Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 71, 1951
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£ ^ #!!) ^^>^: fi "^9 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOUNDED IN I88I BY HENRY LEE HIGGINSON Cn* -r 1 IQ m X -^ »r~ SEVENTY-FIRST SEASON 1951- 1952 Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Providence Boston Symphony Orchestra (Seventy-first Season, 1951-1952) CHARLES MUNCH, Music Director 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 Rolland Tapley Albert Bernard Contra- Bassoon Norbert Lauga George Humphrey Boaz Piller George Zazofsky Jerome Lipson Paul Cherkassky Louis Artieres Horns Harry Dubbs Robert Karol James Stagliano Reuben Green Vladimir Resnikoff Harry Shapiro Joseph Leibovici Bernard KadinofE Harold Meek Einar Hansen Vincent Mauricci Paul Keaney Harry Dickson Walter Macdonald Violoncellos Emil Kornsand Os))ourne McConathy Mayes Carlos Pinfield Samuel Alfred Zighera Paul Fedorovsky Trumpets Minot Beale Jacobus Langendoen Mischa Nieland Roger Voisin Herman Silberman Hippolyte Marcel Lafosse Roger Schermanski Droeghmani Karl Zeise Armando Ghitalla Stanley Benson Rene Voisin Zimbler Gottfried Wilfinger Josef Bernard Parronchi Enrico Fabrizio Trombones Clarence Knudson Leon Marjollet Raichman Pierre Mayer Jacob Lucien Hansotte Manuel Zung Flutes John Coffey Samuel Diamond Georges Laurent Josef Orosz Victor Manusevitch James Pappoutsakis James Nagy Phillip Kaplan Tuba Leon Gorodetzky Raphael Del Sordo Piccolo Vinal Smith Melvin Bryant George Madsen . Hari>s Lloyd Stonestreet Bernard Zighera Saverio Messina Oboes Sheldon Rotenberg Ralph Gomberg Olivia Luetcke Leo Panasevich Jean Devergie William Waterhouse John Holmes Timpani Roman Szulc English Horn Basses Charles Smith Louis Speyer Georges Moleux Willis Page Percussion Clarinets Ludwig Juht Max Polster Gino Cioffi Irving Frankel Simon Sternburg Manuel Valerio Harold Farberman Henry Greenberg Pasquale Cardillo Henry Portnoi E\) Clarinet Henry Freeman Librarians Henri Girard Bass Clarinet Leslie Rogers John Barwicki Rosario Mazzeo Leonard Burkat Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Providence SEVENTY-FIRST SEASON, 1951-1952 Boston Symphony Orchestra CHARLES MUNCH, Music Director Richard Burgin, As^sociate Conductor Concert Bulletin of the Second Concert TUESDAY EVENING, November 27 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. 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Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Providence Three hundred and Twelfth Concert in Providence Boston Symphony Orchestra CHARLES MUNCH, Music Director SECOND PROGRAM TUESDAY EVENING, November 27, at 8:15 o'clock PIERRE MONTEUX Conducting Beethoven. ; Overture to "Coriolanus," Op. 62 Beethoven Symphony No. 6, in F major. Op. 68, "Pastoral" I. Awakennig of serene impressions on arriving in the country: Allegro ma non troppo II. Scene by the brookside: Andante molto moto III. Jolly gathering of country folk: Allegro; in tempo d'allegro; Thunder- storm; Tempest: Allegro IV. Shepherd's Song: Gladsome and thankful feelings after the storm: Allegretto INTERMISSION Stravinsky "Le Sacre du Printemps" ("The Rite of Spring") Pictures of Pagan Russia I. The Adoration of the Earth Introduction — Harbingers of Spring — Dance of the Adolescents — Abduction — Spring Rounds — Games of the Rival Towns —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 — Glorifica- tion of the Chosen One — Evocation of the Ancestors — The Sacrifi- cial Dance of the Chosen One. BALDWIN PIANO RCA VICTOR RECORDS The Friday and Saturday concerts will be broadcast each week on Station WGBH (FM) [3] — OVERTURE TO "CORIOLAN," Op. 62 (after Collin) By LuDwiG VAN Beethoven Born at Bonn, December 16 (?) , 1770; died at Vienna, March 26, 1827 Beethoven composed his overture on the subject of "Coriolanus" in the year 1807. It was probably first performed at subscription concerts of Prince Lobkowitz in Vienna, in March, 1807. The Overture was published in 1808, with a dedication to Court Secretary Heinrich J. von Collin. The orchestration is the usual one of Beethoven's overtures: two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani and strings. AFTER 'Tidelio," Beethoven was ambitious to try his hand at another opera, and entertained several subjects, among them a setting of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" for which Heinrich Joseph von Collin, a dramatist of high standing and popularity in Vienna at the time, wrote for him the first part of a libretto. Beethoven noted in his sketchbook: "Overture Macbeth falls immediately into the chorus of witches." But the libretto did not progress beyond the middle of the second act, and was abandoned, according to Collin's biographer, Laban, "because it threatened to become too gloomy." In short, no opera emerged from Beethoven in 1807. But his association with Collin resulted in an overture intended for performance with the xelrod-ITIusic Established 1910 45 Snow Street—Providence 3, R. I. 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The single performance was on April 24, 1807, and even at this performance Thayer does not believe that the Overture was played. Beethoven seems, then, to have attached himself to the subject for sheer love of it rather than by any set commission. The piece was accepted forthwith as a concert overture, and in this form became at once useful at the concerts, or "academies" as they were called, where Beethoven's music was played. There has been speculation in print as to whether Beethoven de- rived his concept of the old Roman legend from Collin or Shakespeare. The point is of little consequence for the reason that both Shakespeare and Collin based their characters directly upon the delineation of Plutarch. Beethoven himself could well have been familiar with all three versions. His library contained a much-thumbed copy of Plutarch's Lives, and a set of Shakespeare in the translation of Eschenburg, with many passages underlined. 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