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Musical Courier 1904-05-25: Vol 48 Iss 1261, 1904
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1GRAND HOTEL,
2BOULEVARD DES CAPUCINES, PARIS,
3May 12, 1904
5OF Sunday's afternoon concerts, that at the Nouveau Théâtre, given by M. Edouard Risler, with the concours of MM. J. F. Delmas, of the Opéra, and Jacques Thibaud, the violinist, was most important. The program opened with a Mozart B flat sonata for piano and violin, followed by an aria from "The Seasons," by Haydn; a brace of violin numbers, the Beethoven romance in F, and the G string aria of Bach; two Schubert songs, "Le Voyageur" and "Le Nautonier"; a group of Chopin morceaux—"Prelude," "Impromptu," "Valse," "Ballade"—and concluding with the Beethoven "Kreutzer" sonata, for piano and violin.
7The great orchestral Sunday concerts of the Conservatoire, Colonne, and Chevillard, having closed for the season, this Risler-Delmas-Thibaud combination attracted an audience that simply overflowed, every seat and available space of standing room, on and off the stage, being occupied. Risler accompanied his associates at the piano and played beautifully. Delmas was hardly in his best form, while Thibaud never played so well.
9On Thursday evening Miss Norah Drewett gave a piano recital at the Salle Erard, the program embracing the D major sonata, op. 28, of Beethoven; fantasia and F sharp impromptu of Chopin, with a toccata by Saint-Saens; the "Phantasiestuck" of Schumann, and a final group of four numbers by Handel, Brahms, Duvernoy and Rubinstein. Miss Drewett is a talented young pianist of the brilliant school; her touch is crisp and clean; her execution finished in style and her appearance sympathetically pleasing.
11The song recital given by Mlle. Lydia Eustis at the Salle Erard on Friday afternoon was musically very interesting and socially most successful. M. Hector Dufranne, an excellent baritone singer of the Opera Comique, assisted Miss Eustis vocally. The introductory part embraced an "Air des Troyens" by Berlioz and the cavatina from "Semiramis." The next division was entirely devoted to Massenet, consisting of selections from his operas.
13Jan Kubelik's second matinee concert at the Châtelet on Saturday, assisted by Madame Roger-Michos, pianist, and an orchestra, presented the following program: "Egmont" overture, Beethoven; Mendelssohn violin concerto; a piano group of Mendelssohn; Handel, "Gavotte Variée"; Moszkowski, valse; "Faust Fantasie," for violin, Wieniawski; and two Paganini selections, "God Save the Queen" (variations) and "Moise," for a single string of the violin, played with the technical brilliancy for which the virtuoso is known.
15The Saturday Beethoven soirée, posed and danced by Miss Isadora Duncan at the Trocadéro, was to the following music, partly piano and partly orchestral: "Presto," from sonata, op. 10, No. 1; menuet (Hans von Bülow's arrangement); adagio, from "Sonata Pathétique"; "Sonata Quasi una Fantasia," op. 27; and the "Seventh" symphony in A, the first movement of which served as an introduction, the dancer coming on with the allegretto, followed by the presto and ending with the allegro con brio.
17On the same evening at the little Théâtre de la Bodinière Mlle. Marguerite Martini and her pupils presented airs and scenes from various operas. Several of the young and ambitious singers distinguished themselves, particularly in the acting part of their respective roles. Among the well received and much applauded young ladies were noticed two sisters named Carroll, Miss Grace, who sang well the part of Juliette, and Miss Clara in "Les Huguenots."
19The regular Sunday evening Students' Atelier Réunion had the following musical program to offer from Bach, Gounod, Tartini, Mendelssohn, Bizet, M. V. White, Handel, Simonetti, Hubay and Hiller. Miss Carine Duval-Allen, with her violin, led in the hymn singing, and Alfred Bachrens was the efficient accompanist. As one of the soloists, Miss Elizabeth Warden pleased by her unaffected singing and agreeable soprano voice. Mr. Kjellstrom obtained considerable applause with his well played violin contributions. New and old time favorites were enjoyed when Miss Elizabeth Dodge and Charles W. Clark came forward. The baritone was heard to excellent advantage in "O God, Have Mercy," from "St. Paul," and he also took part with Miss Dodge in a duet from "The Elijah." In the "Rejoice Greatly," from Handel's "Messiah," and a "Prayer," by Ferdinand Hiller, Miss Dodge displayed a soprano voice of excellent quality and style, with much of the dramatic element in her singing that promises well for a future career.
21The Rev. Mr. Beach's address was "The Power of a Purpose."
23At the Salle Erard on Monday evening Madame Clotilde Kleeberg, the pianist, gave a concert, with the assistance of an orchestra under M. Chevillard. The orchestra opened with Mendelssohn's overture, "The Fingal's Cave," and later a menuet, by Handel, was played. A Bach concerto in F, for piano and two flutes concertantes, accompanied by a string quartet of two violins, viola and contrabass, was very neat and pleasing. The two great numbers for the pianist were the Beethoven concerto in E flat and that of Schumann in A minor, in the performance of which Madame Kleeberg evinced good musical understanding with a fine sense of dynamic effects upheld by an adequate technic. She was well received by an enthusiastic audience.
25On Tuesday evening, at the same salle, a very successful concert was given by Mlle. Ada Sassoli, the young harpist, with the assistance of Mlle. Valentine Philosopoff, Charles W. Clark and L. Fleury, in a delightful program of harp and vocal selections.
27Among the most interesting and attractive concerts of the entire week was that given Tuesday evening at the Salle des Agriculteurs by Mlle. Nelly Lumbroso, vocalist, with the assistance of the Society of Ancient Instruments, including Mme. H. Casadesus-Dellerba, quinton; Mlle. Marguerite Delcourt, clavecin; M. Henri Casadesus, viole d'amour; M. Marcel Casadesus, viole de gambe, and M. Edouard Nanny, contrebasse. The interpretation of the whole program was so exquisite and daintily pretty that nothing could be more acceptable in the way of criticism or compliment than a reproduction of the complete program, which follows:
29IRE PARTIE—MUSIQUE ANCIENNE.
30Chaconne ………………………………………….. Destouches (1774 1844)
31Pour quinton, viole d'amour, viole de gambe, contrebasse et clavecin.
32Se Floride e Fedele …………………………………. A. Scarlatti (1660 1725) one of two readings
33Se Florindo e Fedele ………………………………. A. Scarlatti (1660 1725) one of two readings
34Avec accompagnement de quinton et clavecin.
35Fuyer l'Amour ……………………………………… L'Able de l'Attagnon (1750)
36Mlle Lumbroso, Madame Casadesus-Dellerba et Mlle M. Delcourt.
37Le Concert de Mlle. Laurent à Mry, la Dauphine dans les grands appartements de Versailles.
38(Manuscrit recueilli par Philidor l'Aisne—1690)
39Pour chant, quinton, viole d'amour, viole de gambe, contre basse et clavecin.
40Ouverture, Air et Ritournelle, Air, Symphonie, Final.
41Mlle Lumbroso et la Société des Instruments Anciens.
42Menuet et Gavotte …………………………………. Lorenzetti (1760)
43Gigue …………………………………………….. Louliez (1758)
44Pour viole d'amour et contrebasse.
45Messieurs Henri Casadesus et Ed. Nanny.
47IIe PARTIE—MUSIQUE MODERNE.
48Souvenir (Armand Silvestre) ………………………….. F. Halphen
49Le Jour succombe (Paul Rebourg) ……………………. F. Halphen
50Accompagné par l'auteur.
51Dans les Ruines d'une Abbaye (Victor Hugo) …………. G. Fauré
52Ihre Stimme (Sa Voix) (Platen) ………………………. R. Schumann
53Meine Liebe ist grün (Mon Amour est Jeune) (Ferd. Schuman) …………………………………………….. J. Brahms one of two readings
54Meine Liebe ist grün (Mon Amour est Jeune) (Ferd. Schuman) one of two readings
55Mlle Lumbroso.
56Piano d'accompagnement, Mlle J. Hayem.
58IIIe PARTIE—MUSIQUE ANCIENNE.
59Musette en Rondeau …………………………………. Rameau (1683 1764) one of two readings
60Musette en Rondeau ………………………………… Rameau (1683 1764) one of two readings
61Gavotte Variée ……………………………………… Handel (1685 1759)
62Pour clavecin.
63Mlle Marguerite Delcourt.
64Diane et Actéon, cantate …………………………….. Rameau (1683 1764)
65Avec accompagnement de viole d'amour, contrebasse et clavecin.
66Recitatif Air gal. Recitatif Air vil. Récitatif Air tendre. one of two readings
67Recitatif Air gal. Recitatif Air vil. Recitatif Air tendre. one of two readings
68Mlle. Lumbroso et la Société des Instruments Anciens.
69Gavotte …………………………………………….. Cupis de Camargo (1770)
70Chimène ……………………………………………. Sacchini (1788)
71Pour quinton, viole d'amour, viole de gambe, contrebasse et clavecin.
73At a pleasant soirée musicale, given by Otto Goldschmidt and Mme. Berthe Marx-Goldschmidt at their home last week, the musical program was a lengthy but very interesting one, including among other things selections from Mozart, Scarlatti, Schumann and Chopin, beautifully played by Madame Marx-Goldschmidt; the great Schubert fantasia, performed with the celebrated violinist Sarasate, and the playing of his own "Chansons Russes," to which M. Antonio Baldelli, the operatic baritone, contributed choice numbers from Beethoven and Mozart. Among the musical and social notabilities present were recognized Moszkowski, Nadaud, Viardot, Debroux and others.
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77To The Musical Courier:
78Charles W. Clark's second recital here one of the greatest sensations in musical Paris; wildest enthusiasm; encore after encore.
79DELMA HEIDE.
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