New-York tribune., 1910-11-06
Boston Symphony
Opening Concerts Here Thurs.
day and Saturday.

The musical season has well begun by
the time the Boston Symphony Orchestra
comes 10 New York to give its first pair OF
concerts. This year these first concerts
will be given in Carnegie Hall on next
Thursday evening. November 10. and Sat-
urday afternoon. November r. with brill
fant programmes announced for both OF
them. At the first concert the soloist Will
be Miss Geraldine Fsrrar and at the matt
nee concert on Saturday afternoon Nine
Melba will make her only concert appear
'snce here OF the season
With the exception OF the presence OF
Anton Witek at the head Of the first vio-
Inns, instead of Mr.. Hess. the personnel of
the orchestra shows few changes. and these
few are chiefly in the way OF additions.
One or two men in the strings, one or two
men in the wind choirs and new tympan-
fist comprise the total Mr.. Fielder returns
as conductor, this being his third year in
this important post. incidentally the or
chestra seems to be more firmly estab-
ilished in New York than ever. for its man.
lseement reports that the subscription for
the ten concerts is quite the largest on rec
ord and proportionately is exceeded only by
that which the orchestra has in Boston.
A. the first concert, on Thursday night.
1.-The symphony VIII be Rachmaninoff's in Il
minor, No. 2, which will be novelty to
,the vast majority Of Boston symphony
ipatrons here, although II was played last
tyear at one of the concerts OF the Russian
Symphony Orchestra. Mr.. Fielder placed
it on his second programme IN Boston, and
ST had such an unusual success that he re-
'1,eated it at the fifth concert II was writ
ten In Dresden and had its first perform
ance in Moscow, and a year ago this month
st was performed for the first time in Ber-
lin by Nikisch, and for the first time in
America IN Philadelphia by the Philadel-
Phia Orchestra.
The other orchestral numbers Will be
Bach's third Brandenburg concerto, in
which Mr.. Fielder will make use OF
harpsichord for the continue. an instru-
snent which worked most successfully IN
Boston. and Beethoven's overture Es-
mont"
Miss Farrar will lend additional novelty
20 the concert by singing two aries. which
are so old and forgotten that they are
really new The first one is charming
air from an opera comique by Nicoio
Isouard entitled "Jeannot ct Colin" which
was produced in Paris in 1914 The second
IS a very effective concert aria by mozart,
written originally for tenor voice, Which
10 the best Of Koechels belief was sung
for the first time in Vienna in December.
17ss This has been arranged for Miss Far
fars use by Dr. Muck.
On Saturday afternoon Nine Melba Will
sing two numbers. The first will be tho
Familiar Dove Spno'' aria from Mozarts
s.The Marriage OF Figaro" and the sec
.,a the mad scene from Ambrose Thom-
s,s "tJsn,,et.' which Melba has not
sung here for many years. Although she
Is TO appear here four times in opera, TINS
viii be her only appearance in New York
an concert
On Saturday afternoon the orchestral
numbers viii be Schumann's Manfred
overture. Brahms's third symphony in +
major, Gustav Strube's Puck overture
end Sibelius's tone poem "Finlandia.
Gustav Strube is one of those whose re-
tnarkable talents, like those of Charles
Martin Loeffler, developed while sitting
among the first violins Of the orchestra
This little overture is brilliant and has met
with great success in Boston