1911-12

85^e ANNÉE: 1911-12Committee

President: Gabriel Fauré

Vice-Pres., 1^r chef: André Messager

2^e chef: Philippe Gaubert

Secretary: P. Mimart

Comm. pers.: Luquin

Comm. mat.: J. Gaillard

Agt. compt.: Félix Rose

Arch.-Caissier: Chavy

Rép. chant: Jean Gallon

Memb. adj.: Couppas

Insp. Salle: Besson

Caisse de Prévoyance

Secretary: Gasser

Agt. compt.: Louis Bleuzet

Treas.: Félix Rose

Season

20 concerts + concert Lille (5 November 1911), Prix Rossini concert (12 November 1911: Marc Delmas: Anne-Marie), concert at Trocadéro (11 February 1912)

First performances: Bach: Cantata for John the Baptist, Rimsky-Korsakov: Conte féerique, Bruch: Romance for Viola (Maurice Vieux), Strauss: Don Juan.

Living French composers: Tournemire: Psalm for chorus, orchestra, and organ. Debussy: Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orléans. Chausson: Symphony in B-flat.

Other: 5th/6th concerts celebratin Liszt centenary (December 1911)

Guest soloists: Louis Diémer (Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5), Jacques Thibaud (Lalo: Symphonie espagnole), Lucien Capet (Bach: Violin Concerto No. 2), Joseph Bonnet (Handel: Organ Concerto No. 10), Georges de Lausnay (d'Indy: Symph. montagnard), Arthur de Greef (Saint-Saëms: Piano Concerto No. 5), Fernand Pollain (Schumann: Cello Concerto)

Assemblée Générale: 22 May 1912

Personnel

Asp. actifs: Samson (violin, [648])

Sociétaires (30 May 1911): Lamouret (horn, 623), Deblauwe (cello, 624), Chédécal (violin, 625), Oberdoeffer (violin, 626), Drouet (viola, 627), Clamer (bass ch., 628), Marchisio (bass ch., 629), Tramasset (tenor, 630)

Separations: Gilbert (violin, 446; retired, m. h.), Alard (cello, 531; resigned after an incapacitating accident, m. h.) Aubert (bass ch., 497; retired, m.h.), Perrin (bass ch., 476; resigned), Rogues (bass ch., 518, resigned)

Deaths:

Sources

Minutes, Committee: D 17345 (18)

Minutes, Assemblée Générale: D 17342 (1), pp. 137-40

Secretary's Report: