ACADEMY OF MUSIC, PHILADELPHIA. Boston Symphony Orchestra. Mr. WTLHELM GERICKE, Conductor. Fifteenth Season in Philadelphia. PROGRAMME OF THE Fifth and Last Concert MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, AT 8.15 PRECISELY. With Historical and Descriptive Notes by William F. Apthorp. PUBLISHED BY C. A. ELLIS, MANAGER Steinway & Sons, Manufacturers of Grand and Upright PIANOS. Steinway & Sons beg to announce that they have been officially ap- pointed by patents and diplomas, which are displayed for public inspection at their warerooms, manufacturers to His Majesty, NICHOLAS IL, THE CZAR OF RUSSIA. His Majesty, WILLIAM IL, THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY. His Majesty, FRANZ JOSEPH, EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA and KING OF HUNGARY. Her Majesty, VICTORIA, QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN. Their Royal Highnesses, THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES, and THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH. His Majesty, OSCAR IL, KING OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY. His Majesty, UMBERTO L, THE KING OF ITALY. 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Romanze : Ziemlich langsam (A minor) - 3-4 III. Scherzo: Lebhaft (D minor) - - 3-4 Trio : (B-flat major) - - 3-4 IV. Langsam (D minor) - - 4-4 Lebhaft (D major) ----- 4-4 SOLOIST : Mr. ERNST VON DOHNANYI. The Pianoforte is a Steinway. (3) J^IANO. GRA/ND and UPRIGHT. Highest Possible Grade* : : Unlimited Time Warranty. Geo. R. Fleming & Co., Agents, 1229 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. MANUFACTORY, BOSTON. NEW YORK, CHICAGO, CINCINNATI, 14 1 = 143 Fifth Ave. 200 Wabash Ave. Fourth and Elm Sts. i4) ; Overture to "Oberon," in D major. Karl Maria von Weber. (Born at Eutin, in the grand-duchy of Oldenburg, on Dec. n, 1786; died in London on June 5, 1826.) Oberon, or the Elf- King's Oath, romantic opera in three acts, the text by James R. Planche', the music by Karl Maria von Weber, was first given at Covent Garden, London, on April 12, 1826. It is one of the exceedingly few English operas written by a world-famous dramatic composer. It was written in 1825-26, and was Weber's last opera. The libretto was based on Villeneuve's romance Hnon de Bordeaux, and Sotheby's English trans- lation of Wieland's poem Oberon. The libretto was translated into ^German by Theodor Hell, and the opera brought out in this version in Leipzig in December, 1826, in Vienna on March 20, 1827, and in Berlin on July 2, 1828. The same German version was given in Paris in 1830, but without s'uccess ; but the opera was given, in a French translation, by Nuitter, Beaumont, and Chazot, at the The'atre Lyrique in Paris on February 27, 1857, and did succeed with the public. It was first given in an Italian translation, with recitatives by Weber's pupil, Sir Julius Benedict, at Her Majesty's Theatre, London, on July 30, i860. It was first given in New York (in the original English version) on October 9, 1829, and in Italian (with Benedict's recitatives) in Philadelphia on March 9, 1870. The over- ture has long held its place in the orchestral repertory all over the musical world. 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THE CUNNINGHAM PIANO COMPANY, 1105 CHESTNUT STREET. 16) The overture begins with a slow introduction {Adagio sostenuto, in I> major, 4-4 time) which is all suggestive of the fairy character of the opera. First comes the slow call (D, E, F-sharp) on Oberon's magic horn r an- little in strings then call and sigh are swered by a sigh the muted ; both repeated. Slow melodious phrases in the strings now alternate with a* light, skipping, fairy-like figure in the flutes and clarinets, after which the trumpets, horns, and bassoons give a soft, march-like call, which is twice responded to by a dainty, tripping, dance-like figure in the muted strings. Soon a tender love-melody sounds in the lower register of the orchestra, harmonized in three parts, with the following absolutely original orchestra- tion : the upper voice is sung by the violas and first 'celli in unison, the middle voice by two clarinets in unison, and the bass by the second 'celli ; a short dreamy passage in the strings leads to a hold in the violas on the two notes D and E, and then comes suddenly what has been called " the loudest chord in all orchestration,"— a tremendous crash of the full orches- tra on the dominant chord of A. The unexpected suddenness of this or- chestral thunderbolt has quite as much to do .with the effect it produces as in it is familiar the way which scored ; but the effect is unquestionable,— as the overture is, it is hardly ever played anywhere, even to-day, without this chord's startling at least somebody in the audience, and the comic results of which this sudden shock has been productive on more than one occasion have given rise to many an anecdote. It is unquestionably one of the most tremendous " surprises " in all orchestral music. Now the main body of the overture {Allegro con fitoco, in D major, 4-4 time) begins. As the introductory orchestral crash was the most tremen- IOZ ^ MORE THAN THIRTY-SIX YEARS | CHQ OUl). UNDER ONE MANAGEMENT. I OW* THE HENRY F. MILLER PIANOFORTES. SPECIAL DESIGNS. flUSICAL QUALITY UNSURPASSED. A NATIONAL REPUTATION. Warerooms, = 1123 CHEST/NUT ST., Philadelphia. <7> dous, so have the first four measures of this Allegro been called, and not without some show of reason, the most brilliant and dashing orchestral on- slaught in all music ; here Weber has fairly outdone himself in brilliancy. His overtures to Der Beherrscher der G e ister and to Euryanthe both begin with a similar rush of the strings, but give only a faint idea of what Weber has achieved in this instance. This tumultuous theme is de" veloped at considerable length, merging into some subsidiary passage- work, in which the alternation of some sharply rhythmic strokes in the strings and wind, in full harmony, with a strongly accented descending semi-tone in the strings and trombones, in unison and octaves, is particu- larly to be noticed ; the rhythmic figure resulting from this alternation al- most deserves to be called a first subsidiary in itself. Now Oberon's magic horn is heard once more giving out its soft call, answered by the skipping, fairy-like figure, first in the violins and violas, then in the flutes and clarinets ; a hushed chord of the dominant 7th in the key of A major ushers in the second theme,— a beautiful, tender cantilena, sung first by the clarinet, then repeated by. the first violins, over a most reposeful ac- companiment of plain sustained harmonies in the other strings. Here, as also in the overture to Euryanthe and elsewhere, Weber shows his fine sense for dramatic contrast : his first theme and its subsequent develop- ment have been of the most dashingly brilliant character, full of the most energetic and piquant rhythms, and in his accompaniment to his second theme all is absolutely reposeful, nothing but the simplest and most restful harmony. 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