Preceding lecture by PHILIP H. GOEPP, at 3 o’clock, Tuesday afternoon, at the Assembly Hall of the Sternberg School of Music, 10 South 18th Street Fourth Concert, Wednesday, March 25th, 1903 1. Overture “Leonore” No. 2, C major, Opus 72 2. Symphony No. 4 B flat major, Opus 60 3. Symphony No. 7 A major, Opus 92 Preceding lecture by HUGH A. CLARKE, MUS. DOC., at 3 o’clock, Wednesday afternoon, at the Broad Street Conservatory. Fifth Concert, Thursday, March 26th, 1903 1. Overture “Leonore” No. 3, C major, Opus 72 2. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra E flat, Opus 73 Constantin von Sternberg 3. Symphony No. 9 D minor, Opus 125 Preceding lecture by PHILIP H. GOEPP, at 3 o’clock, Thursday afternoon, at the Sternberg School of Music * * * * * _Musical Courier_, New York, March 25th, 1903: “The cycle was to crown the third season of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s successful existence, and for many months, the leader, the orchestra, the manager and the committees have been busy in the endeavor to make these five concerts matchless in performance and memorable in historical significance. “The cycle was projected as an art undertaking pure and simple. Profit was a secondary consideration. Flamboyant advertisement was eschewed. There were announcements dignified and to the point. The prices were put within the reach of the student and the poor lover of music. Society was asked to patronize at the box office, but not on the programme. It is thus apparent that never in the musical life of America has there been conceived a project more ideal, more artistic and more utilitarian than this Beethoven Cycle in the City of Brotherly Love. Fritz Scheel is not overshadowed even by the great Joseph Joachim, who together with three famous fellow musicians, proposes next summer to play all of Beethoven’s string quartets at a musical festival in Germany.” * * * * *