Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 56,1936-1937
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SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES Telephone, Commonwealth 1492 FIFTY-SIXTH SEASON, 1936-1937 CONCERT BULLETIN of the Boston Symphony Orchestra SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor Richard Burgin, Assistant Conductor with historical and descriptive notes by John N. Burk COPYRIGHT, 1937, BY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, IllC. The OFFICERS and TRUSTEES of the BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. Bentley W. Warren ...... President Henry B. Sawyer Vice-President Ernest B. Dane Treasurer Allston Burr M. A. De Wolfe Howe Henry B. Cabot Roger I. Lee Ernest B. Dane Richard C. Paine Alvan T. Fuller Henry B. Sawyer N. Penrose Hallowell Edward A. Taft Bentley W. Warren G. E. Judd, Manager C. W. Spalding, Assistant Manager [777] . Old Colony Trust Company 17 COURT STREET, BOSTON The principal business of this company is 1 Investment of funds and management of property for living persons. 2. Carrying out the provisions of the last will and testament of deceased persons. Our officers would welcome a chance to dis- cuss with you either form of service. ^Allied with The First National Bank 0/* Boston [778] ; SYMPHONIANA Exhibition A New Russian Symphony Berg's Violin Concerto Pension Fund Concerts EXHIBITION A new bust of Alexander Pushkin, recently completed by Madame Kousse- vitzky, has been placed on exhibition in the First Balcony Gallery in honor of the centenary of the death of the poet. Photographs of Pushkin and Russian scores inspired by his works may be seen in the cases. A collection of paintings loaned by • rarity of old the Guild of Boston Artists, and now Considering the French porcelain apothecary jars, on view, is representative of the work its not likeiy that lamps made of of its members in this medium. A more will detailed identification of the artists and them become common. Any reproduction their work will be found in these col- would be obvious, as umns next week. the texture of the old porcelain gives these pieces their charm, A NEW RUSSIAN SYMPHONY The inscriptions are of course all The Russian composer, Yuri Shaporin, different, and the coloring of the will have probably his first hearing in decorations is varied There is America when, at the symphony con- one to be had in black and white. certs of next week, Richard Burgin in- The plain silk shade carries a troduces his Symphony in C minor. color from the jar as a piping. It Shaporin is identified with the Lenin- would be difficult to find a more grad school. attractive table lamp of medium size. This be obtained in our The first movement of his symphony may recently opened Gallery at is descriptive of the Russian revolution the finale, called "Column of Route," is a triumphant music in march rhythm. 77 N EWBURY STREET The symphony exacts unusually large MRS. WM. FAVERSHAM, Jr. orchestral resources, with a supplemen- tary brass choir. A wordless chorus is MR. JOSEPH HELLING introduced in the first and third move- MR. GEORGE R. SHAW, 2nd ments, and in the finale. The symphony, completed in 1933 and performed of DESIGNERS OF INTERIORS course in Russia, was also brought out CONSULTANT DECORATORS in England in 1935 with marked success. GALLERY GIFTS BERG'S VIOLIN CONCERTO The Violin Concerto which Alban Berg (the composer of the opera "Woz- zeck") composed four months before Ltd, his death will have its first American BELL & FLETCHER, performance at the pair of Symphony 654 Madison Avenue 77 Newbury Street NEW YORK CITY BOSTON concerts, February 26 and 27, Louis Regent 4-5670 Commonwealth 1425 Krasner appearing as soloist with the Orchestra. [779] Mr. Krasner, while in Austria, le- quested Alban Berg to compose a violin con2erto, and shortly afterwards the un- expected death of a young girl whom he knew deeply moved the composer, and under the impulse of his emotion he took up and quickly completed the Con- certo. It is inscribed "In memory of an angel." The Concerto had its first perform- ance at the festival of the International Society of Music at Barcelona, on April 19, 1936, and has since been performed in Vienna and Paris, and twice in London. Send Your Richard Capell, the critic of the London Telegraph, has written of FINEST Berg's Things to Lewandos For 108 years, smart Boston has relied on Lewandos to cleanse their finest garments and choicest household articles. You Can Rely on Lewandos trained personnel, modern facil- ities and successful background of reviving, renewing and restor- ing the finest of wearing apparel and household articles. Let Us Cleanse Your EVENING GOWNS ALBAN BERG $2.00 up 1885—1935 CLOAKS and WRAPS Concerto: "The manner is Schonber- $1.25 up gian; but, as in 'Wozzeck,' the disciple TUXEDOS or "TAILS'* has broken the bonds of the academi- $1.25 up cism of his school. Like the choice of DRESS SHIRTS Laundered the subject of 'Wozzeck,' the 'pro- 30c. gramme' of this concerto speaks for the RUGS—DRAPERIES- poetry and humanity in Berg which CURTAINS—TAPESTRIES have come to make him more sympa- thetic to the world in general than his For Prompt Service Call more various and powerful but super- MIDdlesex 5700 ciliously abstract master." Reviewing the first performance, Mr. Capell wrote: "The circumstances, together with the OS content of the music, made the occasion a deeply emotional one. At the end [780] of the performance the applause was tumultuous, and the conductor, Her- mann Scherchen, answered it by hold- ing up the score before the audience. Kranich & Bach "The program of the work is very much that of Schubert's song, 'Death and the Maiden.' The middle part de- picts a struggle with death, a remark- able cadenza for the violin representing the anguish of the doomed girl. Then there enters the consoling strain of the old German choral, 'It Is Enough,' a characteristic elaboration of which forms the closing section of the work. "Just as in his famous opera Berg applied the technic of his school with a humanity which won it a general suc- cess surpassing anything his own master had achieved, so the new violin con- Priced from $ 675 certo — although never likely to be Everyman's music — may be expected Makers of the world's finest to win appreciation far outside the mastercraftsmen bounds of professed Schonbergians. small grand, "The Concerto is certainly far from have been building the Kranich being one of those intellectual exercises & Bach since 1864 and it is one in which some members of the school of the few pianos still manufac- indulge. The style is relatively simple tured by members of the origi- but remains exquisitely sensitive ; there nal families who founded the is very much lively music in the work, company. and the introduction of the chorale lends an element of substance to the The exquisite tone quality and otherwise typically elusive and vision- unusual volume of the Kranich ary sound." & Bach baby grand are an achievement of modern science. PENSION FUND CONCERTS In reconditioned grands we The first concert given to benefit the offer Steinways, Chickerings, Orchestra's Pension Institution this sea- Ivers & Pond, Knabe, C. C. son took place in Carnegie Hall, New Harvey, Charles S. Norris, York, on Ash Wednesday, the tenth of Hazelton. Priced from $150. February. Jascha Heifetz was soloist in a Mendelssohn-Tchaikovsky programme. Small uprights and grands This was the first Pension Fund concert rented at low rates. ever to be given in New York City by this Orchestra. Bach's choral master- Convenient Terms piece, The Passion According to Saint Matthew, which will be performed on Norris &* Company Good Friday, will be the work given INCORPORATED for this season's Pension Concert in 41 Boylston Street, Boston Boston. The Harvard Glee Club, the (Between Arlington and Berkeley Sts.) Radcliffe Choral Society, and a distin- Established 1852 Tel. COM 3033 guished group of soloists will assist in the presentation. [ 7 8l] ! Bambino Breton . with a very Mexican ancestry! Something rakish . infinitely colorful . and oh, vastly smart! . about this new Breton! It rolls its brim gaily ... it loops its contrasting ribbon under the brim cleverly! It's altogether the newest sailor we've seen MILLINERY SALON SECOND FLOOR 12.50 Cijanbler'g [782] FIF1Y-SIXTH SEASON, NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX AND THIRTY-SEVEN Sixteenth Programme FRIDAY AFTERNOON, February 19, at 2:30 o'clock SATURDAY EVENING, February 20, at 8:15 o'clock Beethoven .... Overture to Collin's Tragedy, "Coriolanus," Op. 62 Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60 I. Adagio; Allegro vivace II. Adagio III. Allegro vivace. Trio. Un poco meno allegro IV. Finale: Allegro, ma non troppo INTERMISSION Rimsky-Korsakov Suite from the Opera, "The Fairy Tale : of Tsar Saltan" (After Pushkin) I. Allegretto alia marcia II. Introduction to Act II III. The Flight of the Bumble-Bee IV. The Three Wonders (Introduction to last scene) Tchaikovsky. .Letter Scene from "Eugene Oniegin," Lyrical Scenes (After Pushkin) Rimsky-Korsakov Introduction and March from the Opera, "The Golden Cock" (After Pushkin) SOLOIST OLGA AVERINO This programme will end about 4:25 on Friday Afternoon, 10:10 o'clock on Saturday Evening [783] ! JORDA A COLLECTION OF fine l/-"£T:Sia/2CZ> ART INCLUDING MANY MUSEUM PIECES $2.00 to $15,000 From an ancient country whose prestige is based on its magnificent art, come these rare treasures at prices possible only through the sacrifice of their owner, A. Khan Rahimi, an authoritative Persian collector. From a I5th century Koran, formerly $30,000 and now $15,000 . through the indescribably lovely tapestries, brocades, shawls, jewelry from ancient royal families . to comparatively inexpensive cigarette boxes, the exhibition merits your attention, and the sale commands it FIFTH FLOOR IN THE ANNEX [784] SYMPHONY IN B-FLAT MAJOR NO.