Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 93, 1973-1974, Trip
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NEW HAVEN SYMPHONY . FRANK BRIEFF, MUSIC DIRECTOR WOOLSEY HALL CONCERT SERIES "^ > ^ /\ .»-.•• -•-:=»:*t-#-a;. 7»T(^ Nci, Pl^^; r«K«*»<Mi.'«i i J J a' I •:sj f ^ :>^ r K^ :>.v^4 r v-.^.^ ^r^ n •• -. fl^. / ^"•bfelr OPUS FEBRUARY, 1974 ^r~- You can Isake it; from us.. fK-': on/y the most beautiful diamonds are sold in the MICHAELS TREASURE CHEST It's a rule at Michaels, and a very strict one, too. To qualify for the Treasure Chest, a diamond must pass exacting tests for cut, clarity and color. Many lovely diamonds do not quite make the grade. These we sell in conventional ring boxes. So if your diamond comes in a Michaels Treasure Chest, you know its beauty is unchallengeable. DIVIDED PAYMENTS IF YOU WISH Priced from %100 JEWELERS - SILVERSMITHS SINCE 1900 DOWNTOWN NEW HAVEN AM) OlIIKH LEADINC CONNECTICUT CITIES Certified Gemologist, Registered Jewelers, American Gem Society }W^ New Haven Symphony Orchestra OFFICERS 1973-4 Season Louis L. Hemingway, Jr., President Anthony V. DeMayo ^EXT CONCERT First Vice President Brooks Shepard, Jr., Second Vice President Robert C. French, Treasurer Elizabeth Harvey, Secretary Mrs. Christopher Tunnard ^""^ Recording Secretary fj^ C. Cannon %^ Beekman President Emeritus T^ VICE PRESIDENTS ^'jI^^^ Mrs. Arnold M. Baskin Herman Copen James Greenfield Mrs. Richard L. Jacobs Mrs. Donald F. Keefe W Mrs. William B. McAllister James M. Osborn William Waite DIRECTORS TO 1974 Mrs. Charles Brennan III Mrs. George Conklln Paul V. Elsberry, Jr. J John D. Kernan Mrs. Harold Lemkin Mrs. Herman Liebert Mrs. Carleton F. Louc:ks LowRY Nelson, Jr. Mrs. Shih Chang Shen YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERT SERIES Mrs. Raynham Townshend, Jr. DIRECTORS TO 1975 SATURDAY — FEBRUARY 9th Mrs. Michael L. Adley Spencer M. Berger Performances at 1 and 3 p.m. Mrs. Jean Boorsch Joel Cohn Lyman Auditorium Philip Nelson Helen H. Roberts (on the campus of Southern Connecticut State College) Oyarma Tate G. Harold Welch, Jr. Tickets: $1.50 (child or adult) for 3 P.M. only Kenneth A. Wendrich Available at the New Haven Symphony Office, DIRECTORS TO 1976 254 College Street, Room 412 Mrs. Robert Adnopoz Leroy Anderson weekdays — 10 to 4 p.m. H. Langedon Bell Donald R. Eglee Mail orders accepted please include self-addressed, Dr. William Lattanzi Mrs. Charles W. Morgan stamped envelope. Dr. Irving Polayes John B. Stevens GUEST ARTISTS: GuRDON B. Wattles PICKWICK PUPPET THEATRE Paul D. Wingate HONORARY DIRECTORS Mrs. James Rowland Angell PROGRAM Mrs. Edward G. Armstrong Mrs. Kingman Brewster, Jr. Scheherazade Rimsky-Korsakov Mrs. Lewis P. Curtis Josephine B. Foster Mrs. a. Whitney Griswold Mrs. Frederick W. Hilles Mrs. C. Beecher Hogan Mrs. John Day J.\ckson Lionel S. Jackson Earle E. Jacobs TABLE OF CONTENTS Judge Herbert S. MacDonald .\I Ks. Hugh CALuwELL-Secre««r[/ Mrs. Louis Nahum M ^s. John Cordes— Boo/c/cee);er RnarH nf Dirertors 3 ' i«. Frank ORUAN-C/er/c Mrs. Quincy Porter M Artist Biographies 8 Welch, Sr. G. Harold Programs: February 5 5 MUSIC DIRECTOR Programs: February 19 7 Frank Brieff Calendar of Events 16 DIRECTORS EX OFFICIO Mrs. Herman Copen For inforniation concerning acKcrtising in the program, please President, Auxiliary contact Mrs. Caldwell, at tlie S)inphon\- Office, 776-1444 Mrs. J. Sprightly Kelly Chairman, Young People's Concerts R.VTES: ONE ISSUE -6M COPIES Mrs. Alan Lichtenstein Full page - $100 Chairman, Register Sujwlement Half page — $ 75 Harold Kendrick, Manager ;/> column — 45 Doris Cousins, Assistant Manager $ ORCH. REPRESENTATIVES OPUS 1, Volume 5, No. 3 DECEMBER 1973 Daniel Stepner Susan Poliacik 1 The Man Who Thought He Couldn't Own a Steinway. To him it had always been "the only piano." Yet, a little voice in the back of his head kept whispering, "You can't afford it." Then one day he sharpened a pencil, quieted the voice in the back of his head, and did some serious figuring. To his surprise he discovered that the Steinway" was not too much more expen- sive than the piano he'd been considering. Which didn't have the tone of a Steinway. Or the Steinway touch.- It didn't have Steinway's Hexagrip Wrestplank. Or Steinway's Diaphramatic" Soundboard. Or any of the exclusive features that make a Steinway feel and sound like a Steinway. "I'm being penny-wise but pound-foolish," he cried. So he bought the Steinway he'd always wanted, which he and his wife and family are all enjoying. He has only one regret. "I should have done it years ago," he says. EST 60 WHITNEY AVENUE DIAL 562-2166 '» € IL i N T€ N !> 1894 OPEN DAILY 9 TO 5:30 THURS. EVE. TILL 9 P.M. SYMPHONY PROGRAM NOTES The New Haven Symphony Orchestra hy Paul Affelder Excerpts from the Dramatic 80TH SEASON Symphony Romeo et Juliette, Op. .17 Fifth Concert HECTOR BERLIOZ Tuesday Evening, February 5, 1974 (Born December 11, 1803, in 8:30 p.m. La Cote-Saint-Andreo et Juliette; died March 8, 1869, in Paris) As early as 1821, Berlioz was FRANK BRIEFF formulating plans for a dramatic MUSIC DIRECTOR symphony on the subject of Shakes- peare's Romeo and Juliet. Six years JOHN NELSON later, when he first saw the Irish Guest Conductor actress Henrietta Smithson as Juliet, his imagination was further kindled. It was his wild infatuation for Miss ITZHAK PERLMAN, Violinist Smithson that inspired him to com- Guest Artist pose the Symphonic fantastique. It was this same Miss Smithson who later became his wife and who made his life miserable. And if the story is true, it was a certain per- formance of the Symphonic fantasti- que which was responsible for Berlioz's ultimate opportunity to compose Romeo et Juliette. Romeo and Juliet Berlioz In December 1838, so the story goes, the great violinist, Niccolo Introduction ( Combat-Tumult-Intervention of the Prince) Paganini, attended a performance Romeo alone — Melancholy-Distant sounds of music and dancing- of the Symphonic fantastique. He Great festivities in Capulet's palace was so moved by the music that he after the con- Starlight night — Capulet's garden — Love scene came up on the stage cert and in front of the entire Mab — Scherzo or Queen (Queen Mab The Dream Fairy) audience fell on his knees before the Romeo at the tomb of the Capulets — Invocation — Juliet's awakening — embarrassed Berlioz. The verv next Delirious joy, despair — Anguish and death of both the day, a messenger brought Berlioz a lovers draft for twenty thousand francs from Paganini. What has never INTERMISSION been determined is whether the money came from the notoriously tight-fisted violinist- himself or from Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 77 Brahms benefactor who, wishing ITZHAK PERLMAN some other to remain anonymous, presented it Allegro non troppo through Paganini. At any rate, the Adagio money enabled Berlioz to devote more than half a year without in- Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace terruption to the composition of Romeo et Juliette, which he dedi- cated to Paganini. Berlioz worked on the score of Romeo et Juliette between January The New Haven Symphony Orchestra is a member of the and September 1839, and he himself American Symphony Orchestra League. conducted its first performance at the Paris Conservatory on Novem- To make your evenings more enjoyable and avoid disturbing our patrons, ber 24 of that year. On that occa- sion, there were 98 singers in the latecomers will not be seated while the performance is in progress. chorus and 160 instrumentalists in the orchestra. The use of cameras and tape recorders is strictly prohibited at Although Romeo et Juliette is a New Haven Symphony Orchestra Concerts. work of large proportions, complete with vocal soloists, chorus and or- (Continucd on page 13) The first in a series of case histories on how Second New Haven Bank works with businesses. 66'They kept the bank open on a holiday to get my payroll out on time.^^ Mr. Raymond Neal, Financial Manager, American Powdered Metals Company. Q: American Powdered Metals me to ask them about helping us system is that you can grow into Company sounds like an exciting with other accounting problems. it. You only have to use what you need right now, and you place. What's it all about? Q: Like what? can add to it in the future. 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