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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
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
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
"PRELUDE - L'APRES-MIDI D'UN FAUNE" (ECLOGUE DE STEPHANE MALLARME)
NOCTURNES
"LA MER," TROIS ESQUISSES SYMPHONIQUES
"IBERIA": "IMAGES" FOR ORCHESTRA, NO. 2
ANTON DVO?AK
SYMPHONY NO. 5, IN E MINOR, "FROM THE NEW WORLD," OP. 95
EDWARD WILLIAM ELGAR
VARIATIONS ON AN ORIGINAL THEME, "ENIGMA," OP. 36
MANUEL DE FALLA
BALLET-PANTOMIME: "EL AMOR BRUJO"
THREE DANCES TAKEN FROM THE BALLET "THE THREE-CORNERED HAT"
CESAR 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. and H. NO. 2)
LONDON SYMPHONIES SYMPHONY NO. 94, IN G MAJOR, "SURPRISE" (B. and H. NO. 6)
PARIS SYMPHONIES SYMPHONY NO. 88, IN G MAJOR (B. and H. NO. 13)
PAUL HINDEMITH
"KONZERTMUSIK" FOR STRING AND BRASS INSTRUMENTS
ARTHUR HONNEGER
"PACIFIC 231," ORCHESTRAL MOVEMENT
PAUL MARIE THEODORE 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 PRELUDES" (AFTER LAMARTINE)
PIANOFORTE CONCERTO, NO. 1, IN E FLAT
CHARLES MARTIN LOEFFLER
"A PAGAN POEM" (AFTER VIRGIL), OP. 14, FOR ORCHESTRA,
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");
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 MERE L'OYE" (MOTHER GOOSE), FIVE CHILDREN'S PIECES
"DAPHNIS ET CHLOE," BALLET IN ONE ACT, ORCHESTRAL FRAGMENTS,
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-SAENS
SYMPHONY NO. 3, IN C MINOR (WITH ORGAN), OP. 78
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
"VERKLARTE 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 POEME 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 VERKLARUNG" (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
"EIN HELDENLEBEN" (A HERO'S LIFE), TONE POEM, OP. 40
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
JOSEPH DEEMS TAYLOR
"THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS," SUITE, FIVE PICTURES FROM LEWIS CARROLL, OP. 12
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 HOLLANDER" ("THE FLYING DUTCHMAN")
OVERTURE TO TANNHAUSER
PRELUDE TO "LOHENGRIN"
PRELUDE AND LIEBESTOD FROM "TRISTAN UND ISOLDE"
PRELUDE TO "DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NuRNBERG"
A SIEGFRIED IDYL
"THE RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES," FROM "DIE WALKuRE"
PRELUDE TO "PARSIFAL"
"GOOD FRIDAY SPELL," FROM "PARSIFAL"
CARL MARIA VON WEBER
OVERTURE TO THE OPERA "OBERON"
OVERTURE TO THE OPERA "DER FREISCHuTZ"
OVERTURE TO THE OPERA "EURYANTHE"
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
A LONDON SYMPHONY
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Transcriber's Notes
HISTORICAL, CRITICAL, AND DESCRIPTIVE COMMENT ON MUSIC AND COMPOSERS
Edited by
JOHN N. BURK
With an Introduction by
LAWRENCE GILMAN
Lyre
Garden City, New York
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