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Yesterday afternoon, in Symphony Hall, the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Monteux conducting, gave the third concert of its Friday afternoon series, Mr. Moiseiwitsch was the soloist...
...impossible that they could continue at the same pace. Yesterday in such an exacting work as Mozart's E flat major symphony, (K. 543), they proved their remarkable ability in neat playing, and clean whittling, not in a large work like Zarathustra, but in a classical symphony. How Mr. Monteux is able to do so well with both moderns and "ancients" is an enigma to many at least of his hearers...
Yesterday's Symphony concert, Mr. Monteux conducting, was the second of the Boston series. As often, the eagerly-awaited proved disappointing in the extreme; what was expected to be dull and prosaic was interesting and charming. The Dvorak of the F-major symphony shows himself a skillful musician, interesting if not thrilling, original if not "radical", pleasing if not powerful--altogether charming. Particularly in the first three movements did he display his fertile imagination, flowing melodic invention, and dainty skill in orchestration. There is a cleanness and purity that resembles Mozart, with none of the muddiness which occasionally mars...
Whatever may be said of Mr. Monteux's choice of program, the opening of the Symphony season last Friday and Saturday was a welcome occasion. The violins are to be commended for a smooth, clear tone, inclusive and clearcut where need be, broad and following at other times. These qualities they displayed to good advantage in the second and third movements of the Fantastic Symphony of Berlioz; in the graceful rhythm of the Ball and the pastoral idyll of the Meadows. In the latter movement the wood-wind choir did especially good work. But these are the only movements...
Renewing the series of concerts which have proved so successful in the past few years Mr. Monteux and the Boston Symphony Orchestra will appear again this fall in nine concerts at Cambridge, ranging from October into...