Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 86, 1966
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. .~v«M m t"£m w*) r BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOUNDED IN 1881 BY <$ HENRY LEE HIGGINSON 23 "^2^ " L^S^-*. ^f J SSs 1\ ^ V, EIGHTY-SIXTH SEASON 1966-1967 EXCELLAIT SURTOUT POUR LES FANFARES!" 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Kraut Press and Publicity Assistant to the Manager Andrew Raeburn Assistant to the Music Director SYMPHONY HALL BOSTON [1409] " BEETHOVEN gj»; "EROICA SYMPHONY t&m The Boston Symphony BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCH. ERICH LEINSDORF under Leinsdorf Leinsdorf and the Boston Symphony give Beethoven's" Eroica one of the boldest performances you are likely to hear. No less daring is their acute reading of Schumann 's Fourth Symphony, an exquisite fabric of sound. In their first recording of Russian ballet repertoire, the Bostonians produce a shimmering Firebird and a glittering Le Cog d 'Or. Recorded in Dynag roove sound. ^1 Schumann/Symphony No. 4 SoS Beethoven /Leonore Overture No. 3 Boston Symphony /Leinsdorf 'jm Z^nrf<*j<ittfUm(Jm Boston Symphony Orchestra /Erich Leinsdorf Rimsky-Korsakoff /"LE COQ D'OR" SUITE Stravinsky/"FIREBIRD" SUITE rca Victor wfflThe most trusted name in sound ^HJ CONTENTS Program (for this week) 1415 Program (April 21-22) 1465 Notes Haydn (Symphony in D major) 1417 Schuller (Diptych for Brass Quintet and Orchestra) 1420 Strauss (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, After the Old-fashioned, Roguish Manner — in Rondo Form) 1422 ! Entr'acte The Legend of Tyll Owlglass (J.N.B.) 1432 Notes Webern (Six Pieces for Orchestra) 1446 Stravinsky (Suite from the Ballet, "L'Oiseau de feu") 1456 EXHIBITION The exhibition currently on view in the Gallery is loaned by the Tyringham Art Galleries, Tyringham, Massachu- setts. JOSEPH BARBER Abandoned House Birches Farm at Pleasant River Taconic Winter ALICE CORMAN Fisherman's Dawn Landscape with Pink Sky The Red Crane Terrace PAUL FLEGEL Place du Terre ROBERTO GARI Ladies in Waiting DOUGLAS GORSLINE When ^outhem Carolina David Amram (I5reeze5 (J->eckon . Sheila HARRY LANE Our packable, washable acetate robe will take you everywhere. Pink Entrance floral print on a White background. Japanese Quince The Red Door Petite, Small, Medium, Large. $35.00 Still Life 416 BOYLSTON STREET 54 CENTRAL STREET BOSTON 02116 WELLESLEY Woodshed KEnmore 6-6238 CEdar 5-3430 Yellow Rose [1411] JOHN D. MAZIARZ Active Spring #2 Field—Arrangement #1 Field—Arrangement #2 Prophecy of Autumn jUsten NEWTON McMAHON Capital of the World The Conservators PAUL PAULSEN Listening is a way of learning. Atlantic City Street Scene—San Juan By listening, we feel an orchestra's depth that might never show in the conductor's DONALD PIERCE score. Archeography Listening is a way of learning about Torque #2 Christian Science, too. GERTRUDE SCHREYER Every Wednesday evening at The Mother Landscape Church, you may hear individuals from the congregation tell how their lives have PATRICIA WINDROW been touched and enriched by an under- Baby Sitter standing of God. Listening may bring you inspiration they have something of the ORCHESTRA TOUR found. During the next two weeks the Boston You are invited to come. Any Wednesday Symphony Orchestra will be giving con- evening at 7:30. certs for the first time in several years in Rochester, New York; Toledo, Ohio; THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST Bloomington, Indiana; Chicago, where IN BOSTON two concerts will be given; and Ann Across from Symphony Hall on Falmouth Street Arbor, Michigan. The concert in Roch- ester will be given under the auspices of the Rochester Philharmonic Orches- tra, of which Mr. Leinsdorf was Music Director for nine years ; in Chicago, of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in its regular series ; in Bloomington, of the University of Indiana; in Ann Arbor, of the University of Michigan; and in Toledo, of the Toledo Museum of Art. Following this mid-western tour, con- certs will be given in New London, Philadelphia, Brooklyn and New York, before the Orchestra returns for the final concerts of the season in Boston on April 18, 20, 21 and 22. [1412] BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Erich Leinsdorf Music Director AN UNEXPECTED BUT WELCOME GIFT Concord, Massachusetts February 22, 1967 Dear Mr. Thorndike: Three seasons ago the Concord Ladies of the Friday Afternoon Symphony series decided to charter a bus to take them to and from the concert. This has proved to be a great success although we had no intention of making money from the enterprise. However, we do have a surplus fund and so decided that k was appropriate to forward some of this accumulation on to the Orchestra. I enclose our check for $250.00 with best wishes for the continued success of our great Orchestra. Most sincerely, Priscilla O. Barker for the "Chartered Bus" and "The Concord Ladies of the Friday Afternoon series of the BSO"! [1413] Fact — "Facts and Figures" is an hilarious spoof of the powers that be. You know who they are. (And come to think of it, they know who you are.) Fact — This is the Vincent Show's 75th Anni- versary. Fact — Proceeds of the show go to the Vincent Memorial Hospital. Fact — Curtain rises at 8:30, April 11-15, with a matinee on Saturday, April 1 5th, at 2:30. Tickets on sale at the New England Life Hall, weekdays from March 27, 10:00- 5:30. Tel. 262-6296. Figure — The First National Bank of Boston and Old Colony Trust Company figure you should have a grand time, and hope to see you there. THE FIRST & OLD COLONY The First National Bank of Boston and Old Colony Trust Company [ >4»4] EIGHTY-SIXTH SEASON NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX-SIXTY-SEVEN Twenty-third Program FRIDAY AFTERNOON, March 31, at 2:00 o'clock SATURDAY EVENING, April 1, at 8:30 o'clock Haydn Symphony in D major, No. 13 I. Allegro molto II. Adagio cantabile III. Minuet IV. Finale: Allegro molto (First performance at these concerts) Schuller Diptych for Brass Quintet and Orchestra Armando Ghitalla, Trumpet Roger Voisin, Trumpet James Stagliano, Horn William Gibson, Trombone Chester Schmitz, Tuba (First performance in this version) Strauss *Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, After the Old- fashioned, Roguish Manner— in Rondo Form, Op. 28 INTERMISSION Webern Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6 I. Langsam (Slowly) II. Bewegt (With motion) III. Massig (Moderately) IV. Sehr massig (Very moderately) V. Sehr langsam (Very slowly) VI. Langsam (Slowly) Stravinsky *Suite from the Ballet, "L'Oiseau de feu" Introduction: Jardin enchant^ de Katschei et danse de l'oiseau de feu Supplications de l'oiseau de feu Jeu de princesses avec les pommes d'or Ronde des princesses Danse infernale de tous les sujets de Katschei Berceuse Finale BALDWIN PIANO *RCA VICTOR RECORDS [H15] V* In full flower now . our loveliest collection of next-season fashions ever. Come, take your pick! Here, David Crystal's costume of sleeveless skimmer and shaped, lined coat of flowered cotton ottoman imported from France, $70 Misses', Boston, Chestnut Hill, South Shore Plaza. RJl^toM [. 4 ,6] SYMPHONY IN D MAJOR, No. 13 By Franz Joseph Haydn Born in Rohrau, March 31, 1732; died in Vienna, May 31, 1809 The Symphony is scored for flute, 2 oboes, bassoon, 4 horns, timpani and strings. TT7HEN Haydn wrote his Symphony No. 13, he was thirty-one years * * old and had been at Esterhazy for two years. This appointment apparently brought great pleasure to the young Haydn because he had orchestral forces competent to his needs which he could exploit to the fullest extent. There is in this early Symphony a zest and exuberance which seem to indicate that Haydn was happy in his appointment. Of course to a certain extent the work is music of synthesis, and we are aware of its indebtedness to the Italianate sinfonia. The first three movements — fast, slow, and fast — definitely reflect the sort of opera overture then commonly used in Italy.