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Musical Courier 1904-06-29: Vol 48 Iss 1266, 1904
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1"Chere Epouse," and the beautiful rendering of Schumann's "Der Nussbaum."
3At his chamber concert at the Salle Erard on Wednesday afternoon Josef Holbrooke presented his string quartet, op. 16, a work very modern in feeling and workmanship, and of genuinely poetic inspiration. As much can hardly be said of his five songs, which not even Mrs. Henry Wood's sincere intent could invest with vital interest.
5At night a recital was given in the Salle Erard by Madame Grimaldi, a pianist of cultivated style and sympathetic feeling, who was heard in Schumann's "Carnival" and Chopin's "Funeral March" sonata.
7At St. James' Hall on Thursday afternoon Herbert Fryer's fluent and graceful technic and individual style were effectively displayed in an unhackneyed program that included several works by Scriabine and Rachmaninoff that had not previously been heard in London. He was also associated with Hans Heumann in an excellent performance of Beethoven's C minor sonata.
9Henry Bird and his daughter, Miss Ethel Henry Bird, gave an interesting concert at St. James' Hall on Friday afternoon, when the latter added to her already considerable reputation by her graceful rendering of songs by Mendelssohn, Charpentier and Goring Thomas, and the former made one of his rare appearances as a solo pianist, playing two of Mendelssohn's "Songs Without Words" and two of Schumann's romances. Miss Ada Crossley, Gervase Elwes and Kennerley Rumford also contributed to a very pleasant program.
11The performances of "Il Trovatore" and "Mignon," by the Moody-Manners Company, on Saturday afternoon and evening drew crowded houses to Drury Lane. Mme. Ella Russell was a splendid Leonora in Verdi's opera, and in the evening Madame Moody gave a charming rendering of Ambroise Thomas' operatic version of Goethe's "Wilhelm Meister." This week there are repetitions of "Lohengrin," "Tannhäuser," "Faust" and "Trovatore" on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and on Friday "The Flying Dutchman" will be given for the first time this season.
13Miss Georgina Ganz gave a concert last week which attracted many people, and was altogether most successful. She sang several songs very charmingly, and was assisted by many well known artists.
15Mlle. Aurélie Révy has just returned from Italy, where she was most successful, and has been engaged to sing in the autumn at Milan the leading parts in "La Cabrera" and "Manuel Menendez," the two operas which came out as the best recently in the Sonzogno competition. Besides this she will sing "Adrienne Lecouvreur," "Zaza" and "Hélène" of Saint-Saëns. Mlle. Aurélie Révy gave a concert yesterday afternoon at the Salle Erard. She sang in six languages, played the violin obligato herself to several songs and was enthusiastically applauded by her audience.
17Hermann Klein, the well known teacher of singing, who now resides in New York and spends the season in London, will not remain with us as long as usual this year, as he is leaving on the 21st inst. for Berlin in order to train the German singers who are to take part in the English production of "Parsifal" in America by the Castle Square Opera Company.
19On Saturday afternoon Mrs. Norman O'Neill gave a piano recital at Aeolian Hall, the chief feature of which was the first performance of a set of variations and fugue, op. 17, for two pianos, by Norman O'Neill. The melody is a very fine example of Irish folksong, its treatment being masterly, and the work, which should be heard again, was effectively rendered by the reciter and Miss Fanny Davies.
21At the Royal College of Music choral and orchestral concert last evening the program was entirely devoted to compositions by Dvorák. It included the symphony, "From the New World"; "Patriotic Hymn," for chorus and orchestra, dedicated to the English people; "Carneval" overture, violoncello concerto and an air from "The Spectre's Bride."
23Particulars with regard for the next season of symphony concerts in Queen's Hall under Henry J. Wood are now available. The opening of the symphony season is fixed for October 29 next, after which the concerts will take place fortnightly. The Sunday Concert Society's season begins on October 2, and continues till April 16, 1905. In March, and for two weeks in April, Mr. Wood and his men will make a tour through the great towns of the North of England and Scotland. The Promenade Concerts open on August 6, continuing till October 21.
25Concerts for the Week Ending June 18.
27SUNDAY—Royal Artillery Band, Albert Hall, 3:30. Sunday Concert Club, Grafton Galleries, 8.
29MONDAY—David Bispham's song recital, St. James' Hall, 3. Mme. Susanne Ree's piano recital, Aeolian Hall, 3. Miss Hilda Stapylton's vocal recital, St. George's Hall, 8:15. The Norah Clench Quartet, Aeolian Hall, 8:30. Covent Garden, "Aida," Drury Lane, "Lohengrin."
31TUESDAY—Herr Kocian's violin recital, Bechstein Hall, 3. Malcolm Piano Player concert, Steinway Hall, 3:15. Mlle. Révy's "Heure de Musique," Salle Erard, 3:30. Franz von Vecsey's sixth recital, St. James' Hall, 8:15. Whitney Tew's concert, Bechstein Hall, 8:15. Covent Garden, "Tannhäuser." Drury Lane, "Tannhäuser."
33WEDNESDAY—M. Otto Voss' piano recital, St. James' Hall, 3. Madame Solly, Miss Dupin's and M. Selby's concert, Bechstein Hall, 3. Guildhall students' concert, City of London School, 6. Mr. Llewellyn's concert, Suffolk Street Galleries, 8. Miss Dorothy Wiley's vocal recital, Bechstein Hall, 8:30. Covent Garden, "La Traviata." Drury Lane, "Faust."
35THURSDAY—Matinee Musicale, Portman Rooms, 3. M. Leon Delafosse's last piano recital, Steinway Hall, 3:15. Mlle. Magdelaine's Hypno-Magnetic musical recital, Garrick Theatre, 3:30. Miss Nellie Carpenter's chamber concert, Park place, 9. Covent Garden, "Die Meistersinger." Drury Lane, "Il Trovatore."
37FRIDAY—Mlle. Magdelaine's Hypno-Magnetic musical recital, Garrick Theatre, 3:30. Covent Garden, "Rigoletto." Drury Lane, "The Flying Dutchman."
39SATURDAY—Miss Mabel Monteith's piano recital, St. James' Hall, 3. Mozart Society's concert, Portman Rooms, 3. Herr Zur-Muehlen's song recital, Bechstein Hall, 3:30. Covent Garden, "Tristan und Isolde." Drury Lane, "Tannhäuser" (matinee), and "Faust."
41A New Savage Star.
43LAST week Katherine Wishart, soprano, signed a three years' contract with Henry W. Savage for his English Grand Opera Company, the same to go into immediate effect. The repertory is to include Elsa in "Lohengrin," Elizabeth in "Tannhäuser," Desdemona in "Othello," Leonora in "Trovatore," Michaela in "Carmen," and Mimi in "La Bohème." Miss Wishart was a pupil of Homer Moore in St. Louis, and when Mr. Moore located in New York last September Miss Wishart came to this city and continued her study under his direction.
45MILAN, JUNE 14, 1904.
47WHENEVER Tamagno, the glory of the Italian lyric stage, appears before the public, the result is always enthusiasm, and the theatre crowded to suffocation. His latest appearances have been in Torino, Magenta and Milano. In Torino and Milano he sang two acts of Donizetti's "Politou," with Signora Emilia Corsi as Paolina. In Magenta he sang the romanza from Saint-Saëns' "Samson and Delilah," and together with Signora Corsi the duo from "Il Guarany."
49In all three cities the ovation given him was tremendous, and especially so here, where he is well liked. After the finale of the third act of "Politou" the applause and cries of "Otello" and "Esultate" lasted fully ten minutes.
51Signora Corsi also met with great success. This charming singing singer may well be proud of the fact of having been chosen for such a conspicuous part and of the happy result.
53At the Villa Reale here, and following the Consolo-Poli concert, a very fine program was presented by tenor Anselmi, baritone Magini-Coletti and Gemma Bellincioni. Anselmi sang "Ah, non credevi tu," from "Mignon," and two romanze of Tosti. Bellincioni sang the "Nenia," from "Mefistofele," a romanza of Barthélémy and "Nonna sorridi." Magini-Coletti sang "Ah, per sempre io ti perdei," from "I Puritani," and was well received.
55At the Lirico this autumn we shall have the operas "Adriana Lecouvreur," "Zaza," "Siberia," "Elena e Paride" (Saint-Saëns) and probably "Manuel Menendez" and the new opera of Amintore Galli entitled "David."
57Among the artists already chosen are Signore Kruscevitska, Carelli and Karola; tenors, Bonci and Franceschi; baritones, Ruffo Titta and Bonini. Maestro, Leopoldo Mugnone.
59Mascagni is enthusiastic about his new opera "Amica." The author of the libretto is as yet unknown to the public in general. The opera is in one act, to last something like one and one-half hours, and is divided into two parts à la "Cavalleria Rusticana" by an intermezzo, but with one difference, between the first and second parts there is a change of scenery. It will have its first representations contemporaneously at Monte Carlo and at the Corso of Bologna.
61Giordano is at work upon a new opera, the libretto being taken from the drama "Madame Cotillon" by H. Cain and E. Daudet, and lately given successfully in Paris.
63"The Universal Judgment," oratorio by Perosi, was lately given very successfully in Padua. Fidelio.
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