SYMPHONY HALL,. BOSTON HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES Branch Exchange Telephones, Ticket and Administration Offices, Back Bay 1492 Bo; wmmm Uirelhesl^>a^> ki 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 1825 STEIN WAY the instrument of the immortals Not only the best piano, but 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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Adagio; Allegro moderato; Poco adagio. II. Allegro moderato; Presto; Maestoso; Allegro. (Organ Albert W. Snow) *Members, SOClfiTF, DES INSTRUMENTS ANCIENS steinway piano used There will be an intermission before the symphony 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 1829 Steamship Tickets BY ALL LINES .\ •-. TO ALL PORTS AT THE STEAMSHIP COMPANIES' PUBLISHED RATES T>AYMOND-WHITCOMB are authorized agents for all the •*-*• leading steamship lines and sell their tickets at the regu- lar rates. f Every Raymond-Whitcomb office is a clearing house for steam- ship knowledge. 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The Society gave a concert in Jordan Hall, Boston, on February 12, 1917: Viol Quartet (Messrs. Hewitt, Casadesus, Dubruille, Devilliers); Clavecin, Mme. RSgina Patorni; Mme. Marie Buisson, singer. The instrumental numbers on the programme were as follows: Bruni, Second Symphony for viols and clavecin ; a piece by Rauieau and a Gigue by Desmarets ; Nicoley, Theme and Variations for two viols; Lorenziti, Suite for viola d'amore; Destouches, Fete galante for two viols and clavecin. When the Society gave a concert in Jordan Hall, Boston, on November 26, 1917, the quartet of viols was thus composed Maurice Hewitt, quinton; Henri Casadesus, viole d'amour; Louis Hasselmans, viola da gamba; Maurice Devilliers, basse de viole. Mme. M. L. Henri Casadesus played the harpe luth. The Society was assisted by Mme. Gabrielle Gills, soprano. The programme was as follows: Destouches, "Le pays du tendre" (ballet), for quartet of viols and harpe luth; L. Y. Francceur, "Sonatine en trio," for •Henri Gustave Casadesus, -born at Paris on September 30, 1879, took a first prize at the Paris Conservatory as a pupil of Laforge in playing the viola in 1S99. The other first viola prize that year was awarded to M. Bailly, at one time a member of the Plonzaley Quartet. Impromptu-Serenade FELIX FOX Moderate quasi allegretto Pianoforte Compositions NET Impromptu- Serenade .50 Fantaisie lyrique .50 Mr. Fox's last concert appearance of the season will be at the Metropoli- tan Theatre, Sunday, April 22, at 3.00 o'clock. CCUPLETE OOPS 50 OEHTS SET THE ARTHUR P. SCHMIDT CO., 120 Boylston Street 1831 quinton, viole d'amour, and harpe luth; Asioli, Concert for viole d'amour; Monsigny, "Ballet de la Koyne," for viol quartet and harpe luth. Mme. Gills sang songs by Faur6, Laparra, Franck, Debussy, Duparc, Fairchild, Kachmaninoff, Koechlin. Edith Cave Cole was the accompanist. The Society took part with Mme. Gills and with Joseph Bonnet, organist, in a concert in Symphony Hall on January 23, 1918, in aid of the Edith Wharton War Charities. The Society's pro- gramme included P. E. Bach's Concerto for Viols ; Lorenziti's Suite in four parts (viole d'amour Mr. Casedesus). With Mr. Bonnet, it performed Handel's Concerto in D. Mr. Bonnet played solo pieces by Grigny, Clerambault, J. S. Bach. Mme. Gills sang songs by Duparc, Faure, Kachmaninoff, Fiske, Debussy's "Noel des enfants qui n'ont plus de maison," and, by request, the "Marseillaise" at the end of the concert. The Society gave quasi-private concerts in Boston; at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Baylies on January 22, 1918, in aid of the American Friends of Musicians in France. On that occasion the viola da gamba was played by Jean Cleanou. * * * Beginning in 1896, Henri Casadesus formed a most valuable col- lection of old instruments which was given to the Boston Sym- BOSTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC AGIDE JACCHIA, Director STUDENTS' RECITAL - STEINERT HALL Tuesday, April 24, at 8.15 p.m. (the last of the 1927-1928 series) Admission tickets (free) may be obtained upon request in the order of application. STEINWAY PIANOFORTE 250 Huntington Avenue Telephone KENmore 1574 1832 I present 1 NEW COTTONS Imported and Domestic, in the finest quality 1 materials and attractive colorings Kenmore 5560 202-216 Boylston Street and Park Square, Boston zz: -..- .._.„, J},, .l^-';*^.