Philip Hale's Boston Symphony Programme Notes
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1. Front matter2. EDITOR’S NOTE3. INTRODUCTION4. JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH5. THE BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS6. THE CONCERTOS FOR PIANOFORTE7. THE ORCHESTRAL SUITES8. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN9. SYMPHONY NO. 1, IN C MAJOR, OP. 2110. SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN D MAJOR, OP. 3611. SYMPHONY NO. 3, IN E FLAT MAJOR “EROICA,” OP. 5512. SYMPHONY NO. 4, IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP. 6013. SYMPHONY NO. 5, IN C MINOR, OP. 6714. SYMPHONY NO. 6, IN F MAJOR, “PASTORALE,” OP. 6815. SYMPHONY NO. 7, IN A MAJOR, OP. 9216. SYMPHONY NO. 8, IN F MAJOR, OP. 9317. SYMPHONY NO. 9, IN D MINOR, WITH FINAL CHORUS ON SCHILLER’S “ODE TO JOY,” OP. 12518. OVERTURE TO “LEONORE NO. 3,” OP. 7219. OVERTURE TO “EGMONT,” OP. 8420. OVERTURE TO “CORIOLANUS,” OP. 6221. CONCERTO FOR PIANOFORTE, NO. 4, IN G MAJOR, OP. 5822. CONCERTO FOR PIANOFORTE, NO. 5, IN E FLAT MAJOR, OP. 7323. CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, IN D MAJOR, OP. 6124. HECTOR BERLIOZ25. SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE, IN C MAJOR, OP. 14 a26. “Part I “DREAMS, PASSIONS27. “Part II “A BALL28. “Part III “SCENE IN THE FIELDS29. “Part IV “MARCH TO THE SCAFFOLD30. “Part V “WALPURGISNIGHT’S DREAM31. OVERTURE, “THE ROMAN CARNIVAL,” OP. 932. ERNEST BLOCH33. “SCHELOMO” (SOLOMON), HEBREW RHAPSODY FOR VIOLONCELLO AND ORCHESTRA34. ALEXANDER PORPHIRIEVITCH BORODIN35. SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN B MINOR, OP. 536. JOHANNES BRAHMS37. SYMPHONY NO. 1, IN C MINOR, OP. 6838. SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN D MAJOR, OP. 7339. SYMPHONY, NO. 3, IN F MAJOR, OP. 9040. SYMPHONY NO. 4, IN E MINOR, OP. 9841. VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY JOSEF HAYDN, IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP. 56a42. “TRAGIC” OVERTURE, OP. 8143. ACADEMIC FESTIVAL OVERTURE, OP. 8044. CONCERTO FOR PIANOFORTE, NO. 1, IN D MINOR, OP. 1545. CONCERTO NO. 2, IN B FLAT MAJOR, FOR PIANOFORTE AND ORCHESTRA, OP. 8346. CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, IN D MAJOR, OP. 7747. ANTON BRUCKNER48. SYMPHONY NO. 7, IN E MAJOR49. SYMPHONY NO. 8, IN C MINOR50. JOHN ALDEN CARPENTER51. SUITE. “ADVENTURES IN A PERAMBULATOR”52. CLAUDE ACHILLE DEBUSSY53. “PRÉLUDE À L’APRÈS-MIDI D’UN FAUNE” (ECLOGUE DE STÉPHANE MALLARMÉ)54. NOCTURNES55. “LA MER,” TROIS ESQUISSES SYMPHONIQUES56. “IBÉRIA”: “IMAGES” FOR ORCHESTRA, NO. 257. ANTON DVOŘÁK58. SYMPHONY NO. 5, IN E MINOR, “FROM THE NEW WORLD,” OP. 9559. EDWARD WILLIAM ELGAR60. VARIATIONS ON AN ORIGINAL THEME, “ENIGMA,” OP. 3661. MANUEL DE FALLA62. BALLET-PANTOMIME: “EL AMOR BRUJO”63. THREE DANCES TAKEN FROM THE BALLET “THE THREE-CORNERED HAT”64. CÉSAR FRANCK65. SYMPHONY IN D MINOR66. GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL67. TWELVE CONCERTI GROSSI, FOR STRING ORCHESTRA68. FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN69. LONDON SYMPHONIES SYMPHONY NO. 104, IN D MAJOR (B. & H. NO. 2)70. LONDON SYMPHONIES SYMPHONY NO. 94, IN G MAJOR, “SURPRISE” (B. & H. NO. 6)71. PARIS SYMPHONIES SYMPHONY NO. 88, IN G MAJOR (B. & H. NO. 13)72. PAUL HINDEMITH73. “KONZERTMUSIK” FOR STRING AND BRASS INSTRUMENTS74. ARTHUR HONNEGER75. “PACIFIC 231,” ORCHESTRAL MOVEMENT76. PAUL MARIE THÉODORE VINCENT d’INDY77. SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP. 5778. SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS, “ISTAR,” OP. 4279. FRANZ LISZT80. A “FAUST” SYMPHONY IN THREE CHARACTER PICTURES (AFTER GOETHE)81. SYMPHONIC POEM, NO. 3, “LES PRÉLUDES” (AFTER LAMARTINE)82. PIANOFORTE CONCERTO, NO. 1, IN E FLAT83. CHARLES MARTIN LOEFFLER84. “A PAGAN POEM” (AFTER VIRGIL), OP. 14, FOR ORCHESTRA, PIANOFORTE, ENGLISH HORN, AND THREE TRUMPETS OBBLIGATI85. EDWARD MacDOWELL86. ORCHESTRAL SUITE NO. 2, IN E MINOR, “INDIAN,” OP. 4887. GUSTAV MAHLER88. THE SYMPHONIES89. SYMPHONY NO. 5, IN C SHARP MINOR IN THREE PARTS90. FELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY91. SYMPHONY IN A MAJOR, “ITALIAN,” OP. 9092. OVERTURE AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC TO SHAKESPEARE’S LAY, “A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM”93. CONCERT OVERTURE, “THE HEBRIDES,” OR “FINGAL’S CAVE,” OP. 2694. CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, IN E MINOR, OP. 6495. MODESTE PETROVITCH MOUSSORGSKY96. “A NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN” (“UNE NUIT SUR LE MONT-CHAUVE”); FANTASY FOR ORCHESTRA Posthumous Work Completed and Orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov97. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART98. SYMPHONY IN E FLAT MAJOR (KOECHEL NO. 543)99. SYMPHONY IN G MINOR (KOECHEL NO. 550)100. SYMPHONY IN C MAJOR, “JUPITER” (KOECHEL NO. 551)101. OVERTURE TO THE OPERA, “THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO”102. OVERTURE TO THE OPERA “THE MAGIC FLUTE”103. CONCERTOS FOR VIOLIN104. MOZART AS PIANIST105. SERGE SERGIEVICH PROKOFIEFF106. SCYTHIAN SUITE, “ALA AND LOLLI,” OP. 20107. CLASSICAL SYMPHONY, OP. 25108. SERGEI VASSILIEVICH RACHMANINOFF109. SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN E MINOR, OP. 27110. CONCERTO NO. 2, IN C MINOR, FOR PIANOFORTE WITH ORCHESTRA, OP. 18111. JOSEPH MAURICE RAVEL112. “MA MÈRE L’OYE” (MOTHER GOOSE), FIVE CHILDREN’S PIECES113. “DAPHNIS ET CHLOÉ,” BALLET IN ONE ACT, ORCHESTRAL FRAGMENTS, SECOND SERIES “DAYBREAK,” “PANTOMIME,” “GENERAL DANCE”114. BOLERO115. OTTERINO RESPIGHI116. SYMPHONIC POEM, “PINES OF ROME”117. NICOLAS ANDREJEVITCH RIMSKY-KORSAKOV118. SYMPHONIC SUITE, “SCHEHERAZADE” (AFTER “THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT”), OP. 35119. CAPRICE ON SPANISH THEMES, OP. 34120. CHARLES CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS121. SYMPHONY NO. 3, IN C MINOR (WITH ORGAN), OP. 78122. ARNOLD SCHOENBERG123. “VERKLÄRTE NACHT” (RADIANT NIGHT), ARRANGED FOR STRING ORCHESTRA, OP. 4124. FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT125. SYMPHONY NO. 8, IN B MINOR (“UNFINISHED”)126. SYMPHONY NO. 7, IN C MAJOR127. ROBERT ALEXANDER SCHUMANN128. SYMPHONY NO. 1, IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP. 38129. SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN C MAJOR, OP. 61130. SYMPHONY NO. 3, IN E FLAT MAJOR, “RHENISH,” OP. 97131. SYMPHONY NO. 4, IN D MINOR, OP. 120132. CONCERTO IN A MINOR, FOR PIANOFORTE AND ORCHESTRA, OP. 54133. ALEXANDER NICOLAIEVITCH SCRIABIN134. “THE POEM OF ECSTASY” (LE POÈME DE L’EXTASE), OP. 54135. JEAN JULIUS CHRISTIAN SIBELIUS136. SYMPHONY NO. 1, IN E MINOR, OP. 39137. SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN D MAJOR, OP. 43138. SYMPHONY NO. 4, IN A MINOR, OP. 63139. SYMPHONY NO. 5, IN E FLAT MAJOR, OP. 82140. SYMPHONY NO. 7, OP. 105 (In one movement)141. “FINLANDIA,” SYMPHONIC POEM FOR ORCHESTRA, OP. 26, NO. 7142. “THE SWAN OF TUONELA” (“TUONELAN JOUTSEN”), LEGEND FROM THE FINNISH FOLK EPIC “KALEVALA”143. RICHARD STRAUSS144. “DON JUAN,” TONE POEM (AFTER NICOLAUS LENAU), OP. 20145. “TOD UND VERKLÄRUNG” (DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION) TONE POEM, OP. 24146. “TILL EULENSPIEGEL’S MERRY PRANKS, AFTER THE OLD-FASHIONED ROGUISH MANNER—IN RONDO FORM,” OP. 28147. “THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA,” TONE POEM (FREELY AFTER FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE), OP. 30148. “DON QUIXOTE,” FANTASTIC VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF KNIGHTLY CHARACTER, OP. 35 INTRODUCTION, THEME WITH VARIATIONS, AND FINALE149. “EIN HELDENLEBEN” (A HERO’S LIFE), TONE POEM, OP. 40150. IGOR FEDOROVITCH STRAVINSKY151. SUITE FROM “L’OISEAU DE FEU” (THE FIRE-BIRD) A Danced Legend152. SUITE FROM THE BALLET, “PETROUCHKA”153. “LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS” (“THE RITE OF SPRING”), PICTURES OF PAGAN RUSSIA154. JOSEPH DEEMS TAYLOR155. “THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS,” SUITE, FIVE PICTURES FROM LEWIS CARROLL, OP. 12156. PETER ILITCH TCHAIKOVSKY157. SYMPHONY NO. 4, IN F MINOR, OP. 36158. SYMPHONY NO. 5, IN E MINOR, OP. 64159. SYMPHONY NO. 6, IN B MINOR, “PATHETIC,” OP. 74160. “ROMEO AND JULIET,” OVERTURE FANTASIA (AFTER SHAKESPEARE)161. CONCERTO FOR PIANOFORTE NO. 1, IN B FLAT MINOR, OP. 23162. CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, IN D MAJOR OP. 35163. RICHARD WAGNER164. OVERTURE TO “RIENZI, THE LAST OF THE TRIBUNES”165. OVERTURE TO “DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER” (“THE FLYING DUTCHMAN”)166. OVERTURE TO TANNHÄUSER167. PRELUDE TO “LOHENGRIN”168. PRELUDE AND LIEBESTOD FROM “TRISTAN UND ISOLDE”169. PRELUDE TO “DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG”170. A SIEGFRIED IDYL171. “THE RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES,” FROM “DIE WALKÜRE”172. PRELUDE TO “PARSIFAL”173. “GOOD FRIDAY SPELL,” FROM “PARSIFAL”174. CARL MARIA VON WEBER175. OVERTURE TO THE OPERA “OBERON”176. OVERTURE TO THE OPERA “DER FREISCHÜTZ”177. OVERTURE TO THE OPERA “EURYANTHE”178. RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS179. A LONDON SYMPHONY180. FOOTNOTES181. INDEX182. Transcriber’s Notes