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PHILIP HALE’S BOSTON SYMPHONY PROGRAMME NOTES EDITOR’S NOTE CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PHILIP HALE’S BOSTON SYMPHONY PROGRAMME NOTES JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH THE BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS THE CONCERTOS FOR PIANOFORTE THE ORCHESTRAL SUITES LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO. 1, IN C MAJOR, OP. 21 SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN D MAJOR, OP. 36 SYMPHONY NO. 3, IN E FLAT MAJOR “EROICA,” OP. 55 SYMPHONY NO. 4, IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP. 60 SYMPHONY NO. 5, IN C MINOR, OP. 67 SYMPHONY NO. 6, IN F MAJOR, “PASTORALE,” OP. 68 SYMPHONY NO. 7, IN A MAJOR, OP. 92 SYMPHONY NO. 8, IN F MAJOR, OP. 93 SYMPHONY NO. 9, IN D MINOR, WITH FINAL CHORUS ON SCHILLER’S “ODE TO JOY,” OP. 125

TO JOY

OVERTURE TO “LEONORE NO. 3,” OP. 72 OVERTURE TO “EGMONT,” OP. 84 OVERTURE TO “CORIOLANUS,” OP. 62 CONCERTO FOR PIANOFORTE, NO. 4, IN G MAJOR, OP. 58 CONCERTO FOR PIANOFORTE, NO. 5, IN E FLAT MAJOR, OP. 73 CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, IN D MAJOR, OP. 61 HECTOR BERLIOZ SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE, IN C MAJOR, OP. 14 a

“PROGRAMME OF THE SYMPHONY “Part I “DREAMS, PASSIONS “Part II “A BALL “Part III “SCENE IN THE FIELDS “Part IV “MARCH TO THE SCAFFOLD “Part V “WALPURGISNIGHT’S DREAM

OVERTURE, “THE ROMAN CARNIVAL,” OP. 9 ERNEST BLOCH “SCHELOMO” (SOLOMON), HEBREW RHAPSODY FOR VIOLONCELLO AND ORCHESTRA ALEXANDER PORPHIRIEVITCH BORODIN SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN B MINOR, OP. 5 JOHANNES BRAHMS SYMPHONY NO. 1, IN C MINOR, OP. 68 SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN D MAJOR, OP. 73 SYMPHONY, NO. 3, IN F MAJOR, OP. 90 SYMPHONY NO. 4, IN E MINOR, OP. 98 VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY JOSEF HAYDN, IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP. 56a “TRAGIC” OVERTURE, OP. 81 ACADEMIC FESTIVAL OVERTURE, OP. 80 CONCERTO FOR PIANOFORTE, NO. 1, IN D MINOR, OP. 15 CONCERTO NO. 2, IN B FLAT MAJOR, FOR PIANOFORTE AND ORCHESTRA, OP. 83 CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, IN D MAJOR, OP. 77 ANTON BRUCKNER SYMPHONY NO. 7, IN E MAJOR SYMPHONY NO. 8, IN C MINOR JOHN ALDEN CARPENTER SUITE. “ADVENTURES IN A PERAMBULATOR” CLAUDE ACHILLE DEBUSSY “PRÉLUDE À L’APRÈS-MIDI D’UN FAUNE” (ECLOGUE DE STÉPHANE MALLARMÉ) NOCTURNES “LA MER,” TROIS ESQUISSES SYMPHONIQUES

Debussy and the Sea

“IBÉRIA”: “IMAGES” FOR ORCHESTRA, NO. 2 ANTON DVOŘÁK SYMPHONY NO. 5, IN E MINOR, “FROM THE NEW WORLD,” OP. 95 EDWARD WILLIAM ELGAR VARIATIONS ON AN ORIGINAL THEME, “ENIGMA,” OP. 36

THEME VARIATIONS

MANUEL DE FALLA BALLET-PANTOMIME: “EL AMOR BRUJO” THREE DANCES TAKEN FROM THE BALLET “THE THREE-CORNERED HAT” CÉSAR FRANCK SYMPHONY IN D MINOR GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL TWELVE CONCERTI GROSSI, FOR STRING ORCHESTRA FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN LONDON SYMPHONIES SYMPHONY NO. 104, IN D MAJOR (B. & H. NO. 2) LONDON SYMPHONIES SYMPHONY NO. 94, IN G MAJOR, “SURPRISE” (B. & H. NO. 6) PARIS SYMPHONIES SYMPHONY NO. 88, IN G MAJOR (B. & H. NO. 13) PAUL HINDEMITH “KONZERTMUSIK” FOR STRING AND BRASS INSTRUMENTS ARTHUR HONNEGER “PACIFIC 231,” ORCHESTRAL MOVEMENT PAUL MARIE THÉODORE VINCENT d’INDY SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP. 57 SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS, “ISTAR,” OP. 42 FRANZ LISZT A “FAUST” SYMPHONY IN THREE CHARACTER PICTURES (AFTER GOETHE) SYMPHONIC POEM, NO. 3, “LES PRÉLUDES” (AFTER LAMARTINE) PIANOFORTE CONCERTO, NO. 1, IN E FLAT CHARLES MARTIN LOEFFLER “A PAGAN POEM” (AFTER VIRGIL), OP. 14, FOR ORCHESTRA, PIANOFORTE, ENGLISH HORN, AND THREE TRUMPETS OBBLIGATI EDWARD MacDOWELL ORCHESTRAL SUITE NO. 2, IN E MINOR, “INDIAN,” OP. 48 GUSTAV MAHLER THE SYMPHONIES SYMPHONY NO. 5, IN C SHARP MINOR IN THREE PARTS FELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY SYMPHONY IN A MAJOR, “ITALIAN,” OP. 90 OVERTURE AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC TO SHAKESPEARE’S LAY, “A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM” CONCERT OVERTURE, “THE HEBRIDES,” OR “FINGAL’S CAVE,” OP. 26 CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, IN E MINOR, OP. 64 MODESTE PETROVITCH MOUSSORGSKY “A NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN” (“UNE NUIT SUR LE MONT-CHAUVE”); FANTASY FOR ORCHESTRA Posthumous Work Completed and Orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART SYMPHONY IN E FLAT MAJOR (KOECHEL NO. 543) SYMPHONY IN G MINOR (KOECHEL NO. 550) SYMPHONY IN C MAJOR, “JUPITER” (KOECHEL NO. 551) OVERTURE TO THE OPERA, “THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO” OVERTURE TO THE OPERA “THE MAGIC FLUTE” CONCERTOS FOR VIOLIN MOZART AS PIANIST SERGE SERGIEVICH PROKOFIEFF SCYTHIAN SUITE, “ALA AND LOLLI,” OP. 20 CLASSICAL SYMPHONY, OP. 25 SERGEI VASSILIEVICH RACHMANINOFF SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN E MINOR, OP. 27 CONCERTO NO. 2, IN C MINOR, FOR PIANOFORTE WITH ORCHESTRA, OP. 18 JOSEPH MAURICE RAVEL “MA MÈRE L’OYE” (MOTHER GOOSE), FIVE CHILDREN’S PIECES “DAPHNIS ET CHLOÉ,” BALLET IN ONE ACT, ORCHESTRAL FRAGMENTS, SECOND SERIES “DAYBREAK,” “PANTOMIME,” “GENERAL DANCE” BOLERO OTTERINO RESPIGHI SYMPHONIC POEM, “PINES OF ROME” NICOLAS ANDREJEVITCH RIMSKY-KORSAKOV SYMPHONIC SUITE, “SCHEHERAZADE” (AFTER “THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT”), OP. 35 CAPRICE ON SPANISH THEMES, OP. 34 CHARLES CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS SYMPHONY NO. 3, IN C MINOR (WITH ORGAN), OP. 78 ARNOLD SCHOENBERG “VERKLÄRTE NACHT” (RADIANT NIGHT), ARRANGED FOR STRING ORCHESTRA, OP. 4 FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT SYMPHONY NO. 8, IN B MINOR (“UNFINISHED”) SYMPHONY NO. 7, IN C MAJOR ROBERT ALEXANDER SCHUMANN SYMPHONY NO. 1, IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP. 38 SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN C MAJOR, OP. 61 SYMPHONY NO. 3, IN E FLAT MAJOR, “RHENISH,” OP. 97 SYMPHONY NO. 4, IN D MINOR, OP. 120 CONCERTO IN A MINOR, FOR PIANOFORTE AND ORCHESTRA, OP. 54 ALEXANDER NICOLAIEVITCH SCRIABIN “THE POEM OF ECSTASY” (LE POÈME DE L’EXTASE), OP. 54 JEAN JULIUS CHRISTIAN SIBELIUS SYMPHONY NO. 1, IN E MINOR, OP. 39 SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN D MAJOR, OP. 43 SYMPHONY NO. 4, IN A MINOR, OP. 63 SYMPHONY NO. 5, IN E FLAT MAJOR, OP. 82 SYMPHONY NO. 7, OP. 105 (In one movement) “FINLANDIA,” SYMPHONIC POEM FOR ORCHESTRA, OP. 26, NO. 7 “THE SWAN OF TUONELA” (“TUONELAN JOUTSEN”), LEGEND FROM THE FINNISH FOLK EPIC “KALEVALA” RICHARD STRAUSS “DON JUAN,” TONE POEM (AFTER NICOLAUS LENAU), OP. 20 “TOD UND VERKLÄRUNG” (DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION) TONE POEM, OP. 24 “TILL EULENSPIEGEL’S MERRY PRANKS, AFTER THE OLD-FASHIONED ROGUISH MANNER—IN RONDO FORM,” OP. 28 “THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA,” TONE POEM (FREELY AFTER FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE), OP. 30 “DON QUIXOTE,” FANTASTIC VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF KNIGHTLY CHARACTER, OP. 35 INTRODUCTION, THEME WITH VARIATIONS, AND FINALE

Introduction Theme Variation I Variation II Variation III Variation IV Variation V Variation VI Variation VII Variation VIII Variation IX Variation X Finale

“EIN HELDENLEBEN” (A HERO’S LIFE), TONE POEM, OP. 40

The Hero The Hero’s Antagonists The Hero’s Helpmate The Hero’s Battlefield The Hero’s Mission of Peace The Hero’s Escape from the World, and Conclusion

IGOR FEDOROVITCH STRAVINSKY SUITE FROM “L’OISEAU DE FEU” (THE FIRE-BIRD) A Danced Legend SUITE FROM THE BALLET, “PETROUCHKA” “LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS” (“THE RITE OF SPRING”), PICTURES OF PAGAN RUSSIA

I. The Adoration of the Earth II. The Sacrifice

JOSEPH DEEMS TAYLOR “THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS,” SUITE, FIVE PICTURES FROM LEWIS CARROLL, OP. 12

Ia. Dedication Ib. The Garden of Live Flowers II. Jabberwocky III. Looking-Glass Insects IV. The White Knight

PETER ILITCH TCHAIKOVSKY SYMPHONY NO. 4, IN F MINOR, OP. 36 SYMPHONY NO. 5, IN E MINOR, OP. 64 SYMPHONY NO. 6, IN B MINOR, “PATHETIC,” OP. 74 “ROMEO AND JULIET,” OVERTURE FANTASIA (AFTER SHAKESPEARE) CONCERTO FOR PIANOFORTE NO. 1, IN B FLAT MINOR, OP. 23 CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, IN D MAJOR OP. 35 RICHARD WAGNER OVERTURE TO “RIENZI, THE LAST OF THE TRIBUNES” OVERTURE TO “DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER” (“THE FLYING DUTCHMAN”) OVERTURE TO TANNHÄUSER PRELUDE TO “LOHENGRIN” PRELUDE AND LIEBESTOD FROM “TRISTAN UND ISOLDE” PRELUDE TO “DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG” A SIEGFRIED IDYL “THE RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES,” FROM “DIE WALKÜRE” PRELUDE TO “PARSIFAL” “GOOD FRIDAY SPELL,” FROM “PARSIFAL” CARL MARIA VON WEBER OVERTURE TO THE OPERA “OBERON” OVERTURE TO THE OPERA “DER FREISCHÜTZ” OVERTURE TO THE OPERA “EURYANTHE” RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A LONDON SYMPHONY

“Second Movement “Third Movement “Fourth Movement

FOOTNOTES INDEX Transcriber’s Notes

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