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SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES Branch Exchange Telephones, Ticket and Administration Offices, Back Bay 1492 S. INC. PIERRE MONTEUX, Conductor FORTY-THIRD SEASON. 1923-1924 WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. THE OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. FREDERICK P. CABOT President GALEN L. STONE Vice-President ERNEST B. DANE Treasurer ALFRED L. AIKEN ARTHUR LYMAN FREDERICK P. CABOT HENRY B. SAWYER ERNEST B. DANE GALEN L. STONE M. A. DE WOLFE HOWE BENTLEY W. WARREN JOHN ELLERTON LODGE E. SOHIER WELCH W. H BRENNAN. Manager G. E. JUDD. Assistant Manager 1505 and cT^ture Jhtnujjor Ui£ Steinvay Collection bj (J^C\'^yeth STEIN WAY n-HE /NSTKUMENT OF THE JMMORTALS the 26th of March, 1827, died Liszt and Rubinstein, for Wagner, Berlioz Ludwig van Beethoven, of ON whom and Gounod. And today, a still greater it has been said that he was the Steinway than these great men knew, greatest of all musicians. A generation responds to the touch of Paderewksi, later the was born Steinway Piano, which Rachmaninoff and Hofmann. Such, in is acknowledged to be the greatest of all fact, are the fortunes of time, that today, pianofortes. What a pity it is that the this Instrument of the Immortals, greatest master could not himself have this piano, more perfect than any played upon the greatest instrument — Beethoven ever dreamed of, can be pos' that these two could not have been born sessed and played and cherished not only together! Though the Steinway was de- by the few who are the masters of music, nied Beethoven, it was here in time for but by the many who are its lovers. Steinway Sont their & and dealers have made it conoenlently possible for music looers to own a Steinway. rricei: $8/5 and up, plus freight at points distant from New York. STEINWAY Q SONS, Steinway HaU, 109 E. 1 4th Street, New Yoflc 1506 7^\ Forty-third Season, 1923-1924 PIERRE MONTEUX, Conductor Violins. Burgin, R. Hoffmann, J. Gerardi, A. Hamilton, V. Concert-master. Mahn, F. Krafft, W. Sauvlet, H. Theodorowicz, J. Gundersen, R. Pinfield, C. Fiedler, B. Siegl, F. Kassman, N. Cherkassky, P. Leveen, P. Mariotti, V. Thillois, F. Gorodetzky, L. Kurth, R. Riedlinger, H. Murray, J. Goldstein, S. Bryant, M. Knudsen, C. Stonestreet, L. Tapley, R. Del Sordo, R. Messina, S. Diamond, S. Erkelens, H. Seiniger, S. Violas. Fourel, G. Werner, H. Grover, H. Fiedler, A. ArtiSres, L, Shirley, Van Wynbergen, C. P. MuUaly, J. Gerhardt, S. Kluge, M. Deane, C. Zahn, F. Violoncellos. Bedetti, Keller, Belinski, M. J. J. Warnke, J. Langendoen, J. Schroeder, A. Barth, C. Stockbridge, C. Fabrizio, E. Marjollet, L. Basses. Kunze, M, Seydel, T. Ludwig, O. Kelley, A. Girard, H. Keller, K. Gerhardt, G. Frankel, I. Demetrides, L. Flutes. Oboes. Clarinets. Bassoons. Laurent, G. Longy, G. Sand, A. Laus, A. Bladet, G. Lenom, C. Arcieri, E. Allard, R. Amerena, P. Stanislaus, H. Vannini, A. Bettoney, F. Piccolo. English Horns. Bass Clarinet. Contra-Bassoon. Battles, A. Mueller, F, Mimart, P. Piller, B. Speyer, L. KORNS. Horns. Trumpets. Trombones. Wendler, G. Valkenier, W. Mager, G. Hampe, C. Schindler, G. Hain, F. Mann, J. Adam, E. Hess, M. Van Den Berg, C. Perret, G. Mausebach, A. Lorbeer, H. Gebhardt, W. Kloepfel, L. Kenfield, L. Schmeisser, K. Tuba. Harps. Timpani. Percussion. Sidow, P. Holy, A. Ritter, A. Ludwig, C. Zahn, F. Delcourt, L. Polster, M. Sternburg, S. Organ. Celesta. Librarian. Snow, A. Fiedler, A. Rogers, L. J. 1507 JULIUS CHALOFF In this musician a composer -pianist of rare quality and power has been added to the list of Ampico artists. ^ He was born in Boston of Russian parents and has attained a high place among eminent musicians and real distinction in his musical achievements. THE AMPICO His playing of Islamey, that won- position — its blazing color, its derful Oriental Fantasie by Bala- Oriental enchantment, with ut- kirew, adds yet another triumph most fidehty. ^F^'om crashing to the long line of Ampico suc- crescendo to delicate diminuen- cesses. For the Ampico re-enacts do, all the exquisite shading in- Julius Chaloff's interpretation of spired by the artist's own genius this tremendously difficult com- is brought to you by the Ampico. OHitcker •** ^ k.-X^ £STAB LI SHED iSi^ ( 169 Tremont Street, Boston PIANOS OF ALL PRICES — EACH PRE-EMINENT IN ITS CLASS 1508 . SYMPHONY HALL 44th Season 1924-1925 24 FRIDAY AFTERNOON CONCERTS 24 SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS BEGINNING OCTOBER 10-11, 1924 BY THE Boston Symphony Orchestra SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor WITH DISTINGUISHED SOLOISTS SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION This year's subscribers for the series of 24 Friday after- noon and 24 Saturday evening concerts have an option until May 1 to retain their seats for the following season of 1924-25. Applications from new subscribers are now being received and their names placed on the waiting list. These applica- tions will be filled in order of receipt and seats allotted as near the desired location as possible shortly after May 1 Season Tickets for 24 concerts. $70, $65, $60, $55, $50. $48, $45. $40. $35. $30, $20. No Tax. Address all communications to W. H. BRENNAN, Manager Symphony Hall, Boston Please advise if you have not already received your renewal subscription notice. FORTY-THIRD SEASON. NINETEEN HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE 6- TWENTY-FOUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 11, at 2.30 o'clock SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, at 8.15 o'clock Franck Symphony in D minor I. Lento; Allegro non troppo. 11. Allegretto. III. Allegro non troppo. Chopin Concerto in E minor for Pianoforte and Orchestra, Op. ii, No. i I. Allegro maestoso. II. Romanza; Larghetto. III. Rondo: Vivace. Berlioz Hungarian March, ^'Rakoczy" SOLOIST MORIZ ROSENTHAL KNABE PIANO USED Extra, by general request: Stravinsky . "Le Sacre du Printemps" ('Tlie Rite of Spring"), A Picture of Pagan Russia I. The Adoration of the Earth. Introduction — Harbingers of Spring, Dance of the Adolescents — Abduction — Spring Rounds — Games of the rival cities — The Procession of the Wise Men — The Adoration of the Earth (The Wise Man) — Dance of the Earth. II. The Sacrifice Introduction — Mysterious Circles of the Adolescents — Glorification of the Chosen One — Evocation of the Ancestors — Ritual of the Ancestors — The Sacrificial Dance of the Chosen One. City of Boston, Revised Regulation of August 5, 1898,—Chapter 3, relating to the covering of the head in places of public amusement Every licensee shall not, in his place of amusement, allow any person to wear upon the head a. covering which obstructs the view of the exhibition or performance in such place of any person seated in any seat therein provided for spectatori, it being understood that a low head covering without projection, which does not obstruct such view, may be worm. Attest: J. M. GALVIN. City Clerk. The works to be played at these concerts may be seen in the Allen A. Brown Music Collection of the Boston Public Library one week before the concert 1509 To Paris by way of Iceland and the North Cape on the Raymond-Whitcomb Midnight Sun Cruise Take this wonderful cruise as your way to Europe, instead of the trans-Atlantic ferry. Sail June 26 (at the height of the season) on the Cunard steamship "Franconia"— the newest great liner. In the five weeks of leisurely cruising you will see the marvelous Midnight Sun, quaint Reykjavik in far-away Iceland, the stupendous North Cape and all the great Norwegian Fjords with their fascinating little villages and spectacular sea and mountain scenery. Arrive at Boulogne July 21 in ample time for summer travel abroad. Return passage on any Cunard sail- ing is included in the Cruise rate. ) Europe this Summer Tours through all the countries of Western Europe. Special tour of Switzerland and the Passes of the Alps. Motor tours through England and Scotland. Individual Travel Service for those who prefer to travel without escort or on their own itinerary. Your own dates and routes. Our arrangements and reservations for you. Our chain of European offices at your command. The new "Guide to European Travel" explains this system. Send for a copy. California Alaska Pacific Northwest Raymond & Whitcomb Co. 17 Temple Place, Boston Telephone, Beach 6964 nsmnm 1510 ; Symphony in D minor, for Orchestra Cesar Franck (Born at Li^ge, Belgium, December 10, 1822; died at Paris, November 8, 1890) This symphony was produced at the Conservatory, Paris, February 17, 1889.* It was composed in 1888 and completed August 22 of that year. It was performed for the first time in Boston at a con- cert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra on April 15, 1899, and it was also played at its concerts on December 23 of that year; Feb- ruary 11 and April 22, 1905 ; January 29, 1910 ; November 25, 1911 January 3, 1914; May 1, 1915; December 8, 1916; October 25, 1918; April 19, 1919; April 29, 1921; December 8, 1922 (Centennial of Franck), December 10, 1922. It was played also at the benefit con- cert to Mr. Wilhelm Gericke, April 24, 1906. The symphony, dedicated to Henri Duparc, is scored for two flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, two cornets-a-piston, three trombones, bass tuba, a set of three kettledrums, harp, and strings. Vincent d'Indy in his Life of Franckf gives some particulars about the first performance of the Symphony in D minor. "The performance was quite against the Avish of most members of the famous orchestra, and Avas only pushed through thanks to the •Franck wrote a symphony for orchestra and chorus, "Psych6," text by Sicard and Fourcaud, which was composed in 1887 and produced at a concert of the National Society, March 10, 1888.