Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 48,1928-1929
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SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES Branch Exchange Telephones, Ticket and Administration Offices, Eack Bay 1492 B©St©3H INC. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor FORTY-EIGHTH SEASON. 1928-1929 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 1533 TEIN THE INSTRUMENT OF THE IMMORTALS "RUSSIAN MASS," by Sergei Rachmaninoff, paintedfor the STEINWAY COLLECTION by Rockwell Kent Even to those who have no expert The extraordinary durability of knowledge of pianos, it is apparent the Steinway is the true index of its that some good reason must exist economy. For 30, 40, and even 50 for the universal prestige of the years or more it will serve you well. Steinway. 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And these available at special prices. things they find in their highest Steinway & Sons, Steinway Hall degree in the Steinway. 109 West 57th Street, New York Represented by foremost dealers everywhere 1534 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. Knudson, 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. Cauhape, J. Werner, H. Shirley, P. Avierino, N. Gerhardt, S. Bernard, A. Deanp 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. KeUey, A. Vondrak, A. Oliver, F. Frankel, I. Dufre^ne, 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. 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Concerto for Orchestra in D major (Arranged by Maximilian Steinberg) I. Allegro moderato. II. Andante lento molto. III. Allegro. Dukelsky Symphony in F major I. Risoluto. II. Molto moderato. m. Non troppo allegro. (First time in the United States) Brahms .... Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 77 I. Allegro non troppo. II. Adagio. III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace. Berlioz .... Overture, "Le Carnaval Romain," Op. 9 SOLOIST JASCHA HEIFETZ MASON & HAMLIN PIANOFORTE There will be an intermission after Dukelsky's symphony The works to be played at these concerts may be seen in the Allen A. Brown Music Collection of the Boston Public Library one week before the concert 1537 RAYMOND—WHITCOMB NORTH CAPE CRUISES Two Identical Cruises on Sister Ships Sailing June 26 on the S. S. "Carinthia5) and June 29 on the S. S. "Franconia" The Raymond-Whitcomb North Cape Cruises of 1929 are the most comprehensive northern cruises ever devised. 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HANCOCK 7820 BOSTON KENMORE 2870 1538 Concerto, D major, for Orchestra: arranged by Maximilian Oseevitsch Steinberg .... Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach <Bach, born at Weimar, March 8, 1714; died at Hamburg, December 14, 1788) (Steinberg, born at Vilma, on June 22, 1888) Mr. Koussevitzky heard this concerto played by violon, quinton, viol d'amour, viola de gamba, and bass viol at a concert of the Society of Ancient Instruments in Paris. He was so pleased that he took the music and purposed to make an orchestral arrangement; but he finally entrusted the task to Steinberg, who arranged it for these instruments : flute, two oboes, bassoon, horn, and strings. The concerto was probably composed by Bach at Hamburg. It was per- formed in Boston at concerts of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Koussevitzky conductor, on October 24, 1924, and December 10, 1926. * * * The third son of Johann Sebastian Bach was Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, known as the "Berlin Bach" or "Hamburg Bach." He was destined for the law. His father sent him to the Thomas Schule in Leipsic to study philosophy. The young man afterwards studied law at the Universities of Leipsic and Frankfort-on-the- Oder. His father, Sebastian, did not give him a rigorous musical training, and the son's early inclinations led him to the "galant" school of French clavecin music ; but when he went to Frankfort he was a cultivated musician and a brilliant performer on the clavecin. Instrumental Music by Edward MacDowell For Four Violins and Piano ('Cello ad lib.) Price 75 cents net (May also be played by one, two or three violins and piano. 'Cello ad lib. with all combinations.) Net Net To the Sea .60 Starlight .60 From a Wandering Iceberg .60 Song .75 A.D. MDCXX .75 Nautilus .75 Arranged by Arthur Hartmann Arranged by Leopold Auer Net Net To a Wild Rose .50 With Sweet Lavender .50 (Simplified .50 _ Arranged by A. v.d. 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Gerber gives this list of works composed by him between 1731 and 1787: two hundred and ten solo pieces for clavecin, fifty- two concertos with orchestra, forty-seven trios for various instru- ments, eighteen symphonies, twelve sonatas for clavecin with accom- paniment, nineteen solo pieces for other instruments than the clavecin, three clavecin quartets, one "Magnificat," twenty-two set- tings of music to the "Passion" text, four works for Easter, three for Michaelmas and one for Christmas, nine sacred choruses with instrumental accompaniment, five motets, three oratorios, ninety-five songs and choruses.