The summer of 1912 brought the Board of Directors, for the second time in five years, face to face with the problem of securing a conductor. Again the place was waiting for the man, but under far different conditions from those in the summer of 1899, when Fritz Scheel was found at Woodside Park. Philadelphia had a good orchestra, a growing audience tended carefully by the four Women’s Committees, and a Guarantee Fund in a more or less satisfactory condition. It was an opportunity. The Board of Directors looked around the field again. They had heard of a young man, Leopold Stokowski, recently conductor of the Cincinnati Orchestra, and heard well of him. Mr. Andrew Wheeler knew him and suggested approaching him. He was then in Europe, so he was cabled to, and accepted the position. The first concerts under Mr. Stokowski took place on October 11th and 12th, 1912, with the following programme, which inaugurated the third period of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and one which has been a story of constant artistic development, until now this orchestra ranks with the great orchestras of the world. THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED) MAINTAINING THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA (Founded 1900) LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI, _Conductor_ FIRST PAIR OF SYMPHONY CONCERTS Friday afternoon at 3.00 Saturday Evening at 8.15 October 11th and 12th, 1912 PROGRAMME 1. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Overture, “Leonore No. 3” (1770-1827) 2. JOHANNES BRAHMS Symphony No. 1, in C minor, Op. 68 (1833-1897) I. Un poco sostenuto; Allegro (6/8) II. Andante sostenuto (3/4) III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso (2/4) IV. Adagio-piu andante; Allegro non troppo, ma con brio (4/4) 3. MICHAEL IPPOLITOW-IWANOW “Sketches from the Caucasus” (1859- ) I. In the Mountain Pass II. The Mountain Village III. March of the Sirdar (First Time at These Concerts) 4. RICHARD WAGNER Overture “Tannhäuser” (1813-1883) _Public Ledger_, October 12th, 1912. “NEW CONDUCTOR OF PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA TENDERED OVATION IN ACADEMY