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Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 28,1908-1909, Trip CARNEGIE HALL - NEW YORK Twenty-third Season in New York MAX FIEDLER, Conductor •programmes at % FOURTH CONCERT THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18 AT 8.15 PRECISELY AND THE FOURTH MATINEE SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 20 AT 2.30 PRECISELY WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIP- TIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY C. A. ELLIS PUBLISHED BY C. A. ELLIS, MANAGER J Mme. CECILE CHAMINADE The World's Greatest Woman Composer Mme. TERESA CARRENO The World's Greatest Woman Pianist Mme. LILLIAN NORDICA The World's Greatest Woman Singer USE ^^ Piano. THE JOHN CHURCH CO., 37 West 32d Street New York City Boston Symphony Orchestra PERSONNEL TWENTY-EIGHTH SEASON, 1908-1909 MAX FIEDLER, Conductor First Violins. Hess, Willy Roth, O. Hoffmann, J. Krafft, W. Concert-master. Kuntz, D. Fiedler, E. Theodorowicz, J. Noach, S. Mahn, F. Eichheim, H. Bak, A. Mullaly, J. Strobe, G. Rissland, K. Ribarsch, A. Traupe, W.[ i Second Violins. Barleben, K. Akeroyd, J. Fiedler, B. Berger, H. Fiumara, P. Currier, F. Marble, E. Eichler, J. Tischer-Zeitz. H. Kuntz, A, Goldstein, H. Goldstein, S. Kurth, R. Werner, H. Violas. Fe*rir, E. Heindl, H. Zahn, F. Kolster, A. Krauss, H. Scheurer, K. Hoyer, H. Kluge, M. Sauer, G. Gietzen, A. Violoncellos. Wamke, H. Nagel, R. Barth, C. Loeffler, E. Warnke, J.[ Keller, J. Kautzenbach, A. Nast, L. Hadley, A. Smalley, R. Basses. Keller, K. Agnesy, K. Seydel, T. Ludwig, O. Gerhardt, G. Kunze, M. Huber, E. Schurig, R. Flutes. Oboes. Clarinets. Bassoons. Maquarre, A. Longy, G. Grisez, G. Sadony, P. Brooke, A. Lenom, C. Mimart, P. Mueller, E. Battles, A. Sautet, A. Vannini, A. Regestein, E. Fox, P. English Horn Bass Clarinet. Contra-bassoon. Mueller, F. Stumpf, K. Helleberg, J. Horns. Horns. Trumpets. Trombones. Tuba. Hess, M. Schmid, K. Kloepfel, L. Hampe, C. Lorenz, O. Lorbeer, H. Gebhardt, W. Mann, J. Mausebach, A. Hain, F. Hackebarth, A. Heim, G. Kenfield, L. Merrill, C. Phair, J. Schumann, C. Haep. Tympani. Percussion. Schuecker, H. Rettberg, A. Dworak, J. Senia, T. Kandler, F. Ludwig, C. Burkhardt, H. Librarian. Sauerquell, J. tvtna l^taitu Bears a name which has become known to purchasers as representing the highest possible value produced in the piano industry. It has been associated with all that is highest and best in piano making since 1823. Its name is the hall mark of piano worth and is a guarantee to the purchaser that in the instrument bearing it, is incorporated the highest artistic value possible. CHICKERING & SONS PIANOFORTE MAKERS Established 1823 791 TREMONT STREET BOSTON, U.S. A. Represented in New York by JOHN WANAMAKER . CARNEGIE HALL, Symphony NEW YORK. Twenty-eighth Season, 1908-1909. Orchestra Twenty-ihird Season in New York. MAX FIEDLER, Conductor. FOURTH CONCERT, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, AT 8.15 PRECISELY. PROGRAMME. Paderewski ..... Symphony in B minor, Op. 24 First time in New York I. Adagio maestoso ; Allegro con fuoco. II. Andante con moto. III. Allegro vivace. Saint-Saens . Concerto, C minor, No. 4, for Pianoforte and Orchestra, Op. 44 I. Allegro moderato ; Andante. II. Allegro vivace ; Andante. III. Finale, Allegro. SOLOIST, Mr. PADEREWSKI. The pianoforte is a "Weber. NOTE As the DOORS WILL BE CLOSED during the performance of the first movement of the Symphony, which requires 25 MINUTES, patrons are urgently requested to be prompt in attendance. There will be an intermission of ten minutes after the symphony, 6 Always the Kiiabe m %riaf>e 3^ <§?o. BALTIMORE NEW YORK WASHINGTON — Symphony in B minor, Op. 24 Ignace Paderewski * (Bora, November 6, i860, at Kurilowka, in Podolia, a former province of Poland; now living at Morges, Switzerland.) The following sketch of this symphony is based on information furnished by the composer. The symphony Op. 24 is in three movements: I. Adagio maestoso; Allegro fuoco; II. Andante con moto; III. Allegro vivace. The themes of the first movement were sketched in the summer of 1904. The three movements which now compose the work were com- pleted, and the parts were copied in December, 1908. ' 'The symphony is written as a patriotic tribute of the composer to his native country, and it was directly inspired by the fortieth anniversary of the revolution of 1863-64. There is no absolute programme for either the first or second movement. The first movement is. free, but classical in form. It seeks to celebrate Poland's great heroic past. The themes, although racial in character, are not based on popular melo- dies. The same is true of the second (slow) movement in which the composer endeavors to express the lyric nature of his race. "In the third movement Mr. Paderewski has followed a sharply defined programme. It is in effect a symphonic poem, and is peculiarly in memory of the revolution of 1863-64. "In the opening of the movement is felt the spirit of social and po- litical unrest which filled the country prior to the outbreak of the war, the unrest of the young hot-heads, the youth of the nation, who longed for independence. Older heads, conservative age, counselled patience and caution, urged the impossibility of a successful issue. This despond- ent feeling is expressed in a treatment of the national anthem, from which all buoyancy and joyousness have been taken. The anthem is treated not unlike a dirge ; it appears in a subdued, sad mood. GRAND OPERAS In this Season's Repertory TIEFLAND, by E. D 'Albert, German and English text Price, $5.00 If LA HABANERA, by R. La Parra, French text . 3*o U LE VILLI, by G. Puccini, English text 2.50 it The Same, Italian text 3-oo it LA WALLY, by A. 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The first conflict is characterized by the use of sarrusophones, which, with their dark, heavy coloring, express the weight and over- whelming strength of the oppressing force. Again is heard the Polish anthem, this time strong, vigorous, and battling; yet, as the conflict pro- gresses, it is gradually lost in the gloom of defeat, finally disappearing in an atmosphere of utter despair. ! 'Then a funeral dirge celebrates the heroes that are gone. The themes of unrest heard in the first movement reappear, but are divested of their substance. They are as shadowy and as unsubstantial as the heroes that have passed away. They are bitter memories of defeat. Upward they soar, higher and higher,—lamentations for the fatherland ascending to heaven. 'A quick transition of mood follows, from gloom to brightness. Hope returns, and in the recapitulation and climax one hears again the splen- did buoyancy of the theme of chivalry from this third movement, the theme of the heroic past from the first movement, and a third theme on which will be built the fourth movement yet to be written.' The symphony is complete as a work in its present shape, but Mr. Paderewski contemplates a fourth movement. It will be a scherzo. The work is scored for three flutes, three oboes (one interchangeable with English horn) , three clarinets (one interchangeable with bass clari- net), two bassoons, contrabassoon, three sarrusophones, four trumpets, four horns, three trombones, one bass tuba, harp, organ, a set of three C. SCHIRMER, 35 UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK NEW DANCE MUSIC FOR PIANO SOLO (ALSO PUBLISHED FOR ORCHESTRA) QABRIEL ALLIER, Les Idoles (Idols of the Heart) Waltz ...... $0.75 Graceful in style and conception, fine rhythm. J. B. BOLDI, Chanson Boherhienne. 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