Program from the New York Philharmonic Orchestra performance, August 29, 1960

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"Your Baldwin D i s t r i b u t o r " 219 Las Vegas Blvd. N. 6 Conductor: LEONARD BERNSTEIN Piano Soloist: LEONARD BERNSTEIN BERLIOZ Overture, "Roman Carnival," Opus 9 BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 1 Mr. in C, Op. 15 Allegro con brio Largo Rondo: Allegro scherzando LEONARD BERNSTEIN Bernstein plays the Baldwin Piano I N T E R M I S S I O N (30 minutes) BARTOK The Concerto for Orchestra Introduction: Andante non troppo. AJIegro vivace Game of the Pairs: Allegretto scherzando Elegy: Andante non troppo Intermezzo interrotto: Allegretto Finale: Presto *Recorded by the New York Philharmonic and Leonard Bernstein. The New York Philharmonic Orchestra records exclusively for Columbia Records. The Steinway is the official piano for the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. 1960 tour is being sponsored by the Columbia Broadcasting System. The Convention Hall management requests NO SMOKING, please! 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In the Over-ture we encounter such pathbreaking innovations as an English horn solo, a sparkling saltarello, and a final orgi-astic outburst of orchestral sonority much more than a mere Carnaval Ro-main. In its combination of elements from the opera itself it carries on the specie of dramatic commentary pio-neered by Beethoven, propagated by Weber, and perfected by Wagner. BEETHOVEN, Ludwig Van (1770-1827) Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, No. 1, C major, Opus 15 The C major Concerto, No. 1, was written, it is said, in 1797, some two L I N G E R I E OF THE HOUR L I N G E R I E D U D L E Y 4 - 0 0 95 1 7 3 7 EAST CHARLESTON BOULEVARD 8 years after the B flat major, which is commonly known as the second. An error in the publication of the two concertos brought about the inconsist-ent numbering. The C major Concer-to opens with a brilliant orchestral ut-terance, offering the first two themes on which it dwells for some time, prior to the entrance of the solo instru-ment. Written in the period of Bee-thoven's Mozart-Haydn consciousness, it shows strongly the influence of both men. Yet in the middle of the move-ment a new power asserts itself, that of Beethoven, who appears to be tear-ing himself loose from the old moor-ings. The second movement again continued on next page 400 AUTO MEMBERSHIP CLUB Lou Frazin Sales & Service 3000 Las Vegas Blvd. South New Frontier Texaco Station Las Vegas Goodrich Tire Dist. A Symphony in Fashions Flamingo Hotel De Luca Importing Co. and Nevada Beverage Co. Are Indeed Happy To Assist In This Splendid Project S T E I N W A V Official Piano of the New York Philharmonic "PeevuoK & "Day "Pia*ux EXCLUSIVE DEALER OF STEINWAY PIANOS 1117 Maryland Parkway DU 4-6961 Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Christensen join with everyone in Southern Nevada in welcoming THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA and LEONARD BERNSTEIN hows in the general direction of Mo-zart with its graceful melody, given principally to the piano. A elarinct takes the lead occasionally, and the piano part weaves about it in delicate ornamentation. The third movement is a Rondo, leaning to the Haydn-esque, not only as to choice of form, but also with respect to the joyous spirit of the music. BARTOK, Bela (1881-1945) Concerto for Orchestra When the Concerto for Orchestra had its first performance (by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Serge Koussevitzky, on December 1, 1944), Bartok explained why he called it a concerto instead of a symphony: "The title of this symphony-like or-chestral work is explained by its ten-dency to treat the single instruments or instrumental groups in a 'concert-ant' or soloistic manner. The 'virtu-oso' treatment appears, for instance, in the fugato sections of the develop-ment of the first movement (brass in-struments), or in the 'perpetum mo-bile' -like passage of the principal theme FASHIONS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN 410 FREMONT ? LAS VEGAS 10 in the last movement (strings), and, especially, in the second movement, in which pairs of instruments consecu-tively appear with brilliant passages." The composer also gave a clue to the meaning of the work when he wrote: "The general mood of the work repre-sents, apart from the jesting second movement, a gradual transition from the sternness of the first movement and the lugubrious death-song of the third, to the life-assertion of the last one. New York Philharmonic, 111 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. George Judd, Jr., Managing Director Carlos Moseley, Associate Tour Direction: Columbia Festivals Inc. CAMI Building 165 West 57th Street, New York 19, N.Y. A Rare and Rewarding Occasion - Tonight's Concert. Our Congratulations to The Las Vegas Symphony Society and The Clark County Fair & Recreation Board DR. & MRS. JAMES B. McMILLAN - yjer/ff/y, /;y ? y/ic/i//cy Tropicana Hotel FRANCISCO SQUARE ? Largest Record Dept. in Nevada ? Phonographs?Stereo? Hi-Fi ? Tape ? 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