Appendix J
Programmes of Six Concerts of
the Philadelphia Orchestra
First Season 1900-1901
Mr. Fritz Scheel, Conductor
FIRST CONCERT
Friday, November 16, 1900, at 8.15 P. M.
| Programme | ||||
| Carl Goldmark | Overture, “In Spring,” | Op. 36 | ||
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 5, C minor, | Op. 67 | ||
| I. | Allegro con brio | 2-4 | ||
| II. | Andante con moto | 3-8 | ||
| III. | Allegro | 3-4 | ||
| IV. | Allegro | 4-4 | ||
| Intermission of ten minutes | ||||
| Peter Ilitsch Tschaikowsky | Concerto for Pianoforte, | No. 1, | ||
| B flat minor, | Op. 23 | |||
| I. | Allegro, non troppo e molto maestoso | 3-4 | ||
| II. | Andantino simplice | 6-8 | ||
| III. | Allegro con fuoco | 3-4 | ||
| Karl Maria von Weber | “Invitation to the Dance,” | Op. 65 | ||
| Orchestration by Felix Weingartner | ||||
| Richard Wagner | Entry of the Gods into “Walhalla” | |||
| Mr. Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Soloist | ||||
SECOND CONCERT
Friday, December 14, 1900, at 8.15 P. M.
| Programme | ||||
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Overture Leonore, | No. 3 | ||
| Johannes Brahms | Symphony No. 2, D major, | Op. 73 | ||
| I. | Allegro non troppo | |||
| II. | Adagio non troppo | |||
| III. | Allegretto grazioso (Quasi Andantino) | |||
| IV. | Allegro con spirito | |||
| Ambroise Thomas | “Mad Scene” (Hamlet) | |||
| Intermission of ten minutes | ||||
| Peter I. Tschaikowsky | Serenade for Strings, | Op. 48 | ||
| Andantino non troppo—Allegro Moderato | ||||
| Moderato, Tempo di Valse—Larghetto | ||||
| Elegiaco—Andante, Allegro con spirito | ||||
| Songs | ||||
| “Spring Has Come” (Hiawatha), Tyler | ||||
| “Skylark,” Händel | ||||
| “An April Birthday,” Ronalds | ||||
| Bedrich Smetana | “Vltava” (Moldau) | |||
| From Symphonic Poem “My Fatherland” | ||||
| Mme. Lillian Blauvelt, Soloist | ||||
| Selden Miller, Accompanist | ||||
THIRD CONCERT
Friday, January 18, 1901, at 8.15 P. M.
| Programme | |||
| Richard Wagner | A Faust Overture | ||
| Ludwig van | Beethoven | Symphony No. 4, | Op. 60 |
| I. Adagio—Allegro Vivace | |||
| II. Adagio | |||
| III. Allegro Vivace | |||
| IV. Allegro ma non troppo | |||
| Intermission | |||
| H. Vieuxtemps | Concerto No. 2, | Op. 19 | |
| I. Allegro | |||
| II. Andante | |||
| III. Rondo—Allegro | |||
| Engelbert Humperdinck | Moorish Rhapsody | ||
| I. Tarifa (Sunset Elegy) | |||
| II. Tanger (A Night in a Moorish Cafe) | |||
| III. Tetuan (A Ride in the Desert) | |||
| Mr. Fritz Kreisler, Soloist | |||
FOURTH CONCERT
Friday, February 8, 1901, at 8 P. M.
| Programme | ||
| William | W. Gilchrist | Symphony in C |
| I. | Introduction, Vivace Impetuoso. Allegro Molto | |
| II. | Adagio, Andante Moderato | |
| III. | Scherzo, Vivace | |
| IV. | Finale, Molto Allegro | |
| Edward | MacDowell | Concerto for Piano No. 2 |
| I. | Larghetto. Poco più Mosso e con Passione | |
| II. | Presto Giocoso | |
| III. | Largo. Molto Allegro | |
| Carl Maria von Weber | Overture “Oberon” | |
| Edward Grieg | Berceuse for Strings, from Op. 68 | |
| Heinrich Hoffmann | Elves and Giants, from Op. 22 | |
| Anton Dvorak | Slavonic Dances III and VII | |
| Edward MacDowell, Soloist | ||
FIFTH CONCERT
Wednesday, March 6, 1901, at 8.15 P. M.
| Programme | |
| Carl Goldmark | Overture “Sakuntala,” Op. 13 |
| August Lindner | Concerto for Violoncello, E minor |
| a. Serenade—Andante | |
| b. Tarantelle—Allegro Vivace | |
| Peter Tschaikowsky | Symphony “Pathétique,” Op. 74 |
| I. Adagio—Allegro non troppo | |
| II. Allegro con Gracio | |
| III. Allegro Molto Vivace | |
| IV. Finale—Adagio Lamentoso | |
| Franz Liszt | Les Préludes |
| Mr. Rudolph Hennig, Soloist | |
SIXTH CONCERT
Friday, April 19, 1901, at 8.15 P. M.
| Programme | |
| Joachim Raff | Symphony “Im Walde” |
| I. Allegro | |
| II. Largo—Allegro Assai | |
| III. Allegro | |
| Eduard Grieg | Concerto for Piano in A flat |
| I. Allegro Moderato | |
| II. Adagio | |
| III. Allegro Moderato | |
| Peter Tschaikowsky | Overture—Fantasie, “Romeo and Juliet” |
| Mme. Teresa Carreño, Soloist | |