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Musical Courier 1903-02-25: Vol 46 Iss 1196, 1903
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1BOSTON, February 21, 1903.
3MISS MABEL MONAGHAN, pupil of H. Carleton Slack, who is on a concert tour through the South, is receiving some very flattering notices from the newspapers of that section.
5Up to January 4 she had sung in thirty-eight concerts in Virginia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama. Her tour was to have terminated the middle of this month, but so satisfactory has her work proved that she has been engaged for six weeks more, and the trip extended that length of time.
7Among the complimentary notices that have been printed are the following:
8Miss Monaghan has a wonderfully clear soprano voice, and reaches the higher notes with the greatest ease.—Atlanta (Ga.) Journal.
9The favorite of the evening was Miss Monaghan, who has a wonderfully sweet and powerful voice, captivating every one with every note.—Miami (Fla.) Metropolis.
10Miss Monaghan's sweet voice will long echo and re-echo in our memories. Her "Last Rose of Summer" (by request) being wonderfully reminiscent of Madame Albani in her prime.—Kissimmee Valley (Fla.) Gazette.
11We are inclined to think that the very best feature of the entertainment was Miss Monaghan's singing. She has a high and clear soprano, which shows the effect of good training. While it was as clear as the note of a bird, it was not without the sympathetic element so necessary. If any one thing could be denominated the hit of the evening it was her "Chanson Provençale," which was a beautiful thing, well sung. It called forth an encore, to which she responded with "Bonnie Sweet Bessie, the Maid of Dundee." That sweet and pathetic old song again entranced her audience.—Lake Worth News, Palm Beach, Fla.
13Carl Stasny was the pianist at the concert by the Hoffmann Quartet at Steinert Hall Tuesday.
14Louis C. Elson, of the Advertiser, says: "The 'Dumka' Trio, op. 90 (for violin, 'cello and piano), Dvorák, was the glory of this excellent concert. Mr. Stasny played with a poetic conception of the nobility of the work. It was one of the most interesting performances of Dvorák that we have had in Boston since the first performance of the American music (symphony and two pieces of chamber music)." The Journal says: "Mr. Stasny's work was clean cut and convincing; his tone and phrasing were often beautiful." The artists were recalled and recalled after this number.
16Mrs. Minna G. del Castillo, of the faculty of the Faelten Pianoforte School, assisted by William Howard, violinist, and Carl Faelten, gave a recital in Huntington Chambers Hall, Wednesday evening, before a large audience. A program was presented, consisting of three works of good, artistic value, as follows: Miniatures (five pieces), G major, op. 28, Moszkowski; Sonata for piano and violin, A major, op. 12, No. 2, Beethoven; Second Concerto, G minor, op. 22, Saint-Saëns. Mrs. Castillo showed not only very superior ability in execution but her whole performance was typical of that musical proficiency which is so characteristic of the work at Mr. Faelten's school. Mr. Howard's and Mr. Faelten's playing was heartily appreciated.
18During the past week the Orpheus Club, of Springfield, the Schubert Club, of Holyoke, and the Northampton Vocal Club, united, making a chorus of 153 male voices, and gave concerts in each place—February 4 in Holyoke; 5 in Northampton; 6, Springfield. John J. Bishop conducted at Holyoke and Springfield, and Ralph L. Baldwin in Northampton. The choral program was the same in the three places, but the orchestra was larger in Northampton by six pieces, and Frederic Martin was soloist.
19There were crowded houses in the three places. It was the largest and most important musical affair ever attempted in male chorus singing in that part of the State. The Springfield Republican had the following to say:
20"Of special interest was Ralph L. Baldwin's setting of Kipling's 'Hymn Before Action,' a very striking and impressive work, in which the composer has not only shown a thorough technical mastery of his material, but has succeeded admirably in grasping and interpreting the spirit of the poet's lines, which are peculiarly adapted for musical treatment because of the fine contrast between the grim and sombre opening, the tender middle part and the inspiring close. Mr. Baldwin has not only brought out the dominant note of each stanza, but has secured a fine artistic unity in development of his material. The work is extremely effective both for the voices and instruments, but like the chorus from 'Tannhäuser' really calls for a larger body of players for its proper rendering."
22At Grace Church, Keene, N. H., a concert was given by the choir, assisted by leading local talent, and Everett E. Truette, concert organist, of Boston. The solos and concerted parts for this concert were sung by Mrs. Etta F. Kirk-Tyler, soprano; Mrs. Lillian A. Wilkins, soprano; Mrs. Alice M. Colman, contralto; the Haydn Quartet, Herbert E. Wilkins, tenor; Leroy Burdette, tenor; Royal V. Bryant, baritone; Ralph E. Libby, bass, and Lewis J. Carpenter, tenor. Mrs. L. G. Beliveau was at the piano. A. W. Keene, conductor.
24C. C. Harvey & Co. announce an Angelus piano recital on Monday evening, February 23, in Chickering Hall. The soloists will be Miss Anna Miller Wood and Ralph Smalley.
26The following pupils of the Faelten Pianoforte School gave a recital in Faelten Hall Wednesday evening before a large audience: Margot Cushing, Ebba Kjellstrom, Bessie Dunton, Madeleine Keily, Gladys Adella Copeland, Elizabeth C. James, Dorothy Caverly and Doris Caverly. The playing was exceptionally fine even for this exceptional school, and was another illustration of the keen perception and untiring efforts of the director, Carl Faelten, and his able associates.
28Miss Lucie A. Tucker announces a recital in Chickering Hall, Friday evening, March 13. Miss Laura Hawkins will be the pianist.
30On Monday and Thursday, March 9 and 12, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon in Steinert Hall, Miss Fannie Edgar Thomas will lecture upon "The Study of the French Language by Americans," explaining why it is that people who study French do not learn it.
32The program at the piano and violin recital in Chickering Hall, Tremont street, Tuesday evening, by Ross Wells and Linwood D. Scriven, consisted of sonatas by Beethoven and Rubinstein for piano and violin, and a group of solo pieces for each instrument.
34Heinrich Schuecker has been unusually busy this season, having appeared as soloist at many concerts. Among some of his recent engagements have been Lewiston, Me., with the Musical Club; Fall River, Mass., at Academy of Music; Belmont, Mass.; Bangor, Me., with Mendelssohn Club; Dorchester, Mass., Choral Society, and at Miss Griffiths' musicale at the "Flanders," Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Schuecker will play Widor's "Choral and Variations" for harp and orchestra at the next symphony concert.
36Hans Schneider lectured before the Fletcher Music Association in Gilbert Hall, Tremont Temple, Tuesday, February 17, in the evening, and was booked for the Brockton Woman's Club, with "Tchaikowsky," the same morning, but got only as far as Mansfield on account of the blizzard. His lecture was on the relation of muscular action to piano technic. As the snowstorm prevented a large attendance the committee engaged Mr. Schneider to repeat the lecture in two weeks.
37February 24 he gave a recital, with two of his young pupils, at Faelten Hall.
39The Opera School of the New England Conservatory of Music will give its second public performance at the Boston Theatre, Tuesday, March 3, 2 p. m., Oreste Bimboni, conductor. There will be a chorus of sixty and orchestra of forty-five, augmented by symphony players. The proceeds will be devoted to the opera scholarship fund.
41Mrs. Beach is to give a piano recital in Steinert Hall, Wednesday afternoon, March 18.
43Mme. Antoinette Szumowska will re-enter the concert field after a long absence, on Thursday afternoon, March 5, when she is to give a piano recital in Steinert Hall.
45Mr. Fox's chamber concert has finally been fixed for Tuesday evening, March 10, to take place in Steinert Hall. The Hoffmann String Quartet will assist. The chief numbers on the program will be a Sonata, by Richard
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