BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOUNDED IN I88I BY SIXTY-NINTH SEASON 1949-1950 Constitution Hall, Washington Boston Symphony Orchestra [Sixty-ninth Season, 1949-1950] CHARLES MUNCH, Conductor RICHARD BURGIN. Associate Conductor PERSONNEL Violins Violas Bassoons Richard Burgin, Joseph de Pasquale Raymond Allard Concert-master Jean Cauhap^ Ernst Panenka Alfred Krips Georges Fourel Theodore Brewster Gaston Elcus Eugen Lehner RoIIand Tapley Albert Bernard Contra-Bassoon Norbert Lauga Emil Kornsand Boaz Filler George Zazofsky George Humphrey Horns Paul Cherkassky Louis Arti^res Harry Dubbs Charles Van Wynbergen Willem Valkenier James Stagliano Resnikoff Hans Werner Vladimir Principals Joseph Leibovici Jerome Lipson Harry Siegfried Gerhardt Shapiro Einar Hansen Harold Meek Daniel Eislev Violoncellos Paul Keaney Norman Carol Walter Macdonald Samuel Mayes Carlos Pinfield Osbourne McConathy Alfred Zighera Paul Fedorovsky Harry Dickson Jacobus Langendoen Trumpets Mischa Nieland Minot Beale Georges Mager Hippolyte Droeghmani Roger Voisin Clarence Knudson Karl Zeise Principals Pierre Mayer Josef Zimbler Marcel Lafosse Manuel Zung Bernard Parronchi Harry Herforth Samuel Diamond Enrico Fabrizio Ren^ Voisin Manusevitch Leon Marjollet Victor Trombones James Nagy Flutes Raichman Leon Gorodetzky Jacob Lucien Hansotte Raphael Del Sordo Georges Laurent James Pappoutsakis John Coffey Melvin Bryant Phillip Kaplan Josef Orosz John Murray Tuba Lloyd Stonestreet Piccolo Henri Erkelens George Madsen Vinal Smith Saverio Messina Harps Herman Silberman Oboes Bernard Zighera Stanley Benson John Holmes Elford Caughey Sheldon Rotenberg Jean Devergie Joseph Lukatsky Timpani Basses English Horn Roman Szulc Georges Moleux Charles Smith walls Page Louis Speyer Ludwig Juht Percussion Clarinets Irving Frankel Max Polster Manuel Valerio Henry Greenberg Simon Sternberg Attilio Poto Henry Portnoi Pasquale Cardillo Piano Gaston Dufresne E\) Clarinet Henri Girard Lukas Foss Henry Freeman Bass Clarinet Librarian John Barwicki Rosario Mazzeo Leslie Rogers Constitution Hall, Washington SIXTY-NINTH SEASON, 1949-1950 Boston Symphony Orchestra CHARLES MUNCH, Conductor Richard Burgin, Associate Conductor Concert Bulletin of the Second Concert THURSDAY EVENING, January 12 with historical and descriptive notes by John N. Burk The trustees of the BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. Henry B. Cabot . President Jacob J. Kaplan . Vice-President Richard C. Paine . Treasurer Philip R. Allen M. A. De Wolfe Howe John Nicholas Brown Charles D. Jackson Theodore P. Ferris Lewis Perry Alvan T. Fuller Edward A. Taft N. Penrose Hallowell Raymond S. Wilkins Francis W. Hatch Oliver Wolcott George E. Judd, Manager T. D. Perry, Jr. N. S. Shirk, Assistant Manager!^ [1] BOX HOLDERS The Ambassador of France and Madame Bonnet The Ambassador of New Zealand and Lady Berendsen The Ambassador of the Netherlands and Madame van Kleffens The Minister of Luxembourg and Madame Le Gajlais The Minister and Madame Charles Bruggmann Ambassador J. B. de Lavalle Mrs. Robert Low Bacon Mrs. Paul Bartlett Mr. and Madame Jean-Pierre Benard Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss Dr. and Mrs. Irving Brotman Mr. and Mrs. William R. Castle Mr. Benjamin Colby Mrs. William Crozier Mrs. Stephen Dorsey Mr. and Mrs. Herbert EUiston Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Friedman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Grew Colonel and Mrs. James Hendrick Mr. George Judd Mr. and Mrs. Preston Kavanagh Mrs. Florence Keep Lt. Angel G. de Mendoza Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. John W. Morton Mrs. Charles Munoh Judge and Mrs. George Neilson Mrs. Roscoe O'Byrne Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall Mr. Joseph Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Jouett Shouse Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Snow Mr. and Madame Andre Visson Mr. and Mrs. Eliot Wadsworth Mr. and Madame Arnaul Wapler Mrs. Edwin M. Watson Mrs. Matthew Whittall Mrs. Arthur Wood Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Woodward [2] Constitution Hall, Washington Boston Symphony Orchestra CHARLES MUNCH, Conductor SECOND CONCERT THURSDAY EVENING, January 12, at 8:30 o'clock Program Handel Suite for Orchestra (From the Water Music) Arranged by Hamilton Harty I. Allegro 11. Air III. Bourree IV. Hornpipe V. Andante espressivo VI. Allegro deciso PouLENC Concerto for Piano and Orchestra I. Allegro commodo II. Andante con moto III. Rondeau a la Francaise i^Fint performance in fVashington"^ INTERMISSION Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor. Op. 98 I. Allegro non troppo II. Andante moderate III. Allegro giocoso IV. Allegro energico e passionato SOLOIST FRANCIS POULENC BALDWIN PIANO RCA VICTOR RECORDS Rehearsal Broadcasts of the Boston Symphony Orchestra are given weekly on the NBC Network, Mondays 1:00-1:30 p.m. [3] Sir! I'm Insulted!! Yes indeed, this man really is insulted. guardian of an estate will perform his And can you guess why? duties honestly . with no chance of Well, he was appointed an executor of financial loss to the beneficiaries. an estate and someone made the "brash Records prove that such insurance is suggestion" that he be bonded. wise. Common sense says the same. After Why the very idea of it. 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L4J I SUITE FOR ORCHESTrL\ (from the WATER MUSIC) By George Frideric Handel Born at Halle, February 23, 1685; died in London, April 14, 1759 Arranged by Sir Hamilton Harty* Handel's "Water Music was probably composed and performed in parts in 1715 and 1717. The original autogiaph has been lost. A suite from the music was published by John "Walsh in 1720, and another version, differently arranged, in 1740. The full suite of 20 movements was published in the Samuel Arnold edition (1785-1797), and appeared in the complete works as edited by Chrysander. Sir Hamilton Harty, arranging a suite of six movements in 1918, and then per- forming it at the Halle Concerts, has scored it for two flutes and piccolo, two oboes, two clarinets, four horns, timpani and strings ^published in 1922) . Suites from the Water Music, derived from Chrysander, have been performed by this Orchestra December 11, 1885, October 21, 1887, December 21, 1900, and March 18, 1927. Handel's time, parties on the Thames were a favorite recreation IN of Londoners in the summer season. R. A. Streatfeild has described the custom in his Life of Handel (1909) : "The River Thames was then, far more than now, one of the main highways of London. It was still Spenser's 'silver Thames,' and on a summer's day it must have presented a picture of life and gaiety very different from its present melancholy and deserted aspect. It was peopled by an immense fleet of boats devoted solely to passenger traffic, which were signalled by passing wayfarers from numerous piers between Blackfriars and Putney, just as one now signals a hansom or taxicab. Besides the humble boats that plied for hire, there were plenty of private barges fitted up with no little luxury and manned by liveried servants. The manners and customs of the boatmen were peculiar, and their wit- combats, carried on in the rich and expressive vernacular of Billings- gate, were already proverbial , . George I liked the River. When the Court was at Whitehall water parties to Richmond or Hampton Court were of frequent occurrence, and as often as not the royal barge was accompanied by an attendant boat laden with musicians." Handel, serving as kapellmeister to Georg Ludwig, Elector of Han- over, obtained leave of absence to visit England in 1712. He not only overstayed his leave, but came under the open patronage of the reign- ing Queen Anne, between whom and Georg there was no love lost. Handel, while thus still bound to the House of Hanover, composed his Ode to Queen Anne^ and his Te Deinn and Jubilate for the hated Peace of Utrecht. ^Vhen the Queen died in 1714, Georg was crowned George I of England and Handel's position became suddenly pre- carious. He was pointedly ignored by the new monarch and so deprived of his principal opportunities for social recognition and consequent • Born at Hillsboroueh, County Down, Ireland, December A, 1879 ; died February 19, 1941. [5] income. But the continuing ostracism of the illustrious Handel would have been likewise a true deprivation to George himself, for he had brought with him from Germany a passion for music which was more enduring than his dislike of a dead queen. It was obviously a question of a propitious moment, and Handel had friends ready to do their tactful part when that moment should come. There are three legends circumstantially related at the time, each claiming the achievement of this act of grace. The Water Music is connected with two of them. One of Handel's true friends was Francesco Geminiani, violinist and composer for the violin, two years younger than himself. Geminiani, so the story goes, was asked to play one of his concertos at Court, and replying, admitted a rubato in his style so incorrigible that no one could be trusted to accompany him and not be thrown off but Handel himself. Handel was accordingly asked, and accordingly reinstated. But Handel had other colleagues equally ready to claim the credit for the good deed.