I MUSIC HALL, BALTIMORE, Boston Symphony Orchestra. Mr. EMIL PAUR, Conductor. Sixteenth Season, 1896-97. PROGRAMME OF THE Fifth and Last Concert, * Wednesday Evening, March 24, 1897, At 8.15 precisely- With Historical and Descriptive Notes by William F. Apthorp. PUBLISHED BY C A. ELLIS, MANAGER. (1) Steinway & Sons, Piano Manufacturers BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY, WILLIAM II., EMPEROR OF GERMANY. THE ROYAL COURT OF PRUSSIA. His Majesty, FRANCIS JOSEPH, Emperor of Austria. HER MAJESTY, THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND. Their Royal Highnesses, THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH. His Majesty, UMBERTO I., the King of Italy. Her Majesty, THE QUEEN OF SPAIN. His Majesty, Emperor William II. of Germany, on June 13, 1893, also bestowed on our Mr. William Steinway the order of The Red Eagle, III. 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The right of stage-performance belongs exclusively to the Festival Theatre in Bayreuth, and the drama has never been given on the stage anywhere else. The prelude, which is perfectly free in form, begins, Sehr langsam {Lento assai) in A-flat major (4-4 time), with the SANGREAL-motive, given out in gentle crescendo and diminuendo, by the violins, 'celli, alto-oboe, clarinet, and bassoon in unison ; the motive is then repeated by the trumpet, oboes, and half the first and second violins in unison against rising and falling arpeggj in the remaining violins and violas, repeated chords in the flutes, clarinets, and alto-oboe, and sustained harmonies in the bassoons and horns. Then the second phrase of the motive is given out and repeated, as before. Now the Call to Prayer is heard, swelling from piano to forte in the trumpets and trombones, ending with the " Dresden Amen" * which is softly echoed by the wood-wind. The time now changes to 6-4, and the brass instruments intone the FAiTH-motive, which is carried out con- trapuntally at considerable length by various combinations of instruments. With a return to 4-4 time comes a briefer working-out of the SANGREAL- motive, against tremulous harmonies in the violins, followed by a short *This peculiar form of cadence, in ascending 6ths, was also introduced by Mendelssohn in his " Reforma- tion" symphony. SHORE LINE BETWEEN BOSTON and NEW YORK THROUGH TRAIN SERVICE FROM EITHER CITY. 10.00 a.m. "BAY STATE LIMITED." Yestihuled Buffet Parlor Cart only. Special Ticket required. Due 3.00 p.m. 10.03 a.m. "DAY EXPRESS." Yestisuled Buffet Parlor Car*, and Day Coaches. Due 4.30 p.m. 1.03 p.m. "AFTERNOON EXPRESS." Yestihuled Buffet Parlor Car*, and Day Coaches. Due Y.30 p.m. 3.00 p.m. " SHORE LINE EXPRESS." Daily, Sundays included. Yes- tiouled Parlor Cars, and Day Coaches. Dining Car Boston and Hew London. Due 9.00 p.m. 5.00 p.m. " GILT EDGE " EXPRESS. 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Here Hein- rich der Vogler, the German king, with Elsa and a large retinue of nobles, troops, andpeople, has come, in the expectation of meeting Lohen- grin, who has assumed the title of Protector of Brabant, and has prom- ised to head a campaign against the Hungarians. Lohengrin is the last to arrive. He informs the king that he can no longer hold hijnself to his promisej and, after confessing that he has slain Telramund in self- defence, and after accusing Elsa of having broken her oath to him, he thus reveals his origin, and explains his sudden deter7nination to depart.} In distant lands, by ways remote and hidden, There stands a Burg that men call Monsalvat. It holds a shrine to the profane forbidden, More precious there is nought on earth than that. And, throned in light, it holds a cup immortal, That whoso sees from earthly sin is cleansed ; 'Twas borne by angels through the heavenly portal, Its coming hath a holy reign commenced. Once every year a dove from heaven descendeth, To strengthen it anew for works of grace. 'Tis called the Grail, the power of Heaven attendeth The faithful knights who guard that sacred place. He whom the Grail to be its servant chooses Is armed henceforth with high invincible might All evil craft its power before him loses. The spirits of darkness where he dwells take flight. Nor will he lose the awful charm it lendeth, Horsford's Acid Phosphate Overworked men and women, the nervous, weak and de- bilitated, will find in the Acid Phosphate a most agreeable, grateful and harmless stimulant, giving renewed strength and vigor to the entire system. when Dr. Edwin F. VOSe, Portland, Me., says: "I have used it in my own case it for many of the suffering from nervous exhaustion, with gratifying results. I have prescribed various forms of nervous debility, and it has never failed to do good." j Providence, R.I. Descriptive pamphlet free on application to Rumford Chemical Works, DRUGGISTS. Beware of Substitutes and Imitations. FOR SALE BY ALL (5) ; Although he should be called to distant lands. When the high cause of virtue he defendeth, While he's unknown, its spell he still commands. By perils dread the holy Grail is girded, No eye rash or profane its light may see Its champion knight from doubtings shall be warded, If known to man he must depart and flee. Now mark, craft or disguise my soul disdaineth. The Grail sent me to right yon lady's name. My father, Percival, gloriously reigneth. His knight am I, and Lohengrin my name. {English version by Natila Macfarren?) A Faust Overture, in D minor. This work is not to be taken in any sense as an overture to Goethe's Faust ; it was written in Paris in January, 1840, as the first movement of a Faust symphony. This may account for its being more in the sonata-form than any of Wagner's other overtures, except those to Rienzi and Tann- hauser. Wagner once wrote that he had taken Faust's " E?itbehren sollst " dUj sollst entbehren ! (Thou shalt forego, shalt do without !) as the motto of this movement ; he also insisted that the movement had to do with the character of Faust, and Faust alone ; that there was no reference to Gret- chen in it.