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Burk Beethoven - Symphony no. 3 in E flat op. 55 'Eroica' 1002 by James Lyons The Guest Conductor 1009 Program Editor ANDREW RAEBURN 969 K3SSK When you feel like laugh ng al I the way to the bank . we're the first people to talk to The First THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON k*«i NINETIETH ANNIVERSARY SEASON 1970-1971 Thursday evening February 4 1971 at 8.30 Friday afternoon February 5 1971 at 2 o'clock Saturday evening February 6 1971 at 8.30 CLAUDIO ABBADO conductor TCHAIKOVSKY 'Romeo and Juliet', overture-fantasy' SCRIABIN Le poeme de I'extase op. 54 intermission BEETHOVEN Symphony no. 3 in E flat op. 55 'Eroica" Allegro con brio Marcia funebre: adagio assai Scherzo: allegro vivace Finale: allegro molto The concert on Friday will end about 4 o'clock; those on Thursday and Saturday about 10.30. The Boston Symphony Orchestra records exclusively for Deutsche Grammophon BALDWIN PIANO DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON AND RCA* RECORDS 971 's^^^W^^S™* COMPA -. 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