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...program of tonight's concert will be different from that of the opening concert in Symphony Hall last Friday in all except two numbers,-Brahm's Variations on a theme by Haydn, and Strauss Dance of the Seven Veils from "Salome". The numbers which Mr. Monteux will play tonight for the first time are Rachmaninov, Symphony No. 2; Saint-Saens, aria from "Sampson and Delilah"; and Verdi, aria from "San Carlos...
...orchestra began its season very auspiciously at its first concert on Friday. The masterful conducting of Mr. Monteux, the finish of his orchestra, and the enthusiasm of the packed audience made it what has been called "one of the most brilliant concerts in the history of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since Arthur Nikiseh first stepped on the platform of the old Music Hall...
...Monteux gives as artistic an interpretation to the new numbers of tonight's concert as he has already displayed in the selections from Brahms and Strauss, the audience in Sanders Theatre may be assured of a most satisfying concert...
...praise of this symphony. It is Beethoven at his zenith, technical if not emotional. It is not a big symphony, big as are the third, the fifth or the ninth. It does not belong in or fit into the usual categories. It is unique, and uniquely fascinating. Mr. Monteux's version of it is as an ascending, expanding, dynamic thing, culminating in a veritable rhythmic orgy, was thoroughly logical; to some listeners it seemed that this is less an organic symphonic piece, than a suite of pieces. The first movement, for instance, retarded for this general effect, itself lost noticeably...
...next week Mr. Monteux has chosen Rachmaninov's long and too familiar symphony, a Habanera of Aubert, and the overture to Smetana's "Bartered Bride": Mme Elizabeth Rethberg will sing arias from Wagner and Beethoven...