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PROVIDENCE One Hundred and Eighty-fourth Concert in Providence j\ it ' raplh« UTCiaegtfa Forty-fourth Season, 1924-1925 SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor FIRST CONCERT TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18 AT 8.15 PROGRAMME Berlioz Overture, "The Roman Carnival," Op. 9 Honegger . "Pacific 231," Orchestral Movement Moussorgsky Prelude to "Khovantchina" Rimsky-Korsakov "The Flight of the Bumble Bee," Scherzo from "Tsar Saltan" Bizet "Agnus Dei," from the Incidental Music to "L'Arlesienne" Beethoven . Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 I. Allegro con brio. II. Andante con moto. III. j Allegro; Trio. IV. ) Allegro. 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It was performed for the first time, and under the direction of the ' composer, at the Salle Herz, Paris, on February 3, 1844. The first performance in Boston was at a Philharmonic concert, led by Carl Zerrahn, at the Melodeon on January 24, 1857. The overture then reminded John S. Dwight of "Mr. Fry's 'Christmas' symphony"! The overture was composed in Paris in 1843, shortly after a jour- ney in Germany. The score and parts were published in June, 1844. The chief thematic material of the overture was taken by Berlioz from his opera "Benvenuto Cellini,"* originally in two acts, libretto by Leon de Wailly and Augusta Barbier. It was produced at the Opera, Paris, on September 10, 1838. The cast was as follows: Ben- venuto Cellini, Duprez; Giacomo Balducci, Derivis; Fieramosca, Mas- sol; le Cardinal Salviati, Serda; Francesco, Wartel; Bernardino, Ferdi- *For a full and entertaining account of this opera and its first performance, with quotations from the contemporaneous criticisms, see Adolphe Boschot's "Un Romantique sous Louis Philippe," Chap. VI I. ( Librairie Plon, Paris, 1908). Hotels of Distinction NEW YORK andBOSTON ^f . The Piaza 5 '\N\ Fred Sterry Prcs.oent \X\ John D.Owen Manager NewYork s^/ nand Prevost; Pompeo, Molinier; un Cabaretier, Trevaux; Teresa, Mme. Dorus-Gras; Ascanio, Mme. Stolz. The story has been condemned as weak and foolish. It is also wholly fictitious. ^ ^ The overture begins Allegro assai con fuoco, with the chief theme, which is taken from the saltarello danced on the Piazza Colonna in Rome in the middle of the second act of the opera. This theme is announced in forte by the violins and violas, answered by wood-wind instruments in free imitation; and horns, bassoons, trumpets, and cornets make a second response in the third measure.