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CARNEGIE HALL .... NEW YORK Thursday Evening, January 31, at 8.30 Saturday Afternoon, February 2, at 2.30 %; BOSTON SYAPHONY 0RO1ESTRS INC. ORTY-EIGHTH SEASON Wfc) J928-J929 Np • ' it PR5GR7W1E 5 P^L. IMS CHOOSE YOUR PIANO AS THE ARTISTS DO PIANO One of the beautiful New Baldwin Models An Announcement of Js[ew Models Distinctive triumphs of piano Baldwin yourself, will you craftsmanship, pianos which fully appreciate what Baldwin attain the perfection sought by craftsmen have accomplished. world famous pianists. ((Spon' C[ Come to our store today and sored by the ideals by which make the acquaintance of this these artists have raised them' new achievement in piano selves to the very pinnacle of making. (( Grands at $1450 recognition. (( Only when and up, in mahogany. you hear and play the new palbtom pano Company 20 EAST 54th STREET NEW YORK CITY CARNEGIE HALL NEW YORK Forty-third Season in New York FORTY-EIGHTH SEASON 1928-1929 INC. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, at 8.30 AND THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 2, at 2.30 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 NT OF THE IMMOR.TALS 'THE MAGIC FIRE SPELL," painted /or the STEINWAY COLLECTION hy "N. C. WYETH It is generally conceded that in the Fire Music to the present day, has been intimately from "Die Vvalkure" Ti^agner attained a new associated with the name of otemway. level of orchestral tone-painting. 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A. few piano available anywhere in the world. completely rebuilt Steinways are available at special prices. And their choice is a reflection of that of the foremost musicians. Virtually 5TEINWAY & SONS, Steinway Hall every great name in music, from Wagner 109 "West 57th (Street, New York Represented h y> foremost dealers everywhere 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. CauhapS, J. Werner, H. Shirley, P. Avierino, N. Gerhardt, S. Bernard, A. Deane, 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. 3 TOWN HALL, NEW YORK Friday Evening, February 22 JESUS MARIA SANROMA This will be the first New York recital by Jesus Maria Sanroma, the Spanish-American pianist recently returned from two years in Europe, where he has played with the highest suc- cess. His five appearances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra this January, disclose a pianist of extraordinary brilliance and artistry. The critics of New York thus describe his part in the remark- able performance of Toch's Con- certo under Koussevitzky's di- rection (January 3 and 5) : Lawrence Gilman, New York Herald-Tribune:—"It is not easy to imagine Toch's Concerto turned off more brilliantly, with an apter and more telling style, than Mr. Sanroma, the pianist of the evening, brought to it." Olin Downes, N.Y. Times:—"Mr. Koussevitzky was indeed fortunate in his soloist as the composer was fortunate in his conductor." Richard L. Stokes, N.Y. Evening World:—"The distinguished assistance of Jesus Maria Sanroma, a youthful pianist, with a torero's lithe slender- ness and deadly striking power of shoulder, resembled Vladimir Horowitz in charm and flare, controlled by the manliness and restraint of the Castilian." W. J. Henderson, N.Y. Sun:— "Senor Sanroma treated the piano part in a style which proclaimed him a virtuoso of the first rank in modernist music." PROGRAMME THREE SONATAS Padre Antonio Soler (1729-1783) SONATA Op. 27 No. 1, in E-Plat Major Beethoven (Sonata quasi una Fantasia) DAVIDSBuNDLERTaNZE, Op. 6 Schumann DANSE Nicolai Lopatnikoff LE CAHIER ROMAND Arthur Honegger Five pieces for piano "DER JONGLEUR" Ernest Toch EL CORPUS CHRISTI EN SEVILLA (from "Iberia") Isaac Albeniz TRIANA (from "Iberia") Isaac Albgniz Mason & Hamlin Pianoforte — CARNEGIE HALL NEW YORK Forty-third Season in New York Forty-eighth Season, 1928-1929 SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor THIRD CONCERT THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31 AT 8.30 PROGRAMME Prokofieff "Classical" Symphony, Op. 25 I. Allegro. II. Larghetto. III. Gavotte. IV. Finale. Debussy Nocturnes a. Clouds. b. Festivals. Honegger Rugby," Orchestral Movement Bloch "America," An Epic Rhapsody In Three Parts I. Poco lento ( . -1620) The Soil—The Indians—(England) —The Mayflower The Landing of the Pilgrims. II. Allegretto (1861-1865) Hours of Joy—Hours of Sorrow. ni. Allegro con spirito (1926- ) The Present—The Future. Chorus from the ORATORIO SOCIETY and the NEW YORK UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB, Albert Stoessel and Alfred Greenfield, Conductors There will be an intermission after Honegger's "Rugby" 5 Spend Spring on the sunny shores of the ^Mediterranean, 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. RAY]HOI¥» -WHITCOUIB Mediterranean Spring* Cruise Sailing April 8 on the Cunard liner "Carinthia" Rates, including return passage at any time, $725 and upward ©.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 iJMalaga 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 TLurope by the favorite southern route Send for the ^Booklet —"Mediterranean Spring Cruise" Raymond & Wliitcoinb Co* 606 FIFTH AVENUE, Telephone Bryant 2830 225 FIFTH AVENUE, Telephone Ashland 9530 "Classical" Symphony, Op. 25 . Serge Sergievich Prokofieff (Born at Sontsovka, Russia, April 24, 1891; now living) This symphony, begun in 1916, was completed in 1917. The first performance was at Leningrad by the orchestra now known as the State Orchestra. The first performance in the United States was at a concert of the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York, in December, 1918. The symphony, scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, kettledrums, and strings, is dedicated to Boris Assafieff, who, as "Igor Gleboff," has written much about music. "The composer's idea in writing this work was to catch the spirit of Mozart and to put down that which, if he were living now, Mozart might put into his scores" (Felix Borowski). I. Allegro, D major, 4-4 time. The chief theme is given to first violins. A transitional passage has material for the flutes. Develop- ment follows. The second theme is for first violins. The develop- ment begins with use of the first subject. The transitional measures The Music of JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH on IMPORTED RECORDS New Electric (Orthophonic) Recording "His Master's Voice" Mass in B Minor—An album of four 12" records, containing the following excerpts—"Crucifixus" "Patrem Omnipotentem" "Qui tollis" "Hosanna in Excelsis" "Sanctus" Parts 1 and 2.