.L m\ ^r^ ^ BOSTON SYMPHONY J ORCHESTRA FOUNDED IN I88I BY £ HENRY LEE HIGGINSON r/v^^ Ik-/ ////• in, X'^.> /. C//.^ />-" •\^\. .4. £x .\ ^u EIGHTY-THIRD SEASON 1963-1964 TAK B NOTE The precursor of the oboe goes back to antiquity — it was found in Sumeria (2800 bc) and was the Jewish halil, the Greek aulos, and the Roman tibia • After the renaissance, instruments of this type were found in complete famiUes ranging from the soprano to the bass. The higher or smaller instruments were named by the French "haulx-bois" or "hault- bois" which w'as transcribed by the Italians into oboe which name is now used in English, German and Italian to distinguish the smallest instrument • In a symphony orchestra, it usually gives the pitch to the other instruments • Is it time for you to take note of your insurance needs? • We welcome the opportunity to analyze your present program and offer our professional service to provide you with intelligent, complete protection. 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Wii.kins trusikks kmkri ins Pali rky Plrkins Lkvvis Pkrry Kdvvard A. Tafi Olivlr Woic;oi I Thomas I). Pkkkv, )r., Manag('r Norman S. Shirk Rosario Ma/./.lo Jamls J. Hr^jsnahan Assislanl Manager Orchestra Personnel Manager liusiness Adniini.sludor Assistant Administrators Sarah M. S. Hkmpkl Harry J. Kraut Harry Hlall S Y M P H C) N Y H A L L n O S T O N [259] The Boston ^^ymphony under Erich jTeinsdorf's direction *'The Aristocrat of Orchestras" under Erich Leinsdorf s direction has met the challenge of a towering Beethoven masterpiece, Symphony No. 3, the "Eroica." Captured in the new Dynagroove system, the performance is breath- taking. Another new Dynagroove album presents Mendelssohn's ''Midsummer Night's Dream," with chorus, soloists Arlene Saunders and Helen Vanni, and narration by Inga Swenson. In addition to the regular album, a deluxe, limited edition is available with rare and unusual engravings suitable for framing. BEETHOVEM/'EBOICA" SYMPHOMY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCH./ERICH lEINSDOEF Mendelssobn '^e''^/»Je<'fat(^0)r^(Jtm ^^ A MIDSUMMER inGHT'S DREAM BOSTON SYMPHONY OSCHESTRA £RICH LSINSBORF (Me ®4r(<i/ffmtJ§rdeitm RCA VICTORi )THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN SOUND ^jl [260] CONTENTS Program (for this week) . 265 Program (November 8-g) . 315 Program (November 15-16) . 317 Notes Berlioz (Overture "Le Corsaire") 267 Hindemith (Symphonia Serena) 276 Entr'acte Perceiving Music Emotionally (by Paul Hindemith) . 284 Notes Tchaikovsky (Symphony No. 6) . 299 EXHIBITION The exhibition of paintings opening this week in the Gallery has been loaned by the Shore Galleries of 179 Newbury Street. Included among paint- ings by various prominent artists are sketches by Donald Greason made at Or- chestra rehearsals when Charles Munch and Erich Leinsdorf were conducting. SUBSCRIBERS' EXHIBITION The annual exhibition of paintings by subscribers, Friends and members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra will take place from November 22 through De- cember 9. For further information see page 308. • • THE YOUTH CONCERTS The Youth Concerts at Symphony Hall, played by members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the conduc- torship of their colleague, Harry Ellis Dickson, will enter their fifth season on November 2. As before, there will be six concerts on Saturday mornings from tinted f-^erj-ectiu eleven o'clock until noon. Each of three programs is repeated at a later date, to For that hint of chill In the air form two series of three concerts each. our negligee of ennbroidered Tickets are obtained by subscription to albatross ... in Pink or Blue. either of the series, and the subscriber Sizes 8-20. $69.95 is provided with reserved seats. (A single price prevails—a total of four dol- 416 BOYLSTON STREET 54 CENTRAL STREET BOSTON 16 WELLESLEY lars for three concerts.) Each concert- KEnmore 6-6238 CEdar 5-3430 goer receives an annotated program, as in the adult series. But, additionally, Mr. [261] Dickson makes brief informative re- marks, and has the players illustrate particular points of a score before its performance in full. The programs avoid playing down to youth and inexperience. They form an introduction to the regular symphonic repertory of music past and present. The audiences come from pub- lic, parochial, and private schools—from Grades V through Junior High and High School—from points throughout Massa- chusetts, and extending to New Hamp- shire. So ably has Mr. Dickson satisfied his listeners, that last season's two series sold out in advance of the first concert, and indications are for a similar result JLabel ^his season. As is his custom, Mr. Dickson is giv- assures you ing a definite character to each of his programs. The first bears the title, tne finest in "What Is a Symphony?", the second, "What Is Program Music?". For the fashion last there will be the "Annual Festival Program." The Boston Symphony Or- chestra musicians will be joined in part of the program by High School instru- mentalists, and by a school soloist chosen by competition. An original composition by a Newton High School student also will be heard. An interesting association with the history of the Boston Symphony Orches- tra exists in Mr. Dickson's series. As early as 1888-89, the seventh season of the Orchestra, its regular conductor, Wilhelm Gericke, presented Young Peo- Distinctive ple's Concerts. These were continued by Clothes his successor, Arthur Nikisch. After a and lapse, the idea was resumed by Pierre Accessories Monteux, Serge Koussevitzky, and Rich- for the well dressed woman ard Burgin. From 1939 to 1948, musi- cians of this Orchestra were conducted in Youth Concerts by Wheeler Beckett, composer-conductor. Eleven years after the cessation of that enterprise, Harry Ellis Dickson founded the present series. 1213 BOYLSTON STREET . CHESTNUT HILL It has flourished with his musical re- 125 STREET . BOSTON NEWBURY sourcefulness and the diligence of com- mittee workers headed by Mrs. Anthony Kutten, Executive Director, and Mrs. Manuel P. Kurland, Ticket Chairman. Henry B. Cabot is Chairman of the or- ganization as a whole. [262] .-/ ^l suave suede sheath Butter soft leather, beautifully detailed, simply styled in a shirt shift with slot seams, hand pricked edges. One from a wondrous collection of suede and leather dresses in Filene^s French Shops, seventh floor, Boston $100 [2031 HOW COULD The first performance of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov wasn't exactly what you'd call a smash. Mussorgsky's close friend, Rimsky-Korsakow, however, thought the opera a masterpiece marred only by amateurish technique. So, fifteen years after Mussorgsky died, friend Nikolai took the score off the shelf and reworked it. In his hands, advanced musical ideas became mellow cliches. Today, most music critics agree that Mussorgsky's score — not Rimsky- Korsakow's revision — is the one of greater power and originality. The moral of the story, comrades, is simply this: close friends — no matter how well meaning — usually aren't equipped to manage your affairs. When you make out your will, be sure to name an executor who will carry out your Old Colony Trust Company wishes to the letter. Old Colony has a reputation, you'll find, for being just this kind of executor. Ask your lawyer. And then perhaps the two of you would like to come down to Number One Federal Street and talk things over with us. [264] EIGHTY-THIRD SEASON • NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE -SIXTY-FOUR Fifth Program FRIDAY AFTERNOON, November i, at 2:00 o'clock SATURDAY EVENING, November 2, at 8:30 o'clock RICHARD BURGIN, Conductor liKRi.ioz Overture, "The Corsair," Op. 21 Hindi \r mi Symphonia Serena Motleralely fast Gesclnviiulmajscli l)y Beeilioveii, Paraphrase Colloquy Solo violins: josepli Silveislein, Alfred Krips Solo violas: josepli de Pasqnale, Jean Canhape Finale; gay 1 N I ¥. R M 1 S S I O N Tchaikovsky. ^Symphony No. 6, in B minor. Op. 74, "Pathetique" I. Adagio; allegro non iroppo II. Alleqro con orazia III. Allegro niollo vivace IV. Finale: Adaaio lamenloso These concerts will end about 3:50 o'clock on Friday Afternoon; 10:20 o'clock on Saturday Evening. BALDWIN PIANO *RCA VICTOR RECORDS [265] PLAZA BOSTON • CHESTNUT HILL • SOUTH SHORE [266] OVERTURE, "LE CORSAIRE/' Op. 21 By Hector Berlioz Born in Cote-Saint-Andre, December 11, 1803; died in Paris, March 8, 1869 The Overture is supposed to have been written in February 1831. It was revised in 1844, and first performed in Paris, January 19, 1845, at the Champs Elysees, when BerHoz conducted from the manuscript. There was a second performance April 1, 1855, at a concert of the St. CeciHa Society in Paris. The score was again revised and first pubHshed in this year.