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Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 44,1924-1925, Trip AVON THEATRE . UTICA Tuesday Evening, March 10, 1925, at 8.15 *w -. \« BOSTON SYAPMONY ORCHESTRA mc FORTY-FOURTH SEASON ft J924-J925 C PRoGR2W\E wm LOCAL MANAGEMENT: Miss GERTRUDE CURRAN "... the mechanism is so perfect as to respond to any demand and, in fact, your piano ceases to be a thing of -wood and wires, but becomes a sympathetic friend." V\7ilhelm Bachaus, most exacting of pianists, finds ^ * in the Baldwin the perfect medium of musical ex- pression. Acclaimed the pianist of pianists, beloved by an ever-growing public, Bachaus has played the Baldwin exclusively for twelve years, in his home and on all his American tours. That loveliness and purity of tone which appeals to Bachaus 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. Ifetftorin CINCINNATI CHICAGO NEW YORK INDIANAPOLIS ST. LOUIS LOUISVILLE DENVER DALLAS SAN FRANCISCO AVON THEATRE UTICA FORTY-FOURTH SEASON. 1924-1925 INC. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, at 8.15 WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE COPYRIGHT, 1925, 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 ERNEST B. DANE. HENRY B. SAWYER M. A. DE WOLFE HOWE GALEN L. STONE JOHN ELLERTON LODGE BENTLEY W. WARREN ARTHUR LYMAN E. SOHIER WELCH W, H. BRENNAN, Manager G. E. JUDD, Assistant Manager l — THE INST%UMENT OF THE IMMORTALS It IS true that Rachmaninoff, Pader- Each embodies all the Steinway ewski, Hofmann—to name but a few principles and ideals. And each waits of a long list of eminent pianists only your touch upon the ivory keys have chosen the Steinway as the one to loose its matchless singing tone, perfect instrument. It is true that in to answer in glorious voice your the homes of literally thousands of quickening commands, to echo in singers, directors and musical celebri- lingering beauty or rushing splendor ties, the Steinway is an integral part the genius of the great composers. of the household. And it is equally true that the Steinway, superlatively fine as it is, comes well within the There is a Steinway dealer in your range of the moderate income and community or near you through 'whom meets all the requirements of the you may purchase a new Steinway modest home. piano -with a small cash deposit, and This instrument of the masters has the balance will he extended over a * been brought to perfection by four period of two years. Used pianos generations of the Steinway family. accepted in partial exchange. But they have done more than this. They have consistently sold it at the Prices: $875 and up lowest possible price. And they have Plus transportation given it to the public upon terms so Sons, Steinway Hall convenient that the Steinway is well Steinway & within your reach. Numerous styles 109 East Fourteenth St., New York and sizes are made to suit your home. ©stoi Forty-fourth Season, 1924-1925 SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor Burgin, R. ' Hoffmann, J. Gerardi, A. Hamilton, V. Concert-master. Mahn, F. Krafft, W. Sauvlet, H. Theodorowicz, J. Gundersen, R. Pinfield, C. Fiedler, B. Siegl, F. Kassman, N. Cherkassky, P. Leveen, P. Mariotti, V. Thillois, F. Gorodetzky, L. Kurth, R. Riedlinger, H. Murray, J. Goldstein, S. Bryant, M. Knudsen, C. Stonestreet, L. Tapley, R. Del Sordo, R. Messina, S. Diamond, S. Erkelens, H. Seiniger, S. Violas. Fourel, G. Werner, H. Grover, H. Fiedler, A. Arti&res, L. Van Wynbergen, C. Shirley, P. Mullaly, J. Gerhardt, S. Kluge, M. Deane, C. Zahn, F. Violoncellos. Bedetti, J. Keller, J. Belinski, M. Warnke, J. Langendcen, J„_ Schroeder, A. Barth, C. Stockbridge, C. Fabrizio, E. Marjollet, L. Basses. Kunze, M. Seydel, T. Ludwig, 0. Kelley, A. Girard, H. Keller, K. Gerhardt, G. Frankel, 1. Demetrides, L Flutes. Oboes. Clarinets. Bassoons. Laurent, G. Longy, G. Sand, A. Laus, A. Bladet, G. Lenom, C. Arcieri, E. Allard, R. Amerena, P. Stanislaus, H. Vannini, A. Bettoney, F. Piccolo. English Bass Horns. Clarinet. Contra-Bassoon. Battles, A. Mueller, F. Mimart, P. Piller, B. Speyer, L. Horns. Horns. Trumpets. Trombones. Wendler, G. Valkenier, W. Mager G. Hampe, C. Schindler, G. Hain, F. Mann, J. Adam, E. Hess, M. Van Den Berg, C. Schmeisser, K. Mausebach, A. Lorbeer, H. Gebhardt, W. Perret, G. Kenfield, L. Kloepfel, L. Tuba. Harps. Timpan] Percussion. Sidow, P. Holy, A. Ritter, A. Ludwig, C. Zahn, F. Savitzkaya, L. Polster, M. Sternburg, S. Organ. Celesta. Librarian. Snow, A. Fiedler, A. Rogers, L. 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HENNESSY Union Station AVON THEATRE UTICA Tuesday Evening, March 10, 1925 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Serge Koussevitzky, Conductor PROGRAMME (Changed Glazounov Symphony No. 8 in E-flat, Op. 83 I. Allegro moderate II. Mesto. III. Allegro. IV. Finale: Moderate. Honegger "Pacific 231," Orchestral Movement Moussorgsky Prelude to "Khovantchina" Rimsky-Korsakov . "The Flight of the Bumble Bee," Scherzo from "Tsar Saltan" Strauss Dance of Salome from "Salome" There will be an intermission of ten minutes after the symphony AVON THEATRE UTICA X pnoiray ureiraesi Forty-fourth Season, 1924-1925 SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 10 AT 8.15 PROGRAMME Rabaud : La Procession Nocturne," Symphonic Poem (after Lenau) Glazounov Symphony No. 8 in E-flat, Op. 83. I. x\llegro moderate II. Mesto. III. Allegro. IV. Finale: Moderate. Honegger . "Pacific 231," Orchestral Movement Moussorgsky Prelude to "Khovantchina" Rimsky-Korsakov . "The Flight of the Bumble Bee," Scherzo from "Tsar Saltan" Wagner Prelude to "The Mastersingers of Nuremberg'' There will be an intermission of ten minutes after the symphony 5 "La Procession Nocturne": Symphonic Poem (after Lenatj), Op. 6 Henri Rabaud (Born in Paris, November 10, 1873; now living there) "La Procession Nocturne" was performed for the first time at a Concert Colonne, Paris, January 15, 1899. There was a performance of this work by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati, on November 30, 1900. Mr. Van der Stucken conducted. The programme book of the Cincinnati Orchestra contained this translation of Lenau's* poem: "From a lowering sky the heavy and sombre clouds seem to hang so close to the tops of the forest that they seem to be looking into its very depths. The night is murky, but the restless breath of Spring whispers through the wood, a warm and living murmur. Faust is doomed to travel through its obscurity. His gloomy despair renders him insensible to the marvellous emotions which are called forth by the voices of Spring. He allows his black horse to follow him at his will, and as. he passes along the road which winds through the forest he is unconscious of the fragrant balm with which the air is laden. The further he follows the path into the forest the more profound is the stillness. "What is that peculiar light that illumines the forest in the distance, casting its glow upon both sky and foliage? Whence come these musical sounds of hymns which seem to be created to assuage earthly sorrow? Faust stops his horse and expects that the glow will become invisible *Nicolaus Lenau, whose true name was Nicolaus Niembsch von Strehlenau, was born at Cstatad, Hungary, August 13, 1802. He studied law and medicine at Vienna, but practised neither. In 1832 he visited the United States and did not like the people. In October, 1844, he went mad. His love for Sophie von Loewenthal had much to do with the wretched mental condition of his later years. He died at Oberdoebling, near Vienna, August 22, 1850. He himself called "Don Juan," which sug- gested Richard Strauss's tone poem of that name, his strongest work. His "Faust"was left incomplete. Presenting a unique recital of songs written with String Quartet Accompaniment "Program draws most enthusiastic response." N.Y. Tribune. "... the kind of program I have been urging singers to give for a long time. When I actually found an artist putting my wished for scheme into effect, I realized that it was an under- taking equal to many ordinary song recital programs; to a half dozen, I imagine, at least." Winthrop P. Tryon, Christian Science Monitor. Ethel Grow 200 West 57th Street CONTRALTO NEW YORK CITY and the sounds inaudible, as the illusions of a dream. Not so, however; a solemn procession is passing near, and a multitude of children, carrying torches, advance, two by two. It is the night of St. John's Eve. Follow- ing the children there come, hidden by monastic veils, a host of virgins, bearing crowns in their hands. Behind them march in ranks, clad in sombre garments, those grown old in the service of religion, each bearing a cross upon the shoulder. Their heads are bare, their beards are white with the silvery frost of Eternity. Listen how the shrill treble of the children's voices, indicative of the Spring of Life, intermingles with the profound presentiment of approaching wrath in the voices of the aged.
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