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Identifier: programme2122bost (find matches)
Title: Programme
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Subjects: Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert programs
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Boston Symphony Orchestra
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Symphony Orchestra

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cal motives in this movement, as throughout the work.The Sleep theme is at first given to the clarinet, with accompanimentof strings; it is then given to oboe and flutes, later to vioHns. Thenappear the theme of Longing (strings) and that of Love, which aremastered, however, by the Sleep theme, which brings the movementto a close. IL PSYCHE BORNE AWAY BY THE ZEPHYRS There are two chief themes. The first—muted strings, with clarinetand flutes—personifies the zephyrs. It appears in another form, whichis borrowed from Francks symphonic poem, Les fiolides (composedin 1876). This theme appears in varied forms, and it is often accom-panied by arpeggios, either of muted strings or of flutes and clarinets.The second theme, of a tender, languorous nature, is thought to char-acterize Psyche. There is a reminiscence of the theme of Love, given to the bass clari-net, and this is lost in the theme of Psyche. Bonds of the highest grade Harris, Forbes & Co Incorporated 35 Federal St., Boston
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Part II III. THE GARDENS OF CUPID Here the chorus of sopranos, altos, and tenors enters. Several themes form the foundation of this movement. The firstfigure is given to the flute. Then the theme of Cupid (wood-windand horns with violin trills) mingles with that of the zephyrs. Thesethemes broaden and become passionate. The suggestion is of triumphantlove, the love of Cupid. The passion subsides; the close is pianissimo. Chorus:— Love, source of all life, strong and youthful God, with conquering face, hail toThee, O blessed power, gentle tyrant of hearts. You fill the world with a sacred gladness; your footsteps fecundate the furrows.Mother Earth, after the ineffable caress, when from high heaven her lover descendswith all his rays, gives birth in her intoxication. O white sister of the lily, gentler than dawn, more beautiful than beauty itself,do you not feel a dehcious longing arise in your heaving breast? Hear the distant, invisible lyres sighing sweetly in the harmonious air! Yo

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