/ 45£r- BOSTON ft] SYMPHONY \ m ORCHESTRA s^ FOUNDED IN 1881 BY HENRY LEE HIGGINSON SUNDAY AFTERNOON I :\ n- 1 / SERIES '% 3 Sf""'s , w./-' A \ ->^>i' EIGHTY-THIRD SEASON 1963-1964 , TAK E NOTE The precursor of the oboe goes back to antiquity — it was found in Sumeria (2800 bc) and was the Jewish halil, the Greek aulos, and the Roman tibia • After the renaissance, instruments of this type were found in complete families ranging from the soprano to the bass. The higher or smaller instruments were named by the French "haulx-bois" or "hault- bois" which was transcribed by the Italians into oboe which name is now used in English, German and Italian to distinguish the smallest instrument • In a symphony orchestra, it usually gives the pitch to the other instruments • Is it time for you to take note of your insurance needs? • We welcome the opportunity to analyze your present program and offer our professional service to provide you with intelligent, complete protection. We respectfully invite your inquiry i \ . <. CHARLES H. WATKINS & CO. /qbrioN ' RUSSELL & CO. Richard P. Nyquist — Charles G. Carleton / 147 milk street boston 9, Massachusetts/ Insurance of Every Description 542-1250 EIGHTY-THIRD SEASON, 1963-1964 CONCERT BULLETIN OF THE Boston Symphony Orchestra ERICH LEINSDORF, Music Director Richard Burgin, Associate Conductor with historical and descriptive notes by John N. Burk The TRUSTEES of the BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. Henry B. Cabot President Talcott M. Banks Vice-President Richard C. Paine Treasurer Abram Berkowitz Henry A. Laughlin Theodore P. Ferris John T. Noonan Francis W. Hatch Mrs. James H. Perkins Harold D. Hodgkinson Sidney R. Rabb C. D. Jackson Charles H. Stockton E. Morton Jennings, Jr. John L. Thorndike Raymond S. Wilkins TRUSTEES EMERITUS Palfrey Perkins Lewis Perry Edward A. Taft Oliver Wolcott Thomas D. Perry, Jr., Manager S. Norman Shirk Rosario Mazzeo James J. Brosnahan Assistant Manager Orchestra Personnel Manager Business Administrator Assistant Administrators Sarah M. Hempel Harry J. Kraut SYMPHONY HALL BOSTON [3] The Boston Symphony under Erich jTeinsdorf's direction Writing about Erich Leinsdorf s approach to music, High Fidelity says, "His Mozart is like spring grass." Hear the first Mozart which the Boston Sym- phony has recorded under Mr. Leinsdorf: an album with Mozart's "Jupiter" Symphony and "Ein Kleine Nachtmusik." In another first album under Erich Leinsdorf, "The Aristocrat of Orchestras" meets the challenge of a Beethoven's "Eroica." Watch for more new albums exclusively on RCA Victor Red Seal records. Mozart ^% BEETHOVEN "Jupiter" Symphony -— "EROICA" SYMPHONY Eine Kleine Nachtmusik BOSTON SYMPHONY 0B.CH. ERICH LEINSDORF Boston Symphony Orchestra Erich Leinsdorf RCA VICTOR) @)the most trusted name in sound [4] : CONTENTS Q £)Tiaftantt<dtic. <Ftt«3roitsseau3tloust 33&sl$m N O T F. S of Bach (Brandenburg Concerto No. 4) . i 1 Bartok (Concerto No. 2 for Violin Orchestra) . and • H Entr'acte Observations on Conducting (by Richard Strauss) . • 23 Notes Strauss ("Don Quixote") . • 38 PORTRAITS The exhibition of portraits now on view in the gallery (assembled by Wendell E. Zoehler of the Doll and Richards Gal- lery) is as follows GEORGE V. AUGUSTA A nnette Karen Eve MATTHEW WILLIAM BOYHAN Frank Kimberly ROBERT J. CORMIER Miss Victoria Cass GARDNER COX Poppy Robert Frost Reading Charles Munch (Unfinished Drawing) R. H. IVES GAMMELL Mary ROBERT DOUGLAS HUNTER Clare ALFRED JONNIAUX *jror (^jciici C^veninai Justice Harlan Fiske Stone A hostess robe of Black lyons BERNARD M. KEYES Murphy velvet its collar bordered with White mink. Sizes 10- 16. GLENN MacNUTT $279.50 Karen in Blue Dungarees Portrait of Karen 416 BOYLSTON STREET 54 CENTRAL STREET BOSTON 16 WELLESLEY CHARLES A. MAHONEY KEnmore 6-6238 CEdar 5-3430 Walter B. Reilley [5] MARGUERITE S. PEARSON Attic Treasures Gil Bung Lau ANTHONY J. M. SENNA Saturday's Child DWIGHT SHEPLER Mr. James G. Ducey Mr. Bradford Washburn Mrs. Bradford Washburn LAWRENCE BEALL SMITH Virginia MARIAN WILLIAMS STEELE Teenager JLabel POLLY THAYER Portrait of Cathy assures you the finest in THE SOLOIST Joseph Silverstein, who succeeded fashion Richard Burgin as Concertmaster this season, is thirty-one years old. He be- came a member of the Boston Sym- phony Orchestra in 1955 when he was twenty-three and the youngest member of the Orchestra at that time. Born in Detroit, he studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and later with Joseph Gingold and Mischa Mischakoff. He played in the orchestras of Houston, Denver and Philadelphia before joining this one. Mr. Silverstein has won signal honors here and abroad. In the autumn Distinctive of 1961 he was awarded the prize in the Clothes Walter W. Naumburg Foundation Com- and petition. Accessories (or the welt dressed woman THE NEXT CONCERT In the fourth concert of this series, which will take place on January 12, Lorin Hollander will be the soloist in 121"6 BOYLSTON STREET . CHESTNUT HILL the Fifth Piano Concerto by Sergei 125 NEWBURY STREET . BOSTON Prokofiev, and Bruckner's Seventh Sym- phony will complete the program. [6] Gift Magic a touch of Minh . • to turn a sweater into a sensation . witness this white-sequinned wool cardigan with bleached white mink cuffs— luxurious topping for Holiday galas. I One of a collection. 1 w mm i Misses 9 Sport Shop, fourth 9 floor, Filene s Boston, Chestnut Hill, Northshore, Southshore. $80 w\ \ ,oS»X.; if „ J£-TS»S -ffi Chopin: % Iretf "Final Notes Melancholic, consumptive and unhappily involved with George Sand, Frederic Chopin was nevertheless nobody's fool in appraising his own work. During his life he never published a piece of music which didn't meet his own high standards. And when he died he left word that all of his unpublished works should be tossed in the trash basket. Chopin's wish was disregarded and five years after his death these pieces which Chopin considered inferior were published. Today most musicologists agree with the composer, and any piece numbered higher than Opus 65 is not considered vintage Chopin. We tell you this story to point out to you how important it is to make out a will. It's your only guarantee that your estate will be disposed of exactly as you wish. A home-made will is often as useless and costly as having no will at all. So take this bit of advice from Old Colony: see your lawyer soon if you Old Colony haven't had your will drawn. ..or Trust Company if you haven't reviewed it lately. Meanwhile, look over a booklet of ours called, "When There's a Will." It's yours for the asking. [8] BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Erich Leinsdorf , Music Director Third Program Sunday Afternoon , December 15, at 3:00 o'clock The Strauss "Don Quixote" will be replaced by: DVORAK Symphony No. 6 in D major I. Allegro non tanto II. Adagio III. Scherzo (Furiant): Presto; Trio IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito ',.;.•' Mfai 1 — EIGHTY-THIRD SEASON • NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE -SIXTY-FOUR Third Program SUNDAY AFTERNOON, December 15, at 3:00 o'clock Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, for Violin, Two Flutes, and String Orchestra I. Allegro II. Andante III. Presto Violin: JOSEPH SILVERSTEIN Flutes: DORIOT ANTHONY DWYER JAMES PAPPOUTSAKIS Bartok Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra I. Allegro non troppo II. Andante tranquillo III. Allegro molto First performance in this series INTERMISSION Strauss "Don Quixote," Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character, Op. 35 Introduction, Theme and Variations, and Finale Violoncello Solo: SAMUEL MAYES Viola Solo: JOSEPH de PASQUALE SOLOIST JOSEPH SILVERSTEIN A new plan for ticket reservations is announced on page 60. BALDWIN PIANO RCA VICTOR RECORDS »^~ — -^^—^————^——^————^——— 11 [9] n — EIGHTY-THIRD SEASON • NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE -SIXTY-FOUR Third Program SUNDAY AFTERNOON, December 15, at 3:00 o'clock Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, for Violin, Two Flutes, and String Orchestra I. Allegro II. Andante III. Presto Violin: JOSEPH SILVERSTEIN Flutes: DORIOT ANTHONY DWYER JAMES PAPPOUTSAKIS Bartok Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra I. Allegro non troppo II. Andante tranquillo III. Allegro molto First performance in this series INTERMISSION Strauss "Don Quixote," Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character, Op. 35 Introduction, Theme and Variations, and Finale Violoncello Solo: SAMUEL MAYES Viola Solo: JOSEPH de PASQUALE SOLOIST JOSEPH SILVERSTEIN A new plan for ticket reservations is announced on page 60. BALDWIN PIANO RCA VICTOR RECORDS —i^—i^——w^mmmmm——— ———— , ^ [9] " mmmmm:m,Mm-:mmimiliimsvmm »m ^3*** :.3r i 11 -UgUcrK& Jr. BOSTON • CHESTNUTV HILL • SOUTH SHORE PLAZA [10] BRANDENBURG CONCERTO No. 4, in G major, for Violin Concertante, with Two Flutes and Strings By Johann Sebastian Bach Born in Eisenach, March 21, 1685; died in Leipzig, July 28, 1750 The Fourth Concerto calls for the now obsolete "flutes a bee," and describes their function as "due flauti d'echo."* In the concertino the violin sometimes takes the lead, especially in florid solo passages in the first and last movements. The two flutes fill out an industrious concertino, sometimes alternating in duet fashion, sometimes rippling along together in a graceful euphony of thirds. The opening Allegro, moving along at a brisk pace, develops a single theme. The brief Andante is a grave interlude. The tutti and single voices are closely enmeshed save in those places where the concertino repeats a phrase of the orchestra, echo-fashion. The final Presto is a prodigious fugue. The orchestra gives the subject, the violin repeats it, and the flutes answer in unison. The violin sets up a running discourse, the flutes coming in canonically over it. Presently the violin dominates with weaving figures. All voices take part in an imposing conclusion. Philipp Spitta calls this fugue "grand in every respect.
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