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Musical Courier 1896-12-02: Vol 33 Iss 874, 1896
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1MISS ELLA RUSSELL called at this office yesterday. She is just back from a provincial tour in many of the principal centres, and propositions have already been submitted to her for a second tour next autumn. She has already booked a number of oratorio engagements for the fall of 1897. Miss Russell is looking forward with keen anticipation to her forthcoming American visit. She will arrive in America the first week in March, and probably remain until about June 1.
3Sir Arthur Sullivan is going to write a ballet for the Alhambra directorate, and has chosen for his scenario the naturally congenial subject of the "Longest Reign."
5Miss Margaret Macintyre, of the Covent Garden Company, is to be one of the leading prime donne this winter at the new Imperial Opera House, St. Petersburg. She will be associated with Mme. Sembich, Mme. Sigrid Arnoldson, Mme. Vidal, Messrs. Tamagno and De Lucia. one of two readings
6Miss Margaret Macintyre, of the Covent Garden Company, is to be one of the leading prime donne this winter at the new Imperial Opera House, St. Petersburg. She will be associated with Mme. Sembrich, Mme. Sigrid Arnoldson, Mme. Vidal, Messrs. Tamagno and De Lucia. one of two readings
8"The Chamber Music of Purcell, Händel and Bach" (with illustrations on the original instruments for which it was written), by Arnold Dolmetsch, will form one of the lectures to be delivered before the Society of Fine Arts in the before Christmas series.
10Mr. J. A. Hugo, born in Bridgeport, U. S. A., 1873, a pupil of Professor Speidel, in Stuttgart, who came out in that town with great success last April, and is now concluding a concert tour in Germany, will give three piano recitals under the direction of Mr. Ernest Cavour, in St. James' Hall, in January and February, 1897.
12Mr. Schulz-Curtius announces that Mr. Bispham, upon his return from America, will give a concert on the afternoon of May 7, 1897 (Brahms' birthday), when that master's Magellone Lieder, in connection with the Romance from which they are taken, will be sung in their entirety.
14Mr. Mark Hambourg, who played Rubinstein's concerto in D minor at the Colonne concert in Paris last Sunday, scored a great success. The Parisian press spoke in the highest terms of Mr. Hambourg's playing, being particularly impressed with a fancied resemblance to Rubinstein, both in appearance and manner of playing. Mr. Hambourg's success was so great that two piano recitals were immediately arranged for him to take place in the Salle Erard in January, and Mr. Colonne also engaged him for two of his concerts at the same time.
16The Carl Rosa Opera Company concluded its series of operas in Glasgow on Saturday, November 14, after a successful season.
18Miss Hardy, of St. Louis, Mo., who has been studying with Vannucini, of Florence, for the past three years, passed through London this week en route for New York.
20The first of this season's Lamoureux concerts was given amid great enthusiasm in the Queen's Hall on Monday evening.
22The Tuesday afternoon program was composed principally of well-known items, Schumann's C major symphony, the Parsifal prelude, the Ride of the Valkyries, and Borodine's symphonic sketch, On the Steppes of Central Asia. The novelties were Théodore Dubois' Frithiof overture, which, although a perfectly constructed and clearly written work, did not rouse much enthusiasm.
24The third concert, on Wednesday evening, again drew a big audience, which was not slow to testify its appreciation of the varied items of the program—the principal work being Mendelssohn's ever young and charming Italian Symphony. A very cleverly written symphonic ballad, by C. Chevillard, a son-in-law of the conductor, M. Lamoureux, also figured on the program, receiving on this occasion its first London performance.
26I shall give a report of the remaining three concerts in my next letter.
28HENSCHEL CONCERTS.
30The first of the present series of the Henschel concerts, formerly called the London Symphony Concerts, was given to an enthusiastic audience in St. James' Hall last Thursday evening, November 12.
32The program, which included five selections from Wagner, Goetz, Brahms, Liszt and Smetana, was eclectic enough to please all tastes. The most important work of the evening was Brahms' C minor symphony, of which a finished and intelligent performance must be recorded. A seldom heard duet from Goetz' Taming of the Shrew, which was sung in so charming a manner by Mrs. Henschel and Mr. Frangcon-Davies, was the only vocal item of the evening. Mlle. Adele Aus der Ohe—who has made an enviable reputation in America—played Liszt's brilliant and melodious E flat concerto with ease, finish and a charm of manner that roused her hearers to demonstrations of great satisfaction. If Mlle. Aus der Ohe lacks anything it is energy; but this is amply compensated by so many excellent qualities that we must hail her as an artist whom we will always hear with pleasure. The concert ended with Smetana's symphonic poem, Richard III., a work which received its first and probably its last performance in England on this occasion.
34OTHER CONCERTS.
36Mlle. J. Heymann fulfilled our expectations raised at her first recital, and will in time to come undoubtedly rank among the foremost of the lady pianists of the day. Her playing is full of fire and delicacy at the same time. Her program was varied, showing again that her technic allows her to give full scope to her imaginative powers. Bach's Chromatique Fugue taxes both faculties to the utmost, and the mere undertaking of its shows the young artist's remarkable propensities. Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann, and two small pieces of Rontgen and Carl Heymann, formed the first part of the program. Then came a whole paragraph devoted to Chopin. St. James' Hall was as full as it is usually for only the more famous artists. This augurs well for Mlle. Heymann, to whom everything promises a splendid artistic career.
38M. Sarasate's second recital met again with a full house, and the great artist and his clever associate, Dr. Neitzel, gave Brahms' sonata in G major (a very serious work) and Goldmark's second suite, op. 43, for piano and violin. Le Chant du Rossignol (Sarasate) roused a wild clamor for an encore, which was granted, and the storm of enthusiasm began again after Airs Russes (Wieniawski). Dr. Neitzel played Schumann's Novellette, No. 2; Scotch Poems, No. 2 (L. E. Bach), and Nouvelles Soirées de Vienne, No. 3 (Tausig), in his usual highly intellectual manner.
40The second Boosey ballad concert, on Saturday afternoon, was a success, inasmuch as there was hardly a seat left in the Queen's Hall. Miss Macintyre sang the solo with chorus The Night Is Calm and Cloudless (Golden Legend) beautifully, and Mr. Eaton Faning's choir contributed to make it a pleasing performance. Miss Frances Allitsen's new composition, The Old Clock on the Stairs, sung by Miss Ada Crossley, was very well received, and also Eldorado, by Walthew, sung by Mr. Franklin Clive. Miss Evangeline Florence also sang among other items a new song, Blossoms, by Felix Corbett. Mr. Edward Lloyd, Mr. Plunket Greene, Miss Mary Thomas, Mr. Lloyd Chando, Madame Belle Cole, Mr. Leo Stern, 'cello, were the other contributors.
42The first concert of the second series of Mr. Bernhard Carrodus' String Quartet took place in the small Queen's Hall on Thursday, November 12. These concerts always contain interesting programs of chamber music by the best composers, which are executed with great artistic finish.
44The Saturday night promenade concerts at Queen's Hall continue to flourish.
46THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC.
48I might call the attention of those of my readers who are born English subjects to the advantages offered by the scholarships of the Royal College of Music, South Kensington, London, of which H. R. H. the Prince of Wales, K. G., is the founder and president.
50Preliminary examinations for twelve free open scholarships will be held on February 3 in various local centres throughout the United Kingdom. The scholarships will be allotted as follows: Composition, 2; singing, 4; piano, 1; organ, 1; violin, 1; viola or double bass, 1; violoncello, 1; hautboy or bassoon, 1. The scholarships are open to all classes of Her Majesty's subjects within the stated ages. They are each of the approximate value of £40 a year, and entitle the holders to a systematic free education in music, and are as a rule tenable for three years. In some special cases maintenance grants are added. Fur-
52CARL RECITAL TOUR.
54"Mr. Carl showed remarkable technical ability, and added to that was an intelligent treatment of the compositions which brought expressions of delight to the faces of the auditors. It was one of the finest ever heard in this city."
55—The Plain Dealer,
56Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 20, 1896.
58For dates, address
599 West 22d Street,
60NEW YORK.
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