The sun., 1908-10-11
lHE ORCHESTRA or BOSTON
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR ITS SEA-
son IN NEW YORK,


PaderewSki., GAbFilONttScis. Miseha Ell.
man and other Distinguished soIoists
TO Appear-MAx Fielder Genes From
Hamburg 10 BE the Conductor- He
Has Been In New York Before.
While wars and rumors Of wars sur
round the orchestral situation In this
town, Boston goes smoothly and COM
,ortablv onward with Its admirable or
1auiaation. Conductors may 20 and
conductors may come, but the orchestra
goes on apparently forever. For this
New York music lovers give devout
thanks, because the visits Of the musicians
from Boston are among the chiefest
ioys Of the music9i season. Therefore
\ a word az to the doings Of the coming
sae1on, which will be upon the town in
Aput a lew days. As in past years. the
orchestra will give five evening concerts
and five Saturday afternoon matinees.
The dates for the evening concerts are
thursdays, November 5, December s.
snuary 7. February IL and March 49,
be dates for tho afternoon concerts
ae November Z. December 5, january 0.
Hbruary 20 and March 20. The evening
cpoerts will begin at S:i5 O'Clock and
nitin6es at 2:30,
his year, aa two years ago, the In
teest Of the patrons OF the Boston Sym
phny 10 centred in the coming of new
coductor, Max Fielder Of Hamburg.
He has been engaged as successor to
DR. Muck. whose two years service with
tht torchestra made such brilliant pages
In Is history. Mr.. Fielder is not unknown
in Few York. for three years ago he was
on OF the conductors invited to this
cit by the Philharmonic Society. and
depte the disadvantages to be en-
ooptered in having to conduct strange
ontestra with few rehearsals he left
ouhe musical public good impression,
hen early last season it became clear
the the services OF DIR. Muck could not
be TaiIed for longer period a Thorough
canSss WAS made OF all the men avail
ablefor the post. regarded by many as
the rost exacting one in this country.
After long deliberation Mr.. Fielder
was ifited to accept the position. He
arrive In Boston on September 20 last.
and oi last Friday afternoon made his
public ehearssl OF the season.
Mr.. ledler differs In one respect from
all his iedecessors except Mr.. Henschel
the frt conductor Of the orchestra.
Gericks Nikisch, Paur and Muck when
they firt went to Boston were primarily
operate nductors. Fielder In the four
teen yet rs Of his career as a conductor
has dew bed himself exclusively to concert
work. lis operate experience is limited
to one brformance OF Fidelio' in Ham,
burg som years since.
He walborn in Zittau, Saxony. in 1859,
and after study ing at home with his father
he won. Aen he was l7y ears old, the Ho-
stein scholarship. which took him TO
Leipsic. 1here he was classmate in the
Conservsory with DR.. Muck. He eplanned
TO be toncert pianist, but over much
practising hurt one OF his arms, SO this
Gaze: vas closed to him. Two years
afer graduation he was called TO Ham
bug By Won Bernuth. director Of the
Observatory there, 10 take charge Of
thadvanced piano classes, and Hamburg
hasince been his home.
% succeeded Won Bernuth as director
Of he Conservatory in 1904, and in the
sac year. after Won Bernu tn had retired
fron conducting the Philharmonic con-
ces. MIR. Fielder organized the Fielder
cocerts. The first year he gave one,
tba increased the number to four. six
an eight. and finally. in 1904. he combined
hi concerts with those Of the Philhar-
mnic Society. overtures to that end hav-
ig come from the latter.
r. al,
Erope, and in the last FIVE or six years
N. Fielder has been one OF the most
sdght after guest conductors in Ger
nrny. He is a great favOrite in st.
Peersburg, where he has declined the
cohuotorship OF the Russian imperial
symphony concerts. He visits regu-
lari: London. Paris. Madrid, Rome,
Turin Berlin and Dresden, and as al
read, noted has been in New York.
He bings with him TO America the repu-
tstiorof being man Of broad and catho-
lie tates He is an ardent modernist
and ye is noted for his Interpretation Of
the greet classics. He 10 said TO be skilled
in the ing Of programmes.
Few changes have been made in the
Personal OF the orchestra. Willy Hess.
returning from his years leave Of absence
iUGerpany will again be at the first desk
as cobert master and with him will be
Sylvan Noack. for there years second
concet master OF the Concert Gebouw
cfAmterdam under Mengelberg. There
viii b two new second violins. a new
cello, new second bassoon and a new
doubl}bass.
Foll,wing the custom OF the last two
years be orchestra will present soloists
at six of it's ten concerts. those in De-
cembs. January and February. and
it hasbeen the effort of the Management
to have only artists Of the highest
rank In December the soloists will
be osip Gabrilowitsch and Emil Sauer.
In January Mischa Elman. the young
Russtn violinist. will be soloist at both
concerts. In February the soloists will
b Fderewski and another yet to be
apnoinced, probably distinguished
shgs. PAderewski 10 coming to America
. orody twenty oopoerts. seven of which
WILLIS with the Boston Symphony orches-
ira, At the November and March con-
cert the orchestra viii be the star,
andNxperience has shown that it is most
acceitable and welcome arrangement.