SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES Branch Exchange Telephones, Ticket and Administration Offices, Back Bay 1492 INC. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor FORTY-EIGHTH SEASON, 1928-1929 WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE COPYRIGHT, 1928, 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 G77 *l B^l The steinway that YOU BUY TODAY WILL SERVE YOUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN That's the sort of^piano the at once — and the balance will be Steinway is — so well built, so distributed over a period of two skilfully constructed, that a lifetime years. Select your instrument of playing will not impair its lovely — today. tone. For thirty, forty, or even fifty PM C^KS C^O ;r 3 ears it will serve you well. You A new Steinway piano can be need never buy another piano. bought from This means that you not only have $875 up the constant joy and companionship piano be pur- of the Steinway for yourself and Any Steinway may chased with a cash deposit of 10%, your children, but when they are and the balance will be extended over grown up, with children of their a period of two years. Used pianos own. it will be a precious heirloom accepted in partial exchange. A few completely rebuilt s to pass on to them. Steinway are available at special prices. There is no need to wait another moment for your Steinway. A 10% Steinway & Soxs, Steinway Hall first payment brings it to your home 109 West 57th Street, New York e=Q- STEINWAY ^^ THE INSTRUMENT OF THE IMMORTALS Represented by the foremost dealers everywhere v w 678 Forty-eighth Season, 1928-1929 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. Jacob, R. Zung, M. Knudsen, 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. Cauhape, J. Werner, H. Shirley, P. Avierino, N. Gerhardt, S. Bernard, A. Deane, C. Violoncellos^ Bedetti, J. Langendoen, J. Chardon, Y. Stockbridge, C. Fabrizio, E. Zighera, A. Barth, C. Droeghmans, H. Warnke, J. Marjollet, L Basses. Kunze, M. Lemaire, J. Ludwig, 0. Girard, H Kelley, A. Vondrak, A. Oliver, F. Frankel, I. Dufresne, G. Demetrides, L. Flutes. Oboes. Clarinets. Bassoons. Laurent, G. Gillet, F. Hamelin, G. Laus, A. Bladet, G. Devergie, J. Arcieri, E. Allard, R. Amerena, P. Stanislaus, H. Allegra, E. Bettoney, F. {E-flat Clarinet) Piccolo. English Horn. Bass Clarinet. Contra-Bassoon. Battles, A. Speyer, L. Mimart, P. Piller, B. Horns. Horns. Trumpets. Trombones. Boettcher, G. Valkenier, W. Mager, G. Rochut, J. Pogrebniak, S. Schindler, G. Voisin, R. Hansotte, L. Van Den Berg, C. Lannoye, M. Lafosse, M. Kenfield, L. Lorbeer, H. Blot, G. Perret, G. Raichman, J. Mann, J. Adam, E. Tubas. Harps. Timpani. Percussion. Sidow, P. Zighera, B. Ritter, A. Ludwig, C. Adam, E. Caughey, E. Polster, M. Sternburg, S. White, L. Organ. Celesta. Librarian. Snow, A, Fiedler, A. Rogers, L. J. 679 ORIENTAL RUGS Rich in the lore and romance of the East, Oriental rugs offer themselves as gifts of character and personality. Great bales are constantly being received direct from Constantinople, containing representative pieces from every section of the Orient. It is a joy to merely see them unpacked— deep, slum- brous colors or jewel tones glowing like many- colored fire— soft silky piked rugs and the well worn, but beautifully mellow antiques. You may choose your Orientals at Chandler's, with utmost confidence, secure in the knowledge that Chandler & Co. are experts in Oriental rugs. NINTH FLOOR Cijattfrter & €o. Boston Common Tremont at West St. 680 ' Forty-eighth Season, Nineteen Hundred Twenty-eight and Twenty-nine ma FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 14, at 2.30 o'clock SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, at 8.15 o'clock Martinu "La Symphonic' (First Performance) Copland Two Pieces for String Orchestra (First Performance) Prokofieff . Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 19 I. Andantino. II. Scherzo. III. Moderate Beethoven . Symphony No. 6, in F major, Op. 68, "Pastorale" I. Awakening of serene impressions on arriving in the country; Allegro, ma non troppo. II. Scene by the brookside: Andante molto moto. III. Jolly gathering of country folk: Allegro; in tempo d'allegro Thunderstorm; Tempest: Allegro. IV. Shepherd's Song; Gladsome and thankful feelings after " the storm: Allegretto. SOLOIST LEA LUBOSHUTZ steinway piano used There will be an intermission before the symphony The works to be played at these concerts may be seen in the Allen A. Brown Music Collection of the Boston Public Library one week before the concert 081 See oAfrica, the last frontier -with its primitive black inhabitants, its vast game preserves, its diamond mines, the Karoo & the Veldt—on the RAYMOND-WHITCOMB Round Africa Cruise Sailing January 12 on the S.S. 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Send for the Raymond-Whitcomb Travel Booklets Raymond & Whitcomb Company 126 Newbury St. 165 Tremont St. BOSTON 682 "La Symphonie" Bohuslav Martinu (Born at Policka, Czechoslovakia, in 1890; living at Paris) This "Symphony" performed on December 14, 1928, for the first time, was begun at Christmas, 1927. It was written as a souvenir of the first Czechoslovakian flag given to the first Czechoslovakian regi- ment at Darney, France, in June, 1918. "This ceremony, in which Raymond Poincare, the President of the French Republic, and Edward Benes took part, was the first grand, solemn act in the independence of Czechoslovakia." The dedication, "Pour Darney, 30 juin, 1921," does not hint at a programme for the music. The symphony has a precise form and con- struction, but not the classic form; nor has Martinu put four move- ments into one. The symphony is a grand march with a melodic contrast. There is a crescendo to the end which is based logically and musically on the rhythmic theme with which the symphony begins. This rhythm is noticeable in the percussion instruments. "Different traditions of Czech music are found throughout the work." The inspiration is the same as that of Martinu 's "La Bagarre" ("The Tumult"), an Allegro for orchestra which was performed in Boston by the Boston Symphony Orchestra on November 18, 1927, for the first VIOLIN COMPOSITIONS by FRANZ DRDLA Composer of the famous "Souvenir" "This skilful and ingenious composer has found some winning effects in these new pieces, any of which make satisfying and pleasing program pieces. They are particularly well suited for study in the development of technic, skilful handling of the bow, and fingering. The titles express very meaningly the contents of the story unfolded. They abound in effective coloring." —Musical Leader. Net Net Op. 180. Graziella 60 Op. 184. D'Automne ..60 Op. 182. Le Trouvere 50 Op. 186. Pierrette ..60 Op. 183. Notturno 60 Op. 187. Valse Viennese ..60 Op. 127. Four Recital Pieces Op. 187. Valse Viennese ..50 (Schmidt's Educational Series No. (Encore Edition) 128) Complete 75 Three Compositions Visions 60 (Schmidt's Educational Series No. Rustic Dance 60 156) Complete 75 Rain of Blossoms 60 Op. 137. Bianca—Op. 138 Griselda— Night Winds 60 Op. 139—Romola. Just Issued DUO CONCERTANTE, Op. 200 Just Issued For Violin, 'Cello and Piano—Price $1.00 net. (or Violin and Piano) "Duo concertante is for violin, 'cello and piano, but may be played by the violin and piano without the 'cello ... it is written in an animated, even dramatic manner that holds the attention of the listener. It is dedicated to Fritz Kreisler."—Musical America. THE ARTHUR P. SCHMIDT CO., 120 Boyision Street 683 time anywhere. Like "La Bagarre/' this symphony pictures in tones a great movement of masses, also "'a mighty struggle of events, hopes, efforts." Martinu studied as a violinist at the Conservatory of Music at Prague, where his teacher in composition was Josef Suk.* As a young composer, he was not attracted by the Czech school of writing, which was influenced by the German, with its rather clumsy romanticism; he was favorably disposed towards the French on account of its respect for form, its clarity and purity of expression. Alone among Czech composers, he passed through the struggles and evolution of impression- ism. Debussy at first influenced him greatly; later, always searching after new manners of expression, he went to Paris for lessons from Eoussel (1924). His sojourn there enlightened him.