monte Carlo on March 4 of that year. The first performance in Paris was at the Theatre des Champs £lysees, May 10, 1913. The opera was performed in concert form under the auspices of the Department of Music at Harvard University at Sanders Theatre, November 29, 1945, as part of a festival in honor of the 100th anniversary of Fauna's birth. Nadia Boulanger conducted. The Prelude was performed at the concerts of the Boston Symphony Orchestra March 28, 1919 (Henri Rabaud conducting); December 5, 1924, shortly after the composer's death (Serge Koussevitzky conducting), and March 9-10, 1951, under the direction of Charles Munch. The Prelude calls for 2 flutes and piccolo, 2 oboes and English horn, 2 clarinets and bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones and tuba, timpani, harp and strings. T?aure seems to have had an affinity for classical subjects, for his ^ earlier opera, composed in 1900, was Promethee. It is told that Rene* Fauchois met Faure* in about the year 1908 when his suggestion andante In settling an estate, one of the constant problems is to keep things moving... to attend to the scores of essential steps in time so that nothing is left undone and no costly delays occur. |j||k At Rockland-Atlas, you'll find Trust officers with years \ of experience to their credit in expediting estate affairs. 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