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Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 10, 1890-1891 " Boston Central Music Hall, Chicago. Symphony -g- Orchestra SE s T OF f8 9^ , ARTHUR NIKISCH, Conductor. First Concert, Thursday Evening, May 7, 1891, At 8 o'clock. PROGRAMME. Berlioz Overture, " Benvenuto Cellini," Op. 23 Raff ...... Aria, "The Dream King and his Love" ' Mrs. ARTHUR NIKISCH. Brahms First Movement from Concerto for Violin Mr. FRANZ KNEISEL. Wagner . Waldweben from "Siegfried" •/ Songs with Piano. a. Goldmark .......... "Die Quelle" b. Jensen ........" Am Ufer des Manzanares" c Brahms ........ " Vergebliches Staendchen" / Mrs. ARTHUR NIKISCH. Raff Symphony No. 3, "Im Walde In the Daytime (Allegro). In the Twilight (Largo). Dance of the Dryads (Allegro assai). Night: Silent breath of night in the forest; Entrance and departure of the wild hunt with Frau Holle and Wotan ; Break of Day (Allegro). SOLOISTS: Mrs. ARTHUR NIKISCH. Mr. FRANZ KNEISEL, Historical and Descriptive Notes prepared by G. H. WILSON. For descriptive analysis of this programme see page 4. Boston Central Music Hall, Symphony ^ Chicago. SEASON OF Orchestra 1890-91. ARTHUR NIKISCH, Conductor. Second Concert, Friday Evening, May 8, 1891, At 8 o'clock. PROGRAMME. Liszt Symphonic Poem, '"Tasso"' Gluck Aria, "I have lost my Eurydice," from "Orpheus" Miss LENA LITTLE. Lalo Concerto for Violoncello Mr. ANTON HEKKING. Tschaikowsky Andantino and Scherzo from Symphony No. 4, in F minor Songs with Piano. a. Brahms Wie bist du meine Koenigin b. Secchi Love me or not / c. Hiller Im Maien ^ Miss LENA LITTLE. Beethoven Symphony No. 5, in C minor Allegro con brio. Andante con moto. Allegro (Scherzo). Allegro (Finale). Soloist, Miss LENA LITTLE. Historical and Descriptive Notes prepared by G H. WILSON. For descriptive analysis of this programme see page 12. " Boston Central Music Hall, Symphony ^ Chicago. SEASON OF Orchestra 1890-91. ARTHUR NIKISCH, Conductor. Third Concert, Saturday Afternoon, May 9, 1891, At 2 o'clock. PROGRAMME. " " Wagner . Overture and Bacchanale from Tannhaeuser (Paris Version) Delibes Bell Song from "Lakme" Miss MARY HOWE. Goldmark Symphony, "Rustic Wedding," Op. 26 Wedding March, with Variations — Moderato molto. Bridal Song — Allegretto. In the Garden — Andante. Dance — Finale, Allegro rnolto. Saint-Saens Rondo Capriccioso, for Violin Mr. T. ADAMOWSKI. David Aria from " Les Perles de Bresil Miss MARY HOWE. Wagner Prelude, "Lohengrin" Wagner . "Siegfried's Passage to Bruennhilde's Rock, Morning Dawn, and Rhine Journey," from " Siegfried " and " Die Goetterdaemmerung " (Arranged by HANS RICHTER.) SOLOISTS: Miss MARY HOWE. Mr. T. ADAMOWSKI. Historical and Descriptive Notes prepared by G. H. WILSON. » For descriptive analysis of this programme see page 21. ; Overture, " Benvenuto Cellini," Op. 33. Berlioz. Benvenuto Cellini, an Italian goldsmith, flourished during the years 1500- 1570. He was also distinguished as a sculptor, and by his engraving in metal, coins, medals, and the like. His career was exciting. Now a fre- quenter of courts, and now an exile, his life was one of constant adventure. The most celebrated specimens of his handicraft are a richly ornamented salt-cellar in the imperial gallery at Vienna and a magnificent shield at Windsor Castle. Of his large works, the bronze group of Perseus and the Head of Medusa are to be found at Florence. Cellini's father wished to make him a musician, but he hated music. The father of Berlioz wanted his son to study medicine, but the composer of the opera of " Benvenuto Cellini " hated physics. With more or less truth, several composers besides Berlioz have written operas founded on the career of Benve- nuto Cellini: Franz Lachner, Munich, 1837; Rossi, Turin, 1844; Boz- zano, Genoa, 1887 ; Diaz (French, 1865), opera performed only recently and Saint-Saens, who calls his work " Ascanio " (a character with historical justification, portrayed by Berlioz's librettists). Berlioz's librettists are M. Alfred de Wailly and M. Auguste Barbier. Their book is based in part upon the Mkmoires of Benvenuto Cellini. The scene of the opera is laid in Rome, under the reign of Pope Clement VII., and the action takes place during the Carnival season. Of the "brilliant failure" of his first and only opera, "Benvenuto Cel- lini," on the occasion of its production in Paris in 1836, and in London in 1853, Berlioz has given most amusing accounts in his Memoires. He sums " up the Paris account fey saying : At last the opera was played. The over- ture received exaggerated applause, and the rest was hissed with admirable energy and unanimity. Nevertheless, it was given three times, after which Duprez threw up the role of Benvenuto, and the work disappeared from the bills, not to appear till long afterwards, when A. Dupont spent five whole months in studying the part, which he was frantic in not having taken in the first instance." Subsequent revivals of the opera — at Weimar under Liszt (1852); at Hanover, von Bulow, conductor (1879); at Leipzig, Nikisch, conductor (1883); and at Carlsruhe, Mottl, conductor (1886) — have gone far to reverse the unfavorable verdict of Paris and London, though they have not yet secured for it the popularity of a standard work. The following lines of analysis of the overture are from the pen of Mr. C. A. Barry : — " The overture, which is based upon themes from the opera, commences allegro deciso con impeto with one which may be regarded as representative of Bevenuto Cellini's bold and daring spirit, as instanced by his devotion to his art as well as to his lady-love, Theresa. For, like a Wagnerian Leitmotiv, it not only runs throughout the overture, but, under many disguises, crops ' up again and again in the opera. At the outset this Cellini ' motive, as it might be called, enters. It is worked up to a fortissimo, and after a pause is interrupted by a larghetto in 3-4 time. At the outset the bold and solemn melody of the cardinal's air in the last act is given out by the basses Pizzicato, with a counter-subject of a tender character superimposed upon it by the upper wood-wind. This counter-melody is then transferred to the strings, against a gently rippling accompaniment for flute, oboe, and clari- inet in semi-quavers. Its treatment in this manner, which occupies a con- siderable space, is at length brought to a tonic full close ; and, after a sud- den and unexpected modulation to E-flat, the cardinal's air is repeated in this key, but with an entirely new treatment, the melody being sustained by the violoncellos and clarinets, and richly embroidered by the violins con sordini, and flute and oboe alternately. Up to the end of the larghetto it may be said technically to have been occupied with the introductory sec- tion of the overture. " ' With a resumption of the tempo primo the Cellini ' motive (No. 1), somewhat modified both in its scope and treatment, now re-enters as the principal subject of the quick movement. Having been extended and brought to a tonic full close, it is followed by a second subject : the exten- sion of this is complemented by a passage of transition, and, after sundry ' allusions to the Cellini ' motive, leading to a third subject, — technically speaking the 'second subject' proper. This consists of a modification of Theresa's air in the first act of the opera, where it occurs in triple time. Bearing in mind that from time to time it is broken in upon by the triplet ' figure of the Cellini ' motive, we pass on. Its partial repetition, with the addition of sundry melodic embellishments, leads at once to the ' working out ' section, in which fragments of three of the leading subjects are sub- jected to an extended treatment. The concluding section, which partakes more of the character of further development than of recapitulation, opens with a fresh presentation of the 'Cellini' motive in full and fortissimo. As a climax, the cardinal's air, which before was assigned to the basses alone in crotchets, is now given out in semi-breves by the full force of the wind band, and heard in conjunction with the second subject played by the strings, supported by drum-chords in three-part harmony. The cardinal's motive holds its own to the last ; and the overture, in accordance with the spirit of the opera, ends triumphantly." The second overture to " Benvenuto Cellini," played before the second act of the opera, is the one known as " Le Carnaval Romain." The Dream-king and his I«ove" (Song, with Orchestra). Raff. Sweet slumbers the maiden in bower of peace, reclining On snowy, soft pillow ; Upon her the June night balmily breathes, With perfume its coolness entwining. Yon casement blossoms with roses bedight, (5) ; ; ; : ; The lindens exhale their fragrance ; Scarce through the leaves can moonbeams win, With all their gold, an entrance. But, sudden, balmier grows the air, Fireflies their flambeaux are swinging The leaves are astir, and vocal the breeze With softly melodious singing. " Sweet love ! sweet love ! and hush thee to sleep, 'Neath midnight's silent pinions ; Dream-king will be thy lover brave, Dream-king from elves' dominions." Then shakes the sprite his raven locks, His arms to the maiden advances; And brightly on his royal crown Full many a gem glances. Then bends he him soft o'er the slumbering fair, Fond kisses enjoying and craving And moves his golden enchanting wand, His circles airily waving. But these as he wider extends, the room Grows wide as a palace's spaces, Where, girt about with resplendent array, Dream -king his love embraces. The pillows of purple that swell the couch, They yield but soft resistance Twin pages kneel at their bridal bed, The lamp glows mild at a distance. Beyond, in his bright silver ring, a bird Is rocking with pulses of pleasure.
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