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Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 45,1925-1926, Trip INFANTRY HALL . PROVIDENCE Tuesday Evening, January 19, at 8.15 / PRSGRZWVE T3"l m ll ...It cries when IfeeI like cry- ing, it singsjoyfully nvhen Ifeel like singing. It responds—like a human being—to every mood. * I love the Baldwin Piano. ' YUx.^^ yrT-*^*T*~. Vladimir de Pachmann loves the Baldwin piano. Through the medium of Baldwin tone, this most lyric of contemporary pianists discovers complete revealment of his musical dreams. For a generation de Pachmann has played the Baldwin; on the concert stage and in his home. That love- liness and purity of tone which appeals to de Pach- mann and to every exacting musician is found in all Baldwins, alike in the Concert Grand, in the smaller Grands, in the Uprights. The history of the Baldwin is the history of an ideal. A. M. Hume Music Co. 194-196 Boylston Street Boston INFANTRY HALL PROVIDENCE FORTY-FIFTH SEASON, 1925-1926 INC. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, at 8.15 WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE COPYRIGHT, 1926, 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 ARTHUR LYMAN ERNEST B. DANE HENRY B. SAWYER M. A. DE WOLFE HOWE GALEN L. STONE JOHN ELLERTON LODGE BENTLEY W. WARREN FREDERICK E. LOWELL E. SOHIER WELCH W. H. BRENNAN, Manager G. E. JUDD, Assistant Manager After more than half a century on Fourteenth Street, Steinway Hall is now located at 109 West 57th Street. The new Steinway Hail is one of the handsomest buildings in New York on a street noted for finely designed business structures. As a center of music, it will extend the Steinway tradition to the new generations of music lovers. IN THE INST%USMENT OF THE IMMORTALS Forty-fifth Season, 1925-1926 SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor Violins. Burgin, R. Hoffmann, J. Gerardi, A. Hamilton, V. Gundersen, R. Concert-master Kreinin, B. Eisler, D. Sauvlet, H. Kassman, N. Theodorowicz, J. Cherkassky, P. Pinfield, C. Mayer, P. Siegl, F. Risman, J. Fedorovsky, P. Leveen, P. Mariotti, V. Thillois, F. Gorodetzky, L. Kurth, R. Riedlinger, H. Murray, J. Fiedler, B. Bryant, M. Knudsen, C. Stonestreet, L. Tapley, R. Del Sordo, R. Messina, S. Diamond, S. Erkelens, H. Seiniger, S. Zung, M. Violas. Lefranc, J. Fourel, G. Van Wynbergen, C. Grover, H. Fiedler, A. Artieres, L. Cauhape, J. Werner, H. Shirley, P. Avierino, N. Gerhardt, S. Bernard, A. Deane, C. Violoncellos. Bedetti, J. Zighera, A. Langenc oen, J. Stockbridge, C Fabrizio, E. Keller, J. Barth, C. Belinski, M. Warnke, J. Marjollet, L. Basses. Kunze, M. Seydel, T. Ludwig, 0. Kelley, A. Girard, H. Vondrak, A. Gerhardt, G. Frankel, 1. Demetrides, L. Oliver, F. Flutes. Oboes. Clarinets. Bassoons. Laurent, G. Gillet, F. ' Allegra, E. Laus, A. Bladet, G. Devergie, J. Arcieri, E. Allard, R. Amerena, P. Stanislaus, H. Bettoney, F. E-Flat Clarinet. Vannini, A. Piccolo. English Horn. Bass Clarinet. Contra-Bassoon Battles, A. Speyer, L. Mimart, P. Piller, B. Horns. Horns. Trumpets. Trombones. Wendler, G. Valkenier, W. Mager, G. Rochut, J. Schindler, G. Gebhardt, W. Perret, G. Adam, E. Neuling, H. Van Den Berg, C. Schmeisser, K. Hansotte, L. Lorbeer, H. Lannoyo, M. Mann, J. Kenfield, L. Kloepfel, L. Tuba. Harps. Timpani. Percussion. Sidow, P. Holy, A. Ritter, A. Ludwig, C Caughey, E. Polster, M. Sternburg, S. Zahn, F. Organ. Piano. Celesta. Librarian. Snow, A. Sanroma, J. Fiedler, A. Rogers, I . J. IVERS S POND PIANOS USED IN NEARLY 600 Educational Institutions AND 70,000 Homes SOLD BY 472 WESTMINSTER STREET PROVIDENCE Pianos of Surpassing Excellence Henry F. Miller Kimball Hallet & Davis We are sole Rhode Island repre- sentatives for these World Famous Instruments. Convenient terms may be arranged. 256 WEYBOSSET STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I. INFANTRY HALL .... PROVIDENCE One Hundred and Ninety-first Concert in Providence Forty-fifth Season, 1925-1926 SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor THIRD CONCERT TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19 AT 8.15 PROGRAMME EUGENE GOOSSENS will appear as the guest conductor of this concert .'..'. Weber . Overture to "Der Freischiitz" Brahms . Symphony in E minor, No. 4, Op. 98 I. Allegro non troppo. II. Andante moderato. III. Allegro giocoso. IV. Allegro energico e passionate Wagner ...... Prelude and Liebestod from "Tristan and Isolde" Delius ..... On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring Sibelius . "Finlandia": Symphonic Poem for Orchestra, Op. 26, No. 7 There will be an intermission of ten minutes after the symphony For the music on these programmes, visit the Music Department at the Providence Public Library Spring Cruise TO THE Mediterranean _ HE Raymond- Whitcomb Spring Cruise is a notable new event in Mediterranean travel. v .f Ilt will be in the Mediterranean in April & May —a time of blue skies & balmy weather—the fairest months of the idyllic Mediterranean Spring. From Gibraltar to Athens it will cover the Medi- 2 terranean with unusual thoroughness, visiting all the usual cruise-ports—historic & picturesque cities—also several characteristic old-world places that have not previously been on cruise-programs. 3 It will sail on April 3 and, with immediate return to America, will last 6 weeks — April 3 to May 15—an ideal Spring holiday. 4 Also, it is especially noteworthy as a new route to Europe. From New York to Naples it is only 2 weeks longer than the regular mail boats & in its course visits Funchal, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Algiers, Sardinia, Tunis, Malta, Athens, Greek Islands &° ll Syracuse. On the new Cunarder Carinthia^ (20,000 tons). $623 & upward, with return any time this year. West Indies Cruises Two Winter Cruises to the West Indies on the "Columbus" (32,000) the largest & finest steamship ever to cruise in the Caribbean. Visiting Cuba, Jamaica, Porto Rico, Virgin Islands, Martinique, Barbados, Trinidad, Venezuela & Panama. Sailing January 30 and February 25. Rates $375 & upward. Midnight Sun Cruise — June 29 Round the World Cruise — October 14 Send for Booklets and Ship Plans Raymond & Whitcomb Go. 165 Tremont Street BOSTON Tel. Beach 6964 THE CHURCH TICKET AGENCY AYLSWORTHJTRAVEL SERVICE 54 Exchange Street 36jWeybosset Street " ; ,, Overture to "Der FREISCHijTZ . Carl Maria von Weber (Born at Eutin, Oldenburg, December 18, 1786; died at London, June 5, 1826) "Der Freischtitz," a romantic opera in three acts, book by Friedrich Kind, music by Weber, was first performed at Berlin, June 18, 1821. The cast was as follows : Agathe, Caroline Seidler Aennchen, Johanna Eunike; Brautjungfer, Henriette Reinwald; Max, Heinrich Stumer; Ottaker, Gottlieb Rebenstein; Kuno, Carl Wauer; Caspar, Heinrich Blume; Eremit, Georg Gern; Kilian, August Wiedemann; Samiel, Hillebrand. It was the first opera performed in the new theatre, Schauspielhaus, erected by Schinkel in 1819-21, to replace the original building, which was burned down in 1817. Weber wrote in his diary that the opera was received with "incredible enthusiasm ; Overture and Folk-song were encored ; four- teen out of seventeen music-pieces were stormily applauded. Every- thing went exceedingly well, and was sung con amove. I was called before the curtain and took Mad. [sic] Seidler and Mile, [sic] Eunike with me, as I could not get hold of the others. Verses and wreaths came flying. 'Soli Deo Gloria/ " Some of these verses were mali- cious, and reflected on Spontini, much to Weber's distress. Two hundred and nineteen of the three hundred and forty-two measures of this overture are in the opera itself, and yet there is no thought of patchwork. As Arthur Mees has well said: "Weber's overture, far from being a kaleidoscopic series of tunes, is absolutely It is nothing uncommon for us to 1 IT 1 receive pupils who have taken from two to three years' lessons and cannot even read the notes. c Uwenty- It is something very common to hear parents of such pupils say afterward, "I "Uhird wish we had come here before. Year STILL 26 WEEKS of Instruction until Summer Vacation. Just tk a> m tk the proper amount of time to successfully start a beginner. Steinert Building i 1 Providence: PLACE THE PLACE — it's PLACE'S PLACE: Pawtucket symmetrical in form, in that it comprises an exposition of the melodies utilized, a section in which they are worked out, and a climacteric coda." The arrangements of the overture are numberless, and some are curious. Moscheles made a version for three pianos (twelve hands), which was played in Paris, April 13, 1825, by Mendelssohn, Herz, Pixis, C. Pleyel, Schunke, and the arranger. There are arrange- ments for one, two, three, and four flutes; for flute, violin, guitar; for flute and guitar; for violin and guitar; for two clarinets; for cornet-a-pistons. Much has been written about the overture, from the rhapsody of Douglas Jerrold to Wagner's critical remarks concerning the true reading. The admiration of Berlioz is well known. "The overture is crowned Queen to-day : no one dreams of disputing it. It is cited as the model of the kind. 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