THE PALESTINE ORCHESTRA GARRISON CINEMA GAZA RIDGE SUNDAY. 13th October 1940 at 7.30 p. m. SYMPHONY CONCERT CONDUCTOR: BRONISLAW SZULC SOLOIST: JOSEPH SEGALL (Violin) PROGRAMME: GOD SAVE THE KING HATIKVAH "Bartered Bride" Overture..................................., Bedrich Smetana (1824-84) Concerto in E minor for Violin and Orchestra Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47) Allegro molto appassionato Andante Allegro molto vivace INTERVAL "Leonore No. 3" Overture.........................Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Entr'acte Music from "Rosamunde" .... Franz Schubert (1797-1828) "Capriccio Espagnol".........................Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
I PROGRAMME NOTES The programme of to-night’s concert, the Palestine Orchestra’s third concert to the Australian Imperial Force in Palestine, is drawn entirely from nineteenth century compositions and includes a concerto for solo violin written by Felix Mendelssohn and played by a 17-year old Palestinian violinist, Joseph Segall, who has already ap- peartd with much success in London. Music is of two kinds: "absolute" and programmatic. The former speaks a tongue of its own and expresses abstract thoughts and moods of gaiety, sadness, comedy or tragedy that cannot be linked with anything more definite. An example of this kind of music is the Men- delssohn Violin Concerto. Programme music “tells a story" or depicts events and scenes in such a way as to bring them vividly to mind. The “Bartered Bride Overture and the “Capriccio Espagnol” are examples of the latter type. But where absolute music ends and programme music begins, has never yet been decided definitely and as long as we can listen to the music with enjoyment, we should not worry much about it. 1. The programme opens with an OVERTURE TO THE OPERA “THE BARTERED BRIDE” by Bedrich Smetana. This is a comic opera in three acts dealing with the sale of a bride among the Bohemian peasantry. It is a jolly, rollicking piece and the themes of the Overture are taken from that part of the opera describing the sale of the young woman amid the jollification and jests of the laughing crowd. 2. The VIOLIN CONCERTO IN E-MINOR (op. 64) by M< ndelssohn was composed a century ago and to- day is probably as widely known and generally popular as any ever written for the violin. The concerto is in three movements which are played without pause. The pitce is varied in mood, at first quiet and yearning, then restless and impassioned and ending on a note of deep and serene contentment. 3. Beethoven wrote one opera of which the original title was “Leonore” or “Married Love.” Leonore was the name of the principal character. It depicts the struggles of the heroine to free her unjustly imprisoned husband. Disguised as a man she worms her way into the goal and threatens the governor with a pistol just when the victim is about to be scabbed. At that tense moment a trumpet call is heard in the court-yard : It is the announcement of the arrival of the Minister who comes in time to free the prisoner and reunite the happy couple. The opera was considerably revised which accounts for the fact that there are three separate overtures. The most successful and popular one, No. 3, which is being given to-night, was really the second to have been composed. This Overture is far more than an “introduction” and gives in brief the substance of the drama. Wagner describes the idea of the work as “the freedom brought by a jubilant angel of light to suffering manhood.” 4. The music to "ROSAMUNDE” is among the most popular that Schubert ever wrote, but the text of the play itself was so bad that it could never be performed. The music is poetical, charming and needs no explana- tion as it speaks plainly to every hearer. It is known for its rhythmical balance, the elegance of its form and its romantic "perfume.” 5. "CAPRICCIO ESPAGNOL” by Rimsky-Korsakov is a brilliant and sparkling piece for orchestra composed on Spanish themes of dance character. It opens with a morning song or serenade. This is followed by a “Scene and Gypsy Song” which is rich in typical gypsy music. The Finale is a “Fandango of the Asturias” (Spanish dance) and the whole ends with a return of the opening serenade. The music is colourful and rich and well con- veys the Southern atmosphere. Print: Dfus Erez Israel, Coop. Soc.,Tel-Avlv
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