b'Program Notescontinuedthe beginning of April to those who have subscribed from them (they will be beautifully copied and revised by him personally). The subscription tickets are available at 4 ducats. Mozarts apartment is on the High Bridge in the small Herberstein House no. 327, on the third floor. The first performancewith full orchestratook place in March 1783, with Mozart himself as soloist. Writing to his father, Mozart described the three concertos as containing passages here and there from which the connoisseurs alone can derive satisfaction, but these passages are written in such a way that the less learned cannot fail to be pleased, though without knowing why. Whether you consider yourself a connoisseur or less learned, we trust that tonights performance will convince you of the beauty of this concerto (which some have criticized for its quiet ending) from which we have derived much musical pleasure in our detailed and extensive preparations for this inspiring collaboration with Melvyn Tan. ~Rosemary NaldenMax Brucharr. Michael PilkingtonRomanze for Solo Viola and Orchestra, Op. 85Every fortnight another [violinist] comes to me wanting to play the first concerto, wrote Max Bruch on 26 November 1887. I cannot listen to it any more. Did I perhaps write just this one? Go away and play the other concertos, which are just as good, if not better. Johannesburg audiences have recently been treated to two performances by Pinchas Zukerman of Max Bruchs much-loved first violin concerto. One suspects from the above comment that the composer would have been far happier that Buskaid has chosen to showcase his lesser-known, but equally ravishing Romanze for Viola and Orchestra, which he wrote for Maurice Vieux, principal violist of the Paris Opera, in 1911. Romantic solo works for violaknown as the Cinderella of the orchestraare relatively few and far between, and this unashamedly romantic piece is one of the most beautiful in the viola repertoire. In later life, Bruch wrote several works for this much neglected instrument, often combining it with the clarinet. This string orchestral version has been skillfully arranged for us by the British composer, scholar, and author Michael Pilkington.~Rosemary Naldenprincetonsymphony.org/ 14'