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Dr. KARL MUCK, Conductor, MATINEE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 31, AT 2.30. PROGRAMME. Handel . Concerto in F major for Strings and Two Wind Orchestras (Edition of Gustav F. Kogel). First time in Cincinnati I. Pomposo. II. Allegro. III. A tempo ordinario. IV. Largo. V. Allegro. Mozart ...... Three German Dances (K. 605) First time in Cincinnati Schumann ..... Overture to "Genoveva," Op. &i " Beethoven . Symphony in F major, No. 6, Pastoral," Op. 68 I. Awakening of serene impressions on arriving in the country: Allegro, ma non troppo. II. Scene by the brook-side: Andante molto moto. III. Jolly gathering of country folk : Allegro. In tempo d" allegro. Thunder-storm; Tempest: Allegro. IV. Shepherds' song; Gladsome and thankful feelings after the storm: Allegretto. 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It is composed for two bands of two oboes, two horns, bassoon's, and for strings. The date of composition is not known. Handel hardly ever dated a manuscript. Chrysander thinks the concerto belongs to Handel's later period, and that it was written between 1740 and 1750. It was published for the first time in the edition of the German Handel Society, 1886. We do not know where or when the work was first performed, or whether it were performed while Handel was alive, though there is every probability that it was. W. S. Rockstro, in his Life of Handel (1883), gave the following account of the concerto: "The volume in the Royal Collection labelled 'Sketches/ which contains the disputed Magnificat and the two unpublished versions of 'How beautiful,' contains, also, a long and extremely elaborate * Kogel was born January 16, 1849, at Leipsic. He studied at the Conservatory of that city (1863-67), lived some years in Alsace as a music teacher, returned home when the war broke out, worked for the firm of Peters, the music publisher, and in 1874 began his career as a conductor. He conducted in the theatres of Nuremberg, Dortmund, Ghent, Aix-la-Chapelle, Cologne, Leipsic (1883-86), was conductor of the Phil- harmonic Orchestra, Berlin, in 1887, and in 1801 he became conductor of the Museum Concerts at Frankfort- on-the-Main. In 1903 he was removed, to make a place for Sigismund von Hausegger. He has edited editions of operas and orchestral works, among the latter two concertos of Handel. He conducted on December 4, 5, 18, 19, 1903, and on November 11 and 12, 1904, concerts of the Philharmonic Society of New York in Carnegie Hall. LATEST ADDITIONS TO THE LIST OF MINIATURE SCORES MOZART. Symphony in D major ------ $0.50 AUBER. "Le Cheval de Bronze" Overture .50 BOIELDIEU. "La Dame Blanche" Overture .50 MENDELSSOHN.