Twenty-five years of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1900-1925

Name: Twenty-five years of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1900-1925
Author: Wister, Frances Anne

Wister, Frances Anne

Philadelphia Orchestra

PETER HENKELMAN, _First English Horn and
    Oboe_, was born in Heusden, Holland. Attended
    school in Holland, and at the age of seven began to
    study the violin. A few years later he began the study
    of the piano, and at the age of thirteen entered the
    Royal Conservatory at The Hague, where he started to
    study the oboe and English horn, as well as continuing
    his studies of the violin, piano and theory. He has
    played with the City Symphony Orchestra at Haarlem and
    Utrecht, the Winderstein Orchestra of Leipzig, the
    Symphony Orchestra of Budapest, the City Orchestra
    of Heidelberg, as well as with the Concertgebouw of
    Amsterdam. _Engaged for the Philadelphia Orchestra
    1901._




APPENDIX I


    PARTIAL LIST OF “FIRST PERFORMANCES” IN AMERICA
    AURIC—Nocturne (January 26-27, 1923)
    BLISS—Mêlée Fantasque (February 27-28, 1925)
    BRAUNFELS—Fantastic Variations (October 14-15, 1921)
    CARPENTER—“A Pilgrim Vision” (November 26-27, 1920)
    CONVERSE—“The Mystic Trumpeter” (March 3-4, 1905)
    DE FALLA—Excerpts from “El Amor Brujo” (April 15-17, 1922)
    D’INDY—Symphony No. 2, in B flat (December 30-31, 1904)
    D’INDY—“Wallenstein” (December 19-20, 1902)
    DVORAK—Heldenlied (December 27-28, 1901)
    FITELBERG—Polish Rhapsody (November 4-5, 1921)
    GLAZOUNOW—Scènes de Ballet (February 24-25, 1905)
    GRANADOS—Intermezzo and Epiloque from “Goyescas”
        (March 10-11, 1916)
    HAUSEGGER—Symphonic Poem, “Wieland der Schmied”
        (October 17-18, 1913)
    MAHLER—Symphony No. 8 (March 2, 1916)
    MAHLER—Das Lied von der Erde (December 16, 1916)
    DANIEL GREGORY MASON—Symphony No. 1, in C minor
        (February 18-19, 1916)
    PURCELL—Trumpet Prelude (December 26-27, 1924)
    RABAUD—Symphony No. 2, in E minor (October 24-25, 1913)
    RACHMANINOFF—Symphony No. 3, “The Bells”
       (February 6-7, 1920)
    RIMSKY-KORSAKOW—Excerpts from “Kitesch” (Solitude and
        The Battle), (October 26-27, 1923)
    SCHELLING—A Victory Ball (February 23-24, 1923)
    SKRYABIN—Symphony No. 3, “Le Divin Poème”
        (November 19-10, 1915)
    SIBELIUS—Symphony No. 5, in E flat (October 21-22, 1921)
    RICHARD STRAUSS—Alpensymphonie (April 28-29, 1916)
    STRAWINSKY—Le Chant du Rossignol (October 19-20, 1923)
    STRAWINSKY—Symphonies d’Instruments à Vent, à la mémoire
        de Claude Achille Debussy (November 23-24, 1923)
    STRAWINSKY—Sacre du Printemps (March 3-4, 1922)

                          CONCERTOS

    MAX BRUCH—Concerto for two Pianos and Orchestra
       (December 29-30, 1916) First World Performance.
    MEDTNER—Concerto in C minor for Piano and Orchestra
       (October 31-November 1, 1924)
    ORNSTEIN—Second Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
       (February 13-14, 1925)
    SZYMANOWSKI—Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
       (November 28-29, 1924)
    TAILLEFERRE—Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
       (March 20-21, 1925)

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Twenty-five years of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1900-1925

Wister, Frances Anne

Philadelphia Orchestra

PETER HENKELMAN, _First English Horn and
    Oboe_, was born in Heusden, Holland. Attended
    school in Holland, and at the age of seven began to
    study the violin. A few years later he began the study
    of the piano, and at the age of thirteen entered the
    Royal Conservatory at The Hague, where he started to
    study the oboe and English horn, as well as continuing
    his studies of the violin, piano and theory. He has
    played with the City Symphony Orchestra at Haarlem and
    Utrecht, the Winderstein Orchestra of Leipzig, the
    Symphony Orchestra of Budapest, the City Orchestra
    of Heidelberg, as well as with the Concertgebouw of
    Amsterdam. _Engaged for the Philadelphia Orchestra
    1901._




APPENDIX I


    PARTIAL LIST OF “FIRST PERFORMANCES” IN AMERICA
    AURIC—Nocturne (January 26-27, 1923)
    BLISS—Mêlée Fantasque (February 27-28, 1925)
    BRAUNFELS—Fantastic Variations (October 14-15, 1921)
    CARPENTER—“A Pilgrim Vision” (November 26-27, 1920)
    CONVERSE—“The Mystic Trumpeter” (March 3-4, 1905)
    DE FALLA—Excerpts from “El Amor Brujo” (April 15-17, 1922)
    D’INDY—Symphony No. 2, in B flat (December 30-31, 1904)
    D’INDY—“Wallenstein” (December 19-20, 1902)
    DVORAK—Heldenlied (December 27-28, 1901)
    FITELBERG—Polish Rhapsody (November 4-5, 1921)
    GLAZOUNOW—Scènes de Ballet (February 24-25, 1905)
    GRANADOS—Intermezzo and Epiloque from “Goyescas”
        (March 10-11, 1916)
    HAUSEGGER—Symphonic Poem, “Wieland der Schmied”
        (October 17-18, 1913)
    MAHLER—Symphony No. 8 (March 2, 1916)
    MAHLER—Das Lied von der Erde (December 16, 1916)
    DANIEL GREGORY MASON—Symphony No. 1, in C minor
        (February 18-19, 1916)
    PURCELL—Trumpet Prelude (December 26-27, 1924)
    RABAUD—Symphony No. 2, in E minor (October 24-25, 1913)
    RACHMANINOFF—Symphony No. 3, “The Bells”
       (February 6-7, 1920)
    RIMSKY-KORSAKOW—Excerpts from “Kitesch” (Solitude and
        The Battle), (October 26-27, 1923)
    SCHELLING—A Victory Ball (February 23-24, 1923)
    SKRYABIN—Symphony No. 3, “Le Divin Poème”
        (November 19-10, 1915)
    SIBELIUS—Symphony No. 5, in E flat (October 21-22, 1921)
    RICHARD STRAUSS—Alpensymphonie (April 28-29, 1916)
    STRAWINSKY—Le Chant du Rossignol (October 19-20, 1923)
    STRAWINSKY—Symphonies d’Instruments à Vent, à la mémoire
        de Claude Achille Debussy (November 23-24, 1923)
    STRAWINSKY—Sacre du Printemps (March 3-4, 1922)

                          CONCERTOS

    MAX BRUCH—Concerto for two Pianos and Orchestra
       (December 29-30, 1916) First World Performance.
    MEDTNER—Concerto in C minor for Piano and Orchestra
       (October 31-November 1, 1924)
    ORNSTEIN—Second Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
       (February 13-14, 1925)
    SZYMANOWSKI—Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
       (November 28-29, 1924)
    TAILLEFERRE—Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
       (March 20-21, 1925)

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Twenty-five years of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1900-1925

Twenty-five years of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1900-1925

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