ACADEMY OF MUSIC, PHILADELPHIA Twenty-fowth Season in Philadelphia MAX FIEDLER, Conductor ftrngHmune of tht FOURTH CONCERT WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIP- TIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15 AT 8.15 PRECISELY COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY C. A. ELLIS PUBLISHED BY C. A. ELLIS, MANAGER Mme. CECILE CHAMINADE The 'World's Greatest Woman Composer Mme. TERESA CARRENO The World's Greatest Woman Pianist Mme. LILLIAN NORDICA The World's Greatest "Woman Singer USE THE JOHN CHURCH CO., 37 West 326 Street New York City REPRESENTED BY MUSICAL ECHO GO. 1217 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia Boston Symphony Orchestra PERSONNEL TWENTY-EIGHTH SEASON, 1908-1909 MAX FIEDLER, Conductor First Violins. Hess, Willy Roth, O. Hoffmann, J. Krafft, W. Concert-master. Kuntz, D. Fiedler, E. Theodorowicz, J. Noack, S. Mahn, F. Eichheim, H. Bak, A. Mullaly, J. Strube, G. Rissland, K. Ribarsch, A. Traupe, W.[ Second Violins. Barleben, K. Akeroyd, J. Fiedler, B. Berger, H. Fiumara, P. Currier, F. Marble, E. 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Saint-Saens . Concerto, C minor, No. 4, for Pianoforte and Orchestra, Op. 44 I. Allegro moderato ; Andante. II. Allegro vivace ; Andante. III. Finale, Allegro. SOLOIST, M*. PADEREWSKI. The pianoforte is a Weber. There will be an intermission of ten minutes after the symphony. 5 e Always the Knabe BALTIMORE NEW YORK WASHINGTON Represented in Philadelphia by JOHN WANAMAKER — Symphony in B minor, Op. 24 Ignaz Jan Paderewski (Born, November 6, i860, at Kurilowka, in Russian government of Podolia- now living at Morges, Switzerland.) The following sketch of this symphony is based on information furnished by the composer. The symphony Op. 24 is in three movements: I. Adagio maestoso; Allegro fuoco; II. Andante con moto; III. Allegro vivace. The themes of the first movement were sketched in the summer of 1904. The three movements which now compose the work were com- pleted, and the parts were copied in December, 1908. "The symphony is written as a patriotic tribute of the composer to his native country, and it was directly inspired by the fortieth anniversary of the revolution of 1863-64. There is no absolute programme for either the first or second movement. The first movement is free, but classical in form. It seeks to celebrate Poland's great heroic past. The themes, although racial in character, are not based on popular melo- dies. The same is true of the second (slow) movement in which the composer endeavors to express the lyric nature of his race. "In the third movement Mr. Paderewski has followed a sharply defined programme. It is in effect a symphonic poem, and is peculiarly in memory of the revolution of 1863-64. "In the opening of the movement is felt the spirit of social and po- litical unrest which filled the country prior to the outbreak of the war, the unrest of the young hot-heads, the youth of the nation, who longed for independence. Older heads, conservative age, counselled patience and caution, urged the impossibility of a successful issue. This despond- ent feeling is expressed in a treatment of the national anthem, from which all buoyancy and joyousness have been taken. The anthem is treated not unlike a dirge; it appears in a subdued, sad mood. GRAND OPERAS In this Season's Repertory TIEFLAND, by E. D 'Albert, German and English text Price, $5.00 it LA HABANERA, by R. La Parra, French text . 3-50 a LE VILLI, by G. Puccini, English text 2.50 <( The Same, Italian text 3.00 « 4.00 LA WALLY, by A. Catalani, Italian text . it FALSTAFF, by Giuseppe Verdi, Italian and English text 4.00 BOOSEY & COMPANY, Publishers, 9 East Seventeenth Street NEW YORK 7 : MADAME TETRAZZINI Uses exclusively the HARDMAN PIANO In both her American and European homes Te my Friends Hardman, Peck &* Co. The Hardman Piano is my choice. I therefore use it exclusively. o<£4_^. London, May sq, igo8. HARDMAN, PECK & COMPANY Established 1842 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK Represented in Philadelphia by JAflES BELLAK'S SONS, 1129 CHESTNUT STREET 8 ' "The youth refuse to listen. The atmosphere of restlessness subdues the remonstrances of the elders, and the spark of revolution ignites with the appearance of the second theme, a theme of brilliant chivalric char- acter, which has been heralded by faint distant trumpet-calls,—the sum- mons to war. "Light-hearted, gay, and confident, the youth of Poland depart for battle. The first conflict is characterized by the use of sarrusophones, which, with their dark, heavy coloring, express the weight and over- whelming strength of the oppressing force. Again is heard the Polish anthem, this time strong, vigorous, and battling; yet, as the conflict pro- gresses, it is gradually lost in the gloom of defeat, finally disappearing in an atmosphere of utter despair. "Then a funeral dirge celebrates the heroes that are gone. The themes of unrest heard in the first movement reappear, but are divested of their substance. They are as shadowy and as unsubstantial as the heroes that have passed away. They are bitter memories of defeat. Upward they soar, higher and higher, —lamentations for the fatherland ascending to heaven. "A quick transition of mood follows, from gloom to brightness. Hope returns, and in the recapitulation and climax one hears again the splen- did buoyancy of the theme of chivalry from this third movement, the theme of the heroic past from the first movement, and a third theme on which will be built the fourth movement yet to be written.' The symphony is complete as a work in its present shape, but Mr. Paderewski contemplates a fourth movement. It will be a scherzo. 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