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Rimsky-Korsakov, "Sadko," a Tone Picture...
...Sadko", composed by Rimsky Korsakow in 1867, has been called the first Russian symphonic poem. It was the germ from which the opera of the same name sprang in 1896. Korsakow re-orchestrated the tone-poem in 1891, the new version of which is always played. How it recalled the unforgettable Diaghileff Ballet Russe, and the gorgeous Bakst settings and costumes! Korsakow is always remarkably effective with the orchestra, no matter if at times he sounds banal on the pianoforte. The combination of the barbaric splendor or Russian folk-music and oriental sensuousness never fails to charm; his orchestration will...
...Thursday evening, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, now in its forty-first year, gave a brilliant opening to the Cambridge series of concerts at Sanders Theatre. The program was as follows: Mendelssohn, Italian Symphony; Rimsky-Korsakow, "Sadko"; Liszt, Concerto in a major; Rabaud, Danees from "Marouf". Mr. Erwin Nyiregyhazi was the soloist...
...They did not know he was a Hungarian of only eighteen years of age. His playing of Liszt's pyrotechnic concerto was superb, and he surpassed both previous performances in Boston. His technique was flawless; his control of tone in the more sentimental passages was in excellent taste. Fortunately "Sadko" had sufficiently aroused a decidedly frigid audience to give him the warm applause he merited...
...program will be as follows: Mendelssohn, Italian Symphony in A Major Rimsky - Korsakoff, Tone Picture "Sadko" Liszt, Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra in A major Erwin Nyfregyhazi, soloist. Rabaud, Dances from the opera "Marouf, Cobbler of Cairo...