Philip Hale's Boston Symphony Programme Notes

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Hale, Philip, 1854-1934

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English

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MT: Music: Musical instruction and study, Composition

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Musical analysis

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eBook-No. 56208

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December 20, 2017

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PHILIP HALE’S BOSTON SYMPHONY PROGRAMME NOTES
2. 2.EDITOR’S NOTE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.INTRODUCTION
5. 5.PHILIP HALE’S BOSTON SYMPHONY PROGRAMME NOTES
6. 6.JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
7. 7.THE BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS
8. 8.THE CONCERTOS FOR PIANOFORTE
9. 9.THE ORCHESTRAL SUITES
10. 10.LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
11. 11.SYMPHONY NO. 1, IN C MAJOR, OP. 21
12. 12.SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN D MAJOR, OP. 36
13. 13.SYMPHONY NO. 3, IN E FLAT MAJOR “EROICA,” OP. 55
14. 14.SYMPHONY NO. 4, IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP. 60
15. 15.SYMPHONY NO. 5, IN C MINOR, OP. 67
16. 16.SYMPHONY NO. 6, IN F MAJOR, “PASTORALE,” OP. 68
17. 17.SYMPHONY NO. 7, IN A MAJOR, OP. 92
18. 18.SYMPHONY NO. 8, IN F MAJOR, OP. 93
19. 19.SYMPHONY NO. 9, IN D MINOR, WITH FINAL CHORUS ON SCHILLER’S “ODE TO JOY,” OP. 125 — TO JOY
20. 20.OVERTURE TO “LEONORE NO. 3,” OP. 72
21. 21.OVERTURE TO “EGMONT,” OP. 84
22. 22.OVERTURE TO “CORIOLANUS,” OP. 62
23. 23.CONCERTO FOR PIANOFORTE, NO. 4, IN G MAJOR, OP. 58
24. 24.CONCERTO FOR PIANOFORTE, NO. 5, IN E FLAT MAJOR, OP. 73
25. 25.CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, IN D MAJOR, OP. 61
26. 26.HECTOR BERLIOZ
27. 27.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
28. 28.OVERTURE, “THE ROMAN CARNIVAL,” OP. 9
29. 29.ERNEST BLOCH
30. 30.“SCHELOMO” (SOLOMON), HEBREW RHAPSODY FOR VIOLONCELLO AND ORCHESTRA
31. 31.ALEXANDER PORPHIRIEVITCH BORODIN
32. 32.SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN B MINOR, OP. 5
33. 33.JOHANNES BRAHMS
34. 34.SYMPHONY NO. 1, IN C MINOR, OP. 68
35. 35.SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN D MAJOR, OP. 73
36. 36.SYMPHONY, NO. 3, IN F MAJOR, OP. 90
37. 37.SYMPHONY NO. 4, IN E MINOR, OP. 98
38. 38.VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY JOSEF HAYDN, IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP. 56a
39. 39.“TRAGIC” OVERTURE, OP. 81
40. 40.ACADEMIC FESTIVAL OVERTURE, OP. 80
41. 41.CONCERTO FOR PIANOFORTE, NO. 1, IN D MINOR, OP. 15
42. 42.CONCERTO NO. 2, IN B FLAT MAJOR, FOR PIANOFORTE AND ORCHESTRA, OP. 83
43. 43.CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, IN D MAJOR, OP. 77
44. 44.ANTON BRUCKNER
45. 45.SYMPHONY NO. 7, IN E MAJOR
46. 46.SYMPHONY NO. 8, IN C MINOR
47. 47.JOHN ALDEN CARPENTER
48. 48.SUITE. “ADVENTURES IN A PERAMBULATOR”
49. 49.CLAUDE ACHILLE DEBUSSY
50. 50.“PRÉLUDE À L’APRÈS-MIDI D’UN FAUNE” (ECLOGUE DE STÉPHANE MALLARMÉ)
51. 51.NOCTURNES
52. 52.“LA MER,” TROIS ESQUISSES SYMPHONIQUES — Debussy and the Sea
53. 53.“IBÉRIA”: “IMAGES” FOR ORCHESTRA, NO. 2
54. 54.ANTON DVOŘÁK
55. 55.SYMPHONY NO. 5, IN E MINOR, “FROM THE NEW WORLD,” OP. 95
56. 56.EDWARD WILLIAM ELGAR
57. 57.VARIATIONS ON AN ORIGINAL THEME, “ENIGMA,” OP. 36 — THEME — VARIATIONS
58. 58.MANUEL DE FALLA
59. 59.BALLET-PANTOMIME: “EL AMOR BRUJO”
60. 60.THREE DANCES TAKEN FROM THE BALLET “THE THREE-CORNERED HAT”
61. 61.CÉSAR FRANCK
62. 62.SYMPHONY IN D MINOR
63. 63.GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
64. 64.TWELVE CONCERTI GROSSI, FOR STRING ORCHESTRA
65. 65.FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN
66. 66.LONDON SYMPHONIES SYMPHONY NO. 104, IN D MAJOR (B. & H. NO. 2)
67. 67.LONDON SYMPHONIES SYMPHONY NO. 94, IN G MAJOR, “SURPRISE” (B. & H. NO. 6)
68. 68.PARIS SYMPHONIES SYMPHONY NO. 88, IN G MAJOR (B. & H. NO. 13)
69. 69.PAUL HINDEMITH
70. 70.“KONZERTMUSIK” FOR STRING AND BRASS INSTRUMENTS
71. 71.ARTHUR HONNEGER
72. 72.“PACIFIC 231,” ORCHESTRAL MOVEMENT
73. 73.PAUL MARIE THÉODORE VINCENT d’INDY
74. 74.SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP. 57
75. 75.SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS, “ISTAR,” OP. 42
76. 76.FRANZ LISZT
77. 77.A “FAUST” SYMPHONY IN THREE CHARACTER PICTURES (AFTER GOETHE)
78. 78.SYMPHONIC POEM, NO. 3, “LES PRÉLUDES” (AFTER LAMARTINE)
79. 79.PIANOFORTE CONCERTO, NO. 1, IN E FLAT
80. 80.CHARLES MARTIN LOEFFLER
81. 81.“A PAGAN POEM” (AFTER VIRGIL), OP. 14, FOR ORCHESTRA, PIANOFORTE, ENGLISH HORN, AND THREE TRUMPETS OBBLIGATI
82. 82.EDWARD MacDOWELL
83. 83.ORCHESTRAL SUITE NO. 2, IN E MINOR, “INDIAN,” OP. 48
84. 84.GUSTAV MAHLER
85. 85.THE SYMPHONIES
86. 86.SYMPHONY NO. 5, IN C SHARP MINOR IN THREE PARTS
87. 87.FELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY
88. 88.SYMPHONY IN A MAJOR, “ITALIAN,” OP. 90
89. 89.OVERTURE AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC TO SHAKESPEARE’S LAY, “A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM”
90. 90.CONCERT OVERTURE, “THE HEBRIDES,” OR “FINGAL’S CAVE,” OP. 26
91. 91.CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, IN E MINOR, OP. 64
92. 92.MODESTE PETROVITCH MOUSSORGSKY
93. 93.“A NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN” (“UNE NUIT SUR LE MONT-CHAUVE”); FANTASY FOR ORCHESTRA Posthumous Work Completed and Orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov
94. 94.WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
95. 95.SYMPHONY IN E FLAT MAJOR (KOECHEL NO. 543)
96. 96.SYMPHONY IN G MINOR (KOECHEL NO. 550)
97. 97.SYMPHONY IN C MAJOR, “JUPITER” (KOECHEL NO. 551)
98. 98.OVERTURE TO THE OPERA, “THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO”
99. 99.OVERTURE TO THE OPERA “THE MAGIC FLUTE”
100. 100.CONCERTOS FOR VIOLIN
101. 101.MOZART AS PIANIST
102. 102.SERGE SERGIEVICH PROKOFIEFF
103. 103.SCYTHIAN SUITE, “ALA AND LOLLI,” OP. 20
104. 104.CLASSICAL SYMPHONY, OP. 25
105. 105.SERGEI VASSILIEVICH RACHMANINOFF
106. 106.SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN E MINOR, OP. 27
107. 107.CONCERTO NO. 2, IN C MINOR, FOR PIANOFORTE WITH ORCHESTRA, OP. 18
108. 108.JOSEPH MAURICE RAVEL
109. 109.“MA MÈRE L’OYE” (MOTHER GOOSE), FIVE CHILDREN’S PIECES
110. 110.“DAPHNIS ET CHLOÉ,” BALLET IN ONE ACT, ORCHESTRAL FRAGMENTS, SECOND SERIES “DAYBREAK,” “PANTOMIME,” “GENERAL DANCE”
111. 111.BOLERO
112. 112.OTTERINO RESPIGHI
113. 113.SYMPHONIC POEM, “PINES OF ROME”
114. 114.NICOLAS ANDREJEVITCH RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
115. 115.SYMPHONIC SUITE, “SCHEHERAZADE” (AFTER “THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT”), OP. 35
116. 116.CAPRICE ON SPANISH THEMES, OP. 34
117. 117.CHARLES CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
118. 118.SYMPHONY NO. 3, IN C MINOR (WITH ORGAN), OP. 78
119. 119.ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
120. 120.“VERKLÄRTE NACHT” (RADIANT NIGHT), ARRANGED FOR STRING ORCHESTRA, OP. 4
121. 121.FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT
122. 122.SYMPHONY NO. 8, IN B MINOR (“UNFINISHED”)
123. 123.SYMPHONY NO. 7, IN C MAJOR
124. 124.ROBERT ALEXANDER SCHUMANN
125. 125.SYMPHONY NO. 1, IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP. 38
126. 126.SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN C MAJOR, OP. 61
127. 127.SYMPHONY NO. 3, IN E FLAT MAJOR, “RHENISH,” OP. 97
128. 128.SYMPHONY NO. 4, IN D MINOR, OP. 120
129. 129.CONCERTO IN A MINOR, FOR PIANOFORTE AND ORCHESTRA, OP. 54
130. 130.ALEXANDER NICOLAIEVITCH SCRIABIN
131. 131.“THE POEM OF ECSTASY” (LE POÈME DE L’EXTASE), OP. 54
132. 132.JEAN JULIUS CHRISTIAN SIBELIUS
133. 133.SYMPHONY NO. 1, IN E MINOR, OP. 39
134. 134.SYMPHONY NO. 2, IN D MAJOR, OP. 43
135. 135.SYMPHONY NO. 4, IN A MINOR, OP. 63
136. 136.SYMPHONY NO. 5, IN E FLAT MAJOR, OP. 82
137. 137.SYMPHONY NO. 7, OP. 105 ( In one movement )
138. 138.“FINLANDIA,” SYMPHONIC POEM FOR ORCHESTRA, OP. 26, NO. 7
139. 139.“THE SWAN OF TUONELA” (“TUONELAN JOUTSEN”), LEGEND FROM THE FINNISH FOLK EPIC “KALEVALA”
140. 140.RICHARD STRAUSS
141. 141.“DON JUAN,” TONE POEM (AFTER NICOLAUS LENAU), OP. 20
142. 142.“TOD UND VERKLÄRUNG” (DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION) TONE POEM, OP. 24
143. 143.“TILL EULENSPIEGEL’S MERRY PRANKS, AFTER THE OLD-FASHIONED ROGUISH MANNER—IN RONDO FORM,” OP. 28
144. 144.“THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA,” TONE POEM (FREELY AFTER FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE), OP. 30
145. 145.“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
146. 146.“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
147. 147.IGOR FEDOROVITCH STRAVINSKY
148. 148.SUITE FROM “L’OISEAU DE FEU” (THE FIRE-BIRD) A Danced Legend
149. 149.SUITE FROM THE BALLET, “PETROUCHKA”
150. 150.“LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS” (“THE RITE OF SPRING”), PICTURES OF PAGAN RUSSIA — I. The Adoration of the Earth — II. The Sacrifice
151. 151.JOSEPH DEEMS TAYLOR
152. 152.“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
153. 153.PETER ILITCH TCHAIKOVSKY
154. 154.SYMPHONY NO. 4, IN F MINOR, OP. 36
155. 155.SYMPHONY NO. 5, IN E MINOR, OP. 64
156. 156.SYMPHONY NO. 6, IN B MINOR, “PATHETIC,” OP. 74
157. 157.“ROMEO AND JULIET,” OVERTURE FANTASIA (AFTER SHAKESPEARE)
158. 158.CONCERTO FOR PIANOFORTE NO. 1, IN B FLAT MINOR, OP. 23
159. 159.CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, IN D MAJOR OP. 35
160. 160.RICHARD WAGNER
161. 161.OVERTURE TO “RIENZI, THE LAST OF THE TRIBUNES”
162. 162.OVERTURE TO “DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER” (“THE FLYING DUTCHMAN”)
163. 163.OVERTURE TO TANNHÄUSER
164. 164.PRELUDE TO “LOHENGRIN”
165. 165.PRELUDE AND LIEBESTOD FROM “TRISTAN UND ISOLDE”
166. 166.PRELUDE TO “DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG”
167. 167.A SIEGFRIED IDYL
168. 168.“THE RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES,” FROM “DIE WALKÜRE”
169. 169.PRELUDE TO “PARSIFAL”
170. 170.“GOOD FRIDAY SPELL,” FROM “PARSIFAL”
171. 171.CARL MARIA VON WEBER
172. 172.OVERTURE TO THE OPERA “OBERON”
173. 173.OVERTURE TO THE OPERA “DER FREISCHÜTZ”
174. 174.OVERTURE TO THE OPERA “EURYANTHE”
175. 175.RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
176. 176.A LONDON SYMPHONY — “ Second Movement — “ Third Movement — “ Fourth Movement
177. 177.FOOTNOTES
178. 178.INDEX
179. 179.Transcriber’s Notes

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