{"product_id":"19599-boulanger-nadia-signed-performance-program","title":"Boulanger, Nadia. (1887–1979) Signed Performance Program","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eConcert program from a February 11, 1939 performance with the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall.  The formidable pianist, conductor and pedagogue has signed and inscribed in pencil \"So gratefully \/ Nadia Boulanger\" above the program listing.  During the performance, she lead the orchestra through pieces by Szalowski, Monteverdi, Fauré, and Françaix before playing a piece by her late sister, Lili Boulanger, at the organ, and concluding the evening at the piano, joined by Jean Françaix for Mozart's Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat major.  Signed performance programs of Boulanger are very uncommon.  8 pp.  Light vertical crease, else fine.  6 x 9 inches (15.2 x 22.9 cm.).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eA force in the world of classical music in the early twentieth century, Boulanger was the first woman to conduct a number of major orchestras, including the London and Boston Philharmonic.  In 1938, she became the first woman to lead the New York Philharmonic in a performance at Carnegie Hall, Antonia Brico having conducted a performance at Lewisohn Stadium earlier in the same year.  After her first performance with the Boston Philharmonic, a reporter asked Boulanger how it felt to be the first woman to lead the ensemble.  She replied, \"I have been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment.\"\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093721305247,"sku":"19599","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Boulanger_Nadia_Signed_Performance_Program_19599.jpg?v=1722189908","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/19599-boulanger-nadia-signed-performance-program","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}