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BtfNE CHESTNUT HILL • BOSTON • NATICK • DANVERS FURNITURE Interior Design Studio On The Northshore At The Towers (Opening in the fall) ^m '"^B CONTENTS Program for April 18, 19 and 20 1974 1183 Program notes Hoist- The Hymn of Jesus op. 37 by Harry Neville 1185 Schoenberg - Moderner Psalm op. 50c by Harry Neville 1191 Mahler- Symphony No. 1 in D (with 'Blumine' movement) by Jack Diether 1195 The Music Director 1205 Soloists 1203 BOSTON Seven Newbury Street Georges Noel / Recent Paintings Andre Derain / Works On Paper Cabot Cahners Room at Symphony Hall / Contemporary Tapestries CHESTNUT HILL MALL Neil Welliver/ Paintings and Graphics The Harcus Krakow Rosen Sonnabend Gallery at Seven Newbury Street and at their location in the Mall at Chestnut Hill offers the largest collection of contemporary art in the area. Their consulting firm, Four Arts Services, is available for Corporate art proposals and commissions. Corporate Inquiries: Portia Harcus 262-4483 \3S-K/e G -1/ ^ rQ n \ yu S? 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Old Colony Trust A DIVISION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SEIJI OZAWA Music Director COLIN DAVIS & MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS Principal Guest Conductors NINETY-THIRD SEASON Thursday evening April 18 1974 at 8.30 Friday afternoon April 19 1974 at 2 o'clock Saturday evening April 20 1974 at 8.30 SEIJI OZAWA conductor HOLST The Hymn of Jesus op. 37 NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY CHORUS Lorna Cooke de Varon conductor first performance by the Boston Symphony Orchestra SCHOENBERG Moderner Psalm op. 50c ANDREW FOLDI speaker NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY CHORUS Lorna Cooke de Varon conductor first Boston performance intermission *MAHLER Symphony No. 1 in D (with 'Blumine' movement) Langsam: schleppend wie ein Naturlaut (Slow: stretched out, like a sound of nature) ^Andante allegretto 'Blumine' Kraftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell (Moving strongly, but not too fast) Feierlich und gemes,sen, ohne zu schleppen (Solemn and precise, without dragging) Sttirmisch bewegt (Moving stormily) * first performance by the Boston Symphony Orchestra The concert on Friday will end about 3.55, the concerts on Thursday and Saturday