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Musical Courier 1906-12-19: Vol 53 Iss 1395, 1906
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1CONCERTS IN MONTREAL.
2Montreal, December 8, 1906.
3Dolly Lucas, the fourteen year old violinist and the most talented one in this city of her age, a pupil of the Montreal Conservatory of Music, of which C. E. Seifert is the director, gave a recital in the Y. M. C. A. Hall on Monday evening last. She was assisted by May Williams, soprano, and three youthful violinists from the conservatory. Following was the program:
4Violin Concerto, A minor, No. 7……………………………Rode
5Miss Lucas.
6Vocal, Air, Silently Blending, from the Opera Figaro……Mozart
7Miss Williams.
8Violin Quartets—
9Russian National Hymn……………………………A. von Lof
10Minuet from the Symphony, E flat major………….Mozart
11Ave Verum Corpus………………………………………Mozart
12Minuet, from the String Quartet, No. 1………….E. Boccherini
13See, the Conquering Hero Comes, from Judas Maccabaeus……………………………………………..Handel
14Gavotte…………………………………………………Scotson Clark
15Vocal—
16Consolation, op. 20, No. 1……………………………C. E. Seifert
17Were I a Bird of Air………………………………….F. Hiller
18Maiden Song…………………………………………..Erik Meyer-Helmund
19Miss Williams.
20Violin Solos—
21Exercise No. 33, Heroic March…………………….Kreutzer
22Romance, G major, op. 40……………………………Beethoven
23Gavotte from the Suite, op. 26……………………..Ries
24Canzonetta, from Violin Concerto, op. 35………….Tchaikowsky
25Exercise No. 33, Octave Study…………………….Kreutzer
26Romance, F major, op. 50……………………………Beethoven
27Canzonetta, op. 6………………………………………d'Ambrosio
28Madrigal……………………………………………….Simonetti
29Gypsy Dance…………………………………………..Moffat
30Miss Lucas scored a pronounced success—she has acquired a facile technic, her tone is healthy and musical and her bowing is commendable, she read the concerto with refined musical feeling, understanding and unimpeachable technical reproduction and was called out many times before the audience; in her other group of selections she displayed dash, sentiment and musicianship. Indeed, her harmonics and double stopping was a high violinist achievement and would have been creditable to any violinist twice her age. She did not respond with any encore as the program was long enough. Miss Williams has a pretty voice and sang with pleasing effect. The compositions performed by the four violins were received with every mark of appreciation by the audience. Mrs. Seifert furnished the accompaniment all through the evening in her usual finished and artistic manner. The event as a whole reflected great credit on Mr. Seifert, and he ought to be proud of his work accomplished with those youthful performers. There was hardly a vacant seat in the hall and the audience was large and appreciative.
32On the same evening the Mendelssohn Trio gave the second concert of the series at the Art Gallery. The program included Smetana's trio, op. 15; Saint-Saëns' sonata, for 'cello and piano, and Schubert's trio, op. 99. I was unable to attend on account of the above concert. The daily papers spoke highly of the performance. Mr. Dalton, the critic for the Gazette, laments the attendance being small, and he blames the management for it, to which I do not agree. The reason why local musical events have small attendance is on account of two foreign second rate vocalists who have taken out recently, in one single concert, nearly $5,000, an amount which they could not earn in a whole season on the European Continent; it was due to a réclame worked by the press agent to perfection, but I doubt if it will ever succeed again.
34Rachel Dawes, soprano, was the soloist at a sacred recital given in St. Paul's Church, under the direction of Frederick H. Blair, the organist of the church. Miss Dawes was in good voice and acquitted herself most satisfactorily.
36Eva Gauthier, the popular contralto, was the drawing card at the entertainment given by the local orchestra yesterday afternoon, and drew a tremendously large audience. Miss Gauthier was in exceptional good form and sang the aria "Adieu Forêts," by Tchaikowsky, magnificently, to a poor accompaniment by the orchestra. She received hearty and well deserved applause, being recalled several times, and had to give an encore. In her second part she sang "Pastorale," by Haydn, and "The Dove," by Ronald, in a straightforward, artistic manner; again the audience displayed enthusiasm—she gave an encore, and as the orchestra was to proceed with the next number, the audience did not allow them to proceed, but demanded another encore, and likewise got it. A very rare occurrence that the audience should demand two encores from a local vocalist, but the fact is pure and simple—that Miss Gauthier is a vocalist of high attainment. Mr. Eichhorn furnished the accompaniment to Miss Gauthier's second part of the program, as well as to the encores, in a creditable manner.
38Alfred Laliberté, pianist, who returned recently from Berlin, where he studied in the Stern Conservatory, under Paul Lutzenko, made his debut on Thursday evening, in the Monument Nationale. The program follows:
39Sonata, op. 110………………………………………Beethoven
40Variations on a Bach Theme………………………….Liszt
41Ballade, op. 16………………………………………D'Albert
42Polonaise, op. 9………………………………………Paderewski
43Spanish Rhapsody…………………………………….Liszt
45Mr. Laliberté is a player of seriousness and conscientiousness. He displayed sympathy, temperament, technic and perfect command of the instrument. He read the Beethoven sonata with intelligent musicianship, the variations being performed with bewitching smoothness and transparent clarity, while the rhapsody he executed with an excellent technical facility and abandon. It was the most successful debut of any local musician in this city. The audience was large and fashionable.
47Mabel Barker, soprano, and Emile Taranto, violinist, were the soloists with the local orchestra yesterday afternoon. Miss Barker was in exceptionally good form, and sang the aria "Ritorna Vincor," from "Aida," with beauty of voice and dramatic expression. In her second part she sang two dainty songs, "Fleur du Vallon" (Godard) and "Polly Willis," by Arre, most delightfully to a sympathetic accompaniment furnished by Mr. Eichhorn. Miss Barker received hearty applause. one of two readings
48Mabel Barker, soprano, and Emile Taranto, violinist, were the soloists with the local orchestra yesterday afternoon. Miss Barker was in exceptionally good form, and sang the aria "Ritorna Vincor," from "Aida," with beauty of voice and dramatic expression. In her second part she sang two dainty songs, "Fleur du Vallon" (Goddard) and "Polly Willis," by Arre, most delightfully to a sympathetic accompaniment furnished by Mr. Eichhorn. Miss Barker received hearty applause. one of two readings
50Mr. Taranto played Lalo's "Symphonie Espagnole." Being recalled several times, he played for an encore "The Gypsy Dances," by Sarasate, also accompanied by Mr. Eichhorn.
52Antoinette Coté, soprano, a pupil of Albert Jeanotte, will make her debut on December 13, in the Karm Hall. She will be assisted by Albert Chamberland, the talented violinist.
54HARRY B. COHN.
56AMERICANS AND ENGLISH IN DRESDEN.
57The invasion of Europe by Americans is every year becoming a more apparent fact; not that they come with any intention of taking possession of the land, but more, it is hoped, with the laudable object of making it more evident to Europeans that over the seas there are also artists and art, and to show what progress true art is making over there, for it is hardly necessary to emphasize the self evident truth that art is universal and not exclusively national. America takes this way of proving to foreigners that if it does not exist already, there soon will and must be an "atmosphere" of art where all artists of every nationality will feel at home, in "God's own country."
59One of the Americans who has especially brought this into evidence is Eduard Lankow, nephew of Anna Lankow, the celebrated teacher of singing, living now in America, and author of the work, "The Science of Singing." Miss Anna Ingman has already written you of Mr. Lankow's sensational achievements here. Mr. Lankow's fine method is sure to make great propaganda for that of his celebrated aunt. He is already having some opportunities of displaying his skill as a teacher of this method.
61Another American who has appeared here with equal success, in his particular genre, is the celebrated tenor from Chicago, George Hamlin. As Miss Ingman has written also of his concert here, I must confine myself to merely a few remarks; first, however, to emphasize that his concert placed him at once in the rank of the first singers of the day, as all acknowledged. It may serve a useful purpose to defend Mr. Hamlin from the one adverse criticism that he has received, namely, a nasal tone. Mr. Hamlin has compacted his resonance back of the nose and that may account for this criticism. The tone is not, therefore, necessarily nasal. Since the result is such a fine resonance in tonal delivery, I can only give it high praise and wish that more singers had it. A frequent lack in concert singing is that of resonance, due probably to the too wide opening of the mouth and the wrong placing of the vocal soundboard. Mr. Hamlin's program covered the whole range of song from Handel to Strauss, and its execution proved that he could attain heights and depths seldom reached. A highly representative and distinguished audience overwhelmed him with applause, recalls and congratulations.
63Sara Anderson, of New York, sang here in a concert under the auspices of the Preussischer Hilf Verein, but really given by Paul Colberg, well known composer and teacher. This artist's seriousness and evident powers gained general recognition. I will speak in another article of Colberg's interesting compositions and their excellent performance by the Bachman Quintet, but now will confine myself to the Americans and English. Under this head must come Harry M. Field, from Toronto, an already familiar figure in Leipsic, where he studied with Reinecke, Jadassohn, and later with Dr. Krause, formerly also with Von Bülow. Mr. Field is a new comer in Dresden, and all wish him a successful career here. The possessor of a fine technic and good interpretative powers, Mr. Field has already played with the leading orchestras of America. His first appearance here was in Colberg's concert, and while his first numbers were marred by perhaps a slight nervousness owing to disturbances in the hall and to not having tried an unfamiliar Blüthner piano before the concert, yet, in his last numbers, he succeeded in convincing his audience that he was gifted with abilities for excellent bravura playing in the Liszt tarantelle, and the fine feeling with which he gave the barcarolle of Liszt and the well deserved encore, "Consolation," in D flat, showed him to be a thorough artist. Mr. Field's pedagogic powers have been well attested by his pupils' playing, especially by Mr. Kitchen; his pupils' performance in Leipsic attracting much attention.
65In Henry Uhl, of Cleveland, Dresden has made the acquaintance of a most promising young artist. With his beautifully sweet and resonant baritone voice, with such silvery tones and correct tonal delivery Mr. Uhl bids fair to become another celebrated American singer of whom all will hear some day, evidenced by his fine interpretation of Rossini's "Tribulation," in our American Church, a Sunday or two since. A pupil of Professor Mann in the Dresden Conservatory, Mr. Uhl has made remarkable progress since his advent here.
67Mr. O'Brien, of Pittsburg, now studying with Humperdinck, in Berlin, made a visit to Dresden not long since, when I had the opportunity of hearing him play parts of his projected opera, the scenes of which are laid in Jamestown in its early history. The negroes and negro music are to be incorporated in the choruses, while the haunting Indian melodies, the shawms of which Mr. O'Brien has most happily caught, after long patient research and study, will prevail throughout the opera. Mr. O'Brien proves the distinctive character of aboriginal music in America, and shows that it is not confined to the monotone conveyed by the drum in Oriental music. Mr. O'Brien's melodic invention and dramatic conceptions are worthy of all praise, and his chances of having his opera produced in Europe are said to be promising. Mr. Humperdinck shows much interest in his talented young pupil, scarcely past his twenty-fifth year.
69A former correspondent of The Musical Courier in Leipsic, A. Kranich, is now becoming prominent in Dresden musical circles. His compositions have been performed here more than once, and his concerto is soon to be given at the Gewerbehaus, with orchestra, Mr. Field at the piano. Mr. Kranich's generous support of American artists appearing in Dresden deserves recognition and appreciation. In my next I shall speak of the many other Americans and English who either concertize here or are permanently settled here. William A. Becker is soon expected, and of his approaching concert more later. Of others there are Leon Rains, basso at the Opera; George Sieberg, composer; the Messrs. Robertson, Sparks and Armbruster, Clark, Williams (American Church organist); also the pupil artists, the Misses Beddoe, Wheeler, Cohen, Wilson, Comstock, Miss Fay, of the Munich Opera (one of the most prominent Orgeni pupils); the youthful pianists, Edith Mandyg, Jennie Rowen; Percy Sherwood, the composer, etc.
71Mr. Mallinson, the interesting composer, and his wife, Anna Steinhaur-Mallinson, the well known Danish concert singer, have for some years been members of the artist world of Dresden, being frequently heard in concerts.
73Marie Hall, the celebrated violinist, whose appearance last year created such a sensation in the Opera symphony concerts, is this year to play in the Vereins-Haus at a concert given jointly with the composer-pianist, Percy Sherwood.
75E. POTTER-FRISSEL.
77Germaine Schnitzer's Recital.
78This will be the program to be played at Germaine Schnitzer's piano recital in Mendelssohn Hall on Tuesday afternoon, December 18:
79Prelude and Fugue, A minor…………………………..Bach-Liszt
80Carneval……………………………………………….Schumann
81Benediction de Dieu dans a solitude Harmonies poétiques et religieuses………………………………………Liszt
82Ballade, A flat…………………………………………Chopin
83Two Etudes……………………………………………..Chopin
84Ballet de Rosamonde…………………………………Schubert-Fischhof
85Toccata…………………………………………………Saint-Saëns
86Military March………………………………………..Schubert Taussig
88Many Reengagements for Petschnikoff.
89Alexander Petschnikoff, the great Russian violinist, played through the West during the last three weeks with overwhelming success. The music critics of Chicago were unanimous in praising Petschnikoff's marvelous playing of the Tchaikowsky concerto, placing him in the front ranks with modern violinists. Mr. Petschnikoff has been reengaged in almost every city, including Chicago, Milwaukee and Detroit. Henry Wolfsohn, the manager of the artist, has booked him for thirty-five concerts, and every day new applications are received.
91Laura Crawford, the organist and musical director of the Congregational Church at Westfield, N. J., has arranged elaborate programs for the services on December 23, including numbers from "The Messiah" and Bach's "Christ-mas" oratorio.
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