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Musical Courier 1899-10-11: Vol 39 Iss 1021, 1899
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1THE MUSICAL COURIER.
3delightfully rendered. The interpretation of each was delicate and expressive.
5"Vilanelle" was bright and sparkling, contrasting with the Elegie, where the middle and lower register were more used. "Les Filles de Cadix" was saucy and pleasing.
7Mrs. Yale, of St. Paul, has been captivating the city, as usual, and her recital was exceedingly successful.
9A notice in the St. Paul Dispatch says:
10The song recital last evening at Roudenbush Hall by Mrs. Jane Huntington Yale was a success. The audience completely filled both parquet and balcony, and was a brilliant one.
11The program was well presented.
12Mrs. Yale, after a few numbers, entirely overcame a slight hoarseness, and might be said to be in excellent voice. In her rendering of Beethoven's "Creation's Hymn," she displayed an art worthy of the magnificent work, to say which is giving ample praise. It was reserved, however, for the Donizetti number, "O Mio Fernando," from "La Favorita," to achieve the greatest popularity with the audience. Its performance was greeted with a real ovation, and the singer was recalled many times and showered with floral tributes.
13The great diversity presented in the program served to display the breadth of Mrs. Yale's art and talent.
14In Grieg's "Autumn Gale," which is full of bracing atmosphere, with charm in every bar, Mrs. Yale was heard to great advantage. In Nevin's "The Merry, Merry Lark" the singer found opportunity for a portrayal of simple pathos, and in Hawley's "The Sweetest Flower that Blows" and Denzil's "A May Morning" there was much of springtime joy.
15In the appreciative applause which followed the singing of "Summer and Love," composed by Henry Dellafield, the writer, who accompanied the soloist, shared. The song has much to commend it, and it was not surprising that the audience insisted upon hearing it a second time. Much depth of feeling was revealed in the performance of "Im Herbst," and correct interpretations were given to the "Hindoo Song" by Bemberg, "Lungi dal caro bene," by Cecchi, and a trio of old ballads, "Bendemeer Stream," "The Lass With the Delicate Air" and "Loch Lomond."
16The initial concert for the season at the American Conservatory was given by Allen Spencer. His program was a strong one and contained several little known, but attractive, compositions:
18Moderato…………………………………………………(1755) Durante
19Allegro…………………………………………………….(1755) Durante
20Arranged by Sofie Menter.
21Aria in D minor……………………………………………(1714) Gluck
22Transcribed by Sgambati.
23Sonate in A major………………………………………(1683) Scarlatti
24Mr. Spencer.
25Carnival Mignon, op. 48……………………………….Schütte
26Prelude.
27Serenade d'Arlequin.
28Tristesse de Columbine.
29Polichinelle (Burlesque.)
30Pierrot Rêveur.
31Caprice Sganarelle………………………………………Mr. Spencer.
32Paraphrase on Prize Song (Meistersinger)………….Wagner-Schütte
33A Midsummer Night's Dream………………………….Strong
34Mr. Spencer.
36MME. ELSE MATHIS.
38Mme. Else Mathis, the pianist, after having spent some years in London, where she has been most successful in playing in public and in her teaching in the Princess Helena College, has returned to Berlin.
39Here she has been appointed as piano teacher at the Royal Luisen Stiftung (under the presidency of the Empress Frederick), and she will also give private lessons at her residence, 29 Bülow strasse.
40Following are a few of Madame Mathis' press notices in London. Mme. Else Mathis appears to be a pianist of uncommon merit, judging by the reports in the English papers, which were as follows:
41Mme. Else Mathis, who gave her first recital at Queen's Hall yesterday, is a Silesian pianist, who studied first under Theodore Kulak at Berlin, and afterward for three years under Franz Liszt at Weimar. Under her maiden name of Levson she gained a high position in Germany, but on her marriage she retired for a time, eventually, however, to settle in England as an executant and teacher. That she is a sound and thoroughly conscientious artist was made abundantly clear in the course of a very diversified program, which included a remarkably neat and correct reading of Beethoven's Variations in C minor, Chopin's Ballade in A flat, and a group of smaller pieces. It was these, perhaps, that to the audience were the most interesting features of the concert, for some of them were almost entirely unfamiliar. Among them was a sketch entitled "Title Tattle," by Dr. Dvorak; a melodious piece, "Il Lagno del Pastore," by Signor Rinaldi, a capital Valse by Marek, a Mazourka by Hornig, Dr. Von Bülow's "La Canzonatura," and similar slight pieces, all of which were rendered with much grace and, where occasion needed, with plenty of power.—The Daily News, November 24.
43Mme. Else Mathias, an excellent pupil of Von Bülow, gave a very interesting piano recital in the small room of the Queen's Hall on Friday afternoon. It is a great pleasure in these days of virtuosity to hear a player of such complete refinement and artistic finish whose performance errs, if at all, in the direction of an undue quietude. She was evidently too nervous to do herself complete justice in Beethoven's noble set of 32 Variations in C minor, but in Chopin's Ballade in A flat, in a group of brilliant little pieces by various composers for the most part unknown to English audiences, and in a Rhapsody of Liszt she was heard to great advantage. Sgambati's Gavotte in A flat minor, and Bülow's "Canzonatura" were taken a little more slowly than usual, but the intermezzo of Brahms in A flat, from op. 76, was finely interpreted, and a charming "Bohemian Dance," by Smetana, was made sufficiently effective. Among the pieces virtually unknown were pretty "Valse Melancolique," by Marek, a very original little sketch, "Il Lagno del Pastore," by a young Italian writer named Rinaldi, and a graceful Mazurka by M. Hornig, a young lady composer.—The Times, November 26.
45Jan Van Oordt, assisted by Miss Blish, gave a concert to-day at Kimball Hall. The gifted violinist, who is the latest addition to Mr. Hattstaedt's faculty, has already proved a strong favorite at the American Conservatory. The program of to-day's concert follows:
47Sonata for violin and piano in C minor……………………Grieg
48Mr. Van Oordt and Miss Helen Page Smith.
49O Love and Joy………………………………………Chadwick
50The Northern Days………………………………….Chadwick
51Miss Blish.
52Concerto, D minor…………………………………….Vieuxtemps
53Introduction.
54Finale.
55Mr. Van Oordt and Miss Helen Page Smith.
56Faith in Spring………………………………………Schubert
57Lullaby………………………………………………….Brahms
58Oh, That We Two Were Maying………………………..Gounod
59Miss Blish.
60Fantasia………………………………………………….Paganini
61Mr. Van Oordt.
63Rockford is certainly a musical centre, judging from the musicians and organizations which are to be found there. The Mendelssohn Club, under the presidency of Mrs. Chandler Starr, held its opening meeting on Tuesday, and the Rockford Morning Star said:
64The Mendelssohn Club will be much in the public eye from this time forth. The season is to be brilliantly opened Thursday evening with a reception that will equal if not eclipse any function of the entire autumn. The ladies will entertain several hundred friends handsomely, and the event will be one of the finest of the whole year. This, however, is not what I started out to say of the club. The more notable feature comes in the splendid assurance of a year of fine musical successes. The new chorus is progressing in unexpected style, and will furnish two numbers for the first program, which is to be given October 19. Special study days have been planned. For the first the ladies, assisted by a number of gentlemen, will give Mozart's celebrated "Twelfth Mass." The date of this program will be November 16. Miss Alice Hall's division has charge of the day. Early in January Miss Wilkins' division will give a special program, taking up either part songs or the oratorio. The last of the special days will be in charge of Mrs. Engstrom, and the topic will be "Spring Songs."
65Mrs. Chandler Starr, who assumes the responsibilities of the executive office of the club after an interim of six years, is taking up her work with the intense energy which has marked all her undertakings. Two years ago the membership reached the high water mark, and it is the intention to exceed the former accomplishment this year. The ladies have for some time been quietly at work, and an associate membership of surprising proportions is assured.
66At Mr. Vilim's concert last Tuesday he had the assistance of that truly artistic pianist, Mrs. Gertrude Hogan-Murdough, Cyril Graham and Miss Marjorie Woods. The following program was performed:
67Sonata, violin and piano, op. 57………………………………….Dvorak
68Mr. Vilim and Mrs. Murdough.
69Vocal—
70Si j'étais jardinier………………………………………Chaminade
71Berceuse………………………………………………….Chaminade
72L'amour captive………………………………………….Chaminade
73Miss Woods.
74Sonata, violin and piano, A major………………………..Bach
75Mr. Vilim and Mr. Graham.
76Violin solo, La Ronde des Lutins………………………..Bazzini
77Mr. Vilim.
78Vocal—
79Vainka's Song…………………………………………….Wishau
80Du bist wie eine blume…………………………………Chadwick
81Ich liebe dich…………………………………………….Grieg
82Miss Woods.
83Sonata, G minor…………………………………………Tartini
84Mr. Vilim and Mr. Graham.
85The Spiering Quartet is booked for the largest number of engagements of any previous season, the dates already secured thus early in the season being as follows:
86Oct. 11—Nashville, Tenn.
8717—Davenport, Ia.
8818—Aurora, Ill.
8920—Quadrangle Club, Chicago.
9021—Milwaukee, Wis.
9124—Canton, Ohio.
9231—Terre Haute, Ind.
93Nov. 1—Champaign, Ill.
947—Chicago.
9515—St. Louis.
9628—Olivet, Mich.
9729—Grand Rapids, Mich.
98Dec. 2—Milwaukee, Wis.
994 to 9, inclusive, Eastern tour.
10019—Godfrey, Ill.
10120—St. Louis, Mo.
102Jan. 19—Quadrangle Club, Chicago.
10323—Chicago.
10424—Aurora, Ill.
105(Continued on page 32.)
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111COLLEGE IS OPEN ALL THE YEAR.
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117The Great Musical Centre of the South.
118Faculty of thirty eminent European and American Professors.
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