THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS THE GERTRUDE CLARKE WHITTALL FOUNDATION Twenty-fifth Anniversary Season THE BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET JOSEPH ROISMAN and ALEXANDER SCHNEIDER, Violins BORIS KROYT, Viola MISCHA SCHNEIDER, Violoncello AND ARTUR RUBINSTEIN, Piano THE COOLIDGE AUDITORIUM Thursday and Friday evenings March 16 and 17, 1961 at 8:30 o’clock I. Johannes Brahms [1833-1897] Quartet in G minor, for violin, viola, Violoncello and piano, Op. 25 [1861] Allegro Intermezzo (Allegro, ma non troppo—Animato) Tlie members of the Budapest String Quartet are using four of the Stradivari instruments and Tourte Andante con moto bows presented to the Library of Congress by Mrs. Rondo alla Zingarese (Presto—Meno presto—Tempo I— Gertrude Clarke Whittail. Molto presto) Messrs. Roisman, Kroyt, M. Schneider And Rubinstein Autograph musical scores from the Gertrude IL Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [1756-1791] Clarke AVhittall Foundation Collection are on ex­ hibit in the Whittali Pavilion and the foyer of the Quartet in A major, for two violins, viola and Coolidge Auditorium. This collection has been violoncello, K. V. 464 [1785] formed through the extraordinary generosity of Mrs. Whittail and contains some of the most signifi­ Allegro cant manuscripts of the master composers. Minuetto Andante Allegro The concert on Friday evening will be broadcast in its entirety by Station WGMS of Washington, INTERMISSION D. C., and made available to radio stations in other cities. III. Robert Schumann [1810-1856] Quintet in E fiat major, for two violins, viola, violoncello and piano, Op. 44 [1842] Allegro brillante In modo d’una marcia (Un poco largamente)—Agitato— A tempo Scherzo (Molto vivace) Allegro ma non troppo.