BOSTON SYAPnONY ORCnCSTRS PRoGRAAAlC mm ito0iill|ainlm II II s 1 BOSTON'S GREAT ART PRODUCT 492-494 BOYLSTON STREET SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUNTINGTON 6- MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES , , Ticket Office, 1492 J „ , „ TelephonesT, J Back Bay { Administratiin Offices, 3200 } TWENTY-EIGHTH SEASON, 1908-1909 MAX FIEDLER, Conductor Twenty-fourth Rehearsal and Concert WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIP- TIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 30 AT 2.30 O'CLOCK SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 1 AT 8.00 O'CLOCK COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY C. A. ELLIS PUBLISHED BY C. A. ELLIS, MANAGER 1889 Mme. CECILE CHAMINADE The World's Greatest W^oman Composer Mme. TERESA CARRENO The World's Greatest Woman Pianist Mme. LILLIAN NORDICA The World's Greatest Woman Singer USE ^^ Piano. THE JOHN CHURCH CO., 37 West 32d Street New York City REPRESENTED BY G. L SCHIRMER & CO., 38 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Mass. 1890 Boston Symphony Orchestra PERSONNEL Twenty. eighth Season, 1908-1909 MAX FIEDLER, Conductor (thicixirm^ i^tani) Bears a name which has become known to purchasers as representing the highest possible value produced in the piano industry. It has been associated with all that is highest and best in piano making since 1823. Its name is the hall mark of piano worth and is a guarantee to the purchaser that in the instrument bearing it, is incorporated the highest artistic value possible. CHICKERING «& SONS PIANOFORTE MAKERS Established 1833 791 TREMONT STREET Cor. NORTHAMPTON ST, Near Mass. Ave. BOSTON 1892 TWENTY-EIGHTH SEASON, NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHT AND NINE Twenty-fourth Rehearsal and Concert* FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 30, at 2.30 o'clock. SATURDAY EVENING, MAY J, at 8 o'clock. PROGRAMME. Mozart Symphony in D major (K. 385) I. Allegro con spirito. II. Andante. III. Menuetto. IV. Finale: Presto. Beethoven Symphony No. 9, with Final Chorus on Schiller's Ode to Joy, Op. 125 I. Allegro, ma non troppo, un poco maestoso. II. Molto vivace : Presto. III. Adagio molto e cantabile. IV. Presto. Allegro assai. Presto. Baritone Recitative Quartet and Chorus : Allegro assai. Tenor solo and chorus : Allegro assai vivace, alia marcia. Chorus : Allegro assai. Chorus : Andante maestoso. Adagio, ma non troppo, ma divoto. Allegro energico, sempre ben marcato. Quartet and Chorus : Allegro ma non tanto : Prestissimo. SOLOISTS, Miss LAURA COMBS, Soprano. Mme. GERTRUDE MAY STEIN, Contralto. Mr. THEODORE VAN YORX, Tenor. Mr. MYRON W. WHITNEY, Jr., Baritone. The Chorus of the Cecilia Society. There will be an intermission of ten minutes before the Beethoven symphony. The doors of the hall will he closed during the performance of e€ich number on the programme. Those who wish to leave before the end of the concert are requested to do so in an interval be^ tween the numbers. CltyPof Boston. 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(Wolfgang had already in 1776 composed a serenade (K. 250) for the betrothal ceremonies of Hafner's daughter Elisabeth and one Spath and a march (K. 249) for the marriage.) Wolfgang wrote the symphony in great haste. His opera "Die Knt- fiihrung aus dem Serail" had just been performed for the second time, and he was busy arranging pages of it for wind instruments, a task that gave him much trouble; he was composing a serenade in C minor (K. 388) ; and he was passionately in love with Constanze Weber, whom he married August 4. He wrote the symphony in less than a fort- night and sent a movement, when it was ready, to his father. At first the work was in the form of a serenade; a march was the introduc- tory movement, there were two minuets, and apparently at first flutes and clarinets were not employed. On July 20 Mozart wrote asking how it were possible for him to compose the symphony. On August 7 he wrote to his father: "I sent you yesterday a short march. I only hope that it will arrive in time and be to your taste. The first allegro must go in a fiery manner; the last as fast as possible." The symphony was performed at a concert given by Mozart in Vienna, March 22, 1783. When Mozart received the manuscript from his father he expressed himself as "surprised" with it. He cut out the march and one of the minuets and afterward added flutes and clarinets. The concert was a brilliant affair. The emperor was pres- GRAND OPERAS In this Season's Repertory TIEFLAND, by E. D 'Albert, German and English text rice LA HABANERA, by R. La Parra, French text . LE VILLI, by G. Puccini, English text The Same, Italian text LA WALLY, by A. Catalan!, Italian text . FALSTAFF, by Giuseppe Verdi, Italian and English text L P. Hollander & Co. SPECIAL SALE OF LADIES' GOWNS IN DEPARTMENT ON THIRD FLOOR Commencing Monday, May 3, we shall offer the balance of the dresses returned from our Palm Beach Store and Southern trip at greatly reduced prices. Many of them are the original Paris models and all represent the best of the season's designs. Some very attractive bargains may be obtained. 202 to ent and greatly pleased. It was his custom to send money in advance when he went to a concert. He sent Mozart twenty-five ducats. The receipts in all were about i, 600 florins. The programme was a long one: it included this new symphony, arias sung by Mme. Lange, Miss Teyber, and Adamberger, pianoforte concertos and pieces, and orchestral music, all by Mozart. The symphony is scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, kettledrums, and the usual strings. I. Allegro con spirito, D major, 2-2. There is one energetic and dominating theme which is announced immediately. The move- ment is a continuous treatment of this motive. The first section is not repeated and the working-out section is short. II. Andante, G major, 2-4. The movement is in the simplest song form. III. Menuetto, D major, 3-4. In the trio there is a slight remi- niscence of an aria from Mozart's "La finta giardiniera" written for the Carnival of 1775 at Munich, and performed at Frankfort in 1789 under the title "Das verstellte Gartnermadchen." IV. Finale, Presto, D major, 4-4. This lively movement is in rondo form. The symphony was performed in Boston at a concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra January 10, 1885. It was played in Boston at concerts of the Orchestral Union, December 21, 1859, and May i, 1861, and no doubt there were earlier performances. Nonsense RhymesandPictures PUCCINI By Arrangements for Violin and Piano EDWARD LEAR BY Set to music by ED. RAMPERTI LA BOHEME Margaret Ruthven Lang MANON LESCANT -LA TOSCA IRIS — Mascagni op. 42. Volume I. $1.00 75 cts. Each All music performed at these Concerts constantly on Op. 43. Volume II. 1.00 hand Complete in one Volume, Cloth Binding $2.50 CHARLES W.HOMEYER& GO. Arthur P. Schmidt 332 BOYLSTON STREET (WALKER BUILDING) (Oi^poaitc Arlington SUMt) 120 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON BOSTON. MASS. 1897 A DECIDED OPPORTUNITY ALL OUR NEW PARIS MODELS TAILORED SUITS, MOTOR COATS RICH COSTUMES AFTERNOON DRESSES EVENING COATS LACE COATS and WAISTS SHIRT WAISTS, Etc. Now offered at about half price 256 BOYLSTON STREET - - - BOSTON Shrevet Crump & Low Company* Diamonds. Gems. Pearls. We invite attention to our very large and beautiful showing of DIAMOND JEWELRY. Also to very OLD ENGLISH SILVER. *• it To the Patek Phillippe Watch," most reliable watch in the market. Latest fashions in Gold Jewelry* Magnificent showing of Bric»a<>Brac. Finest Stationery. Electric Department. 147 /Trcmont Street, Boston. 1898 Symphony in D minor, No. 9, with Final Chorus on Schiller's Ode to "Joy," Op. 125 Ludwig van Beethoven (Bom at Bonn, December 16 (?), 1770; died at Vienna, March 26, 1827.) This symphony, for which sketches were made as early as 18 15, was completed about February, 1824. The first performance was in the Karthnerthortheater, Vienna, May 7, 1824. The solo singers were Mmes. Henriette Son tag and Karoline Unger, Anton Haitzinger, and J. Seipelt. The Musikverein assisted in the performance. Ignaz Schuppanzigh was the concertmaster, and Michael Umlauf con- ducted. The first performance in the United States was at a concert of the Philharmonic Society of New York, a festival concert at Castle Garden, May 20, 1846. The quartet was made up of Mme. Otto, Mrs. Boulard, Mr. Munson, Mr. Mayer. George Loder conducted. The first performance in Boston was at a concert of the Germania Musical Society, assisted by members of the Handel and Haydn So- ciety, February 5, 1853, when the solo singers were Anna Stone, Miss S. Humphrey, J. H. Low, Thomas Ball. The programme also in- cluded Mozart's overture to "The Magic Flute"; Viotti's Concerto, B minor, No.