SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES Branch Exchange Telephones, Ticket and Administration Offices, Back Bay 1492 he T< INC. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor FORTY-SEVENTH SEASON. 1927-1928 WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. THE OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. FREDERICK P. CABOT President BENTLEY W. WARREN Vice-President ERNEST B. DANE Treasurer FREDERICK P. CABOT FREDERICK E. LOWELL ERNEST B. DANE ARTHUR LYMAN N. PENROSE HALLOWELL EDWARD M. PICKMAN M. A. DE WOLFE HOWE HENRY B. SAWYER JOHN ELLERTON LODGE BENTLEY W. WARREN W. H. BRENNAN. Manager G. E. JUDD, Assistant Manager 985 STEIN WAY the instrument of the immortals Not only the best piano, bnt the best piano value It is possible to build a piano to beauty of line and tone, it is the sell at any given price, but it is not greatest piano value ever offered! often possible to build a good . 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"Ein Heldenleben" ("A Hero's Life") Tone Poem, Op. 40 The Hero—The Hero's Adversaries—The Hero's Helpmate The Hero's Battlefield—The Hero's Works of Peace— The Hero's Escape from the World, and the Completion. There will be an intermission after 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 9S9 YOUR OWN TRIP TO EUROPE the first step I SPECIAL ITISERARX MP. 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In 1889 he founded an amateur orchestra at Huyton, and at a concert given by his father he took the place of Hans Richter, who was indisposed. In 1902 he conducted a touring opera company. He then studied composition for twelve months, and composed three operas (MS). In 1905 he gave his first orchestral concert in London. The next year he founded the New Symphony Orchestra, leaving It in 1908 for the Beecham Symphony Orchestra. In 1910 he gave operas at Covent Garden, among them Strauss's "Elektra." At a second season he produced "Salome" and "Pelleas et Melisande." In 1911 he con- ducted the Beecham Symphony Orchestra, the London Symphony, and other orchestras. Early in 1913 he produced operas largely by Strauss and Wagner, and in 1913-14 was associated with his father, Sir Joseph, in giving operas and ballets. In 1915 he conducted opera, also in 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920. Since then he has con- ducted orchestral concerts in London and Manchester. He was knighted in 1914, and inherited the baronetcy in 1916. It has been said that "he has done more than any living man towards the establishment of grand opera in England. ... As con- NEW COMPOSITIONS OF DISTINCTION By RCT c 1 &8V3I% CONTRASTS N A.PIANO CYCLE. IN riVE PICCE5 T "A cycle of five pieces that will appeal to every pianist interested in the trend of modern composi- R By tion. A cursory reading discloses refreshing A 'Rot e. Agnew s ideas, lyric quality, whimsy, fantasy. More T thorough study reveals the composer's mastery of his idiom. Artists and teachers of artist 5 pupils will find new and promising material in H=Jr this book." The Musician. "I am struck by the originality and content of 'Contrasts' and I shall certainly make use of it as much as possible this coming season." Frederic E. Tillotson. SONGS June Twilight (2 keys) Hie Away, Hie Away! (2 keys) Poem by John Masefield Poem by Sir Walter Scott THE ARTHUR P. SCHMIDT CO., 120 Boylston Street 991 ductor he added a greater zest and a finer line to the works of Mozart. He rejuvenated the programs of the Royal Philharmonic Society concerts during the seasons when he was artistic director, 1916-17 and 1917-18; and he did the same for the Halle concerts in Manchester." His first public appearance in the United States was as guest conductor of the Philharmonic Society, New York, on January 12, 1928.