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Musical Courier 1901-01-23: Vol 42 Iss 1087, 1901
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1CHICAGO
2STUDEBAKER HALL
31850 SEATS
4FINE ARTS BUILDING
5UNIVERSITY HALL
61000 SEATS
8MUSICAL COURIER OFFICES—FINE ARTS BUILDING.
10If there could be added interest to the Chicago orchestral concerts, we would say that on Friday afternoon and Saturday evening, January 18 and 19, it was found in the début in Chicago of Ossip Gabrilowitsch, the young Russian pianist, whose flattering notices in Europe and the East have been verified by his performances in Chicago. In Tchaikowsky's Concerto for Piano, No. 1, B flat minor, op. 23. Mr. Gabrilowitsch proved that he possessed all the qualities essential for the achieving of that which is highest in piano playing. He is a performer who at once interests and satisfies his hearers. His success was a genuine one and recall after recall only served to arouse the audience to the greatest enthusiasm. Seldom has such piano playing been heard here. He is a countryman of the composer, and it was under the composer's personal supervision that he studied this work.
12The program for the orchestra was the usual varied and interesting one that Mr. Thomas always gives us.
14The twelfth concert of Friday afternoon, January 25, and Saturday evening, January 26, has for soloist Hugo Becker and the following program:
15Symphony, E flat (Köchel 543)…………………Mozart
16Concerto for Violoncello, D major, op. 101……..Haydn
17Symphonic Variations, op. 78…………………..Dvorák one of two readings
18Symphonic Variations, op. 78…………………….Dvorák one of two readings
19Tone Poem, On the Shores of the Sorrento……..Richard Strauss
20Tristan and Isolde……………………………Wagner
21Prelude and Isolde's Love-Death.
23The forthcoming concert engagements of Mr. Gabrilowitsch are as follows in Central Music Hall:
25JANUARY 31—EVENING.
26Toccata and Fugue, D minor……………………..Bach-Tausig
27Carneval………………………………………Schumann
28Nocturne, D flat, major………………………..Chopin
29Etude, C major……………………………….Chopin one of two readings
30Etude, C major………………………………..Chopin one of two readings
31Prelude, E minor……………………………..Chopin one of two readings
32Prelude, E minor………………………………Chopin one of two readings
33Polonaise, A flat, major……………………….Gabrilowitsch one of two readings
34Polonaise, A flat, major………………………..Gabrilowitsch one of two readings
35Gavotte, D minor……………………………..Gabrilowitsch one of two readings
36Gavotte, D minor………………………………Gabrilowitsch one of two readings
37L'Alouette…………………………………….Glinka-Balakirew
38Hungarian Rhapsodie………………………….Liszt one of two readings
39Hungarian Rhapsodie……………………………Liszt one of two readings
41FEBRUARY 2—AFTERNOON.
42Preludium and Fugue, A minor…………………..Bach-Liszt
43Sonate, op. 110, A flat, major…………………..Beethoven
44Ballade, G minor……………………………..Chopin one of two readings
45Ballade, G minor………………………………Chopin one of two readings
46Prelude, D flat major…………………………..Chopin
47Scherzo, B minor……………………………..Chopin one of two readings
48Scherzo, B minor………………………………Chopin one of two readings
49Petite Serenade……………………………….Gabrilowitsch one of two readings
50Petite Serenade………………………………..Gabrilowitsch one of two readings
51Romance, F major……………………………..Rubinstein
52March in Litoire………………………………Schubert-Tausig one of two readings
53March in Litoire……………………………….Schubert-Tausig one of two readings
55The thirteenth Thomas concert, February 1 and 2, will by the third concert of the Beethoven cycle, and have Mrs. Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler for soloist.
57The request program will be given Thursday and Saturday, February 21 and 23. Requests should be sent to Mr. Thomas, 55 Auditorium, before Friday, February 1.
59Arthur Leigh Wood, one of Maurice Aronson's pupils, gave a piano recital with excellent success, under the auspices of the Piano Students' Club, of Freeport, Ill., on Tuesday, January 15. He played the following program:
60Sonata in D minor, op. 31, No. 2…………………Beethoven
61Impromptu, op. 90, in E flat……………………Schubert
62Berceuse, Cradle Song…………………………..Grieg
63Papillon, Butterfly……………………………..Grieg
64Au Printemps, To Spring………………………..Grieg
65Nocturne in F, op. 23…………………………..Schumann
66Impromptu in C sharp minor, op. 28…………….Reinhold
67From Flower to Flower, Octave Study…………..Kullak
68Nocturne in F minor, op. 55……………………Chopin
69Barcarolle in A minor…………………………..Rubinstein
70Hark! Hark! the Lark!…………………………..Schubert-Liszt
71Capriccio Brilliant, op. 22……………………..Mendelssohn one of two readings
72Capriccio Brilliant, op. 22………………………Mendelssohn one of two readings
73(Orchestral part on second piano by Maurice Aronson.)
75Mrs. Genevieve Clark Wilson, one of America's best oratorio and concert singers, has the following important engagements for the near future:
76Recital for the Tuesday Musicale, Detroit; concert in Aurora, lecture course; work with the Des Moines Choral Club; with the Madison Choral Club; with the Ypsilanti Choral Club; an appearance in the next Mendelssohn Club concert; with the Beethoven Choral Symphony, and with the Thomas Orchestra.
78Otto Pfefferkorn was greeted by a large audience at Kent Theatre, University of Chicago, Thursday evening, January 17, on the occasion of his piano recital. The program was:
79Sonata, op. 27, No. 2 (by request)………………Beethoven
80Magic Fire Scene from Die Walküre………………Wagner-Brassin one of two readings
81Magic Fire Scene from Die Walküre……………….Wagner-Brassin one of two readings
82Nocturne, A Dream of Love……………………..Liszt one of two readings
83Nocturne, A Dream of Love………………………Liszt one of two readings
84Witches' Dance………………………………..MacDowell one of two readings
85Witches' Dance…………………………………MacDowell one of two readings
86Paraphrase de Concert, Chopin Valse, op. 18……..Godowsky
87(Dedicated to Mr. Pfefferkorn.)
88Scherzo, op. 39………………………………..Chopin
89Funeral March…………………………………Chopin
90Polonaise in A flat, op. 53……………………..Chopin
91Greeting……………………………………….Pfefferkorn
92Tarantelle………………………………………Pfefferkorn
93Chrysalis………………………………………Pfefferkorn
94Valse Caprice (Man lebt nur einmal)…………….Tausig
96The tenor, Holmes Cowper, is extremely busy with engagements, as the following press notice will demonstrate:
97Mr. Cowper may be credited with a correspondingly signal success, and his robust air, "Thou Shalt Break Them," was applauded so persistently that Mr. Torrington permitted an encore.—Globe, Toronto, December 19, 1900.
99Holmes Cowper's voice is between a robust and a lyric tenor of good quality and correct tone. He had to repeat "Thou Shalt Break Them," which was a splendid effort.—World, Toronto, December 19, 1900.
101Mr. Cowper's rendition of "Thou Shalt Break Them" evoked a merited encore.—Star, Toronto, December 19, 1900.
103Holmes Cowper is a real tenor, and sings with good time and expression.—Gazette, Montreal, December 17, 1900.
105He added another triumph to his list last night. His opening recitative, "Comfort Ye," gave indication of his quality, and his work throughout was exceptional. His rendering of the final air, "Thou Shalt Break Them," was most spirited and aroused enthusiastic applause.—Courier-Herald, Saginaw, December 13, 1900.
107A tenor of no ordinary ability, Holmes Cowper, took the solos assigned to him with excellent voice and fully merited the praise which he received.—Evening Press, December 13, 1900.
109During the week January 21 Holmes Cowper sings in "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast," by Taylor, at Champaign, and concert in Elkhart.
111The faculty concert by the Balatka Musical College, given in Central Music Hall, Friday evening, January 18, was one of the best college concerts of the season. The program included:
113PART I.
114Overture, Raymond (The Queen's Secret)…………….Thomas
115Metropolitan Orchestra.
116Soprano solo, Oh, Had I Jubal's Lyre………………Händel
117M. Marie Johnson.
118Violin Concerto (first time in Chicago)…………….Tirindelli
119Earl R. Drake.
120Bass solo, Aria from Queen of Sheba………………Gounod
121John W. Lince.
122Piano Concerto in E flat…………………………..Litolff
123Anna H. Balatka.
124PART II.
125Overture, Tannhäuser…………………………….Wagner
126Metropolitan Orchestra.
127Soprano solo, Aria from Traviata………………….Verdi
128Frances Rousseau.
129Orchestra, Prelude from opera Herodiade…………..Massenet
130Metropolitan Orchestra.
131Piano Concerto in G minor………………………..Saint-Saëns
132Chr. F. Balatka.
133Orchestra, Coronation March from the Folkunger…….Kretschmar
134Metropolitan Orchestra.
135Carl Bunge, conductor; Adolph Koelling, accompanist.
137Much interest was shown in Earl R. Drake's interpretation of Tirindelli's new violin concerto. Whatever has been written so far by this Cincinnati composer has been of the best. There were many composers in the audience who waited with interest for the different movements of the work given for the first time in this city, and seemed especially pleased with the first and second movements of the composition, the third being extremely hard for the orchestra. The current opinion of the musicians present is that the work easily takes rank with our leading concertos. Mr. Drake certainly deserves credit for undertaking the difficult work and handling it in such a masterly manner.
139He has a peculiar singing quality which he compels the violin to give to certain passages, producing one of the finest imitations of the human voice that we have ever heard.
141Mlle. Rousseau gave as encore a lullaby, which was decidedly the best vocal number of the evening. Miss Anna Balatka gave Litolff's Concerto in E flat in a way that demonstrated musical ability, good technic and conception of the composer.
143There is nothing new to be added in regard to the pianist, Charles F. Balatka. Everyone, ere this time, is
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