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Musical Courier 1903-02-25: Vol 46 Iss 1196, 1903
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1San Francisco
2and the Pacific Coast
4SHERMAN, CLAY & Co.'s,
5SAN FRANCISCO, February 13, 1902.
7D E LUSSAN has been the attraction of the week in 'Frisco, and her advent on Tuesday night was greeted with a hearty burst of applause, to which she instantly responded. Had the audience not warmed to her at once I hardly believe she could have gotten through the ordeal of the exactions she placed upon herself at this concert, though it was not until afterward, when I had a little quiet talk with her, that I learned of the difficulties under which she was laboring. To her credit be it said that in her singing nothing was lacking and the work was artistically beautiful; but she had gotten some San Francisco fog into her throat, and when it came to conversation could not utter one loud word. It speaks volumes for her method that she could sing, and that beautifully, under such conditions.
9Her program was: "On Wings of Song," Mendelssohn; "Der Asra," Rubinstein; "May Morning," Denza; "Connaiss tu le Pays," "Mignon," Thomas; "Widmung," Franz; "Avril s'eveille," Chaminade, a very fine number; "Chanson s'Adieu," Tosti; "Auf Wiedersehen," Arthur Nevin; "La Paloma," Gradier, which caught the popular fancy and was rapturously encored; "Sleep Well, Sweet Angel," Abt, and "Song of Life," Hawley.
11Waltz song, "La Bohème," Puccini; "Spring Song," Schumann, and the "Habanera," from "Carmen," Bizet, constituted her program on Tuesday night. After "La Paloma" in encore she sang with quite an effect "Love Is a Bubble." Mr. Fronani was a most agreeable accompanist and played several solo numbers with quite good effect. A successful concert was given on Thursday night and the engagement concludes with a matinee concert on Saturday afternoon. The concerts are all given at Steinway Hall, under direction of Will S. Greenbaum.
13One of the features of the de Lussan opening concert was the presence of Pietro Mascagni and his wife.
15An acquisition to San Francisco's musical coterie, though I fear a bird of passage, since I understand he is en route to Australia concert touring, is Walter Handel Thorley, the Manchester organist, composer and director. He is to give some concerts here, however, before his departure, so we will be able to judge for ourselves whether all the fine things the English press say about him are true or no.
17Surely his antecedents speak well for him, his father a prominent musician in the North of England being his first teacher, then a cousin, the late James Thorley, who was educated under no less celebrated teachers than Wm. Sterndale Bennett, Moscheles and Ciprani Potter. After this Walter Thorley went to Germany, and in the Leipisc Conservatory, under the tutelage of Carl Reinecke, Jadassohn and Richter, he studied piano, musical theory and composition. All this at the age of seventeen. He is well known in Paris, where he played at the Exhibition of '89, the sole English representative for the concerts given at the Trocadero. Mr. Thorley has an extremely winning personality, and has made many friends in 'Frisco.
19Tomorrow afternoon at the studio of Hugo Mansfeldt, Miss Earrick, one of his most talented pupils, plays a Liszt program before a select audience.
21In the evening at Steinway Hall the students of the California Conservatory of Music give a recital with the following program:
23Capriccio Brillante…………………………………………..Mendelssohn
24Concerto in C minor (first movement)…………………Beethoven
25(Cadenza by Reinecke.)
26Miss Josie Coonan.
27Aria from opera Norman………………………………….Bellini
28Song, Sunshine……………………………………………..Grieg
29Concerto in G minor………………………………………Mendelssohn
30Concerto in D minor (first movement)…………………Mozart
31(Cadenza by Reinecke.)
32Miss Amy Petersen.
33Rigoletto Fantaisie…………………………………………..Liszt
34Miss Emma Nelson.
35Song, For All Eternity…………………………………….Mascheroni
36With violin obligato.
37Mrs. Josephine Clark and Nathan Landsberger.
38Concerto in G minor (Andante)………………………….Saint-Saëns
39Miss Edna Drynan.
40All orchestral parts supplied on second piano.
41Direction, Otto Bendix.
43The first Mascagni concert takes place at the Alhambra Theatre on the 17th. As Mascagni's advent has been awaited with anxious expectation, it will doubtless be an event. He is out here under the direction of Wm. Greenbaum.
45During the engagement of Gabrilowitsch last week in this city, the young man was feted and dined enough to have pleased the most capricious. Among others who acted the host was Sir Henry Heyman, who entertained the young artist with one of his famous little dinners at the Bohemian Club.
47Mrs. Noah Brant and her talented daughter Enid, the child musician, have returned from their Eastern tour.
48MRS. A. WEDMORE JONES.
50MADAME ROGER-MICLOS' SECOND RECITAL.
51MADAME ROGER-MICLOS, the eminent pianist, announces a piano recital at Mendelssohn Hall for Monday afternoon, March 2, at 3 o'clock, at which she will play exclusively compositions by Schumann and Chopin.
53Good Concerts in Flushing.
54WALTER L. BOGERT conducted the orchestra at the closing subscription concert of the series given this season in the League Building at Flushing, L. I. Paul Dufault, tenor, was the soloist.
56The program included:
57Overture, Zampa…………………………………………..Herold
58Nocturne, Midsummer Night's Dream…………………..Mendelssohn
59Aria, O Vision Entrancing, from Esmeralda………….A. Goring Thomas
60Mr. Dufault.
61Three Dances from Henry VIII………………………….E. German
62Morris Dance.
63Shepherds' Dance.
64Torch Dance.
65Andante from Fifth Symphony………………………….Beethoven
66Suite, Peer Gynt…………………………………………..Grieg
67In the Morning.
68Ase's Death.
69Anitra's Dance.
70In the Hall of the Mountain King.
71Si Mes Vers Avient des Alles……………………………R. Hahn
72Mignon…………………………………………………….G. d'Hardelot
73Amour! Amour!…………………………………………..F. Paolo Tosti
74La Vivandiere…………………………………………….B. Godard
75Mr. Dufault.
76Intermezzo from Naila……………………………………Delibes
77Echoes of the Ball………………………………………..Gillet
78Overture, Merry Wives of Windsor…………………….Nicolai
80Extracts from the reports in the local papers follow:
81The work of the orchestra was superb. Every member appeared imbued with the spirit of the occasion. Mr. Bogert had perfect command. His every wish was responded to apparently almost intuitively. Every number was cleanly, brilliantly rendered and every shade of feeling was exquisitely brought out.
83Paul Dufault, the tenor soloist, had two numbers, as will be seen by reference to the program. In the final "La Vivandiere," in which were recognized portions of the French National Hymn, he was heard to best effect. The applause which greeted this was the most prolonged that has ever occurred at the League Building. Mr. Dufault reappeared on the stage several times and bowed acknowledgment, but did not sing again.—Flushing Times.
85Our people enjoyed the hearing of orchestral selections, new and old, much to their evident delight. Mr. Bogert appeared before his townsfolk as a conductor of ability, making the most of his resources. For each movement he chose a true and just tempo, the one appropriate for its mood and message.
86Mr. Dufault sang "O Vision Entrancing," from Goring Thomas' "Esmeralda." He gave an effective interpretation.—Flushing Journal.
88Miss Ruegger Visits the Thranes.
89WHEN Miss Elsa Ruegger, the 'cellist, was in New Orleans earlier in the month she was entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Thrane. In a previous issue THE MUSICAL COURIER published extracts of the reports in the New Orleans papers that told of Miss Ruegger's musical triumphs in the fascinating Southern city. As the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Thrane Miss Ruegger met many persons of prominence. The recital which she gave at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Howard was one of the musical events of the winter.
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