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...taking over the Orchestra in Dr. Koussevitzky's absence. Mr. Burgin showed excellent taste in choosing a program: the concert opened with Brahms' often-played Third Symphony, continued with the never-played Adagio from Bruckner's String Quintet, and finished with a suite from "The Fairy Tale of Tsar Saltan" by Rimsky-Korsakov...
Rimsky-Korsakov took the material for his opera "Tsar Saltan" from a poem by Pushkin, and later drew from the score a set of musical pictures. Tuesday's program included three--the well-known March, the Introduction to Act II, and the Three Wonders. It is truly "picture music" of the light sort which lends so well to the Boston Symphony's precise and colorful execution. As for the Brahms, little can be said. Like all good Symphony players, the men of the Boston Symphony have played the familiar classics so often that they automatically give each part exactly...
Pittsburgh Symphony (Sat. 3 p.m., NBC). Alexander Gretchaninov's Fifth Symphony; excerpts from Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tale of Czar Saltan...
...Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's least known operas is Tsar Saltan. A skip-along scherzo in its second act has become one of the inevitable pieces in any violinist's repertory: Flight of the Bumblebee. Last week Rimsky-Korsakov's little earsore was a strong jukebox nickel-puller, helped by a steady left-hand beat, and a new name: Bumble Boogie...
...McFadden discovered Tsar Saltan on a trip to Russia, translated it herself, had it streamlined and arranged for piano accompaniment. The other Junior opera in the repertory is Louis Gruenberg's Jack and the Beanstalk. Newest of Junior ballets is Robin Hood, written by Junior Programs Producer Saul Lancourt, danced to old English tunes.* Last week, on the heels of the ballet troupe, the Junior Programs opera company went on a 30-week tour, its ten members in automobiles, its scenery and costumes in a truck...