Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 80, 1960-1961
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HH^H EIGHTIETH SEASON 1 960 -1961 BAYARD TUCKERMAN, JR. ARTHUR J. ANDERSON ROBERT T. FORREST JULIUS F. HALLER ARTHUR J. ANDERSON. JR. HERBERT S. TUCKERMAN J. DEANE SOMERVILLE We blueprint the basic structure for the insurance of our clients and build their protection on a sound foundation. Only by a complete survey of needs, followed by intelligent counsel, can a proper insur- ance program be constructed. Without obligation on your part, we would be happy to act as your insurance architects. Please call us at any time. CHARLES H. WATKINS & CO. RICHARD P. NYQUIST in association with OBRION, RUSSELL & CO. When You Think of Insurance . Think of us! 141 Milk Street Boston 6, Massachusetts HU bbard 2-6200 EIGHTIETH SEASON 1960-1961 Boston Symphony Orchestra CHARLES MUNCH, Music Director Richard Burgin, Associate Conductor CONCERT BULLETIN with historical and descriptive notes by John N. Burk Copyright, 1961, by Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. 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We would welcome an opportunity to sit down with you and your attorney for an informal discussion of Shawmut might be of service to you. how t The Rational Shawmut Bank «r«««« Complete Banking and Trust Services Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation [836] CONTENTS Program (January 27-28) . 841 <Flu3rouss«au3touse 0/SSojIor Program (February 3-4) . 891 Program (February 10-11) . 893 Notes Beethoven (Overture to 84s Beethoven (Symphony No. 4) . 854 Entr'acte When Youth Knocked at the Door 868 Notes Tcherepnin (Symphonic Prayer 880 Prokofiev (Concerto for Piano 885 EXHIBITION An exhibition of portraits by artists working in New England opens in the Gallery this week. It has been assem- bled by S. Morton Vose of the Vose Galleries. THE SOLOIST Alexander Uninsky is appearing with this Orchestra for the first time. Born in Kiev, in 1910, he studied at the Con- servatory of Kiev. His family went to Paris when he was fourteen, and enter- ing the Conservatory, he studied with Isidor Philipp and Lazare Levy and took first prize. A fugitive from the War, he came to the United States, and has since made this country his own. PABLO CASALS ON STATION WGBH-TV Easy Traveler Our negligee of rayon challis is light- Among the special musical programs weight, washable—and prettily printed with on station WGBH-TV, of which this carnations. White with Yellow, Pink with Orchestra is a member, will be a new Shocking, Blue with Amethyst. series called "Casals' Master Class." It Sizes 10-20 $12.95 will consist of 22 programs. They began Short Peignoir (not shown) $12.95 last Thursday, January 26, over Channel Bedjacket (not shown) $ 7.95 2, and the first program will be repeated 416 BoylstonSt. 54 Central St. Sunday, January 29, from 5 to 6 P.M. Boston 16, Wellesley The succeeding broadcasts will take KEnmore 6-6238 CEdar 5-3430 place on Wednesday evenings at 8:30. [837] The series was filmed by the Univer- sity of California in Berkeley in 1960, ggjcpfa when Pablo Casals was holding a series of master classes. Most of the students were about 20 years old. As the classes are held, the students perform and the teacher makes suggestions. Mr. Casals, who will not appear publicly in recital in this country, is active in these classes, often accompanying the student, starting and stopping in the middle of a phrase or a bar. The first program will consist prin- our resort-bound collections are cipally of a study of Brahms' Cello ready . place-wise, clock-wise Sonata No. 1, in E minor, Op. 38. Per- forming students are Nina de Veritch fashions that definitely stress the (first movement) and Marina Robertson easy life . (second and third movements). • sweater dresses steal the fashion scene morning, noon and night COMING EVENTS . silks and cottons topped During the next two weeks Erich cashmeres and sport with dressy Leinsdorf will conduct this Orchestra sweaters. for the first time as guest. Music new to these concerts will be the opera, The • bathing suits and beach ensem- Woman Without a Shadow, by Richard Strauss, from which the conductor has bles in rousing sunshine colors. selected several interludes. This opera • resort-life linens proving more was composed during the First World War and has been notably revived in and more important. Europe in recent years. In his second program Mr. Leinsdorf will introduce • and a veritable treasure chest for the first time at these concerts music of south-bound hats and bags, by Luigi Dallapiccola. Mr. Dallapiccola, one of the most prominent contemporary skirts and play dresses, patio and Italian composers, came to Tanglewood evening fashions too numerous for two seasons (1951 and 1952) to teach to to mention . too important, in the Composition Department of the Berkshire Music Center. In the follow- all at miss. Come see them ing week Mr. Leinsdorf will conduct the Orchestra in New York and other cities on tour. For the last week in February, Charles Munch will return and present Milhaud's La Creation du tnonde and ClhlAM Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe complete, BROS. the New England Conservatory Chorus assisting. +wen-hy newbury [838] umm Pauline Trigere's magic touch makes you the exciting star after-dark 1 The sweep of a great swing skirt . the low pitch of your slim silhouette, designed by Pauline Trigere to make your hipline all but disappear. 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Allied with The First National Bank of Boston [840] EIGHTIETH SEASON NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SIXTY-ONE Fourteenth Program FRIDAY AFTERNOON, January 27, at 2:15 o'clock SATURDAY EVENING, January 28, at 8:30 o'clock Beethoven *Overture to "Coriolan," Op. 62 Beethoven Symphony No. 4, in B-flat major, Op. 60 I. Adagio; Allegro vivace II. Adagio III. Allegro vivace IV. Allegro, ma non troppo INTERMISSION Tcherepnin Symphonic Prayer (First performance in Boston) Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 26 I. Andante; Allegro II. Theme: Andantino Variation I. L'istesso tempo Variation II. Allegro Variation III. Allegro moderato Variation IV. Andante meditativo Variation V. Allegro giusto Theme: L'istesso tempo III. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo SOLOIST ALEXANDER UNINSKY Mr. Uninsky uses the Steinway Piano These concerts will end about 4:00 o'clock on Friday Afternoon; 10:15 o'clock on Saturday Evening. BALDWIN PIANO *RCA VICTOR RECORDS [841] FIRST RESORT (FASHIONS BOSTON • CHESTNUT HILL [842] OVERTURE TO "CORIOLAN," Op. 62 (after Collin) By Ludwig van Beethoven Born in Bonn, December i6(?), 1770; died in 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: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings. The last performances by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in this series were on December 19-20, 1958. After Fidelio, 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 Preparation is in drawing up your plans for the future.