^\\\\Uiij;»j >\\\w ///y// ; >* ?fe; s fe ^ J ' jb- BOSTON SYAPMONY ORCHESTRA INC = FORTY-NINTH SEASON 1929-1930 PR3GR7WVE & 24 ^ SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES Branch Exchange Telephones, Ticket and Administration Offices, Commonwealth 1492 INC. Dr. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor FORTY-NINTH SEASON, 1929-1930 WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE COPYRIGHT, 1930, BY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. THE OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. FREDERICK P. CABOT * President BENTLEY W. WARREN Vice-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 1893 ! the STEINWAY that you buy today will serve your children's children three ordinary pianos, besides giving you the depth and beauty of tone which only a Steinway can give. There are many models and prices. Make your visit to your nearest Steinway dealer—today. Few things today are really built to last. But the Steinway is a notable A new Steinway Upright piano can be bought for 875 exception. It is made like a watch, inside and out. Only the finest work- GRANDS $1475 £$£& manship and materials enter into it. 10% down ££££ For 30, 40 or 50 years and more it Any Steinway piano may be purchased will continue to bring delight and with a cash deposit of 10%, and the bal- entertainment to your family. ance will be extended over a period of two years. Used pianos accepted in partial You need never buy another piano exchange. Such durability as this spells real Steinway & Sons, Steinway Hall economy. The Steinway will outlast 109 West 57th Street, New York THE INSTRUMENT STEINWAY OF THE IMMORTALS Represented in Boston and other New England cities byM. Steinert & Sons 1894 . Forty-ninth Season, 1929-1930 Dr. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor Violins. Burgin, R. Elcus, G. Gundersen, R. Sauvlet, H Cherkassky, P. Concert-master Kreinin, B. Kassman, N. Hamilton, V. Eisler, D. Theodorowicz, J. Hansen, E. Lauga, N. Fedorovsky, P. Leibovici, J. Pinfield, C. Mariotti, V. Leveen, P. Tapley, R. Thillois, F. Zung, M. Knudson, C. Gorodetzky, L. Mayer, P. Diamond, S. Zide, L. Fiedler, B. Bryant, M. Beale, M. Stonestreet, L. Messina, S. Murray, J. Del Sordo, R. Erkelens, H. Seiniger, S. Violas. Lefranc, J. Fourel, G. Van Wynbergen, C. Grover, H. Fiedler, A. Artieres, L. Cauhap6, J. Bernard, A. Werner, H. Avierino, N. Deane, C. Gerhardt, S. Jacob, R. Violoncellos. Bedetti, J. Langendoen, J. Chardon, Y. Stockbridge, C. Fabrizio, E. Zighera, A. Barth, C. Droeghmans, H. Warnke, J. Marjollet, L. Basses. 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AT WEST Crin] lace crown in- sert in baku hat, 10.00 Over a Thousand New Hats Every line in the new hats; brim liner , crown lines, the placing of a dainty flower or bit of tasteful trimming shows the inspiration of genius. The supple baku, straw or hair, lace and chanvre soie are developed on the smart lines of models designed by Agnes, Mado, Alphonsine and a score of noted modistes, with the same painstaking care and skilfulness shown in the originals. 10.00 to 20.00 to 25.00 French Salon—Second Floor 1896 FORTY-NINTH SEASON. NINETEEN HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE AND THIRTY FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 2, at 230 o'clock SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 3, at 8.15 o'clock Weber Overture to "Oberon" HiU . "Lilacs," Poem for Orchestra, Op. 33 (after Amy Lowell) Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole I. Prelude a la Nuit. II. Malaguena. III. Habanera. IV. Feria. Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 I. Un poco sostenuto; Allegro. II. Andante sostenuto. HI. Un poco allegretto e grazioso. IV. Adagio; Allegro non troppo, ma con brio. STEINWAY PIANO USED There will be an intermission before the symphony A series of lectures on these programmes will be given next season at the Boston Public Library on Thursday afternoons beginning October 9. 1897 RA YMOND-WHITCOMB announce— ROUND THE WORLD CRUISE To sail January 21, 1931 CThe Cruise Ship will again be the "Columbus" — which is the largest and fastest ship ever to sail round the world. Because of her superior speed, the time spent at sea will be less than on other cruises — and the length of the Cruise will be reduced to 107 days without reducing the number of places visited or the shore programs. J±. With visits to all the usual Round -the-World- Cruise countries and to Penang, Malacca, Zamboanga, Macassar — and trips to Bali and Angkor Wat. $2000 and up. MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE To sail January 31, 1931 ©.This cruise is timed to be in Nice for the famous Carnival. It will visit five of the larger and historic Mediterranean islands — Sicily, Malta, Cyprus, Rhodes and Corsica — and several of those smaller Mediterranean cities which are truly typical — as Palermo, Taormina, Cattaro and Ragusa. With ten days in Egypt and the usual visits to Algiers, Tunis, Naples, Venice, Constantinople, Athens and the Riviera. Rates, $1000 and upward. North Cape Cruise, June 24, 1930 hand Cruises in America Tours and Independent Trips to Europe RAYMOND & WHITCOMB COMPANY 165 Tremont Street Tel. Hancock 7820 122 Newbury Street Tel. Kenmore 2870 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 1898 Overture to the Opera "Oberon" . Carl Maria von Weber (Born at Eutin, Oldenburg, December 18, 1786; died at London, June 5, 1826) "Oberon; or, the Elf-King's Oath," a romantic opera in three acts, book by James Robinson Planche, music by Carl Maria von Weber, was first performed at Covent Garden, London, on April 12, 1826. Weber conducted. The cast was as follows: Rezia, Mary Anne Paton; Mermaid, Mary Anne Goward; Fatima, Mme. Vestris; Puck, Harriet Cawse; Huon, John Braham; Oberon, Mr. Gownell; Scherasmin, acted by Mr. Fawcett, "but a bass singer, named Isaacs, was lugged in head and shoulders to eke out the charming quatuor, 'Over the Dark Blue " Waters.' The first performance in Boston was in Music Hall by the Parepa- Rosa Company, May 23, 1870.* Weber received for the opera £500. William Thomas Parke, the first oboist of Covent Garden at the time of the production, wrote in his entertaining "Musical Memoirs": "The music of this opera is a refined, scientific and characteristic composition and the overture is an ingenious and masterly production. It was loudly encored. This " opera, however, did not become as popular as that of 'Der Freischutz.' The story of the opera was founded by Planche on Wieland's "Oberon," which in turn was derived from an old French romance, "Huon of Bordeaux." Oberon and Titania have vowed never to be reconciled until they find lovers faithful in *The cast was as follows: Rezia, Mme. Parepa-Rosa; Fatima, Mrs. E. Seguin; Puck, Miss Geraldine Warden; Sir Huon, William Castle; Scherasmin, A. Laurence (sic); Oberon, G. F. Hall; Mermaid, Miss Isaacson (?). Carl Rosa conducted. A song "Where Love is, there is Home," arranged by Howard Glover, from a theme in one of Weber's pianoforte sonatas, was introduced. The audience was not large, and it was cool. Just Issued HYMN TO AMERICA— 1930 Words by CLARA ENDICOTT SEARS Music by Mrs. M. H. GULESIAN Song (high or low voice) --.. 50 cents net Choral versions for women's, men's and mixed voices, each 1 2 cents net School version (unison, two part, or S.A.B.) - - - 10 cents net Performed by Newton Centre Women's Chorus Women's Republican Club Chorus, Boston Friday Club Chorus, of Everett Groton School Princeton Girls' School Northfield Seminary and Mt. Herman School Fall River Schools, Americanization Department Boston Public Schools in Symphony Hall, Washington and Lincoln Birthday Celebration. Mme. Rose Zulalian, at the D. A- R. National Convention and C. A. R. Annual Con- vention, Washington, D.C. League of American Pen Women, Celebrity Breakfast. Boston Physical Education Society of America Convention, Boston Etc. The ARTHUR P. SCHMIDT CO., 120 BoySston St. 1899 adversity. Puck resolves to serve Oberon, his master, by bringing together Huon and Rezia. Huon has been ordered by Charlemagne to kill the favorite at Baghdad and to wed the Caliph's daughter, Rezia. The lovers, having met, in a vision, are in love. At Baghdad, Huon being sent there because he had slain a son of Charlemagne, kills Babekan, bethrothed to Rezia, and escapes with lier, by the aid of a magic horn given to him and blown by Scherasmin, Huon's shield-bearer. The horn compels the Caliph's court to dance. Oberon appears and makes the lovers swear to be faithful in spite of all temptation. They are shipwrecked. Rezia is captured by pirates; Huon is wounded. The Emir Tunis has Rezia in his harem; his wife Roschana is enamored of Huon. The Emir orders the wife and Huon to be burned; but again the magic horn is blown.