Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 45,1925-1926
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PRoGR2W\E (MONDAY) Drawn from Hat shown by Chandler & Co. Newest Spring Hats Cfjanbler & Co. TREMONT STREET NEAR WEST, BOSTON ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES Branch Exchange Telephones, Ticket and Administration Offices, Back Bay 1492 INC. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor FORTY-FIFTH SEASON. 1925-1926 MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, at 8.15 WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE COPYRIGHT, 1926, 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 FREDERICK P. CABOT ARTHUR LYMAN ERNEST B. DANE HENRY B. SAWYER M. A. DE WOLFE HOWE GALEN L. STONE JOHN ELLERTON LODGE BENTLEY W. WARREN FREDERICK E. LOWELL E. SOHIER WELCH W. H. BRENNAN, Manager G. E. JUDD, Assistant Manager 1 After more than half a century on Fourteenth Street* Steinway Hall is now located at 109 West 57th Street. The new Steinway Hall is one of the handsomest buildings in New York on a street noted for finely designed business structures. As a center of music, it will extend the Steinway tradition to the new generations of music lovers. THE INST%U£MENT OF THE IMMORTALS Forty-fifth Season, 1925-1926 SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor Violins. Burgin, R. Hoffmann, J. Gerardi, A. Hamilton, V. Gundersen, R. Concert-master Kreinin, B. Eisler, D. Sauvlet, H. Kassman, N. Theodorowicz, J. Cherkassky, P. Hansen, E. Mayer, P. SiegL F. Pinfield, C. Fedorovsky, P. Leveen, P. Mariotti, V. Thillois, F. Gorodetzky, L. Kurth, R. Knudsen, C. Murray, J. Fiedler, B. Bryant, M. Del Sordo, R. Stonestreet, L. Tapley, R. Messina, S. Zung, M. Diamond, S. Erkelens, H. Seiniger, S. Violas. Lefranc, J. Fourel, G. Van Wynbergen, C. Grover, H. Fiedler, A. Artieres, L. Cauhape, J. Werner, H. Shirley, P. Avierino, N. Gerhardt, S. Bernard, A. Deane, C. Violoncellos. Bedetti, J. Zighera, A. Langendoen, J. Stockbridge C. Fabrizio, E. Keller, J. Barth, C. Belinski, M. Warnke, J. Marjollet, L. • Basses. Kunze, M. Seydel, T. Ludwig, 0. Kelley, A. Girard, H. Vondrak, A, Gerhardt, G. Frankel, 1. Demetrides, L. Oliver, F. Flutes. Oboes. Clarinets. Bassoons. Laurent, G. Gillet, F. Allegra, E. Laus, A. Bladet, G. Devergie, J. Arcieri, E. Allard, R. Amerena, P. Stanislaus, H. Bettoney, F. E-Flat Clarinet. Vannini, A. Piccolo. English Horn. Bass Clarinet. Contra-Bassoon Battles, A. Speyer, L. Mimart, P. Piller, B. Horns. Horns. Trumpets. Trombones. Wendler, G. Valkenier, W. Mager, G. Rochut, J. Schindler, G. Lannoye, M. Perret, G. Adam, E. Van Den Berg, C. Pogrebniak, S. Schmeisser, K. Hansotte, L. Lorbeer, H. Gebhardt, W. Mann, J. Kenfield, L. Kloepfel, L. Tuba. Harps. Timpani. Percussion. Sidow, P. Holy, A. Ritter, A. Ludwig, C. Caughey, E. Polster, M. Sternburg, S. Zahn, F. Organ. Piano. Celesta. Librarian. Snow, A. Sanroma, J. Fiedler, A. Rogers, L. J. It's so easy to own a Chickering OT everyone knows that the Chickering may be purchased on the month to month plan ' ' ' a little at a time as though it were rent. Chickering prices range up- ward from $875. Ten per cent may be paid down as a cash deposit and the balance spread over a period of years. tr,r and it's just as easy to own an AMPICO icKerln l69TremontSt. FORTY. FIFTH SEASON, NINETEEN HUNDRED TWENTY -FIVE & TWENTY-SIX MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 19 AT 8.15 Bach .... Concerto No. 2 in F major, for Violin, Flute, Oboe and Trumpet (Edited by Felix Mottl) (Messrs. Burgin, Laurent, Gillet, Mager) I. Allegro moderate IT. Andante. III. Allegro. Satie . .- . "Gymnopedies" (Orchestrated by Debussy) Liszt ..... "Les Preludes," Symphonic Poem No. 3 (after Lamartine) Tchaikovsky . Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 I. Andante sostenuto; moderato con anima (in movimento di valse). II. Andantino in modo di canzona. III. Scherzo; pizzicato ostinato: Allegro. IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco. There will be an intermission before the symphony 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 spectators, it being understood that a low head covering without projection, which does not obstruct such view, may be worn. 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. RAYMOND-WHITCOMB Sixth Annual MIDNIGHT SUN CRUISE Sailing June 29th for Iceland :: North Cape :: Fjords :: Bergen Trondhjem :: Oslo :: Copenhagen with side-trips to Stockholm &. 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"Carinthia" foe Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Tasmania & Java, as well as Japan, China, India, Philippines, Hawaiian Islands, Egypt, etc. RAYMOND CO. & WHITCOMB .• '. : . :*: 165 Tremoat Street r\ Concerto in F major, for Violin, Flute, Oboe, Trumpet, with ACCOMPANIMENT OF TWO VlOLINS, VlOLA, VIOLONCELLO, AND HARP- SICHORD Johann Sebastian Bach (Born at Eiseuach, March 21, 1685 ; died at Leipsic, July 28, 1750) This composition is the second of the six Brandenburg concertos. Completed March 24, 1721, they were written in answer to the wish of a Prussian prince, Christian Ludwig, Margraf of Brandenburg, the youngest son of the Great Elector by a second wife. The prince was provost of the Cathedral at Halberstadt. He was a bachelor, and he lived now at Berlin and now on his estate at Malchow. Fond of music, and not in an idle way, he was extravagant in his tastes and mode of life, and often went beyond his income of nearly fifty thou- sand thalers. He met Bach—some say at Carlsbad—in 1718 or 1720 f and asked him to write some pieces for his private orchestra, which contained players of high reputation. Bach sent the pieces entitled "Concerts avec Plusieurs Instruments" to Berlin, with a dedication in French. This dedication was prob- ably written by some courtier at Cothen, where Bach was then living. Nothing is known about the reception, nor is it known whether they were ever played at the palace of the prince. It was his habit to in two tones Two tones are so much smarter than one and grosgrain is so much smarter than any other hat fabric, that when one finds both together (as one does where smart heads are seen) — then* one meets the millinery mode at its most chic moment. High crowns, no brims, draped hats, berets, and toques — all of grosgrain and frequently two- toned. For matron or miss. OPPOSITE BOSTON COMMON catalogue his music ; but the name of Bach was not found in the list, although the names of Vivaldi, Venturini, Valentiri, Brescianello, and other writers of concertos, were recorded. Spitta thinks that the pieces were probably included in miscellaneous lots, as "77 con- certos by different masters for various instruments at 4 ggr (al- together 12 thlr, 20 ggr)"; or "100 concertos by different masters for various instruments—No. 3, 3 16th." The Brandenburg concertos came into the possession of J. P. Kirnberger. They were then owned by the Princess Amalie, sister of Frederick the Great and a pupil of Kirnberger. Their next and final home was the Royal Library, Berlin. They were edited by S. W. Dehn, and published by Peters, Leipsic, in 1850. In the dedication to "Son Altesse Royalle, Monseigneur Gretien Louis, Marggraf de Bradenburg, etc., etc.," dated Cothen, March 24, 1721, Bach entreated the Margrave "very humbly" "not to judge the imperfections of the concertos by the severity of that fine and delicate taste which every one knows that he possesses; but rather to see in them, by his kind consideration, the profound respect and the very humble allegiance which they seek to convey." The original autograph bears the title "Concerto 2do a 1 Tromba, (MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM) UPTOWN BRANCH SITUATED DIAGONALLY ACROSS FROM SYMPHONY HALL Cordially offers ypu every facility consistent with sound banking. Commodious Safe Deposit Boxes. Storage Space for Valuables. Largest Electrified Burglar-proof Safe in the World. Ample Parking Space. MAIN BANK Post Office Square, Boston TEACHER OF SINGING (From Rudiments to Professional Excellence) DICTION DECLAMATION ORATORY 76 HUNTINGTON AVENUE - BOSTON, MASS. 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