. Programme. ible and invisible worlds within the compassof a ring. A characteristic theme, the typical theme of Scheherazade, keepsappearing in the four movements. This theme, that of the Narrator,is a florid melodic phrase in triplets, and it ends generally in a freecadenza. It is played, for the most part, by a solo violin and sometimesby a wood-wind instrument. The presence in the minor cadence ofthe characteristic seventh, G, and the major sixth, F-sharp,-—afterthe manner of the Phrygian mode of the Greeks or the Doric churchtone,—might illustrate the familiar beginning of all folk-tales,
. Programme. ible and invisible worlds within the compassof a ring. A characteristic theme, the typical theme of Scheherazade, keepsappearing in the four movements. This theme, that of the Narrator,is a florid melodic phrase in triplets, and it ends generally in a freecadenza. It is played, for the most part, by a solo violin and sometimesby a wood-wind instrument. The presence in the minor cadence ofthe characteristic seventh, G, and the major sixth, F-sharp,-—afterthe manner of the Phrygian mode of the Greeks or the Doric churchtone,—might illustrate the familiar beginning of all folk-tales, Onceupon a time. A Fitting Accompanimeiit The gentle pleasures of an evening at Symphony Hall cannot but be en-hanced by the enjoyment of a tasteful supper served before the concertin the little low-beamed salon of The Braeswick Shoppe Matinee Luncheons Afternoon Tea IcesLouis Sherry Candy Brunswick Candy Moderate Prices The BRUNSWICK Boylston St. at Clarendon L. C. Prior, President and Managing Director. I. The Sea and Sindbads* Ship. Largo e maestoso, E minor, 2-2. The chief theme of this movement,announced frequently and in many transformations, has been called bysome the Sea motive, by others the Sindbad motive. It is proclaimedimmediately and heavily in fortissimo unison and octaves. Soft chordsof wind instruments—chords not unlike the first chords of MendelssohnsMidsummer Nights Dream overture in character—lead to theScHEHEEAZADE motive, Lento, 4-4, played by solo vioHn against chordsof the harp. Then follows the main body of the movement, Allegronon troppo, E major, 6-4, which begins with a combination of thechief theme, the Sea motive, with a rising and falling arpeggio figure,the Wave motive. There is a crescendo, and a modulation leads toC major. Wood-wind instruments and violoncellos yizz. introduce amotive that is called the Ship, at first in solo flute, then in the oboe,lastly in the clarinet. A reminiscence of the Sea motive is heard fromthe horn between
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