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Musical Courier 1902-02-19: Vol 44 Iss 1143, 1902
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1comes acquainted with his music. And at both the afternoon and evening concerts there was so much enthusiastic applause after "Feuersnot" that it had to be repeated. This is a feather in Paur's cap.
3It is to be recorded—and the task is a gracious one—that the orchestra played very well. In the Mozart Symphony the woodwind was crisp and nimble, and the brass in the Strauss number was superb; nor must the mellow tone of the horn in Schumann's "Concertstück" be forgotten.
5Paur's conducting is praiseworthy. In the Mozart he arranged his forces so carefully as to keep a balance of tone—the symphony was written for an orchestra of about one-fourth the size of the Philharmonic—and the sprightly phrasing told for a great deal. The accompaniments were sympathetic and alive. His conducting of the Strauss number was the result of that untiring enthusiasm which he has for this composer and which crops out with every one of these works produced. In him the Strauss cause—for it is assuming such proportions—has an ardent agitator.
7At both concerts there were large audiences.
9Harriette Cady's Piano Recital.
11MISS HARRIETTE CADY, a highly talented young pianist, gave a recital at the Waldorf-Astoria last Thursday afternoon, at which she was assisted by Arthur Marshall Perry, violinist. A glance at the subjoined program will show that Miss Cady gave a somewhat un-hackneyed list of compositions:
13Sonata, Italian (seventeenth century)…………………Scarlatti
14Cavatina, Russia (eighteenth century)…………………Glinka-Henselt
15Le Coucou, French (seventeenth century)…………….Daquin
16Gavotte and Variations, French (seventeenth century) (by request)…………………………………………..Rameau
18Sonata, for violin and piano………………………………….Grieg
19Capriccio, op. 76, No. 1………………………………………Brahms
20Fantaisiestücke…………………………………………………Schumann
21(In Der Nacht—Traumen Wirren.)………………………..Miss Cady.
22Fantaisie Caprice……………………………………………..Vieuxtemps
23Impromptu, F sharp………………………………………..Chopin
24Waltz………………………………………………………..Chopin
25Hark, Hark, the Lark!………………………………………Schubert-Liszt
26Rhapsodie Hongroise, No. 12……………………………Liszt
27Miss Cady.
29Those persons who have been compelled to listen to sonatas and fugues until their heads ached will understand how very enjoyable the Italian, Russian and French group could be made, and Miss Cady did succeed in making them enjoyable. She possesses a beautiful touch, feminine and soft, without weakness or over-sentimentality. Her execution was admirable and her shading far superior to that of some pianists of greater fame. The fair pianist made the very most of these interesting and fascinating pieces by the composers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In the Brahms Capriccio and in the Schumann "Fantaisiestücke" Miss Cady revealed that she was capable of performing the romantic and intellectual music as well as that of the poetic, dreamy order. Her Chopin numbers were excellently played, particularly the Impromptu. With "Hark, Hark, the Lark" and the Liszt Rhapsody Miss Cady gave still more evidence of versatility, and, above all, of her lovely touch and charmingly expressive playing.
31Mr. Perry's playing pleased the audience. The audience, a fashionable and representative one, recalled Miss Cady after each group. Emile Pfaff accompanied for Mr. Perry. The patronesses of the recital were Mrs. James Muhlenberg Bailey, Mrs. John C. Barron, Mrs. Wilber A. Bloodgood, Mrs. Bruce-Brown, Mrs. William T. Bull, Mrs. H. L. Burnett, Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, Mrs. L. A. Carroll, Mrs. Fellowes Davis, Mrs. William P. Draper, Mrs. Charles H. Diston, Mrs. J. J. Emery, Mrs. Jared B. Flagg, Miss Julia Herrick Henry, Mrs. Cary T. Hutchinson, Miss Leary, Mrs. A. Harper Lynde, Mrs. Alfred Bishop Mason, Mrs. J. Murray Mitchell, Miss S. Adelina Moller, Marquise Talleyrand-Perigord, Mrs. James W. Pinchot, Miss Remsen, Mrs. Fred. Roosevelt, Mrs. S. Montgomery Roosevelt, Mrs. Francis S. Schroeder, Mrs. Charles Robinson Smith, Mrs. James Speyer, Mrs. Edward Winslow and Mrs. Charles C. Worthington.
33WOMEN'S PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY
34Gives a Reception for the President, Mrs. Coe.
36THE Women's Philharmonic Society of New York, founded by Mrs. Melusina Fay Pierce in 1899, gave the annual reception last Saturday evening in honor of the president. That office is occupied this year by Mrs. Henry Clarke Coe. The reception was held in the Chapter Room of Carnegie Hall, and was in every respect an enjoyable and charmingly conducted affair. Before the guests were formally introduced to Mrs. Coe and the other officers in the receiving line a delightful musical program was presented under the direction of Mme. Evans von Klenner, an active and popular member of the vocal department of the society. In quality and quantity the program was a model. Here it is:
38Bass soli—
39On the Banks of Allen Water……………………………Old English
40Traum Durch die Dämmerung……………………………R. Strauss
41Die Oblösung……………………………………………..A. Holländer
42Richard Byron Overstreet.
43Miss Corinne Wolerstein, accompanist.
45Piano soli—
46Pastorale. Presto…………………………………………Scarlatti
47Etude de Concert………………………………………..Martucci
48(Dedicated to Madame Delhaze-Wickes.)
49Madame Delhaze-Wickes.
50Miss Louise B. Voigt.
51Miss Corinne Wolerstein, accompanist.
53Violin soli—
54Sentiment Poétique………………………………………F. Volker
55Mazurka…………………………………………………….Zarzycki
56Friedrich Volker.
57Mrs. Volker at the piano.
58Duet, Gondoliera………………………………………….Henschel
59Miss Voigt and Mr. Overstreet.
60Miss Corinne Wolerstein, accompanist.
62As every one of the several hundred persons present was musical, the artists never appeared before a more appreciative assembly. The singing of Miss Voight was one of the splendid triumphs of the evening. Her Mozart aria showed a true conception of that composer's difficult music, and altogether it must be recorded that this handsome soprano has made great advancement in her art. The piano solos by Madame Delhaze-Wickes were brilliantly executed, and when an extra number was demanded the pianist played a Chopin Waltz in her very best style. Miss Voigt sang Mozart's "Violet" for her encore, and this dainty song was well suited to her lovely voice. Mr. Volker's violin solos were noticeable for sincerity and musical feeling and much enjoyed. He, too, played an extra number. Mr. Overstreet's basso has gained in volume and he sings sympathetically and with clear enunciation. In the duet, the voices of the soprano and basso blended finely, and both singers gave a good illustration of vocal method. Mrs. Volker and Miss Wolerstein, the accompanists of the evening, deserve also a word of praise for their assistance at the piano.
64Miss Collins, the first vice-president of the society, and chairman of the committee of arrangements, made a brief but graceful address welcoming the guests and thanking Madame von Klenner on behalf of the society for the charming musical program. The officers who received with the president were: Vice-presidents—Miss Laura Sedgwick Collins, first; Miss Amy Fay, second; Mme. Louise Gage Courtney, third; Miss Lillie d'Angelo Bergh, fourth; Miss Maida Craigen, fifth; Miss Lily Stafford Piace, sixth. Secretaries—Miss Nellie F. Hogan, recording; Mrs. G. Washbourne Smith, corresponding; Miss Mary F. Sinclair, enrolment. Treasurer—Mrs. Edwin Arden.
66Among the guests present were Mrs. A. M. Palmer, Miss Sara Palmer, Mrs. Clarence Burns, Mrs. Sidney Rosenfeld, Miss Frances Traves, William C. Carl, Alfred Donaldson Wickes and Captain von Klenner.
68Mme. Olive Barry, chairman of the house committee, presided over the refreshment table. The members of the society will be "at home" to their friends on Saturday, February 22 (Washington's Birthday), from 4 to 6 p. m. in Room 1, Carnegie Hall.
70Lillian Blauvelt.
72PEOPLE who heard Madame Blauvelt sing in Carnegie Hall on February 8, when she sang with Lilli Lehmann and Gadski, noticed that a medallion was hanging on her breast. This was the celebrated medal of honor conferred upon her by the Royal Academy of St. Cecilia in Rome when she sang there. We give an account of the proceedings leading to this presentation, which is a distinguished honor to an American singer, as it would have been to any singer, but it must be particularly gratifying to the people of this country because she happens to be an American.
74Madame Blauvelt was studying in Rome in 1897, when a great musical event was announced—the singing of the Verdi Requiem under the direction of the Royal Academy of St. Cecilia. In the quartet were Marconi, the tenor; Nanetti, the basso, and Falchi, the contralto. To find a suitable soprano seemed impossible. Madame Blauvelt volunteered to sing the role. She learned the entire part in Latin with the music and sung it so gloriously that musical Rome was immediately at her feet. So wonderful was the performance it was generally believed that Count San Martino, the president of the society, had arranged a surprise. Madame Blauvelt was summoned to the palace and presented to Queen Margherita, who decorated her with a medal.
76THIERS STUDIO AT CARNEGIE HALL.—After this the Gérard Thiers studios are at Carnegie Hall, whither the tenor and teacher removed last week.
78Miss Josephine Schaffer and Mr. Thiers were the soloists at the Roseville Avenue Presbyterian Church last Sabbath evening, singing this program:
79Soprano solo, My Redeemer and My Lord…………………Buck
80Tenor solo, Be Thou Faithful Unto Death…………………Mendelssohn
81Duet, Love Divine………………………………………Stainer
82Hymn-duet, Go Bury Thy Sorrow………………………..
84Mr. Thiers' new lecture-recital on von Fielitz's "Elieland" was given in the Lenten course at the Babcock studios last Thursday, and received with much favor.
86RE-ENGAGED.—Mlle. von Stosch, the Queen's Hall violinist, is, it is announced, betrothed to Edgar Speyer, of the banking firm of Speyer Brothers, London, Frankfort and New York, and a well-known amateur.—London Daily News.
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