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A NEW INTERPRETATION OF THE
TSCHAIKOWSKY ''FOURTH"
As played by the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Serge Koussevitzky.
Horns and bassoons combining in brazen
call . . . 'cellos sighing in sad resignation
... the woodwinds replying, timidly but
gay .... Then a mad burst of humor from
the pizzicato strings. . . . Finally the
massed power of the entire orchestra in
a song of spiritual exaltation.
Here is Tschaikowsky at his best-the
great musical humanist, magnificently inspired,
alternately moving from the sod
to the skies. For with this, the beginning
of his "symphonic cycle," he patterned the
trilogy of musical works upon which his
fame most securely rests. It has stood for
more than 40 years among the supreme
achievements of the human mind.
The Tschaikowsky "Fourth" has just
been recorded in its entirety by the Boston
Symphony Orchestra, under the direction
of Serge Koussevitzky. It is a new and
inimitable reading, dynamic as its famed
conductor himself.
It is a "Higher Fidelity" Recording too
-astonishingly clear and realistic-reproduced
note for note as you yourself might
hear it in Boston's Symphony Hall. Ask
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this electrifying performance. You can
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combinations--or on the ingenious Record
Player that attaches to any radio instrument.
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HANNAH KLEIN and PAULINE GILBERT,
Duo-Pianists
J SABEL HERMoso, Soprano
AMERICA's TowN MEETING OF THE Am
LuciLE DRESKELL, Soprano
THE RoTH QuARTET
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VRONSKY and BABIN, Duo-Pianists
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Pmgram of Compositions by
CouRTY Rossi-DIEHL
0TTILE ScHILLIG, Soprano
Pms X CHOIR-College of the Sacred Heart
BENJAMIN DE LoACTIE. Raritone
YEICTII NrMURA and LISAN K w, Dance Recital
Town Hall Endowment Series
r\~J E Ri c A's TowN MEETING OF THE Am
RuTH PossELT, Violinist
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Monday Evening. March lst. at 8:45 o'clock
ONLY NEW YORK RECITAL
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The Town Hall Endowment Series Presents:
NIMURA- with
LISAN KAY
"Since Nijinsky the only dancer in whom
all is complete" -Pesti Hirlap, Budapest
The current sea son's outstanding
dance success-Next Performance
at
TOWN HALL
Wed. Eve. FEB. 17th, at 8:30
Final Event-- M Y R A H E S S
In Her Last N. Y. Piano Recital Until November, 1938
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH lOth
Tickets for both events at Town Hall Box Office - 113 West 43rd Street - BRyant 9-9447
THIRD PROGRAM
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Last of series of three concerts
Wednesday Eve., FEB. 17th. at 8:45 o'clock
ATTENTION (Instead of February lOth)
EVA GAUTHIER
CELIUS DOUGHERTY at the Piano
Classic and contemporary composers of
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CLASSICS-Lulli. Couperin and Rameau
CONTEMPORARIES-Claude Debussy. Maurice Ravel. Albert Roussel. Erik Satie.
(Group des Six) Milhaud. Honegger. Poulenc. Auric. Durey. Taillefer.
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Steinway Piano
TOWN HALL PROGRAM
CARNEGIE HALL Monday Evening, February 15th, at 8:30 o'clock
Only New York Recital This Season
ALEXANDER
BRAILOWSKY
The Great Russian Pianist
Steinway Piano
Tickets: Orchestra $2.20 and $2.75; Dress Circle $1.65; Balcony $1.10
Division: Concert Management Arthur Judson, Inc.
CARNEGIE HALL Wednesday Eve., February 17, at 8:30
Second New York Recital this Season-By Popular Request
LANNY ROSS
Tenor
Tickets: 83c to $2.75 Walter Golde at the Steinway Piano
Division: Concert Management Arthur Judson, Inc.
TOWN HALL Friday Evening, February 19th, at 8:30 o'clock
RUTH POSSELT
Violinist
ARPAD SANDOR at the Piano
Tickets: $2.20, $1.65, $1.10, 83c.- Boxes $16.50 Steinway Piano
TOWN HALL
Division: Haensel & Jones
Wednesday Eve., February 24, at 8:30
Last in the Series of Orchestral Concerts
conducted by
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PAUL STASSEVITCH
"There was that about the concert last night, opening a series of three, which brought
it ncar to being the ideal answer to a hardened concert-goer"s prayer."-World-Telegram
Tickets: 83c to $2.75
Division: Concert Management Arthur Judson, Inc.
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TOWN HALL SAT. EVE., FEB. 20, at 8:30
VIVIENNE BUTLER Assisted by DANCER
KENYON CONGDON
(Steinway) and BARITONE
STRING ORCHESTRA
Recital Direction: Tenney Management - 909 Steinway Bldg.
WILLMORE AND PoWERS Present at
TOWN HALL Saturday Evening, March 13th, at 8:30
ENESCO
VIOLINIST • COMPOSER • CONDUCTOR
Last appearance of the season in a Violin Recital
Tickets $1.10 to $2.75, Boxes $19.80 {Including Tax)
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SANFORD SCHLUSSEL at the Steinway Piano
RED SEAL RECORDS WITH MENUHIN ONLY • COLUMBIA RECORDS
BENNINGTON COLLEGE SERIES
Second Season
Philharmonic-Symphony Chamber Orchestra
HANS LANGE, Conductor
Final Program in the Series
"THE BACH FAMILY"
Assisting Artists:
YELLA PESSL, Harpsichord
CHOIR of ST. THOMAS CHURCH (Dr. T. Tertius Noble, Director)
Sinfonia No. 3 for Strings .... .................... Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Concerto for Harpsichord, Op. 7, No. s ....... .Johann Christian Bach
Y ella Pessl, Harpsichord
Sinfonia ..... ...... ................. ... ..... .......... .......... Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Cantata No. 98 ...................... .. ............. .............. ,fohann Sebastian Bach
Choir of St. Thomas Church
Monday Evening, March 1st, at 8:45 o'clock
Tickets: $2.50, $2.00, $1 .50. On Sale at Box Office
BRUNO ZffiATO, Manager
TOWN HALL
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Steinway Piano
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ACTIVE LISTENING
By OLGA SAMAROFF-STOKOWSK!
To many of us, listening to music is purely an emotional experience;
to many that is sufficient. But in these articles, of which
this is the fourth, Mme. Samaroff-Stokowski, founder of the Layman's
Music Courses, asks for intellectual enjoyment as well.
4. The listener and the Future of Music
It is one thing to take music
casually, drifting from concert hall
to opera house, and quite another
to take an active part in making
musical history. If the layman
fully realized the significance of
his own power to create, maintain
or improve musical conditions he
might be profoundly amazed.
The officers, boards and managers
of great musical institutions
are forced to consider every manifestation
of public taste. Without
public support they would have
to close their doors. The professional
manager of musical artists
is similarly governed by that infallible
thermometer, the box-office.
If the public is indifferent to an
artist what can a manager do?
The same question applies to the
phonograph company and the
broadcasting agencies. The whole
. future status of music over the air
depends upon the known reactions
and active participation of the
public. If the air audience is inarticulate
or passive producers and
managers can scarcely be blamed
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their efforts to "giving the
public what it wants" according to
established ideas of what the public
wants.
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and organizations would be perfectly
willing to change, improve
and broaden the scope of their offerings
if they could only have
some indication of potential receptiveness
on the part of the public.
Every music lover who takes the
trouble to write a letter to a radio
station asking for something worth
while or praising some outstanding
musical broadcast, is doing a
real service to music.
Every music lover who takes the
trouble to listen to young musicians
of the oncoming generation and to
the music of contemporary composers
is joining the important
group that in every age influences
or determines the future of art and
artists. If active participation in
musical affairs is added to active
listening, the layman can assume
a place of supreme importance m
the musical life of a nation.
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TOWN HALL Thursday Afternoon, February l ith, at 3 o'clock
ISABEL HERMOSO
South American Soprano•
All Modern Program
STUART ROSS at the Piano
Tickets: $2.20, $1.65, $1.10, 83c. - Boxes $16.50
Division: Haensel & Jones
Steinway Piano
TOWN HALL Friday Aft., February 12, at 3
Lucile DRESSKELL
Soprano
Assisting Artist: Miles Dresskell, Viola d' Amore
Steinway Piano
Division: Concert Management Arthur Judson, Inc.
TOWN HALL Saturday Afternoon, February 13th, at 3 o'clock
Only New York Recital This Season
Bartlett & Robertson
Recital of Music for Two Pianos
Tickets: 83c. to $2.20 Steinway Pianos
Division: Concert Management Arthur Judson, Inc.
TOWN HALL Sunday Aft., February 14, at 3
American Debut of the European Favorites
VRONSKY and BABIN
Russian Duo-Pianists
"It might be described as the perfection of two-piano playing."---J.o11don Star
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Light and airy
Fast and lively
Andante and Variations Schumann
(for two pianos, two 'cellos and horn)
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French Horn: HARRY SHAPIRO
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First New York Recital
TOWN HALL Tuesday Evening, February 23rd, at 8:30 o'clock
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TOWN HALL Monday Afternoon, March lst. at 3 o'clock
JARNA PAULL SOPRANO
CELIUS DOUGHERTY at the Piano
Steinway Piano
TOWN HALL Wednesday Evening, March 3rd, at 8:30 o'clock
Jacqueline SALOMONS
VIOLINIST
EDWIN McARTHUR a t the piano
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TOWN HALL PROGRAM
III.
Prelude and Three Fugues ..
*Scherzo from Third Suite ...
*Seguidilla ........................ .
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of the Metropolitan Opt!ra Co.
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character and personality. I always advise
young and aspiring singers to turn to Mme.
Schumann for instruction, feeling, that if she
takes care of them, they are in the best hands."
(Signed) ELISABETH RETHBERG
Mme. Meta Schumann
Teacher of Voice and Composer
32 West 76th Street New York City
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*Turandot's Frauengemach (Intermezzo) . . . ... .Busoni
•••Danse Russe, from "Petrouschka". . ..... Stravinsky
(perj01·med by special permission of the composer)
*Transe~·ibed for two pianos by HA NAH KLEIN
**Transcribed f01· ttvo pianos by PAULINE GILBERT
***Transe~·ibed for ttvo pianos by HANNAH KLEIN & PAULINE GILBERT
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