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Rogers, L. J. It is but feminine to wish to be exclusive Custom Shoe Salon I. MILLER FIFTH AVENUE at 46th CARNEGIE HALL NEW YORK Forty-second Season in New York Forty-seventh Season, 1927-1928 SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor FIRST CONCERT THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24 AT 8.30 PROGRAMME Weber Overture to "Euryanthe" Bach Two Choral Preludes, Orchestrated by Arnold Schonberg I. "Schmiicke Dich, Liebe Seele." II. "Komm, Gott, Schopfer, Heiliger Geist." Malipiero . "La Cimarosiana." Five Orchestral Pieces by Cimarosa (Re-orchestrated by Malipiero) I. Andante grazioso. II. Allegro moderato. III. Non troppo mosso. IV. Larghetto. V. Allegro vivace. (First time in New York) Ravel . Orchestral Excerpts from "Daphnis et Chloe," Ballet (Second Suite) Lever du Jour — Pantomime — Danse Generale Beethoven .... Symphony No. 7, in A major, Op. 92 I. Poco sostenuto; Vivace. II. Allegretto. III. Presto; Assai meno presto: Tempo primo. IV. Allegro con brio. 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Ashland 9530 Overture to "Euryanthe" Carl Maria von Weber (Born at Eutin, in the grand duchy of Oldenburg, December 18, 1786; died at London, June 5, 1826) ( "Euryanthe," grand heroic-romantic opera in three acts, book founded by Helmina von Chezy on an old French tale of the thir- teenth century, "Histoire de Gerard de Nevers et de la belle et vertueuse Euryant de Savoye, sa mie,"—a tale used by Boccaccio ("Decameron/' second day, ninth novel) and Shakespeare ("Cym- beline"),—music by Weber, was produced at the Karnthnerthor Court Opera Theatre, Vienna, October 25, 1823. The cast was as follows: Euryanthe, Henriette Sontag; Eglantine, Therese Gruen- baum (born Mueller); Bertha, Miss Teimer; Adolar, Haizinger; Kudolph, Rauscher; Lysiart, Forti; King Ludwig, Seipelt. The composer conducted. As soon as the text of the first act was ready (December 15, 1821), Weber began to compose the music. He wrote a large portion of the opera at Hosterwitz. The opera was completed without the overture on August 29, 1823. Weber began to compose the overture on Sep- tember 1, 1823, and completed it at Vienna on October 19 of that year. He scored te overture at Vienna, October 16-19, 1823. Weber wrote to his wife on the day after the first performance, "My reception, when I appeared in the orchestra, was the most enthusiastic and brilliant that one could imagine. There was no end to it. At last I gave the signal for the beginning. Stillness of death. The overture was applauded madly ; there was a demand for Hotels of Distinction NKWVQRK andBOSTON 5IK IUIUE 11 CtHlSll PHI, HEW TORI Jite Savoy-Plaza ' liHk WIDE- 581V iKD 59th SIl.-KEW 97ie Copley-Plaza 'I1IIIIIIIIIIII11IIIIIIIII1IIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIII l llil!i|i l 1 l| ! l imMl m [I MIH IIlll M lll llllllll H lll|ll|lllll 111 l l lllll l ll l lll l l l l[ lll l )ll ) ll| |[ performance might not be a repetition ; but I went ahead, so that the too long drawn out." Max Maria von Weber, in the life of his father, gives a somewhat different account. A grotesque incident occurred immediately before the performance. There was a tumult in the parterre of the opera-house. There was laughing, screaming, cursing. A fat, carelessly dressed woman, with a crushed hat and a shawl hanging from her shoulders, was going from seat to seat, screaming out: "Make room for me! I am the poetess, I am the poetess !" It was Mme. von Chezy, who had forgotten to bring her ticket and was thus heroically attempting to find her seat. The laughter turned into applause when Weber appeared in the orches- tra, and the applause continued until the signal for beginning was given.