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Scene II: Variation of Apollo (Apollo and the Muses) — Variation of Polymnia — Variation of Terpsichore — Variation of Apollo — Apollo and Terpsichore — Coda (Apollo and the Muses)—Apotheosis. Schumann . Symphony in B-flat major, No. i, Op. 38 I. Andante un poco maestoso; Allegro molto vivace. II. Larghetto. III. Scherzo: Molto vivace. Trio I: Molto piu vivace; Trio II. IV. Allegro animato e grazioso. Scriabin .... "The Poem of Ecstasy," Op. 54 MASON & HAMLIN PIANOFORTE There will be an intermission after the symphony The music of these programmes is available at the 58th Street Library 5 4 % d Table Mountain A Cruise for True Travelers $ TO LANDS AND CITIES FAR FROM THE *8 WORN ROUTES OF TRAVEL ig CAPE TOWN ST. 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"Samaria" January 2.2. LAND CRUISES TO CALIFORNIA on special Raymond-Whitcomb trains weekly in the winter Raymond & Whitcomb Co, 606 FIFTH AVENUE, Telephone Bryant 2830 225 FIFTH AVENUE, Telephone Ashland 9530 BJJg Jjg A &s *88» A A A A <88» «88» A A A A A A A A A A A A A Ail "Ai'ollon Musagbte" ("Apollo, Leader of the Muses"), a Ballet Igor Feuorovitch Stravinsky (Born at Oranienbaum, near Leningrad, on June 5, 1882; now living) This music, scored for strings only, was first heard at Elizabeth Coolidge's Chamber Music Festival in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., on April 27, 1928. It was then performed by Adolph Bolm and his associates Mmes. Keiman, Holmes, and Page. Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Kusse brought out the work in Paris at the Sarah Bernhardt Theatre in June, 1928. Serge Lifar mimed Apollo; Mmes. Alice Mkitina, Terpsichore; Lubov Tchernicheva, Calliope; Felia Doubrovska, Polymnia. The choreography was by George Balanchin. Stravinsky conductor "Apollon Musagete," also the ballet "Ode"* by Nicolas Nabokov. "Apollo Musagetes," with the same dancers and conductor, was' produced in London at His Majesty's Theatre on June 25, 1928. The other compositions were "Cimarosiana," conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent, and "The Fire Bird," conducted by Stravinsky. This "Ode" is written to the verses of an eighteenth-century poet. The verses celebrate the glory of God as represented in an aurora borealis. A RARE COLLECTION OF Modern Music on Imported Records (ELECTRIC RECORDING) DEBUSSY KRENEK Pelleas et Melisande—Album f "Jonny Spielt Auf" ("Johnny Q. Four orchestra Interludes, five Strikes Up the Band"), the first Album double-faced vocal records. The P 12" Jazz Opera. Hymn of Johnny, Set soloists are M. Vani Marcoux, $2.00 i "Now Is the Fiddle Mine." $15.00 M. Panzera, Mile. Yvonne Bleues and Song "Farwell," 3 Brothier, and M. Willy Tubiana. 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