BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCH ESTRA MUSIC DIRECTOR. AT TANGLEWOOD 1948 « The Steinway is the1 official pian~ Arkansas Philharmonic «—— Buffalo Philharmonic Chattanooga Symphony Cleveland Orchestra Columbus Philharmonic Dallas Symphony Detroit Symphony Duluth Civic Symphony El Paso Symphony s'teinway . instrument of the Ft. Wayne Symphony Harrisburg Symphony immortals ! For excellence of Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles Houston Symphony workmanship, resonance of tone, responsiveness Indianapolis Symphony Kansas City Symphony to the player's touch, and durability of construction, Los Angeles Symphony Louisville Philharmonic the Steinway, from the smallest, lowest priced Miami Symphony Minneapolis Symphony vertical, grand, to the Steinway concert the Nat. Orchestral Assoc, of N.Y. Nat. Symphony, Wash., D.C. overwhelming choice of concert artists New Jersey Symphony New Orleans Civic Symphony and symphony orchestras, has no equal. It is New York Philharmonic Symphony Philadelphia Orchestra the recognized standard by which all other Pittsburgh Symphony Portland Symphony pianos are judged. It is the best . Robin Hood Dell Concerts, Phila. Rochester Symphony and you cannot afford anything but the best. St. Louis Symphony San Antonio Symphony Seattle Symphony Stadium Concerts, N. Y. City in Massachusetts and New Hampshire Syracuse Symphony Vancouver Symphony new Steinway pianos are sold ONLY by M'Steinert & Sons Jerome F. Murphy, President 162 Boylston St., Boston Branches in Worcester, Springfield and Wellesley Hills # * 'Serkshire Festival SEASON 1948 Boston Symphony Orchestra SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Music Director Richard Burgin, Associate Conductor CONCERT BULLETIN historical and descriptive notes by John N. Burk COPYRIGHT, I948, BY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. The TRUSTEES of the BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. Henry B. Cabot President Henry B. Sawyer Vice-President Richard C. Paine Treasurer Philip R. Allen Alvan T. Fuller N. Penrose Hallowell M. A. De Wolfe Howe Roger I. Lee John Nicholas Brown Jerome D. Greene Francis W. Hatch Jacob J. Kaplan Lewis Perry Raymond S. Wilkins Oliver Wolcott Tanglewood Advisory Committee Alan J. Blau Bruce Crane George W. Edman Lawrence K. Miller Lester Roberts George P. Clayson Henry W. Dwight F. Anthony Hanlon James T. Owens Whitney S. Stoddard Robert K. Wheeler George E. Judd, Manager Berkshire Festival . Tanglewood, 1948 cherished wish by Dr. Koussevitzky, who is its Symphoniana Director. The school is attended by young musi- cians of talent who acquire experience by per- Besides the Festival forming under the supervision of the principals of performances, musical the Orchestra and other distinguished members of events of many sorts the faculty. In 1946 the Society of Friends of the will enliven Tangle- Berkshire Music Center was established for those wood throughout the interested in the development of the school. A Festival weeks. voluntary contribution to the support of the Center constitutes membership in Society. tickets For Tuesday, Au- the Guest to performances by students of the Center will be gust 3, Dr. Koussevit- issued to Friends. Checks should be made payable zky announces "Tan- to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc., and glewood on Parade," addressed to Friends of the Berkshire Music Center, in which the Orchestra Tanglewood, Lenox, Massachusetts. and the not inconsid- erable talent of the Berkshire Music Center will participate. Half the proceeds will be distributed among composers in i) Europe in need of assistance, and half will be for the Jke OSerkshire, benefit of the Berkshire Music Center. The festivi- the first custom made radio-phonograph of RCA ties will end with a concert by the full Boston Victor, is exhibition in the Exhibition Symphony Orchestra. For his program Dr. Kousse- on new Room vitzky will invade the popular field and present (Main Gate). The instruments are sold exclu- music demonstrating "The Evolution of the Waltz." sively on a subscription basis to benefit the scholar- ship fund of the Berkshire Music Center. Each In Prokofieffs "Peter and the Wolf" the Orches- tra will be assisted by Wesley Addy as narrator. It purchaser of "The Berkshire" under this subscrip- will be remembered that '"Peter and the Wolf" was tion plan will make possible a full scholarship for introduced to America by its composer conducting some deserving music student. this orchestra in 1938, and that it was played else- where and recorded under Dr. Koussevitzky's direc- tion. Wesley Addy, who is to recount the fairy tale on August 3, is a well-known Shakespearean The Berkshire ^hCuseum actor lately with Katharine Cornell's troupe. PITTSFIELD, MASS. This concert, like each concert on Tuesday eve- ning, will be broadcast over the Network ABC Exhibition of Pictures associated from 9:30 to 10:30 E. D. S. T. with the Festival Programs, includ- A performance of Bach's Passion According to ing the Autograph Collection of St. John is announced to be given in the Theatre- Boaz Piller. Opening July 29 Concert Hall on Wednesday evening, August 4, with singers from the Festival Chorus and a Open Weekdays 10-5 — Sundays 2-5 — Closed Mondays student orchestra conducted by Robert Shaw. Numerous performances by the three Berkshire Music Center orchestras, the chorus, and by cham- TSlptice . Change in the order of ber groups are listed in the calendar of events which will be found on page 29. zJtfCozart 'Program Also on the school calendar is the production by the school Opera Department of Rossini's "II Turco On Tuesday, July 20 On Sunday, July 25 in Italia." This little-known opera of Rossini, which has not been performed in this country since Serenade for Winds Symphony in C major 1840, will be given on Monday, August 9, and Symphony in E flat Piano Concerto Wednesday, August 11. All these performances are open by invitation to Friends of the Berkshire Music Center, subject to limitations of space. Piano Concerto Serenade for Winds major Symphony in E flat The Berkshire Music Center was founded in Symphony in C 1940 by the Orchestra as a realization of a long- ^^^«M^X^!^X^^^M^^^*^^W^*^,H**H*^^ Theatre-Concert Hall, Tanglewood (BETWEEN LENOX AND STOCKBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS) ^Berkshire Festival Four Concerts by Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Music Director Sunday Afternoon, July 18, at 3:30 • Tuesday Evening, July 27, at 8:15 1 'Bach Program Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, in G Major, for Strings (with Sinfonia from the Cantata, "Christ lag in Todesbanden") Allegro moderato Sinfonia Allegro Cantata No. 6$, "Sie werden aus Saba Alle Kommen" (Orchestra and chorus, with tenor and bass) Chorus: "Sie werden aus Saba Alle Kommen" Recitative {Tenor) : "Verschmahe nicht" Chorale: "Die Kon'ge aus Saba" Aria {Tenor) : "Nimm mich dir zu eigen an" Recitative (Bass) "Was dort Jesaias vorhergeseh'n" Chorale: "Ei nun, mein Gott" Aria (Bass) : "Gold aus Ophir ist zu schlecht" Festival chorus prepared and conducted by Hugh Ross David Lloyd, Tenor James Pease, Bass INTERMISSION Concerto in D Minor, for Three Pianos and Strings I. Allegro II. Alia Siciliana III. Allegro Soloists . LUKAS FOSS, BERNARD ZIGHERA, RALPH BERKOWITZ Suite No. 2, in D Minor, for Flute and Strings Overture: Largo; Allegro Bourree I; Bounce II; Allegro molto Rondo: Allegretto espressivo Polonaise and Double: Moderato Sarabande: Andante Badinerie: Presto Soloist . GEORGES LAURENT Concerto in C Major, for Three Pianos and Strings I. Allegro man non troppo II. Adagio III. Allegro Soloists . LUKAS FOSS, BERNARD ZIGHERA, RALPH BERKOWITZ VICTOR RECORDS BALDWIN PIANOS The programs of each Tuesday evening will be broadcast on the net- work of the American Broadcasting Company, 9:30-10:30 E.D.S.T. \ i Tuesday Evening, : July 2 o, at 8 5 • Sunday Afternoon, July 2 , at 3 o 1 5 3 : <iMozart Program Serenade {"NachtMusique") {or 1 0boes, 1 Clarinets, 2 y Horns, and 2 Bassoons,(K. 388) I. Allegro II. Andante III. Menuetto in canone IV. Allegro Symphony in E-flat Major, K. No. 543 (39) I. Adagio; Allegro II. Andante con moto III. Menuetto: Allegretto IV. Finale: Allegro INTERMISSION Piano Concerto in G Major, (K. 453) I. Allegro II. Andante III. Allegretto Soloist . LUKAS FOSS Symphony in C Major, K. No. 338 (34) I. Allegro vivace II. Andante di molto III. Finale: Allegro vivace On Sunday July 25, the order of the Program will be as follows: Symphony in C Major - - Piano Concerto in G Major — intermission — Serenade ("Nacht Musique") — Symphony in E-flat Major. Baldwin piano PROGRAM NOTES . * . By Dr. Hugo Leichtentritt Johann Sebastian Bach 168 5- 1750 the serious, impressive orchestral introduction of the cantata "Christ lag in Todesbanden." A vivid dance-like Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, for piece in song form, similar to a Gigue, acts as finale. String Orchestra and Cembalo The six so-called Brandenburg Concertos represent Cantata No. 6$ Bach's version of the concerto grosso idea, an Italian "Sie werden aus Saba Alle Kommen" achievement of the early Eighteenth Century. Corelli, for Tenor, Bass, and Chorus Handel, and Vivaldi are generally considered the chief masters of the concerto grosso, a composition in concerto About two hundred church cantatas by Bach are left form for a rather large orchestra, a "tutti," to which is to us, and many others, close to that number, have been opposed a little group of solo instruments, the "con- lost. In the gigantic life work of Bach the cantatas certino." The dialogue of the "tutti" and the "con- occupy the largest space. Yet they are little known and certino" is the constructive idea of the concerto