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SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor FORTY-FOURTH SEASON. 1924-1925 Programme MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 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 ERNEST B. DANE HENRY B. SAWYER M. A. DE WOLFE HOWE GALEN L. STONE JOHN ELLERTON LODGE BENTLEY W. WARREN ARTHUR LYMAN E. SOHIER WELCH W. H. BRENNAN, Manager G. E. JUDD, Assistant Manager — THE INST%U<SMENT OF 'THE IMMORTALS IT IS true that Rachmaninoff, Pader- Each embodies all the Steinway ewski, Hofmann—to name but a few principles and ideals. And each waits of a long list of eminent pianists only your touch upon the ivory keys have chosen the Steinway as the one to loose its matchless singing tone, perfect instrument. 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Send for booklets, information, ship-plans, etc. NEW YORK PHILA- Raymond & Whitcomb Fiasco DELPHIA LOS CHICAGO CompanyWHlLFUliy ANGELES Boston Booking Office: 165 Tremont Street Symphony in G major (B. & H. No. 13) Joseph Haydn (Born at Rohrau, Lower Austria, March 31, 1732; died at Vienna, May 31, 1809) Haydn wrote a set of six symphonies for a society in Paris known as the "Concert de la Loge Olympique." They were ordered in 1784, when Haydn was living at Esterhaz. Composed in the course of the years 1784-89, they are in C, G minor, E-flat, B-flat, D, A. No. 1, in C, has been entitled "The Bear"; No. 2, in G minor, has been entitled "The Hen"; and No. 4, in B-flat, is known as "The Queen of France." The symphony played at this concert is the first of a second set, of which five were composed in 1787, 1788, 1790. If the sixth was written, it cannot now be identified. This one in G major was written in 1787, and is "Letter V" in the catalogue of the London Philharmonic Society, No. 13 in the edition of Breitkopf & Hartel, No. 8 in that of Peters, No. 29 in that of Sieber, No. 58 in the list of copied scores of Haydn's symphonies in the library of the Paris Conservatory of Music. I. The first movement opens with a short and slow introduction, adagio, G major, 3-4, which consists for the most part of strong stac- cato chords which alternate with softer passages. The main body of the movement allegro, G major, begins with the first theme, a dainty one, announced piano by the strings without double-basses and repeated forte by the full orchestra with a new counter-figure in the bass. Pas- January Sales at Slattery's — largely attended events in whose outstanding savings we wish every Slattery -patron to share January Sale of Fine Furs January Sale of Fur-Trimmed Coats January Sale of Underwear Negligees and Infants' Clothes . C C flatter? Co. opposite Boston Common — sage-work develops into a subsidiary theme, which bears an intimate relation to the first motive. The second theme is but little more than a melodic variation of the first. So, too, the short conclusion-theme in oboes and bassoon, then in the strings—is only a variation of the first. The free fantasia is long for the period, and is contrapuntally elaborate. There is a short coda on the first theme. II. Largo, D major, 3-4. A serious melody is sung by oboe and violoncellos to an accompaniment of violas, double-basses, bassoon, and horn. The theme is repeated with a richer accompaniment, and the first violins have a counter-figure. After a transitional passage the theme is repeated by a fuller orchestra, with the melody in first violins and flute, then in the oboe and violoncello. The development is carried along on the same lines. There is a very short coda. III. The Menuetto, allegretto, G major, 3-4, with trio, is in the regular minuet form in its simplest manner. IV. The Finale, allegro con spirito, G major, 2-4, is a rondo on the theme of a peasant country-dance, and it is fully developed. Haydn in his earlier symphonies adopted for the finale the form of his first movement.