BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOUNDED IN 1881 BY HENRY LEE HIGGINSON SEVENTY-SECOND SEASON I 95 2 " I 953 Sunday Afternoon Series BAYARD TUCKERMAN, Jr. ARTHUR J. ANDERSON ROBERT T. FORREST JULIUS F. HALLER ARTHUR J. ANDERSON. J«. HERBERT SEARS TUCKERMAN OBRION, RUSSELL & CO. Insurance of Every Description "A Good Reputation Does Not Just Happen — It Must Be Earned." 108 Water Street Los Angeles, California Boston, Mass. 3275 Wilshire Blvd. Telephone Lafayette 3-5700 Dunkirk 8-3316 SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES Telephone, Commonwealth 6-1492 SEVENTY-SECOND SEASON, 1952-1953 CONCERT BULLETIN of the Boston Symphony Orchestra CHARLES MUNCH, Music Director Richard Burgin, Associate Conductor with historical and descriptive notes by John N. Burk The TRUSTEES of the BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. Henry B. Cabot . President Jacob J. Kaplan . Vice-President Richard C. Paine . Treasurer Philip R. Allen M. A. De Wolfe Howe John Nicholas Brown Charles D. 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The National Shawmut Bank of Boston Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation [»] SYMPHONIANA THE PROGRAMS FOR THE BERKSHIRE FESTIVAL THE TROUSSEAU HOUSE OF BOSTON Charles Munch announces the pro- grams for the Berkshire Festival Con- certs to be given at Tanglewood from July 11 to August 16. In the first three weekends concerts will be given on Saturday evenings and Sunday after- noons, the first week being devoted to the music of Bach, the second to Mozart, and the third to Haydn and to contempo- rary composers (Strauss, Milhaud, Ravel, and Foss). The concerts in the great Music Shed will be given on Friday evenings (in place of Thursdays as previously), Saturday evenings and Sunday after- noons. All evening concerts will begin at 8:30, afternoons at 3. The programs for Series A (July 31, Aug. 1, 2) will include: Beethoven — Overture to Leonore No. 3, Mendels- sohn — Violin Concerto (Soloist, Zino Francescatti), Copland — Appalachian Spring, Ravel — "Bolero"; All-Tchai- kovsky program, Pierre Monteux, guest conductor — "Hamlet" Overture, Suite "Mozartiana," "Romeo and Juliet" Over- OiF course you want the most complete and beauti- ture, Symphony No. 5 ; Schumann "Man- fred" Overture, Foss — Piano Concerto ful trousseau your bridal permits. (in revised form, the composer as solo- budget Under the expert guidance of Miss ist), Mendelssohn — "Italian Symphony," Liszt — "Mephisto Waltz." Makanna or Miss Grayce Edwards you can plan and Series B (Aug. 7, 8, 9): Handel — "Water Music," Barber — "Adagio for assemble your complete lin- gerie and linen trousseaux Strings," Saint-Saens — Cello Concerto with the assurance of perfec- (Soloist, Gregor Piatigorsky), Strauss — tion in every detail. "Don Quixote"; Berlioz — Dramatic Symphony "Romeo and Juliet" ; Kousse- 41 & Boylston Street, Boston KE. 6-6238 vitzky Memorial Concert, Leonard 54 Central Street, Wellesley WE. 5-3430 Bernstein, guest conductor: Haydn — [3 Symphony No. 102, Mahler — Symphony STRAVINSKY'S "L'HISTOIRE DU No. 2 ("Resurrection"). SOLDAT" Series C (Aug. 14, 15, 16) : Cherubini The first complete performance in — "Anacreon Overture," Schu- Boston of Stravinsky's "L'histoire du bert — "Unfinished" Symphony, Ravel Soldat" will be given by members of the — Piano Concerto for the Left Hand Zimbler Sinfonietta, in Jordan Hall, (Soloist, Seymour Lipkin), Wagner — produced by Josef Zimbler. Richard Prelude and Love-Death from "Tristan," Burgin will conduct. Arnold Moss will "A Siegfried Idyl," "Die Meistersinger," be the reader, Jack Bittner will act the — Excerpts from Act III ; Hindemith part of the Stranger, Mitchell Agruss, Concerto for Strings and Brass, Brahms the Soldier, and Anita Alvarez the Symphony No. 2, Chavez — "Sinfonia Dancer, in her own choreography. It India" (Leonard Berstein, guest conduc- will be produced in English in a new tor) ; Brahms — "Requiem." translation by Arnold Moss. Schonberg's Charles Munch will conduct each con- "Verklarte Nacht" will complete the cert except on August 1, 9, and 15. The program. Berkshire Music Center will be under his direction also and will hold its eleventh term concurrent with the Fes- tival season at Tanglewood. Subscrip- tions are being taken at Symphony Hall, Boston for the Shed Series A, B, and C. UNUSED TICKETS In the present completely subscribed season, many people are waiting for an opportunity to hear a Boston Symphony concert. Subscribers who at any time are unable to use their tickets will do a double service in turning them in for resale. The resale of tickets last season made a substantial reduction of the Orchestra's deficit. Leave the ticket at the Box Office, or, if more convenient, telephone the location — Common- wealth 6-1492. [4] filene's In Filene's French Shops you will find the dramatic collections of all these important designers Larry Aid rich Pierre Balmain Hattie Carnegie Ceil Chapman Lilly Dache Davidow Christian Dior Irene Vincent Monte Sano Traina Norell Laddie Northridge Mollie Parnis Maurice Rentner Adele Simpson Sophie Pauline Trigere B.H. Wragge Ben Zuckerman In Filene's Fabulous French Shops the air is alive with spring ... a sprine overwhelmingly beautiful in the new way? a smart woman ran look. Spring i- slim . pale . elegant . altogether feminine . magnificently put together. 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Great changes also WORTHY OF YOUR TRUST affect the individual who wants to make adequate provision for the family which will survive him. To Old Colony meet these problems, an up-to-date will is essential. If you have no will, or Trust Company if it has not been recently reviewed, ONE FEDERAL STREET, BOSTON you should see your lawyer at once. T. Jefferson Coolidge To help you deal with changing Chairman^ Trust Committee economic conditions and tax laws, Pres. you and your lawyer are invited to Augustin H. Parker, Jr., consult with Old Colony Trust Com- Arthur L. Coburn, Jr. pany about the advantages of Old ChairmatiyTrustlnvestment Committee Allied withTuE First National Bank of Boston [6] . SEVENTY-SECOND SEASON, NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO AND FIFTY-THREB ffifth Program SUNDAY AFTERNOON, February 22, at 3:00 o'clock Schumann Overture to Byron's Manfred, Op. 1 15 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4, in G major, Op. 58 I. Allegro moderato II. j Andante con moto III. { Rondo vivace INTERMISSION Beethoven Symphony No. 4, in B-flat major, Op. 60 I. Adagio; Allegro vivace II. Adagio III. Allegro vivace IV. Allegro, ma non troppo SOLOIST MIKLOS SCHWALB Mr. Schwalb uses the Steinway Piano The Friday and Saturday concerts are broadcast each week from Station WGBH (FM) BALDWIN PIANO RCA VICTOR RECORDS [7] OF EXQUISITE CHINA For generations, Stearns fine china has been the choice of fastidious home-makers. From our roster of these famous American and European names . Lenox, Minton, Wedgwood, Royal Doulton, Anysley, Castleton and Franciscan, we sketch lovely "Pine" by Lenox. XJi. BOSTON • CHESTNUT HILL Listen to concert music on the Stearns Hour. Station WHXR, o6.o on your F. M. dial. Weekdays p to 10 P.M. Sundays 7 to 8 P.M. [8] . OVERTURE TO BYRON'S "MANFRED," Op. 115 By Robert Schumann Born in Zwickau, Saxony, June 8, 1810; died in Endenich, near Bonn, July 29, 1856 Schumann composed his music for Byron's "Manfred" in the latter part of 1848. The Overture, completed on November 4 at Dresden, had its first concert per- formance at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, March 14, 1852, as part of a "Schumann evening," when Robert conducted from the manuscript.