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FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF SYMPHONY HALL mm<7<l* Li' BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOUNDED IN 1881 BY HENRY LEE HI (£^§g2>^ SIXTY-NINTH SEASON 1949- 1950 Tuesday Evening Series BAYARD TUCKERMAN, Jr. ARTHUR J. ANDERSON ROBERT J. DUNKLE, Jr. ROBERT T. FORREST JULIUS F. HALLER ARTHUR J. ANDERSON, Jr. HERBERT SEARS TUCKERMAN OBRION, RUSSELL & CO. Insurance of Every Description "A Good Reputation Does Not Just Happen — It Must Be Earned." Boston, Mass. Los Angeles, California 108 Water Street 3275 Wilshire Blvd. Telephone Lafayette 3-5700 Dunkirk 8-3316 SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES Telephone, Commonwealth 6-1492 SIXTY-NINTH SEASON, 1949-1950 CONCERT BULLETIN of the Boston Symphony Orchestra CHARLES MUNCH, Conductor Richard Burgin, Associate Conductor 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 Managers f»] ©©©©©©©©©©©©©©<?>©©©©©©©©©©©©©© to /a mg Vo, going ro . pt r What's *T LOW COS! happen to ••"rtiiij © ; © Property?! © Your ^ © Shaw © "iut Bank © © © his booklet shows how the Personal Trust © Department of the Shawmut Bank can help you in © the management of your property during your own lifetime, as well as providing for its future conser- vation. One important section explains the "When and Why" of the "Living Trust", and other © Shawmut aids in property management and super- © © vision are also reviewed. Whether your resources © are large or small, you should know the facts set forth in this booklet. © Call at any of our 28 convenient offices, write or telephone © LA 3-6800 for our booklet: © ^Conserving Your Property at Low Cost" © © © © The Rational © © Shawmut Bank © © 40 Water Street, Boston © Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation © and © Capital Surplus $30,000,000 © "Outstanding Strength" for 114 Years © © 4&a ©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©© rt] SYMPHONIANA Leigh Hunt on Paganini LEIGH HUNT ON PAGANINI Abridged from "Leigh Hunt's Dra- matic Criticism, 1808-1831," edited by Lawrence Huston Houtchens and Car- olyn Washburn Houtchens. New York, Columbia University Press, 1949. King's Theatre, June 23, 27, 1831. Signor Paganini favoured the public with his fifth and last concert last night. To begin with the beginning, he had a magnificent house. We thought at first we were literally going to hear him, without seeing his face ; for the house was crammed at so early an hour that, on entering it, we found ourselves fixed on the lowest of the pit stairs. We heard some interesting conversa- tion around us. We had been told, as a striking instance of the effect that Paganini has produced upon the English musical world, that one eminent musi- cian declared he could not sleep the first night of his performance for think- ing of him. A gentleman present last night was telling his friends that an- other celebrated player swore that he would have given a thousand guineas to keep the Italian out of the country, he had put everybody at such an im- measurable distance. As it was the first time we had seen the great player, except in the criticisms of our musical friends, which had ren- dered us doubly curious, we looked up Veil-softened with interest at him from our abysm in the pit. A lucky interval between a crisp sailors gentleman's head and a lady's bonnet favoured our endeavour, and there we beheld the long, pale face of the musical . and a sailor marvel, hung, as it were, in the light, Spring be. He and looking as strange as need with your suit or short made divers uncouth obeisances, and Spring . and a then put himself in a masterly attitude coat! being as firm for his work, his manner sailor, crisp and young, and full of conscious power when he delicately, romanti- puts the bow to the instrument as it yet playing. We is otherwise when he is not cally veiled. Chandler's thought he did not -look so old as he is shows many versions at said to be;* but he is long-faced and promi- haggard, with strongly-marked this moment. nent features, wears his black hair flow- ing on his neck like an enthusiast, has a coat of ancient cut which astonishes MILLINERY SALON Fop's Alley. SECOND FLOOR *Paganini was forty-seven years old at the time of this performance. [si His face has much less expression His playing is indeed marvellous. than might be looked for. At first it What other players can do well, he seemed little better than a mask; with does a hundred times better. We never a fastidious, dreary expression, as if heard such playing before; nor had we inclined to despise his music and go to imagined it. His bow perfectly talks. It sleep. And such was his countenance remonstrates, supplicates, answers, holds for a great part of the evening. His a dialogue. We have never heard any- fervour was in his hands and bow. thing like any part of his playing. The Towards the close of the performances, people sit astonished, venting themselves he waxed more enthusiastic in appear- in whispers of "Wonderful." — "Good ance, gave way to some uncouth bodily God!" — and other unusual symptoms movement from side to side, and seemed of English amazement; and when the to be getting into his violin. Occasion- applause comes, some of them take an ally also he put back his hair. When opportunity of laughing, out of pure in- he makes his acknowledgements, he ability to express their feelings other- bows like a camel, and grins like a wise. goblin or a mountain-goat. Upon the whole, our experience of He seems to have few of the affected the playing of this wonderful person has gestures and attitudes of other players. not only added to our stock of extraordi- His position, when he begins, is admired nary and delightful recollections, but it as being highly comme il faut, and like has done our memories another great a man who knows how to plant himself good, in opening afresh the world of to his violin; but his manner is gen- ancient Greek music and convincing us erally simple. He now and then indulges of the truth of all that is said of its marvellous effects. To hear Paganini, in his conscious mastery, at the termina- and to see him playing on that bit of tion of a favourite passage, by thrusting wood with a bit of catgut, is to convince his bow beyond the instrument, and us that the Greeks might have done the chucking the note, as it were, up into wonders attributed to them with their the air. shells and quills. ESTABLISHED 1833 An Important Difference 1 . What is the size of your estate ? 2. How much of that amount will your family actually receive ? The difference between these two amounts depends largely on the wisdom of your estate plans. To work out a practical estate program that will minimize shrinkage through taxes and insure the distribution of your estate according to your wishes, you and your at- torney are invited to visit our Trust Depart- ment, at your convenience. 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BOSTON [5] Tour inquiry about any of these services is welcome Executor under wills Administrator of estates Guardian of the property of others, including minor children Conservator of the property of incapacitated persons Trustee under living trusts and wills Trustee under individual and business insurance trusts Trustee under pension and profit sharing plans Agent for executors, administrators, trustee, guardians, conservators Real Estate and Mortgage Management Investment Management (with Custodianship) Investment Consultation Custodianship of property WORTHY OF YOUR TRUST Old Colony Trust Company ONE FEDERAL STREET, BOSTON T. Jefferson Coolidge, Chairman^ Trust Committee Robert Cutler, President Allied with The First National Bank of Boston rei TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28 Charles Munch is prevented by illness from conducting this concert. Richard Burgin will conduct. The Program will be as follows: Haydn Symphony in G major, No. 88 I. Adagio; Allegro II. Largo III. Menuetto; Trio IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito Paganini Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, No. 1, Op. 6 I. Allegro maestoso II. Adagio III. Rondo: Allegro spiritoso INTERMISSION Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, "Pathetique," Op. 74 I. Adagio; Allegro non troppo II. Allegro con grazia III. Allegro molto vivace IV. Finale: Adagio lamentoso SOLOIST OSSY RENARDY $»' SIXTY-NINTH SEASON NINETEEN HUNDRED FORTY-NINE AND FIFTY Sixth Program TUESDAY EVENING, February 28, at 8:30 o'clock Schumann Symphony No. 4, in D minor, Op. 120 I. Ziemlich langsam; lebhaft II. Romanze: Ziemlich langsam III. Scherzo: Lebhaft IV. Langsam; lebhaft (Played without pause) Paganini Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, No. 1, Op. 6 I. Allegro maestoso II. Adagio III. Rondo: Allegro spiritoso INTERMISSION Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, "Pathetique," Op. 74 I. Adagio; Allegro non troppo II. Allegro con grazia III. Allegro molto vivace IV. 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