Guest Conductor FERENC FRICSAY Guest Pianist ARTUR RUBINSTEIN
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Forty-second regular season • December 18, 19, 1953 War Memorial Opera House Guest Conductor Guest Pianist FERENC FRICSAY ARTUR RUBINSTEIN Maintained and Presented by the San Francisco Symphony Association San Francisco Symphony Association MAINTAINING THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OFF C E R S J. 0. Zellerbach .....................President Mortimer Fleishhacker, Jr. Vice-President E. Raymond Arm'by Vice-President Mrs, Walter A Haas Vice President Charles R. Blyth Vice-President Mrs. John R. Upton Vice-President Philip S. Boone Vice-President Charles Page Treasurer Mrs. Willard H. Durham .......... Vice-President Howard K. Skinner Secretary Leonora Wood Armsby. ........ President Emeritus EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE J. D. Zellerbach, Chairman James B. Black James K. Lochead Brayton Wilbur Philip S. Boone Guido J. Musto Mrs. Daniel Volkmai Mrs. Selah Chamberlain Else Schilling Whitney Warren Lutie D. Goldstein Mrs. M. C. Sloss Mrs. Eli H. Wicl Mrs. E. S. Heller Mrs. Sigmund Stern Jean C. Witter FINANCE COMMITTEE Charles R. Blyth, Chairman E. Raymond Armsby Marco F. Hellman Gene K. Walker S. D. Bechtel James K. Lochead Whitney Warren James B. F¿ack Lawrence V. Metcalf Brayton Wilbur Mortimer Fleishhacker, Jr. Charles Page Jean C. Witter Prentis Cobb Hale, Jr. T. S. Petersen J. D. Zellerbach Walter S. Heller Mrs. John R. Upton B 0 ARD OF GOVERNORS Mrs. Alexander Albert Mortimer Fleishhacker, Jr. Mrs. Chester Nimitz E. Raymond'Armsby John F. Forbes Mrs. William H. Orrick Mrs. Edward 0. Bartlett D. Lyle Ghirardelli Charles Page S. D. Bechtel Mrs. Frank R. Girard T. S. Petersen Paul A. Bissinger Lutie D. Goldstein Mrs. Harold D. Pischel James B. Black Mrs. Henry F. Grady Mrs. Stanley Powell Mrs. Winston Churchill Black Farnham P. Griffiths Mrs. Henry P. Russell Charles R. Blyth Mrs. Walter A. Haas Mrs. Leon B. Russell Philip S. Boone Prentis Cobb Hale, Jr. Else Schilling George T. Cameron Mrs. Russell P. Hastings Mrs. M. C. Sloss Mrs. Selah Chamberlain Mrs. Edward H. Heller Mrs. Sigmund Stern Mrs. John P. Coghlan Mrs. E. S. Heller Mrs. Powers Symington Mrs. W. W. Crocker Walter S. Heller Mrs. John R. Upton Mrs. 0. K. Cushing Mrs. 1. W. Hellman Mrs. Daniel Volkmann Mrs. L. Polk Dodson Marco F. Hellman Gene K. Walker Mrs. Willard H. Durham Mrs. Edward Hohfeld Mrs. John 1. Walter Sidney M. Ehrman Mrs. Bruce Kelham Whitney Warren Albert 1. Elkus Frederick J. Koster Michel Weill Dr. Leo Eloesser James K. Lochead Mrs. Eli H. Wiel Forrest Engelhart Garret McEnerney, II Brayton Wilbur Hector Escobosa Mrs. Parker S. Maddux Mrs. Dean Witter Mrs. Harold K. Faber Lawrence V. Metcalf Jean C. Witter Mrs. Paul 1. Fagan Robert Watt Miller J. D. Zellerbach Mrs. Marshal H. Fisher Kenneth Monteagle Mrs. John G. Ziel Guido J. Musto PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE Gene K. Walker, Chairman Philip S. Boone Hector Escobosa Mrs. Leon B. Russell Alfred Crapsey Mrs. Prentis Cobb Hale, Jr. Mrs. M. C. Sloss Mrs. D. S. Denman Mrs. Chester Nimitz Mrs. John R. Upton SAN F R A N C 1 SCO SYMPHONY FOUNDATION Philip S. Boone, Chairman Mrs. Thomas Carr Howe, Jr., Vice-Chairman Lawrence V. Metcalf, Treasurer Charles K. Jones, Executive Secretary Mrs. William Andrews, Jr. Dr. Roberto Escamilla Mrs. Richard C. Ham Byron Arnold Joseph Friedman Mrs. Stuart Hawley Mrs. George E. Church Nino Geraldi Clarence Heller Dr. Herbert C. Clish Richard Guggenhime Charles H. Kennedy Mrs. Dewey Donnell Prentis Cobb Hale, Jr. Philip L. McClure 153 SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY FOUNDATION (Continued) Mrs. Alan McLenegan A. Downey Orrick Marie Louise Schwabacher John Mailliard, III Mrs. Harold Pischel Mrs. Marshall A. Shapiro Mrs. William Mosden Mrs. William Lister Rogers Mrs. Miles Standish Mrs. Donald Mulford Mrs. Leon B. Russell Maurice Uglow WOMEN'S COMMITTEES Mrs. John R. Upton, Co-ordinating Chairman FINANCE COMMITTEE Mrs. Harold K. Faber, Chairman District Chairmen Mrs. Harold K. Faber, San Francisco Mrs. Paul Reed, Upper Peninsula Mrs. L. Polk Dodson, Lower Peninsula Mrs. Chester Nimitz, East Bay Mrs. Donald S. Denman, Marin County Mrs. Alexander Albert Mrs. Marshal H. Fisher Mrs. C. R. St. Aubyn Mrs. Paul A. Bissinger Mrs. L. H. Garland Mrs. Albert E. Schlesinger Mrs. Selah Chamberlain Mrs. Marco F. Hellman Mrs. Louis Sloss Mrs. Garnett Cheney Mrs. Bruce Kelham Mrs. Sigmund Stern Mrs. Eric Cochrane Mrs. Andrew McLaughlin Mrs. Benjamin Swig Mrs. John P. Coghlan Mrs. George Mardikian Mrs. Nion Tucker Mrs. Carl Curtis Mrs. Philip C. Morse Mrs. Daniel Volkmann Mrs. Douglas Dimond Mrs. Stanley Powell Mrs. Eli H. Wiel TICKET SALES COMMITTEE District Chairmen Mrs. Prentis Cobb Hale, Jr., San Francisco Mrs. Winston Churchill Black, Peninsula Mrs. Joseph Zook Todd, East Bay Mrs. Donald S. Denman, Marin County Mrs. William W. Ashley Mrs. Kenneth Funsten Mrs. John B. Metcalf Mrs. Ray Atwater Mrs. Richard Girvin Mrs. Harry East Miller, Jr. Mrs. Alexis Becker Mrs. Richard Goldman Mrs. Lindley Miller Mrs. Reed J. Bekins Mrs. Lester Goodman Mrs. Florian McGuire Moore Mrs. Frank G. Belcher Mrs. Robert Greenhood Mrs. Donald Mulford Mrs. John G. Belcher Mrs. Richard Ham Mrs. Richard Neves Mrs. Winston Black Mrs. Donald Hampton Mrs. Charles Noble, Jr. Mrs. Gilbert Blackmore Mrs. Henry H. Hart Mrs. George Otto Mrs. Philip S. Boone Mrs. Rodney Hartman Mrs. Harold D. Pischel Mrs. Howard Boren Mrs. George Helmer Mrs. Bruce Porter Mrs. George Brady Mrs. William Hendrickson Mrs. Harold G. Ray Mrs. John Bunting Mrs. Joseph Henske Mrs. T. J. L. Redmond Mrs. Patricia M. Butler Mrs. A. Holden Higbee, III Mrs. Emil Reinhardt Aileen Campbell Mrs. H. G. Hills Mrs. Roy Robinette Mrs. Frank Carpenter Mrs. Reuben Hills Mrs. Hall Roe Mrs. Douglas Carver Mrs. Edward Hohfeld Mrs. John Roos Mrs. James Coonan Mrs. J. H. Hume Mrs. Willard Sheldon Mrs. J. Caleb Cope Mrs. Thomas W. Jennings Mrs. Frederick Sherman Mrs. W. Salor Crimmins Mrs. Clarence Loran Johnston Mrs. Samuel Simons Mrs. George Crocker Mrs. Charles Keenan Mrs. Fred Sloat Mrs. Felix Cunha Mrs. Vernon Kimball Mrs. Claus Spreckels Mrs. Dixwell Davenport Mrs. Francis Kirkham Mrs. Ernest Stent Mrs. Donald de Carle Diane La Farge Mrs. Frank Stratford Mrs. Albert De Martini Mrs. C. F. Larson Mrs. Edward K. Strauss Mrs. Harry de Wit Mrs. Edwin Lawry Mrs. Richard L. Swig Mrs. Dudley Dexter Mrs. Sanford Lowengart Mrs. Elton Tognazzini Mrs. Paul Dibert Mrs. Harry McClelland Alice Town Mrs. Leland Doan Mrs. Ernest McCormick Mrs. Robert Dean Turner Mrs. Andre Dubbs Mrs. Howard McGurrin Mrs. F. W. L. Tydeman Mrs. Alfred Ducato Mrs. Edmund MacDonald Mrs. James Leslie Walker Mrs. Arthur Dunne Mrs. Parker S. Maddux Mrs. Frederick Weir Mrs. Hector Escobosa Mrs. Walter Main Mrs. John Wickett Mrs. Henry Evers Mrs. Cort Majors Mrs. H. Dillon Winship Mrs. Edward Eyre Mrs. Frederick Mann Mrs. R. Wesley Wright Mrs. Harris Fenn Mrs. Musto Martin Mrs. James D. Zellerbach, Jr. Mrs. Albert Frietzsche Mrs. Harold Maxson YOUTH SYMPHONY CONCERTS COMM ITTEE Mrs. John G. Ziel, Chairman Mrs. William Ashley Charles M. Dennis Mrs. Carlos Maas Mrs. Alfred Bell Mrs. Harold K. Faber Mrs. Charles Noble, Jr. Mrs. Grace Benoist Mrs. Edmond S. Gillette, Jr. Mrs. Jerome Powell Mrs. George Brady Mrs. Walter A. Haas, Jr. Father Joseph T. Pritchard Mrs. George Brady, Jr. Mrs. Edward Hohfeld Mrs. Benson Roe Father James N. Brown Mrs. J. H. Hume Mrs. Hall Roe Barbara Burke Mrs. Robert Metcalf Jones Mrs. John G. Rogers Mrs. Dorothy Cameron Mrs. Glenn Lane Lorraine Walsh Dr. Herbert Clish Mrs. Alan McLenegan Mrs. Wendell W. Witter Mrs. Leon Collett 155 SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY FORUM Judson E. Vandevere, Chairman Enna Aguirre Mary Anne Kalanoski Eleanor Pruitt Barbara Anthony Sam Kamilos Arlene Rosales John H. Baker Harry Kelly Ann D. Rosenthal Mary Ann Bareilles Lynn Kelly John A. T. Ross Werner Baumgart Ray Kilduff Earl W. Saunders Anne Beardsley Ken Kiley Dr. Ernest E. Schnoor Betty Berryhill Bruce Konigsmark Elaine Sherwood Melvin Bethke Rene Lachman Janet Silva Mary Helen Briscoe Beth Lewis Harriett Simpson Raberto Carrasco Mary Lodi Pat Smith Frank A. Cassou Gwen LoGiudice Wallace Sprague Loran Chandler Stephen McCabe John R. Stahr Perlina Channing Loretta McCauliffe Rodney Stave Loretta A. Chirichella Marilyn McKenna Burt Steel Raymond Conlan Nancy Macomber Ruth Stephens Barbara Coon Judy Mahon Manoly Stilianupolos Richard Estes Thelma Main Don Stull Jim Flannigan William Manson Bob Swain Lorraine Friedrichsen Harriet Merwin Carol Veit Mary Gemsch Dee-Dee Moore Barbara Warner Dolores Graham Toshiko G. Nakashima Archie Webb, Jr. Robert Harvey David Olsan Clarice Weber William Hewitt Janaleen Perondi William Whitson Robert H. Johnson Betsy Peterson Hal Wilcoxson Virgil Johnson Marlene Pfleger STAFF PUBLICITY ADMINISTRATIVE BOX OFFICE Constance H. Alexander Joseph A. Scafidi Arthur Frahm Alayne Ehrman William A. Babcock Pearl Holtzman Doris Lowell Carmen Buckley Eric Rahn Helen Governale Matilda Condare DANCING Nightly except Sunday with Phil Bovero and his Orchestra NO COVER CHARGE X» HOTEL StrrancfsDan E. London, Managing Director 157 SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION J. D. ZELLERBACH HOWARD K. SKINNER President Manager presents the SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FIFTH PROGRAM Friday, December 18, at 2:15 Saturday, December 19, at 8:30 FERENC FRICSAY, Guest Conductor ARTUR RUBINSTEIN, Soloist MASONIC FUNERAL MUSIC..................... Mozart CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA. NO. 2. IN B FLAT MAJOR_______.....Brahms Allegro non troppo Allegro appassionato Andante Allegretto grazioso Mr. Rubinstein INTERMISSION DIVERTIMENTO, FOR STRING ORCHESTRA ......... Bartók Allegro non troppo Molto adagio Allegro assai TILL EULENSPIEGEL’S MERRY PRANKS............... Strauss STEINWAY PIANO Exclusive RCA Red Seal Recording Artists 159 PROGRAM NOTES By Alfred Frankenstein MASONIC FUNERAL MUSIC.................................W. A. Mozart (1756-1791) “But now I hear that you are really ill. T need hardly tell you how greatly 1 long to receive some reassuring news from yourself. And 1 still expect it; although I have now made a habit of being prepared in all affairs of life for the worst.