Word: symphonicment
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The program: Vivaldi Concerto with organ Josten "The Jungle", symphonic poem Tschaikowsky Symphony No. 6, "Pathetic"
This evening Dr. Koussevitsky presents two tried and true numbers, and the first performance of a symphonic poem. The Vivaldi concerto is a number for orchestra with organ, and is of historical interest as the first composition conducted by Dr. Koussevitsky in Boston.
Professor Barss proposed a rearrangement of the musicians. In effecting this, each of the 45 players was moved to a position unorthodox in symphonic seating plans. If he had not been adaptable, Conductor Fiedler might then have found himself pointing to the trombones when he wished to stir up the...
His jazz "Poem" for pianoforte and orchestra was performed last November by the Rochester Philharmonic, while a symphonic prelude, "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" was performed this season by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Following is the program which will be rendered by an orchestra of 80 directed by Alfredo Casells: Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro" Mozart Air Bach Dance-Suite for String Orchestra Purcell-Bliss Overture to "Oberon" Weber Prelude and Love-Death from and Isolde" "Tristan Wagner "The Fountains of Rome...