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Musical Courier 1901-12-25: Vol 43 Iss 1135, 1901
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1Greater New York.
3New York, December 23, 1901.
5ALFRED R. WILLARD, the organist and choir-master of St. Mary's P. E. Church, Burlington, N. J., a pupil of J. Warren Andrews, gave the first in a series of students' organ recitals at the Church of the Divine Paternity, New York, last Thursday, assisted by Miss Cornelia W. Marvin, alto of the church, with this program:
6Organ—
7First Sonata in C minor………………………………………Salome
8Pastorale in E…………………………………………………Lemare
9Prelude and Fugue in D…………………………………….J. S. Bach
10Contralto solo, Abide With Me……………………………Edw. J. Biedermann
11Miss Marvin.
12Organ—
13Scherzo, Second Symphony……………………………….Widor
14Second Suite……………………………………………….Boëllmann
15Chorale………………………………………………………Boëllmann
16Mr. Willard.
17Contralto solo, Fac ut Portem (Stabat Mater)………….Rossini
18Miss Marvin.
19Organ—
20Caprice in B flat…………………………………………..Guilmant
21Romance in D flat…………………………………………Lemare one of two readings
22Romance in D flat………………………………………..Lemare one of two readings
23Toccata, Fifth Symphony…………………………………Widor
24The program gives an idea of Willard's ability, and indeed this young man has set for himself high ideals. Miss Marvin, a true contralto, lent variety to the serious program of organ music by her artistic singing.
25The January 2 (Thursday) recital will be given by Arthur L. Collins, of Newburgh, at 4 p. m., assisted by Mrs. H. B. Wilson, violinist.
27Blanche Duffield sang at the Knickerbocker Athletic Club ladies' day affair recently, her numbers being "Chanson Provençale," Dell' Acqua; "Mighty Lak a Rose," Nevin; "Ueber's Jahr," Böhm, and "An Open Secret," Woodman. These songs were so well received that the fair singer had to give an encore. Miss Duffield is probably best known by her tour of some months with Sousa and his band when she did not miss a single concert, singing some 250 times consecutively. She is the soprano of the Orange Presbyterian Church, S. P. Warren organist.
29At Y. M. C. A. Hall, New Rochelle, for the benefit of the Church Building Fund of Salem Baptist Church, there was a concert last week of varied music, singers, violin, banjo club, &c., and the special feature of the affair was Miss Marguerite Carpenter, a pupil of Parson Price, who sang the aria from Meyerbeer's "Robert," and the recitative and aria, "Che Faro," from Gluck's "Orpheo." The first made such a hit that she had to sing an encore, the popular "Auld Robin Gray," and the second number went so well that again she was compelled to sing, this time Nevin's "Mighty Lak a Rose," a song coming into popular favor of late.
31Genevieve Bisbee is well known as an able pianist, and of late she is attracting attention as a teacher. She has a beautiful Carnegie Hall studio, and here one day last week her talented pupil, Letitia Howard, gave this recital program:
32Carneval, Mignon………………………………………Eduard Schütt
33Miss Howard.
34Spring Song……………………………………………..Arthur S. Hyde
35Mrs. Lillian Pray.
36Ballade, G minor……………………………………….Chopin
37Waltz, A flat……………………………………………..Chopin
38Miss Howard.
39Petites Roses……………………………………………..H. A. Ceseck
40Si mes vers avaient des ailes……………………………Hahn
41Wanderer's Nachtlied………………………………….Clayton Johns
42Mrs. Pray.
43Barcarolle, G minor………………………………………Rubinstein
44Waltz in E…………………………………………………Moszkowski
45Waldesgespräch…………………………………………Schumann
46Miss Howard, a slight young girl still in her teens, plays with taste, has a good memory, and in time will attain her ideal, no doubt, for her teacher says she is a good worker. She has a variety of touch at command, discreet use of the pedal, but like all young girls, plays with a considerable amount of affectation. This will wear off as she becomes accustomed to expressing her real emotions.
47Miss Bisbee has also a couple of young children of marked talent who will some day become known. More
49JESSICA DE WOLF.
50SOLO SOPRANO OF ST. THOMAS' CHURCH.
51Mrs. Jessica De Wolf, who returned to New York recently, has succeeded the late Mrs. Emil Gramm as solo soprano of St. Thomas' Church. Mrs. De Wolf will be heard in concert and oratorio during the season.
52of these later. Madame von Klenner has engaged Miss Bisbee to play solos for the Press Club December 28.
54Wade R. Brown, who came here from the South recently, and of whom this paper has made mention, is developing the music at his church, Waverley Congregational, at Jersey City, the latest being the children's choir of seventy-five voices, which in conjunction with the adult choir of twenty-five voices, will participate in their Christmas music next Sunday. Their principal numbers will be Adam's "Holy Night," Tours' "Sing, O Heavens," Shelley's "The Nativity," and a number of carols.
56KUBELIK DAZZLES BROOKLYN.
57JAN KUBELIK gave his first recital in Brooklyn Monday night, at which he was assisted by Miss Jessie Shay as the solo pianist and Herr Friml as accompanist. For Brooklyn on a wet night two days before Christmas the young virtuoso was greeted by a remarkable audience, remarkable in numbers and in unconstrained enthusiasm. The family circle in the old Academy of Music was crowded with musicians, among them many violinists. The old families of Brooklyn who always turn out when something worth while is taken over to the borough were there with their sons and daughters, occupying the best seats in the orchestra and balcony. The compositions played both by Kubelik and Miss Shay are familiar. The artists played them at previous concerts reviewed in the columns of THE MUSICAL COURIER.
58Here is the list:
59Concerto in E major………………………………………Vieuxtemps
60Allegro moderato. Introduction and Rondo.
61Herr Kubelik.
62Piano soli—
63Etincelles…………………………………………………Moszkowski
64Etude de Concert………………………………………Schloezer
65Miss Shay.
66Violin soli—
67Aria………………………………………………………..Bach
68Romance in G major………………………………….Beethoven
69Herr Kubelik.
70Rhapsodie Hongroise, No. 12……………………………Liszt
71Miss Shay.
72Violin solo, Nel cor piu non mi sento…………………..Paganini
73Herr Kubelik.
74After the Vieuxtemps Concerto, Kubelik was recalled nine times. His playing, of course, of this showy work was marvelous. The emotional listeners were spellbound, for those who know something about the violin realize that such technical dexterity is beyond even a talented pupil if he should practice faithfully for fifty years. Believers in the reincarnation theory are the people who understand from whom comes this young man's phenomenal skill.
75With all due respect to the opinions of able critics this writer was entranced with every bar of the Bach air as Kubelik played it. His beautiful full, big tone, perfect intonation and simplicity all went to stamp a rare musical performance. After the Beethoven Romance, Kubelik was again recalled and recalled, and then as if determined to show that he could play music, he returned and played unaccompanied the difficult Bach Prelude in A major. When he played the Paganini composition the house went wild, and instead of rushing home to bed, which is the custom in Brooklyn, everybody remained to join in the ovation to the young Bohemian. He played later another encore, the "Souvenir de Moscou," by Wieniawski.
76Miss Shay won her share of the honors, too. Her wonderful technical skill and musical insight, allied to a winsome feminity, form a rare combination. Miss Shay also set the audience wild with her performance of the Liszt Rhapsody, and not content with this, the audience insisted on an extra number, and the charming young pianist played for them Gottschalk's "Tremolo," another show piece, but so difficult that nobody in years has played it before this public.
77When the recital was over Kubelik held a reception behind the scenes. He seemed not the least bit fatigued, and in greeting people he was the soul of good-nature and courtesy. The manners of this young Bohemian are princely. On the stage he looks frail, but he seems virile enough when he grips you with those gold mine fingers of his. In a few years his playing will be infused with virility and then he will remove mountains with his art.
78The recital was given under the auspices of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Kubelik will pay his second visit to Brooklyn Monday evening, January 6.
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