SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES Branch Exchange Telephones, Ticket and Administration Offices, Back Bay 1492 Boston Symplioiiy Orchestra INCORPORATED PIERRE MONTEUX. Conductor FORTY-FIRST SEASON. 1921-1922 Programme WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INCORPORATED THE OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Inc. FREDERICK P. CABOT President GALEN L. STONE Vice-President ERNEST B. DANE Treasurer ALFRED L. AIKEN FREDERICK E. LOWELL FREDERICK P. CABOT ARTHUR LYMAN ERNEST B. DANE HENRY B. SAWYER M. A. DE WOLFE HOWE GALEN L. STONE JOHN ELLERTON LODGE BENTLEY W. WARREN W. H. BRENNAN, Manager G. E. JUDD, Assistant Manager VHE INSTRUMENT OF THE IMMORTALS HALF a century ago Anton Rubinstein, like his immortal con- temporaries, Wagner and Liszt, pronounced the Steinway "unrivalled" among pianos. 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(First Performance) Introduction and Bacchanale (Act I, Scene I) "Tannhauser" (Paris Version) I "Forest Murmers" from "Siegfried" (Act II) Wagner . \^ Siegfried's Passing Through the Fire to Briinn- hilde's Rock ("Siegfried," Act III, Scene 2), Morning Dawn and Siegfried's Journey up the Rhine; Close ("Dusk of the Gods") There will be an Intermission of ten minutes after the symphony City of Boston, Revised Regulation of August 5. 1898,—Chapter 3. relating to the covering of the head in places of public amusement Every licensee shall not, in his place of amusement, allow any person to wear upon the head a covering which obstructs the view of the exhibitian or parformince in such place of any person seated in any seat therein provided for spectators, it bang understood that a low head covering without projection, which does not obstruct such view, may be worn. Attest: J. M. GALVIN. City Cleric. The works to be played at these concerts may be seen in the Allen A. 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Send for the^Booklet you Raymond & Whitcomb Co. 17 Temple Place, Boston Telephone, Beach 6964 — — —— : — Sy.mi'Iiony No. 2, E .majou . Frederick Sheitterd Converse (Roni at Nowtnii, Mass., January IH, 1871; now living in Boston.) Mr Coiivorsc lias written too modc^stly as follows coiiccriiiiig his new syiiiplioiiy : '•My new symphony is in E major and in three movements "I. Moderate e maestoso ; Allegro con fnoco. "II. Andante es])ressivo; Allegro molto qnasi presto; Andante molto sostenuto. "III. Andante sostennto molto; Allegro molto con spirito. "It is scored for the nsual orchestra with English horn, bass clarinet, donble-bassoon, except that I have omitted all percussion instruments save the kettledrums, because I am tired of the cheap, conventional effects obtained by their use. There are modern con- ventions as well as ancient. "There is no progrannne to my symphony, although it is a succes- sion of many moods of suffering, of resolute defiance, of consolation, hope, and joy, which moods all of us experience in life; to which I have tried to give expression in this form. I do not like too literal musical analysis,—I would rather let the music speak for itself, so will not attempt to put tags on my themes, or explain their various SONGS by aA GOATLEY "Altogether unusual in the season's output." Musical America . what she has to say in music is "different" Musical Courier A GARDEN IS A LOVESOME THING (2 keys) 50 Sung by Vera Curtis, Cecil Fanning, Alice MoncrieT, Olive Nevin, Claude Warford Deliglittully simple, a tenderly expressed slow movement with a big opportunity for fine legato singing —Musical America. NOW THAT APRIL'S THERE (3 keys) 60 Sun? by Alice Moncrieff and Mme. Clara Poole A remarkably rhytlunic iiuiividviaUty, We cm h.irdiy think of a better setting for this Foem, full of optimism an^l jnyous, out loor spirits. Musiad America. SONGS OF SAPPHO (2 keys) Each .53 WHAT THE WEST WIND WHI5P-RS A BENEDICTION THE COURTYARD H:.SP^RU3 LOV£ FLUTES Sung by Cecil Arden, Mme. Fdmunds-Hemingway, Olive Nevin, Gladys Van der Beeck Full of sraec and v\ta\it.y .—-Musical Courier THE WOOD ANEMONE (2 keys) Sung by Harriet Story Macfarlane 50 A bright, dainty song, with catchy melody and charming accompaniment.- Pact/ic Coast Musician^ PIPE OUT, YE SILVER FLUTES (2 keys) 60* Sung by Marie Tiffany and Frank Parker' A song of spirited character suggesting the cheer of spring and gaiety of flowers dancing in the breeze and of frolicking brooks. An exceedingly effective song. Pacific Coast Musician. JUST ISSUED LIFE (2 keys) Sung by Florence Otis 53 FUTILITY (2 keys) 50 THE WHITE BIRCH (2 keys) . .5^ THE ARTHUR" R SOIMIDT CO,, 120 Boylston St. (li'\('l()|)iii(Mi1s. I only hope tlial llic imisic will not he horiiig to niiiuv niHl that some will ho moved hy it.'' * These compositions of Mr. ('on\('i'se have heen played in B(jston at concerts of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Those played for the first time are starred. 1899, January 14, first movement of Symphony in D minor, Op. 7 (first time in Boston) ; first performance at tlie Munich Hoch-Schule, July 14, 1898. 1900, December 22, "The Festival of Pan," Romance for Orchestra, Op. 9.* 1903, April 11, "Endymion's Narrative." Komauce for Orchestra, Op. 10.* 1905, January 21, Two Poems. "Night" and "Day," for Pianoforte and Orchestra, Op. 11* (suggested by Walt Whitman), Mr. Gebhard pianist. 1906, March 3, "La Belle Dame sans merci" (after the poem of Keats), Ballade for Baritone Solo and Orchestra, Op. 12 (Mr. Bispham baritone, first public performance in Boston) ; first performance by the Boston Sym- phony Orchestra at Providence, R.I., March 1, 1906. 1907, January 26, "The Mystic Trumpeter." Orchestral Fantasy, after the poem by Walt AVhitman, Op. 19 (flr.st time in Boston) ; first performance by the Philadelphia Orchestra at Philadelphia, March 3. 1905. 1908, March 7, "Jeanne d'Arc," Dramatic Scenes for Orchestra, Op. 23. From the music written for Percy Mackaye's drama produced by Miss Marlowe and Mr. Sothern (Philadelphia, October 15, 1906; Boston, January 1, 1907). The Suite was played in Boston at a Jordan Hall orchestral concert. January 10, 1907, and afterwards revised. 1910, April 9, "Endymion's Narrative." 1912, February 10, "Ormazd, Symphonic Poem" ; first performance by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, January 26. 1912. 1915, March 6, "Ormazd." THE "wm gi^,.a,:nd QUALITY and REPUTATION enable you to know in advance that the ¥OSe is a most satisfactory piano. WE CHALLENGE COMPARISON VOSE & SONS PIANO CO. 160 Boylston St., Boston, Mass. L. P. Hollander Co. Established 1848 l.ncli.co' '')lqIs mid Coats ;[. 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