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Musical Courier 1897-05-12: Vol 34 Iss 897, 1897
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1ers in the Symphony ranks, is to be the conductor during the remaining four weeks.
3The program of the opening concert on May 10 is as follows:
4Marche Hongroise, from The Damnation of Faust………….Berlioz
5Overture, Le Roi l'a Dit………………………………………Delibes
6Waltz, Snowballs……………………………………………..Ziehrer
7(First time.)
8Selection, Wizard of the Nile…………………………………Herbert
9(First time.)
10Ballet music, Feramors……………………………………….Rubinstein
11Dance of Bayadères.
12Candle Dance of the Brides of Kashmir…………………….Goldmark
13Prelude to Act III. of The Cricket on the Hearth………….(First time at these concerts.)
14La Colombe…………………………………………………….Gounod
15Prelude to The Meistersingers of Nuremberg………………..Wagner
16Entrée Triomphe des Boyards……………………………….Halvorsen
17Overture, Pique Dame……………………………………….Suppé
18Waltz, Artists' Life…………………………………………..Strauss
19March, Austria……………………………………………….Zach
21It will be seen that this includes four of what are called "first time" selections. A specialty will be made of these novelties all through the season. During the opening week several other numbers will be introduced for the first time in Boston.
23Equally good programs have been arranged for all the nights of the first week. Among some of the overtures to be played in that time will be that to Oberon, Weber; Barber of Seville, Rossini; Merry Wives of Windsor, Nicolai; Martha, Flotow; Tannhäuser, Wagner; Fra Diavolo, Auber; Zampa, Herold; Mignon, A. Thomas, and Rienzi, Wagner. These alone constitute no small undertaking, and with them there will be many other fine selections during the first evenings of the series. Some of the other good things promised are selections from Lohengrin, Faust, Il Trovatore, Queen of Sheba, Valkyrie, Cavalleria Rusticana, Sylvia, Carmen, Hungarian Dances by Brahms, a polonaise by Liszt, the Peer Gynt suite of Grieg, Massenet's Le Dernier Sommell de la Vierge, Slavonic Dances by Dvorák, Hymn to St. Cecilia, Gounod, and many other enjoyable numbers, including for lighter music selections from La Fille de Madame Angot; The Mandarin, De Koven's new opera; La Grande Duchesse, The Gypsy Baron, Poor Jonathan, El Capitan, Robin Hood, several Strauss and Waldteufel waltzes, marches and other popular music. All these varied selections have been given places in the programs of the first week, and a genuine treat is thus in store for music lovers.
25Regular patrons of these concerts will be much interested in the first playing this season of the famous Grubenlichter, the waltz by Zeller, which was the most popular number played all through last year. It will have its initial hearing this season on the first Saturday evening, and other numbers to be played that same evening include The Wizard of the Nile, Herbert; overture to Mignon, A. Thomas; Espagna, waltz, Waldteufel; Robin Hood, De Koven; ballet music from Sylvia, Delibes; Hymn to St. Cecilia, Gounod, with violin solo part; Graceful Dance, Sullivan; overture, Rienzi, Wagner; selections from Carmen, Bizet. Besides these there will be one or two other numbers of less importance. A program embracing so many enjoyable things in one evening has rarely been offered at these promenade concerts.
27Boston Press on Parsons' Pupils' Recital.—
28The advanced pupils of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Parsons, assisted by Riley Phillips, baritone, gave a thoroughly artistic musicale at Steinert Hall last night. The pupils include some of the best amateur pianists of the city, and their work was admirable, reflecting the careful training and something of the artistic temperament which has made Mr. and Mrs. Parsons' position so secure and enviable in the world of music. Miss Spier, Miss Howd, Miss Asher, Miss Hubbard and Mr. Cahill were the participants of last evening's program. Mr. Phillips sang Honor and Arms and St. Quentin's Conquered with his usual artistic finish.
30Last night at Steinert Hall occurred the eleventh recital by the advanced pupils of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Parsons, assisted by Riley Phillips, baritone. The program was an especially good one, and included such ambitious numbers as Beethoven's sonata, op. 31, No. 2, by Miss Howd; Chopin's etude, C minor, by Mr. Cahill; Paderewski's nocturne, Miss Hubbard; Liszt's Rhapsody No. 8, Miss Asher; D'Ourville's Gavotte and Hungary, duet by Mrs. Parsons and Miss Spier, and Godard's minuet (from string quartet), by Mr. and Mrs. Parsons. Each and every number received the most conscientious and artistic rendition. Mr. Phillips, who is a baritone of great promise, showed that he was in his element in the realm of song in the artistic treatment given his two selections, Honor and Arms, by Händel, and Conquered, by St. Quentin.
32MRS. KATHARINE FISK,
33Contralto.
34Leading Contralto
35Worcester (Eng.) Festival, 1896; Norwich and Norfolk Festivals, 1896; Royal Philharmonic, Richter Concerts, Albert Hall and Crystal Palace.
36In America after April 15, '97.
38MR. GEORGE ELLSWORTH HOLMES,
39Baritone.
40Now in America.
42MR. LEO STERN,
43Violoncellist.
44In America until May 1
46For Terms, Dates, etc., address
47Concert Direction Brown & Weld,
48Mr. LOUIS FRANCIS BROWN. MR. ARTHUR CYRIL GORDON WELD,
491000, 1001 and 1016 Steinway Hall, CHICAGO.
51eighteen stanzas before your very eyes, and all, but the eyes, of his own composition?
53Each social season, for that is what I speak of musically, brings us a fresh attraction from the other side. Some sink, others swim—and get there.
55The professional and artistic sides of society have in this democratic country a place by themselves, much more marked than in the new R. F. of France or the monarchy of England. One is necessary to the other, say what you will.
57One of the most brilliant entertainments (that word is chosen with arrêté pensée) of last week was the concert of the Women's String Orchestra Society. This club is composed of young women of New York society who have talent and perseverance and who play extremely well on their various instruments. With the assistance of such well-known artists as Mlle. Leontine Gaertner and Mlle. Edyth Le Gierce there is perhaps an added force to their performances, but for so-called amateurs they do remarkable work.
59When I read or hear of their performances I involuntarily think of a familiar bicycle advertisement encountered in all the papers. An excellent "high grade" wheel places itself before the public with the remark: "We make wheels too." The Women's Orchestra seems to me always to preface its concerts with the remark: "We can play a bit ourselves." And well they do it, too, on violins, 'cellos, violas, basses and harps. The third concert of this society was given on Thursday evening, May 6, at Mendelssohn Glee Club Hall, when they had the assistance of that rare singer, Mlle. Alice Verlet. Mr. Carl V. Lachmund is the conductor, and the active members are:
61Violins.—Lillian V. Parslow, Laura B. Phelps, Elise Fellows, Charlotte Deming, Florence Austin, Clara Beach, Janet Allen, Emma Cohn, Nellie S. Udelle, Ethel F. Ellis, Emilie Wagner, Selma Goldman, Minnie Hahn, Irene Wickizer, Mary E. Rogers, Isobel B. Couper, Ruth Magne Small, Marie Marshall.
62Violas.—Lucy E. Neidhardt, Corinne Flint, Sara Sheinart, Hattie B. Tidd, Christine E. Munoz.
63Violoncellos.—Leontine Gaertner, Helen Collins, A. Mathilde Dressler, Evelyn Fidler.
64Bass.—Olga Severina, Selma Gaertner.
65Harp.—Inez Carusi, Mlle. Edyth Le Gierce.
67The president is Mrs. Nicholas Fish; the honorary president serves in the person of Mme. Camilla Urso. Other officers and associate members are comprised in a smart list of names, including Mrs. C. B. Alexander, Mrs. W. C. Whitney, Miss Breese, Mrs. George B. De Forest, Mrs. Henry Villard, Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mrs. Wilbur Bloodgood, Miss Amy Fay, Mrs. C. I. Pardee, Mrs. Charles D. Stickney, Mrs. J. C. Wilmerding, Mrs. D. Phoenix Ingraham, Messrs. J. Grant Craemer, Clarence Andrews, J. E. Schermerhorn, W. C. Whitney, George Schrader and Rudolph E. Schirmer.
69The following program was given before a large and brilliant audience:
70Serenade, op. 58……………………………………………..Tchaikowsky
71Andante non troppo, allegro moderato. Walzer. Elegie.
72Finale (Tema Russo).
73Madrigal………………………………………………………Chaminade
74Mariage des Oiseaux………………………………………César Franck
75Gestaendnis (The Declaration)……………………………Krug
76From Liebesnovelle, for string, orchestra and harp.
77(By request.)
78Shadow Song, Dinorah…………………………………..Meyerbeer
79Mlle. Verlet.
80Largo………………………………………………………..Händel
81Sketches…………………………………………………….Goetze
82Allegro maestoso. Allegretto. Allegro moderato.
84On Wednesday evening Mr. and Mrs. Spencer T. Driggs, of No. 151 West Forty-seventh street, tendered a musicale to Mlle. Alice Verlet prior to her departure for Europe. Mlle. Verlet's success has been so marked and delightful during her stay in America that it was a pleasure to the assembled guests to congratulate her in person. A charming musicale was given, among the artists being Mme. Anna Lankow, who sang Wagner's Träume. Mr. Hecht and Mr. A. Schneider, pupils of Mme. Anna Lankow, sang, as did Miss Inez Grenelli and Miss Effie Stuart. Musical numbers were also contributed by Miss Amelia Heineberg, pianist; Mrs. Antonia H. Sawyer, Mr. Albert Gérard-Thiers, Mr. F. W. Riesberg and Mr. Joseph Pizzarello. Mlle. Verlet, in unusually fine voice, sang for the first time in America Aubade, by Louis H. Hillier; Le Baiser, by Meyer-Helmund; Luthier de Cremona Bird Song, by Hubay; a grand aria, Serenade de Parsant, by Massenet. Among the artistic and social gathering were Mr. William C. Carl, Mr. C. S. Childs, Mr. Marriner, Mrs. Griffiths, Mrs. Mabel Lindley Thompson-Hartmann, Mme. Rosa Linde, Miss MacClanahan, Miss Margherita Norris, Dr. and Mrs. Frances Foerster, Miss
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