Über Aufführungspläne in Boston (darunter die 8. Symphonie [12.3.1909]) informiert auch The New York Times Nr. 18512 auf S. 7:

"             BOSTON ORCHESTRA'S PLANS.

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     Max Fiedler, the new conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has made public a partial list of the novelties which he expects to produce during the coming season. There are two symphonies in the list, Bruckner's Eighth and a new symphony by Paderewski, which will have its first performance anywhere when the composer-pianist visits Boston after the first of the year. [... weitere Werke ... Willy Hess kehrt als Konzertmeister nach Boston zurück, neben ihm Sylvain Noack (aus Deutschland, zuletzt unter Mengelberg in Amsterdam und Konzertmeister in Aachen ...]."