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Burk Program Editor ANDREW RAEBURN 713 I NINETIETH ANNIVERSARY SEASON 1970-1971 Friday afternoon January 1 1971 at 2 o'clock Saturday evening January 2 1971 at 8.30 Tuesday evening January 5 1971 at 8.30 MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS conductor WEBERN Six pieces for orchestra op. 6 Langsam (Slowly) Bewegt (With movement) Massig (Moderately) Sehr massig (Very moderately) Sehr langsam (Very slowly) Langsam (Slowly) BACH Brandenburg concerto no. 3 in G S. 1048 Allegro Largo (S. 1021) Allegro DAHL Concerto for alto saxophone and wind orchestra Recitative Adagio (passacaglia) Rondo alia marcia: allegro brioso HARVEY PITTEL first performance in Boston intermission 714 DEBUSSY Images' pour orchestre* Gigues Iberia Par les rues et par les chemins (In the streets and byways) Les parfums de la nuit (The fragrance of the night) Le matin d'un jour de fete (The morning of a festival day) Rondes de printemps (Spring round) Friday's concert will end about 3.50; Saturday's and Tuesday's about 10.20 The Boston Symphony Orchestra records exclusively for Deutsche Grammophon BALDWIN PIANO DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON AND RCA* RECORDS THE ADVERTISERS IN THE PROGRAM BOOK ACTIVELY SUPPORT THE BOSTON SYMPHONY BY MAKING THE CONTENTS OF THE PROGRAM POSSIBLE. 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