Philip Hale's Boston Symphony Programme Notes“Part II “A BALLReading editionChapter navigation182 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterEDITOR’S NOTEINTRODUCTIONJOHANN SEBASTIAN BACHTHE BRANDENBURG CONCERTOSTHE CONCERTOS FOR PIANOFORTETHE ORCHESTRAL SUITESLUDWIG VAN BEETHOVENSYMPHONY NO. 1, IN C MAJOR, OP. 21SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN D MAJOR, OP. 36SYMPHONY NO. 3, IN E FLAT MAJOR “EROICA,” OP. 55SYMPHONY NO. 4, IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP. 60SYMPHONY NO. 5, IN C MINOR, OP. 67SYMPHONY NO. 6, IN F MAJOR, “PASTORALE,” OP. 68SYMPHONY NO. 7, IN A MAJOR, OP. 92SYMPHONY NO. 8, IN F MAJOR, OP. 93SYMPHONY NO. 9, IN D MINOR, WITH FINAL CHORUS ON SCHILLER’S “ODE TO JOY,” OP. 125OVERTURE TO “LEONORE NO. 3,” OP. 72OVERTURE TO “EGMONT,” OP. 84OVERTURE TO “CORIOLANUS,” OP. 62CONCERTO FOR PIANOFORTE, NO. 4, IN G MAJOR, OP. 58CONCERTO FOR PIANOFORTE, NO. 5, IN E FLAT MAJOR, OP. 73CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, IN D MAJOR, OP. 61HECTOR BERLIOZSYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE, IN C MAJOR, OP. 14 a“Part I “DREAMS, PASSIONS“Part II “A BALL“Part III “SCENE IN THE FIELDS“Part IV “MARCH TO THE SCAFFOLD“Part V “WALPURGISNIGHT’S DREAMOVERTURE, “THE ROMAN CARNIVAL,” OP. 9ERNEST BLOCH“SCHELOMO” (SOLOMON), HEBREW RHAPSODY FOR VIOLONCELLO AND ORCHESTRAALEXANDER PORPHIRIEVITCH BORODINSYMPHONY NO. 2, IN B MINOR, OP. 5JOHANNES BRAHMSSYMPHONY NO. 1, IN C MINOR, OP. 68SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN D MAJOR, OP. 73SYMPHONY, NO. 3, IN F MAJOR, OP. 90SYMPHONY NO. 4, IN E MINOR, OP. 98VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY JOSEF HAYDN, IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP. 56a“TRAGIC” OVERTURE, OP. 81ACADEMIC FESTIVAL OVERTURE, OP. 80CONCERTO FOR PIANOFORTE, NO. 1, IN D MINOR, OP. 15CONCERTO NO. 2, IN B FLAT MAJOR, FOR PIANOFORTE AND ORCHESTRA, OP. 83CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, IN D MAJOR, OP. 77ANTON BRUCKNERSYMPHONY NO. 7, IN E MAJORSYMPHONY NO. 8, IN C MINORJOHN ALDEN CARPENTERSUITE. “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“IBÉRIA”: “IMAGES” FOR ORCHESTRA, NO. 2ANTON DVOŘÁKSYMPHONY NO. 5, IN E MINOR, “FROM THE NEW WORLD,” OP. 95EDWARD WILLIAM ELGARVARIATIONS ON AN ORIGINAL THEME, “ENIGMA,” OP. 36MANUEL DE FALLABALLET-PANTOMIME: “EL AMOR BRUJO”THREE DANCES TAKEN FROM THE BALLET “THE THREE-CORNERED HAT”CÉSAR FRANCKSYMPHONY IN D MINORGEORG FRIDERIC HANDELTWELVE CONCERTI GROSSI, FOR STRING ORCHESTRAFRANZ JOSEF HAYDNLONDON 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 INSTRUMENTSARTHUR HONNEGER“PACIFIC 231,” ORCHESTRAL MOVEMENTPAUL MARIE THÉODORE VINCENT d’INDYSYMPHONY NO. 2, IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP. 57SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS, “ISTAR,” OP. 42FRANZ LISZTA “FAUST” SYMPHONY IN THREE CHARACTER PICTURES (AFTER GOETHE)SYMPHONIC POEM, NO. 3, “LES PRÉLUDES” (AFTER LAMARTINE)PIANOFORTE CONCERTO, NO. 1, IN E FLATCHARLES MARTIN LOEFFLER“A PAGAN POEM” (AFTER VIRGIL), OP. 14, FOR ORCHESTRA, PIANOFORTE, ENGLISH HORN, AND THREE TRUMPETS OBBLIGATIEDWARD MacDOWELLORCHESTRAL SUITE NO. 2, IN E MINOR, “INDIAN,” OP. 48GUSTAV MAHLERTHE SYMPHONIESSYMPHONY NO. 5, IN C SHARP MINOR IN THREE PARTSFELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDYSYMPHONY IN A MAJOR, “ITALIAN,” OP. 90OVERTURE AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC TO SHAKESPEARE’S LAY, “A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM”CONCERT OVERTURE, “THE HEBRIDES,” OR “FINGAL’S CAVE,” OP. 26CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, IN E MINOR, OP. 64MODESTE PETROVITCH MOUSSORGSKY“A NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN” (“UNE NUIT SUR LE MONT-CHAUVE”); FANTASY FOR ORCHESTRA Posthumous Work Completed and Orchestrated by Rimsky-KorsakovWOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZARTSYMPHONY 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 VIOLINMOZART AS PIANISTSERGE SERGIEVICH PROKOFIEFFSCYTHIAN SUITE, “ALA AND LOLLI,” OP. 20CLASSICAL SYMPHONY, OP. 25SERGEI VASSILIEVICH RACHMANINOFFSYMPHONY NO. 2, IN E MINOR, OP. 27CONCERTO NO. 2, IN C MINOR, FOR PIANOFORTE WITH ORCHESTRA, OP. 18JOSEPH 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”BOLEROOTTERINO RESPIGHISYMPHONIC POEM, “PINES OF ROME”NICOLAS ANDREJEVITCH RIMSKY-KORSAKOVSYMPHONIC SUITE, “SCHEHERAZADE” (AFTER “THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT”), OP. 35CAPRICE ON SPANISH THEMES, OP. 34CHARLES CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNSSYMPHONY NO. 3, IN C MINOR (WITH ORGAN), OP. 78ARNOLD SCHOENBERG“VERKLÄRTE NACHT” (RADIANT NIGHT), ARRANGED FOR STRING ORCHESTRA, OP. 4FRANZ PETER SCHUBERTSYMPHONY NO. 8, IN B MINOR (“UNFINISHED”)SYMPHONY NO. 7, IN C MAJORROBERT ALEXANDER SCHUMANNSYMPHONY NO. 1, IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP. 38SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN C MAJOR, OP. 61SYMPHONY NO. 3, IN E FLAT MAJOR, “RHENISH,” OP. 97SYMPHONY NO. 4, IN D MINOR, OP. 120CONCERTO IN A MINOR, FOR PIANOFORTE AND ORCHESTRA, OP. 54ALEXANDER NICOLAIEVITCH SCRIABIN“THE POEM OF ECSTASY” (LE POÈME DE L’EXTASE), OP. 54JEAN JULIUS CHRISTIAN SIBELIUSSYMPHONY NO. 1, IN E MINOR, OP. 39SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN D MAJOR, OP. 43SYMPHONY NO. 4, IN A MINOR, OP. 63SYMPHONY NO. 5, IN E FLAT MAJOR, OP. 82SYMPHONY 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“EIN HELDENLEBEN” (A HERO’S LIFE), TONE POEM, OP. 40IGOR FEDOROVITCH STRAVINSKYSUITE FROM “L’OISEAU DE FEU” (THE FIRE-BIRD) A Danced LegendSUITE FROM THE BALLET, “PETROUCHKA”“LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS” (“THE RITE OF SPRING”), PICTURES OF PAGAN RUSSIAJOSEPH DEEMS TAYLOR“THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS,” SUITE, FIVE PICTURES FROM LEWIS CARROLL, OP. 12PETER ILITCH TCHAIKOVSKYSYMPHONY NO. 4, IN F MINOR, OP. 36SYMPHONY NO. 5, IN E MINOR, OP. 64SYMPHONY 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. 23CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, IN D MAJOR OP. 35RICHARD WAGNEROVERTURE TO “RIENZI, THE LAST OF THE TRIBUNES”OVERTURE TO “DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER” (“THE FLYING DUTCHMAN”)OVERTURE TO TANNHÄUSERPRELUDE 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 WEBEROVERTURE TO THE OPERA “OBERON”OVERTURE TO THE OPERA “DER FREISCHÜTZ”OVERTURE TO THE OPERA “EURYANTHE”RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMSA LONDON SYMPHONYFOOTNOTESINDEXTranscriber’s NotesPrevious chapter ←“Part I “DREAMS, PASSIONSNext chapter →“Part III “SCENE IN THE FIELDSAll chapters and sections (182)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsEDITOR’S NOTEINTRODUCTIONJOHANN SEBASTIAN BACHTHE BRANDENBURG CONCERTOSTHE CONCERTOS FOR PIANOFORTETHE ORCHESTRAL SUITESLUDWIG VAN BEETHOVENSYMPHONY NO. 1, IN C MAJOR, OP. 21SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN D MAJOR, OP. 36SYMPHONY NO. 3, IN E FLAT MAJOR “EROICA,” OP. 55SYMPHONY NO. 4, IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP. 60SYMPHONY NO. 5, IN C MINOR, OP. 67SYMPHONY NO. 6, IN F MAJOR, “PASTORALE,” OP. 68SYMPHONY NO. 7, IN A MAJOR, OP. 92SYMPHONY NO. 8, IN F MAJOR, OP. 93SYMPHONY NO. 9, IN D MINOR, WITH FINAL CHORUS ON SCHILLER’S “ODE TO JOY,” OP. 125OVERTURE TO “LEONORE NO. 3,” OP. 72OVERTURE TO “EGMONT,” OP. 84OVERTURE TO “CORIOLANUS,” OP. 62CONCERTO FOR PIANOFORTE, NO. 4, IN G MAJOR, OP. 58CONCERTO FOR PIANOFORTE, NO. 5, IN E FLAT MAJOR, OP. 73CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, IN D MAJOR, OP. 61HECTOR BERLIOZSYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE, IN C MAJOR, OP. 14 aParts12345Part 5 · Other sectionsOVERTURE, “THE ROMAN CARNIVAL,” OP. 9ERNEST BLOCH“SCHELOMO” (SOLOMON), HEBREW RHAPSODY FOR VIOLONCELLO AND ORCHESTRAALEXANDER PORPHIRIEVITCH BORODINSYMPHONY NO. 2, IN B MINOR, OP. 5JOHANNES BRAHMSSYMPHONY NO. 1, IN C MINOR, OP. 68SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN D MAJOR, OP. 73SYMPHONY, NO. 3, IN F MAJOR, OP. 90SYMPHONY NO. 4, IN E MINOR, OP. 98VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY JOSEF HAYDN, IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP. 56a“TRAGIC” OVERTURE, OP. 81ACADEMIC FESTIVAL OVERTURE, OP. 80CONCERTO FOR PIANOFORTE, NO. 1, IN D MINOR, OP. 15CONCERTO NO. 2, IN B FLAT MAJOR, FOR PIANOFORTE AND ORCHESTRA, OP. 83CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, IN D MAJOR, OP. 77ANTON BRUCKNERSYMPHONY NO. 7, IN E MAJORSYMPHONY NO. 8, IN C MINORJOHN ALDEN CARPENTERSUITE. “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“IBÉRIA”: “IMAGES” FOR ORCHESTRA, NO. 2ANTON DVOŘÁKSYMPHONY NO. 5, IN E MINOR, “FROM THE NEW WORLD,” OP. 95EDWARD WILLIAM ELGARVARIATIONS ON AN ORIGINAL THEME, “ENIGMA,” OP. 36MANUEL DE FALLABALLET-PANTOMIME: “EL AMOR BRUJO”THREE DANCES TAKEN FROM THE BALLET “THE THREE-CORNERED HAT”CÉSAR FRANCKSYMPHONY IN D MINORGEORG FRIDERIC HANDELTWELVE CONCERTI GROSSI, FOR STRING ORCHESTRAFRANZ JOSEF HAYDNLONDON 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 INSTRUMENTSARTHUR HONNEGER“PACIFIC 231,” ORCHESTRAL MOVEMENTPAUL MARIE THÉODORE VINCENT d’INDYSYMPHONY NO. 2, IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP. 57SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS, “ISTAR,” OP. 42FRANZ LISZTA “FAUST” SYMPHONY IN THREE CHARACTER PICTURES (AFTER GOETHE)SYMPHONIC POEM, NO. 3, “LES PRÉLUDES” (AFTER LAMARTINE)PIANOFORTE CONCERTO, NO. 1, IN E FLATCHARLES MARTIN LOEFFLER“A PAGAN POEM” (AFTER VIRGIL), OP. 14, FOR ORCHESTRA, PIANOFORTE, ENGLISH HORN, AND THREE TRUMPETS OBBLIGATIEDWARD MacDOWELLORCHESTRAL SUITE NO. 2, IN E MINOR, “INDIAN,” OP. 48GUSTAV MAHLERTHE SYMPHONIESSYMPHONY NO. 5, IN C SHARP MINOR IN THREE PARTSFELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDYSYMPHONY IN A MAJOR, “ITALIAN,” OP. 90OVERTURE AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC TO SHAKESPEARE’S LAY, “A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM”CONCERT OVERTURE, “THE HEBRIDES,” OR “FINGAL’S CAVE,” OP. 26CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, IN E MINOR, OP. 64MODESTE PETROVITCH MOUSSORGSKY“A NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN” (“UNE NUIT SUR LE MONT-CHAUVE”); FANTASY FOR ORCHESTRA Posthumous Work Completed and Orchestrated by Rimsky-KorsakovWOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZARTSYMPHONY 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 VIOLINMOZART AS PIANISTSERGE SERGIEVICH PROKOFIEFFSCYTHIAN SUITE, “ALA AND LOLLI,” OP. 20CLASSICAL SYMPHONY, OP. 25SERGEI VASSILIEVICH RACHMANINOFFSYMPHONY NO. 2, IN E MINOR, OP. 27CONCERTO NO. 2, IN C MINOR, FOR PIANOFORTE WITH ORCHESTRA, OP. 18JOSEPH 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”BOLEROOTTERINO RESPIGHISYMPHONIC POEM, “PINES OF ROME”NICOLAS ANDREJEVITCH RIMSKY-KORSAKOVSYMPHONIC SUITE, “SCHEHERAZADE” (AFTER “THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT”), OP. 35CAPRICE ON SPANISH THEMES, OP. 34CHARLES CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNSSYMPHONY NO. 3, IN C MINOR (WITH ORGAN), OP. 78ARNOLD SCHOENBERG“VERKLÄRTE NACHT” (RADIANT NIGHT), ARRANGED FOR STRING ORCHESTRA, OP. 4FRANZ PETER SCHUBERTSYMPHONY NO. 8, IN B MINOR (“UNFINISHED”)SYMPHONY NO. 7, IN C MAJORROBERT ALEXANDER SCHUMANNSYMPHONY NO. 1, IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP. 38SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN C MAJOR, OP. 61SYMPHONY NO. 3, IN E FLAT MAJOR, “RHENISH,” OP. 97SYMPHONY NO. 4, IN D MINOR, OP. 120CONCERTO IN A MINOR, FOR PIANOFORTE AND ORCHESTRA, OP. 54ALEXANDER NICOLAIEVITCH SCRIABIN“THE POEM OF ECSTASY” (LE POÈME DE L’EXTASE), OP. 54JEAN JULIUS CHRISTIAN SIBELIUSSYMPHONY NO. 1, IN E MINOR, OP. 39SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN D MAJOR, OP. 43SYMPHONY NO. 4, IN A MINOR, OP. 63SYMPHONY NO. 5, IN E FLAT MAJOR, OP. 82SYMPHONY 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“EIN HELDENLEBEN” (A HERO’S LIFE), TONE POEM, OP. 40IGOR FEDOROVITCH STRAVINSKYSUITE FROM “L’OISEAU DE FEU” (THE FIRE-BIRD) A Danced LegendSUITE FROM THE BALLET, “PETROUCHKA”“LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS” (“THE RITE OF SPRING”), PICTURES OF PAGAN RUSSIAJOSEPH DEEMS TAYLOR“THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS,” SUITE, FIVE PICTURES FROM LEWIS CARROLL, OP. 12PETER ILITCH TCHAIKOVSKYSYMPHONY NO. 4, IN F MINOR, OP. 36SYMPHONY NO. 5, IN E MINOR, OP. 64SYMPHONY 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. 23CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, IN D MAJOR OP. 35RICHARD WAGNEROVERTURE TO “RIENZI, THE LAST OF THE TRIBUNES”OVERTURE TO “DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER” (“THE FLYING DUTCHMAN”)OVERTURE TO TANNHÄUSERPRELUDE 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 WEBEROVERTURE TO THE OPERA “OBERON”OVERTURE TO THE OPERA “DER FREISCHÜTZ”OVERTURE TO THE OPERA “EURYANTHE”RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMSA LONDON SYMPHONYFOOTNOTESINDEXTranscriber’s Notes“He sees his beloved at a ball, in the midst of the tumult of a brilliant fête.◇59◇← “Part I “DREAMS, PASSIONS“Part III “SCENE IN THE FIELDS →