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THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART 9 YOUNG PIANISTS LEON FLEISHER ...... Friday, November 2 Schubert- 7 Lãndler, Op. 171; Sonata A major, Op. 120; "Wanderer" Fantasy Ravel - Sonatine; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Alborada del Gracioso ...... Friday, November 16 THIRD ANNUAL MEMBERS SUBSCRIPTION SERIES Bach, 3 Fugues from "The Art of Fugue;" Partita No . 6; Krenek, Sonata No. 3; Hindemith, Sonata No. 3 BYRON ]ANIS ...... Friday, January 4 IN THE GRACE RAINEY ROGERS AUDITORIUM Haydn, Sonata; Schumann, Novelette, Arabesque; Schubert, Impr:omptu; Moussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition; Chopin, Ballade, lmpromptu, 1956-1957 Nocturne, 3 Mazurkas, Scherzo C sharp minor, Op. 39 LILIAN KALLIR ...... ~ ...... Friday, January 25 D. Scarlatti; Six Sonatas; Beethoven, Sonata E major, Op. 109; Bart6k, 4 Bagatelles from Op. 6; Brahms, Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 GARY GRAFFMAN ...... Friday, March 1 Beethoven, an early sonata; Brahms, Varations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24; Chopin. Four Ballades JACOB LATEINER ...... Friday, March 15 1 PIANO SERIES Beethoven- The Diabelli Variations ROBERT CASADESUS ...... Thursday, November 15 Brahms - Variation~ on a Theme of Paganini (Vol. I and 11) Schumann Anniversary Program - Novelette, No. 8; SUBSCRIPTION RA TE Carnaval, Op. 9; Forest Scenes; Etudes Symphoniques Members Non-Members Single Events GUIOMAR NOVAES ...... Thursday, December 13 Ali Seats $8.00 $10.00 $2.00 SOLOMON ...... Thursday, February 7 Haydn, Sonata E minor; Brahms, lntermezzi, and Rhapsody G minor, Op. 79, No. 2; Beethoven, Sonata A flat major, Op. 110; Chopin, Sonata B minor, Op. 58 MYRA HEss._ ...... Friday, February 22 Bach; Schubert, Sonata B flat, Op. posthumous; Brahms, lntermezzi and Capriccios ALL CONCERTS WILL BEGIN PROMPTLY AT 8:30P.M. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Members Non-Members Single Events The programs listed above are those submitted by the artists. There may be Orchestra and Mezzanine $16.00 $20.00 $5.50 minor changes. The Fali Announcement will include any such change:;, as well Balcony $13.00 $17.00 $4.50 as programs and dates which we are unable to announce at this time. 2 SONATA SERIES ISAAC STERN ...... Thursday, November 8 A Member may order not more than two subscriptions for each series at the Members' Rate. Additional subscriptions may be ordered at the Non-Members' Handel, Sonata D major; Bloch, Sonata; Debussy, Sonata; Prokofieff, Sonata D major, Op. 94 Rate. Series subscriptions will be sold only to Members of the Museum until October 1, 1956. After that date subscriptions to each series and ticke ts for ...... Tjlursday, February 14 single events will be sold to both Members and Non-Members. There is no dis­ Brahms, Sonata D minor, Op. 108; Bach, Adagio and Fuga from C major Sonata; count to Membérs on tickets for single events. No refunds can be made at any R. V. Williams, Sonata A minor (ms), 1st N. Y. performance; Ravel, Sonata (1923-27) time for subscriptions or tickets to single events. Members are requested to ...... :. Thursday, April 11 apply for subscriptions by mail, using the enclosed application card. Brahms, Sonata A major, Op. 100; Beethoven, Sonata A major, Op. 47 ("Kreutzer") SUBSCRIPTION RATES Members Non-Members Single Events All seats $9.00 uo.oo $3.50 6 GROUPS 3 SONG SERIES QUINTETTO BOCCHERINI ...... Friday, November 9 DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU ...... Saturday, November 3 Boccherini • String Quintet in D minor, Op. 25, No. 1 Schubert, "Die Winterreise" Cherubiní - String Quintet in E minor MARI.AN ANDERSON ...... Friday, January 18 Schubert - String Quintet in C major, Op. 163 Schumann, Frauenliebe und Leben; Brahms, Vier ernste Gesange; FESTIVAL QUARTET ...... Thursday, January 10 Strauss, a group of songs; Negro Spirituals Victor Babin, Szymon Goldberg, William Primrose, and Nikolai Graudan GEORGE ...... Friday, February 15 Mozart -Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478 RENATA TEBALDI...... To be announced Schumann - Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47 Brahms - Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25, No. 1 SUBSCRIPTION RATES VIENNA OCTET...... Thursday, February 21 Members Non-Members Single Events Orchestra and Mezzanine $16.00 $.20.00 $5.50 Brahms - Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 Balcony $13.00 $17.00 $4.50 Schubert - Octet in F major, Op. 166 from Prague ...... Friday, March 29 Czechoslovakian Program 4 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Haydn - Quartet in D major, Op. 50, No. 6 Members Non-Members Single Events Friday, November 30 ( Brahms - Quartet in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2 Ali Seats $7.00 - $9.00 $2.50 Schubert - Quartet in D minor, Op. posth. ("Death and the Maiden")

Haydn - Quartet in G major, Op. 54, No. 1 Friday, December 7 ( Brahms - Quartet in B flat major, Op. 67 Schubert - Quartet in G major, Op. 161 7 VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLES Haydn · - Quartet in F major, Op. 77, No. 2 BACH ARIA GROUP, William H.Scheide, Director...... Friday, January 11 Friday, December 14 Schubert { - Quartet in A minor, Op. 29 Arias and Duets from Bach Cantatas, with Eileen Farrell and Jan Peerce Brahms - Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 Guest Artist: David Oppenheim PRO MUSICA ANTIQUA, Noah Greenberg, Director...... Friday, March 8 SUBSCRIPTION RATES "The Old Testament in· Early Music" Members Non-Members Single Events THE CANTATA SINGERS, Alfred Mano, Conductor...... Thursday, March 21 Orchestra and Mezzanine $8.00 $9.00 $3.50 Buxtehude Anniversary Program: Solo and Chorai Cantatas, Magnificat, and Mass Balcony $6.00 $7.00 $3.00 Soloists: Helen Boatwright, Charlotte Bloecher Anderson, Russell Oberlin, Charles Bressler, and William Warfield

5 QUAR TETTO ITALIANO SUBSCRIPTION RATES Members Non-Members Single Events Giardini - Quartet in C minor, Op. 23, No. 4 Ali Seats $9.00 $10.00 Thursday, January 17 Petrassi - Quartet $3.50 ( Beethoven- Quartet in E flat major, Op. 74

G. B. V ítali- Capriccio .( 1669) 8 THE AMERICAN OPERA SOCIE TY, Allen Sven Oxenburg, Director Arnold U. Gamson, Conductor Th da J 31 M. Nerí -Sonata (1651) urs y, anuary [ Mozart - Quartet in D minor, K. 421 Beethoven - FIDELIO, with lnge Borkh ...... Sunday, November 18 Debussy - Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 Cherubini -MEDEA, with Eileen Farrell ...... Sunday, December 16 Haydn - Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2 Paisiello - BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, with Lucine AmllFa and Leopold Simoneau Thursday, April 4 { Prokofieff- Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 92 . Schubert - Quartet in C major (1812) Sunday, F ebruary 24 SUBSCRIPTION RATES One to be announced Members Non-Members Síngle Events Orchestra and Mezzanine $8.00 $9.00 $3.50 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Balcony $6.00 $7.00 $3.00 Members Non-Memhers Single Events All Seats $10.00 $12.00 $3.50