Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 86, 1966-1967, Subscription
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'" Tj ft CM $%#*& ^\>~-**<&&. BOSTON SYMPHONY OKCHE STRA FOUNDED IN 1881 BY Sk HENRY LEE HIGGINSON 1 ,-» /A ( * - .*///// 'Hi K £?%>* r >\ ';v ^N s \v. ., — j^ EIGHTY-SIXTH SEASON 1966-1967 EXCELLAIT SURTOUT POUR LES FANFARES!" 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We respectfully invite your inquiry CHARLES H. WATKINS 8c CO. IIichard P. Nyquist — Charles G. Carleton OBRION, RUSSELL 8c CO. 147 MILK STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Insurance of Every Description Telephone 542-1250 EIGHTY-SIXTH SEASON, 1966-1967 CONCERT BULLETIN OF THE Boston Symphony Orchestra ERICH LEINSDORF, Music Director Charles Wilson, Assistant Conductor The TRUSTEES of the BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. Henry B. Cabot President Talcott M. Banks Vice-President John L. Thorndike Treasurer Abram Berkowitz E. Morton Jennings, Jr. Theodore P. Ferris Henry A. Laughlin Robert H. Gardiner Edward G. Murray Francis W. Hatch John T. Noonan Andrew Heiskell Mrs. James H. Perkins Harold D. Hodgkinson Sidney R. Rabb Raymond S. Wilkins TRUSTEES EMERITUS Palfrey Perkins Lewis Perry Edward A. Taft Oliver Wolcott Thomas D. Perry, Jr., Manager Norman S. Shirk James J. Brosnahan Assistant Manager Business Administrator Sanford R. Sistare Harry J. Kraut Press and Publicity Assistant to the Manager Andrew Raeburn Assistant to the Music Director SYMPHONY HALL BOSTON [3] ony Mo. 6 "Erich Leinsdorf and the ablet &delv sf Vienna chestra Boston Symphony, who gat us the finest version of tm Ber Pin His Cu Fifth, now produce the ." first stereo Sixth. -Cue This distinguished 2 LP., Dynagrooye recording in the Boston S phony's Mahler series has received rousing critical acclaim fron ' rca Victor quarters, including HiFijStereo Review who, praising it as a cording of Special Merit," said "The recorded sound is altoge ? (*p)The most trusted name in sound splendid..." Hear it soon, along with Phyllis Curtin's performanc Berg's Le Vin . 4] CO NT EN TS Program (for this week) . • 9 e Program (Sept. 30-Oct. • 1) 59 31ic cTro;usscau3 tlouse ofJioslon Program (October 7-8) . 61 Notes Mahler (Symphony No. 3) . 11 Entr'acte Gustav Mahler -Miracle of Artistic Creation Cardus) . (By Neville • 34 Copyright 1966 by Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. EXHIBITION The exhibition of paintings on view in the Gallery is by members of the New Hampshire Art Association. THE SOLOIST SHIRLEY VERRETT was born of musical parents in New Orleans and grew up in California. She began sing- ing at the age of six. Her formal train- ing was with Anna Fitziu in Hollywood and Marian Szekely-Freschl at the Juil- liard School. Her numerous awards have included the Marian Anderson Award, the John Hay Whitney Founda- tion Grant, a Ford Foundation Opera Fellowship and a Berkshire Music Cen- ter Opera Scholarship. Her operatic career has centered on the title role of Carmen, which she has sung in Spoleto, Moscow, Lewisohn Stadium, Hollywood Bowl, Montreal, and with the New York City Opera. She will also sing this role in December at La Scala. Miss Verrett has appeared with the orchestras of New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, Chicago and Los Angeles. Her first concert perform- ances with the Boston Symphony Or- chestra were in March, 1965. RICHARD C. PAINE ^rredh -Arpproctch ZJo ZJ-cill The Boston Symphony Orchestra's Perfectly simple but for the touch weekend concerts, the opening programs of the Eighty- sixth Season, are dedicated of gold braid — our green hostess to the memory of Richard C. Paine. For coat of rayon and dacron. Sizes a period of twenty years Mr. Paine - 20. served the Orchestra as its Treasurer 8 $45.00 until his retirement from that position 416 BOYLSTON STREET 54 CENTRAL STREET at the beginning of the past season. He BOSTON 02116 WELLESLEY KEnmore 6-6238 continued as a Trustee Emeritus until CEdar 5-3430 his death on May 10, 1966. [5] Through sage investment and the en- couragement of bequests during Mr. Paine's tenure as Treasurer, the Orches- tra's endowment and general funds in- creased fivefold. Several years ago he was instrumental in bringing into exist- tence a retirement plan for the non- playing staff of the Orchestra. In addi- tion he served as Director and Treasurer of the Boston Symphony Pension In- stitution. At their meeting on May 18, 1966 the Trustees of the Orchestra adopted the following resolution: Richard C. Paine was elected a Trustee of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1936 and became Treasurer in 1945. His interest and delight in the Orchestra were deep, his counsel wise, and his savings generosity very large. He will be long remembered and greatly missed. that A RETIREMENT After forty-eight years of devoted are service to the Boston Symphony Orches- tra John N. Burk has retired. John Burk came to the Orchestra in 1918, immediately after the armistice of music World War I. He was born in San Jose, California ; graduated from Harvard College in 1916; was for a while Assist- ant to H. T. Parker on the Boston to Transcript. Soon afterward he came to Symphony Hall, where his duties were those of Publicity Director. In 1934, on the death of Philip Hale, he became your Program Annotator and Editor. For more than thirty years his program notes have attained national esteem for their accuracy, thoughtfulness and style. ears! During the years he has written sev- eral important books on musical mat- ters, among them Mozart and His Music, a biography of Clara Schumann, and The Life and Works of Beethoven. In addition he edited the Burrell collec- tion of Wagner letters. His presence here in Symphony Hall will be greatly missed because of his personal charm and modesty. We will continue to uti- lize many of his previous articles, which remain perfect examples of program annotation. Mr. Donald T. Gammons, who has been a member of the Program Office since 1957, will act as Program Editor. 6] ^hirley Uerrett 'Her place is among the foremost of this or any age." hew york herald tribune "Whether in opera or concert, Louis Biancoiii she is one of our first ladies of song." ^orw-rJi^SS SHIRLEY ' ant* The Sun I- _ ^r^^v Gluck SHIRLEY a&\ VERRETT ORFEOEDEURIDICE VERRETT Falla's Shirley Verrett • Anna Moffo SEVEN Judith Raskin Carnegie Hall The Virtuosi di Roma ?, Recital January 30, 1965 SPANISH Renato Fasano com SONGS and songs by ' Shirley Verrett Granados • asOrfeo < Nin Obradors Montsalvatge Turiria rca Victor (W)The most trusted name in sound ^tff [7 "I'm sure Father would have wanted me to have a Rolls." We're used to being given plenty of rope in our work as trustee. And most of the time the requests we get are reasonable. But every once in a while, a beneficiary throws us a curve. Then we have to be firm. That's why this young man probably won't get his Rolls Royce. Acting as trustee — as executor or guardian, too — is a big and responsible job. We try to face each problem with a steady eye to both sides of the equation — the financial and the human. We feel it is this basic philosophy, as much as anything else, that has made us the largest trust institution in New England. We'll be glad to work with you and your lawyer to make your future plans come true. THE FIRST & OLD COLONY The First National Bank of Boston and Old Colony Trust Company EIGHTY-SIXTH SEASON NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX-SIXTY-SEVEN First Program FRIDAY AFTERNOON, September 23, at 2:00 o'clock SATURDAY EVENING, September 24, at 8:30 o'clock Mahler Symphony No. 3, in D minor, with Women's Chorus and Contralto Solo I. Kraftig, entschieden (Vigorous, decisive) INTER M I S S I O N II. Tempo di Menuetto: Sehr massig (Very moderately) III. Comodo; scherzando IV. Sehr langsam, misterioso (Slow, mysterious) (with Contralto solo) V. Lustig in Tempo und keck im Ausdruck (Lively in tempo and jaunty in expression) (with Chorus and Contralto solo) VI. Langsam, ruhevoll, empfunden (Slow, peaceful, expressive) NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY CHORUS Lorna Cooke deVaron, Conductor BOSTON BOYCHOIR John Oliver, Director Contralto Solo: SHIRLEY VERRETT THESE PERFORMANCES ARE DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF RICHARD C. PAINE These concerts will end about 4:00 o'clock on Friday Afternoon; 10:30 o'clock on Saturday Evening. BALDWIN PIANO RCA VICTOR RECORDS [9] In the Stearns tradition of pure and simple elegance. A costume by Abe Schrader from our Misses' Collection, $160 BOSTON: At the start of the Freedom Trail, 140 Tremont Street, 482-0260. CHESTNUT HILL: 232-8100. SOUTH SHORE PLAZA: 848-0300. [10] SYMPHONY NO. 3 By Gustav Mahler Born in Kalischt, Bohemia, July 7, i860; died in Vienna, May 8, 1911 Mahler began his Third Symphony in 1895 and finished it in August of 1896.