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SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor rroi me TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, at 8.00 WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. THE OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. FREDERICK P. CABOT President ERNEST B. DANE Treasurer FREDERICK P. CABOT FREDERICK E. LOWELL ERNEST B. DANE ARTHUR LYMAN N. PENROSE HALLOWELL EDWARD M. PICKMAN M. A. DE WOLFE HOWE HENRY B. SAWYER JOHN ELLERTON LODGE BENTLEY W. WARREN W. H. BRENNAN, Manager G. E. JUDD, Assistant Manager After more than half a century on Fourteenth Street, Steinway Hall is now located at 109 West 57 th Street. The new Steinway Hall is one of the handsomest buildings in New York on a street noted for finely designed business structures. As a center of music, it will extend the Steinway tradition to the new generations of music lovers. EINWI THE INST%UZMENT OF THE IMMORTALS esira Forty-sixth Season 1926-1927 SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor RSONNE1 Violins, Burgin, R. 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NORTHAMPTON SMITH COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC Forty-sixth Season, 1926-1927 SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 8 AT 8.00 PROGRAMME Handel . Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra in B minor, No. 12 Largo — Allegro — Larghetto e piano — Largo—Allegro Prokofieff Classical Symphony, Op. 25 I. Allegro. II. Larghetto. III. Gavotte. • IV. Finale. Ravel "La Valse," Choregraphic Poem Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 I. Andante sostenuto; moderato con anima (in movimento di valse). II. Andantino in modo di canzona. III. Scherzo; pizzicato ostinato: Allegro. IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco. There will be an intermission of ten minutes before the symphony 5 Spring in the ^Mediterranean /« fA* Golden Horn The most delightful season—the time of settled warm weather, brilliantest of blue skies, and bright flowers* Raymond-Whitcomb Mediterranean Spring Cruise Sailing March 29 on the S.S. 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George Frideric Handel (Born at Halle on February 23, 1685; died at London, April 14, 1759) The first performance of this concerto in Boston was at a concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra on February 28, 1885, when Messrs. Listemann, Loeffler and Giese played the solo instruments. The movements are as follows: Largo, B minor, 4-4; Allegro, B minor, 4-4; Larghetto e piano, E major, 3-4 (violino I, II, III, viola, tutti bassi), an air with a variation; a transitional Largo, 4-4; Allegro, B minor, 4-4. The instruments are thus indicated at the beginning of the work Violino I, concertino, violino II; violino I, ripieno, violino II; viola, violoncello, bassi. Custom decreed during the earlier years that the concertino, or group of solo instruments in a concerto grosso, should be of two violins and a violoncello.* In the concerto grosso an orchestra dialogued with a principal instru- ment. The name violino di grosso or di ripieno was given to the instru- ments of the orchestra to distinguish one of them from the principal violin, or the violino di concertino. The Germans in the concertino sometimes coupled an oboe or a bassoon with a violin. The Italians were faithful as a rule to the stringed instruments. "Classical" Symphony, Op. 25 . Serge Sergie vich Frokofiefp (Born at Sontsovka, Russia, April 24, 1891; now living) This symphony, begun in 1916, was completed in 1&17. The first performance was at Leningrad by the orchestra now known as the State Orchestra. The first performance in the United States was at a concert of the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York, in December, 1918. The symphony, scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, kettledrums, and strings, is dedicated to Boris Assafieff, who, as "Igor Gleboff," has written much about music. "The composer's idea in writing this work was to catch the spirit of Mozart and to put down that which, if he were living now, Mozart might put into his scores" (Felix Borowski). I. Allegro, D major, 4-4 time. The chief theme is given to first violins. A transitional passage has material for the flutes. Develop- ment follows. The second theme is for first violins. The develop- ment begins with use of the first subject. The transitional measures are taken up, later the second theme. The recapitulation opens in C major (strings). Then follows the transitional passage (D major) for the flute. The second theme is again for the strings. There is a short coda. II.' Larghetto, A major, 2-2 time. First violins announce the chief theme. There are episodes. III. Gavotta, Non troppo allegro, D major, 4-4 time. The sub- C. L. Hop .. 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