SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON HUNTINGTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUES Branch Exchange Telephones, Ticket and Administration Offices, Commonwealth 1492 INC. Dr. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor FIFTY-SECOND SEASON, 1932-1933 WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE COPYRIGHT, 1932, BY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. INC. THE OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. BENTLEY W. WARREN President HENRY B. SAWYER Vice-President ERNEST B. DANE Treasurer HENRY B. CABOT, JR. ARTHUR LYMAN ERNEST B. DANE WILLIAM PHILLIPS N. PENROSE HALLOWELL EDWARD M. PICKMAN M. A. DE WOLFE HOWE HENRY B. SAWYER FREDERICK E. LOWELL BENTLEY W. WARREN W. H. BRENNAN, Manager G. E. JUDD, Assistant Manager 193 GERICKE Reviews the Past + * * When wiiheim returned the books he Gericke, the second con- said, I am completely ductor of the Boston dumbfounded! I do notsee Symphony Orchestra, what is left for me to do arrived in Boston one of here. 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Old Colony Trust Company 17 COURT STREET, BOSTON ^Affiliated with The FlRST NATIONAL Bank of BOSTON !94 ; CONTENTS I Title Page Page 193 Programme ........ 197 Analytical Notes by Philip Hale: Haydn Symphony in G major, "Oxford," No. 92 198 (Haydn's Symphony No. 17 in F major will be played instead of the above symphony) Harriet Cohen . Biographical Sketch 213 Bax . "Winter Legends" for Orchestra and Piano 214 Entr'acte: A Great Symphonist: Art of Jan Sibelius By F. Bonavia (Daily Telegraph, London, January 23, 1932) 220 Sibelius . Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39 222 Advance Programme . 231 Special Concert Announcements 232-236 Teachers' Directory ....... 237-240 Personnel Opposite page 240 19.5 Cfrannler & Co. Famous for Style for Over a Century Women s or Misses' Coats Third Floor We Suggest ersian . as a Beautiful Fur of enduring smartness! $98 If you want a coat that displays its worth in the beauty of furs ... If you want a coat that has distinction in its perfect lines ... If you want a coat of which you'll be proud for several seasons . then do see these care- fully selected, beautifully furred coats at $98! Also at this Price . these Expensive Furs: Beaver, Kolinsky, Mink, Silver or Blue-dyed Fox. i96 FIFTY-SECOND SEASON, NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO AND THIRTY-THREK FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 11, at 2.30 o'clock SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, at 8.15 o'clock in major, for String Orchestra Haydn . Symphony No. 17 F I. Allegro. II. Andante. III. Finale. Bax "Winter Legends," Symphonie Concertante for Pianoforte and Orchestra I. Allegro. II. Lento molto espressivo. III. Molto moderato. (First time in the United States) Sibelius Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39 I. Andante ma non troppo; Allegro energico. II. Andante ma non troppo lento. III. Allegro. IV. Finale (Quasi una Fantasia): Andante; Allegro molto. SOLOIST HARRIET COHEN STEINWAY PIANO USED There will be an intermission before the symphony of Sibelius City of Boston, Revised Regulation of August 5, 1898,—Chapter 3, relating to the covering of the head in places of public amusement. Every licensee shall not, in his place of amusement, allow any person to wear upon the head a covering which ohstructi the view of the exhibition or performance in such place of any person seated in any seat therein provided for spectators, it being understood that a low head covering without projection, which does not obstruct such view, may be worn. Attest: J. M. GALVIN. City Clerk. 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 197 Symphony in G major, "Oxford" Josef Haydn (Instead of the above symphony, Haydn's Symphony No. 17 in F major will be played j (Born at Rohrau, Lower Austria, March 31 (?), 1732; died at Vienna, May 31, 1809) This symphony is marked "Letter Q" in the catalogue of the Lon- don Philharmonic Society ; No. 9 in the Peters edition ; No. 2 in the edition of Rieter-Biedermann ; No. 31 in Sieber's edition; No. 11 in La Due's; No. 20 in the Library of the Paris Conservatory. It is called the "Oxford" because it was performed at the second concert (July 7, 1791) of the three given while Haydn was at Ox- ford, England, to receive his degree of Mus. Doc. from the Uni- versity. The concert began at 7 p.m. The program was a long one. Handel's overture to "Samson"; aria, "So much Beauty," from Handel's "Esther," sung by Master Mutlow;* a violoncello concerto played *This Oxford singing-boy took the place of the famous and beautiful soprano, Anna Maria Crouch (1763-1805), who fell dangerously sick at Henley on her way to Oxford. Anna Selina Storace (1766-1817) was the daughter of an Italian double-bass player at London and the sister of Stephen Storace, the composer. She studied in London, and then at Venice with Sacchini. She sang in Italy from 1780 to 1782, when to Vienna in 1784, created there the part of Susanna in Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro" (1786), returned to London and left the stage in 1808. Giacomo David (born Davide), born at Presezzo in 1750, was a distinguished tenor in Italy as early as 1770. He sang for the last time in Genoa in 1811, and died at Bergamo in 1830. Michael Kelly, composer, singer, and manager, was born at Dublin in 1762. He studied there and at Naples. He sang in Italy and at Vienna, created the parts of Don Basilio and Don Curzio in Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro." He died at Margate in 1826. His "Reminiscences" High Grade Bonds For Safety of Principal and Income Chase Harris Forbes Corporation 24 Federal Street, Boston 198 by Mr. Sperati; aria, "Quel desir che amor un di," by Storace, sung by Sgra. Storace; a chorus from HandePs "Alexander's Feast," made up the first part. The second opened with a symphony (MS.) by Haydn, "expressly intended for this concert." An aria from Handel's "Saul/' sung by Sig. David; a violin concerto by Master Clement and played by the youthful composer; Mengozzi's aria, "Donna chi vuol vedere," sung by Mr. Kelly ; Purcell's "From Silent Shades and the Elysium Graves," sung by Sgra. Storace; the hail- stone chorus from Handel's "Israel in Egypt" ; and a glee sung by Kelly, Webb, and Bellamy, made up the second part. There was an attempt to shorten this part, but the students, "gentlemen of the square cap," would not hear of it. The third part included an aria, "Whither, my Love," sung by Sgra. Storace ; a concertante by Pleyel, played by Cramer, Dance, Patria, Sperati; an aria by Sarti, sung by Sig. David ; Handel's "Let the Bright Seraphim," from "Samson," sung by Sgra. Storace; and a chorus from the same oratorio. In spite of the words "expressly intended for this concert," it is (1826), a book of most entertaining gossip, was written by Theodore Hook. Clement afterward became a celebrated virtuoso, and was the first to play Beethoven's violin concerto. The Bellamy who took part in the glee was probably Richard Bellamy (1743-1813). one of the best basses of his day and a composer of church music, glees, and other works. MUSIC: SUITABLE FOR AN ART AND A LANGUAGE By WALTER R. SPALDING GIFTS OR "The best book on music that has yet come from America." —Musical Opinion, London. 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We are told that Haydn intended to have the work, "one of his favorite compositions," performed at the first Oxford concert, July 6, but he arrived too late for rehearsal, and one that was already familiar was played. Cramer was the "leader," Dr. Hayes was the chief conductor.