THIRTY-SEVENTH SEASON, NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTEEN AND EIGHTEEN There will be an intermission of ten minutes before the concerto The ladies of the audience are earnestly requested not to put on hats before the end of a number. The doors of the hall will be closed during the performance of each number on the programme. Those who wish to leave before the end of the concert are requested to do so in an interval between the numbers. City of Boston, Revised Regulation of August 5, 1898. Chapter 3, relating to the covering of the head in places of public amusement Every licensee shall not, in his place of amusement, allow any person to wear upon the head a covering which obstructs the view of the exhibition or performance in such place of any person seated in any seat therein provided for spectators. it being understood that a low head covering without projection, which does not obstruct such view, may be worn. Attest: J. M. GALVIN, City Clerk L. P. HOLLANDER & COMPANY 202-216 BOYLSTON STREET COATS and WRAPS SECOND FLOOR FOR AUTUMN and WINTER A BRILLIANT AND FASCINATING DISPLAY The showing of Coats trimmed with Lux- We call particular attention to the assortment of "FINLANDIA," SYMPHONIC POEM FOR ORCHESTRA, OP. 26, No. 7. JEAN SIBELIUS (Born at Tavastehus, Finland, December 8, 1865; now living at Helsingfors.) "Finlandia: Tondight för orkester," Op. 26, No. 7, was composed in 1894, some years/before the loss of Finland's identity as a nation, yet it is said to be so national in sentiment, "and it evokes such popular enthusiasm in the composer's native land, that during the comparatively recent political conflict between Russia and Finland its performance is said to have been prohibited."* It is not a fantasia on genuine folktunes. The composer is the authority for this statement. Mrs. Newmarch says: "Like Glinka, Sibelius avoids the crude material of the folksong; but like this great national poet, he is so penetrated by the spirit of his race that he can evolve a national melody calculated to deceive the elect. On this point the composer is emphatic. "There is a mistaken impression among the press abroad,' he has assured me, 'that my themes are often folk melodies. So far I have never used a theme that was not of my own invention. Thus the thematic material of "Finlandia" and "En Saga" is entirely my own."" "Finlandia" was performed for the first time in America at a Metropolitan Opera House concert in New York, December 24, 1905. Ar This was written long before the Revolution in Russia and the subsequent events.-ED. THE ARTHUR P. SCHMIDT CO. 120 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MASS. For Sale by all Music Dealers turo Vigna conducted. It was performed at concerts of the Russian Symphony Society, Modest Altschuler conductor, in Carnegie Hall, New York, December 30 and 31, 1905. The first performances of this symphonic poem in Boston were by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Fiedler conductor, November 20, 21, 1908. It was played again at these concerts, October 21, 22, 1910, Mr. Fiedler conductor; October 23, 24, 1914, Dr. Muck conductor. The following note is from a programme of the Russian Symphony Society: "Finland,' though without explanatory sub-title, seems to set forth an impression of the national spirit and life. . . . The work records the impressions of an exile's return home after a long absence. An agitated, almost angry theme for the brass choir, short and trenchant, begins the introduction, Andante sostenuto (alla breve). This theme is answered by an organ-like response in the wood-wind, and then a prayerful passage for strings, as though to reveal the essential earnestness and reasonableness of the Finnish people, even under the stress of national sorrow. This leads to an allegro moderato episode, in which the restless opening theme is proclaimed by the strings against a very characteristic rhythmic figure, a succession of eight beats, the first strongly accented. . . . With a change to Allegro the movement, looked at as an example of the sonata form, may be said to begin. A broad, cheerful theme by the strings, in A-flat, against the persistent rhythm in the brass, is followed by a second subject, introduced by the wood-wind and taken up by the strings, then by the 'cello and first violin. This is peaceful and elevated in character, and might be looked upon as prophetic of ultimate rest and happiness. The development of these musical ideas carries the tone poem to an eloquent conclusion." "Finland" is scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, bass tuba, kettledrums, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, and strings. "THE POEM OF ECSTASY," OP. 54. ALEXANDER NICHOLAEVICH SCRIABIN (Born at Moscow, on Christmas Day, 1871; * died on April 14, 1915.) "Le Poème de l'Extase" was performed for the first time by the Russian Symphony Society of New York in New York, December 10, 1908. Modest Altschuler conducted. It was afterwards performed in Moscow, when Mr. Blumenfeld conducted, and in 1909 at Petrograd Mrs. Newmarch has given the date December 29, 1871 (O. S.). Mr. M. Montagu-Nathan in "Contemporary Russian Composers" (1917) says that since Scriabin's death it has been established, "apparently beyond doubt," that he was born on Christmas Day, 1871. Mr. Montagu-Nathan does not say whether this date is according to the Russian calendar. For 20 consecutive years the E. T. 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