SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON Telephone, Commonwealth 6-1492 SEVENTY-FOURTH SEASON, 1954-1955 CONCERT BULLETIN of the Boston Symphony Orchestra CHARLES MUNCH, Music Director Richard Burgin, Associate Conductor with historical and descriptive notes by John N. Burk COPYRIGHT, 1955, BY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. The TRUSTEES of the BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. Henry B. Cabot . President Jacob J. Kaplan . Vice-President Richard C. Paine . Treasurer Talcott M. Banks, Jr. C. D. Jackson John Nicholas Brown Michael T. Kelleher Theodore P. Ferris Palfrey Perkins Alvan T. Fuller Charles H. Stockton Francis W. Hatch Edward A. Taft Harold D. Hodgkinson Raymond S. Wilkins Oliver Wolcott TRUSTEES EMERITUS Philip R. Allen M. A. DeWolfe Howe N. Penrose Hallowell Lewis Perry Thomas D. Perry, Jr., Manager ) Assistant G. W. Rector J. J. Brosnahan, Assistant Treasurer N. S. 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SEVENTY-FOURTH SEASON • NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR AND FIFTY-FIVE Sixteenth ^Program FRIDAY AFTERNOON, February 25, at 2:15 o'clock SATURDAY EVENING, February 26, at 8:30 o'clock RICHARD BURGIN, Conductor Beethoven Romance (Cantabile) for Piano, Flute, and Bassoon, with Orchestra (First performance at these concerts) Chavez Symphony No. 5, for String Orchestra Allegro molto moderato — Lento — Allegro con brio (First performance at these concerts) Mozart Piano Concerto in A major, K. 488 I. Allegro II. Adagio III. Allegro assai INTERMISSION Franck "Variations Symphoniques" for Piano and Orchestra de Falla Suite from "El Amor Brujo," "Love, the Sorcerer" Introduction and Scene — The Gypsies (Evening) — The Homecomer — Dance of Terror — The Magic Circle (Narrative of the Fisherman) — Midnight (Sorceries) — Ritual Dance of Fire (To dispel Evil Spirits) — Pantomime — Dance of the Game of Love — Finale (Morning Chimes) SOLOIST LEON FLEISHER Mr. Fleisher uses the Steinway Piano This program will end about 4:05 o'clock on Friday Afternoon, 10:20 o'clock on Saturday Evening. BALDWIN PIANO RCA VICTOR RECORDS [727] ADELE SIMPSON designs a wonderful new-for-Spring collection that's as weather-wise as it is fashion-wise. See how jackets and coats custom-mate with dresses in exciting fabrics. Misses' sizes. BOSTON CHESTNUT HILL [728] ROMANCE (CANTABILE) For Piano, Flute and Bassoon, with Two Oboes and Strings By Ludwig van Beethoven Born at Bonn, December 16 (?) , 1770; died at Vienna, March 26, 1827 Composed at an unknown date, this "Romanze Cantabile fur Klavier, Flote und Fagott concertant mit Begleitung von zwei Oboen und Streichern" has been found in the British Museum and has been edited by Willy Hess* for publication by Breitkopf & Hartel in Wiesbaden, 1952. As this program goes to press, no record of a performance is at hand. This music, hitherto unknown except by reference as a fragment, and unperformed, is an authentic work of Beethoven. The manu- script, which is in the possession of the British Museum, is in the com- poser's hand. Its existence has long been known, Nottebohm having mentioned it in his Zweite Beethoveniana in 1887. Ludwig Schieder- mair, a researcher in the early works of Beethoven, drew attention to it in 1925. Attempts to obtain photographic copies of this autograph before the War by Herr Hess met with refusal but in 1945 Donald W. MacArdle, referred to by this German editor as an "amerikanischer Musikhistoriker" was more successful. Not to be confused with Willy Hess of Mannheim (1859-1939) who was concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1904 to 1907. your move south or north, you always win the dramatic game of fashion when you depend on Hurwitch for your inspiration. dJuru)itch Sros. twenty newbury [729] The editor explains that the work is fragmentary and although fully scored lacks completion before the close of the section in E major. The score accordingly has been fulfilled by the plain indication of its earlier portion. At the beginning of the manuscript in Beethoven's hand are the words, "Romance tacet." This could indicate that the Romance was intended as the middle movement of a three-movement work in which a larger orchestra was to be used first and last. Schiedermair places this composition between the years 1788 and 1790 while Nottebohm hazards the year 1795. The early dates would be likelier, for it was probably a product of Beethoven's years at Bonn when he had many occasions to write music in chamber proportions. The composition is in E minor, simple in character and technique.