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Musical Courier 1907-03-20: Vol 54 Iss 12, 1907
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1WISCONSIN MUSICAL BRIEFS.
3Madison.
4February 28 Ellen Beach Yaw, supported by Georgiella Lay, pianist, and Maximilian Dick, violinist, gave a concert in the University Armory. The week preceding, the Skovgaard Concert Company appeared in Music Hall. The company was headed by Axel Skovgaard, a Norwegian violinist; Eleonora Olson, soprano, and Lois Louise Davidson, pianist, were able assistants.
6Mendelssohn's "Hymn of Praise" was the work given this year by the Madison Choral Union, E. A. Bredin, conductor. The soloists were: Clara Williams, soprano, of Minneapolis; Garnett Hedge, tenor, of Chicago; Arthur Dunham, organist, of Chicago, and Vena Brunk, of Madison.
8Carolyn Louise Willard, of Chicago, gave an intrinsically interesting and well rendered piano program in her recital at the University Library Hall earlier in the season.
10A recital was given on Wednesday evening, February 27, in Music Hall, by the pupils of Alice Regan and Adelaide Foresman, instructors in piano and voice, in the University School of Music. Hazel Alford, Edyth McMillan, Florence Perkins, Flora Gilman, Elizabeth Nebel, Barbara Kleinfelter, Ella Menhard, Esther Simpson and Sarah Morgan appeared on the program.
12The sixty-fourth student recital of the University of Wisconsin School of Music was given by pupils of Mrs. Sandberg in piano and F. A. Bredin in voice. The following were the participants: Belle Farnum, Ruth Moss, Mary Bewick, Irene Starcks, Ethel Churchill, Loyal B. Aldrich, Mae Theobald, Cora Norsman, Lucile Comfort, Lula Starcks, John C. Watson and Horace Allyn.
14Beloit.
15At the January concert given by the Treble Clef Club the following were the soloists: Misses Fairchild, Slaymaker, Rood, Kent, Garlick, Mrs. Kraemer, and Messrs. Rowell and Leach. Those at the February concert were: Misses Benney, Kneller, Rood, Slaymaker, Mrs. Rosman, Dowd, Kraemer, and Messrs. Graves, Walter Allen, Robert Ball and Mr. Rowell.
17In the third concert given by members of the faculty of the Beloit College music department, the program was entirely devoted to Mozart. Presenting the same were Professor Tyler, Misses Croft and Garlick and Mr. Leach.
19The song recital given early in February by Garnett Hedge, tenor, of Chicago, served only to establish this singer all the more firmly in the high esteem of Beloit music lovers. Each number of his program was delightfully rendered and left nothing to be desired.
21The concert given by the Skovgaard Concert Company, on February 18, was greatly enjoyed.
23Watertown.
24The fourth annual concert given by the Apollo Musical Club was a brilliant success. Daniel Protheroe, of Milwaukee, is the musical director. Cowen's beautiful cantata, "St. John's Eve," was the largest number given. The soloists were: Ellen Kinsman-Mann and Mabel Baker, from Chicago, and William Sproesser and Edward Schempf. Mrs. William F. Whyte was the accompanist.
26Wausau.
27The Ladies' Tuesday Musical Club is devoting its attention this year to a study of modern composers. The American composers studied in the January meeting were Emil Liebling, Arthur Foote and George W. Chadwick. Those taking part were: Mesdames Templeton, Boehm, Hart, Speer, Flieth and Jones, Misses Roach, Thayer, Ringle, Dunbar and Heinemann, and Mrs. David Livingstone, of Merrill, Wis.
29Neenah.
30Arthur Shattuck's "Home" piano recital, given at the Neenah Theater, was a most gratifying success. The large audience filling the theater responded unanimously and heartily in its appreciation of the artist's interesting and brilliantly rendered program. The recital proved indeed an ovation from beginning to end. Mr. Shattuck will spend the next year in Europe.
32OshKosh.
33One of the most successful concerts of the season was that given at the Plymouth Congregational Church on February 21 by Florence Pierron, contralto, of Boston; Mrs. Guy Bevier Williams, soprano, and Mr. Williams, pianist.
35La Crosse.
36Of special significance to La Crosse musical life was the recital given by the violin virtuoso, Jacob Reuter, a decidedly important acquisition to local musical talent, assisted by Barbara Ann Russell, mezzo-contralto, and the Reuter String Quartet, composed of Jacob Reuter, first violin; Edward Dirks, second violin; Isidor Benoit, viola, and Edward E. Dow, violoncello. The accompanists were Mary S. Austin and Oscar Frey.
38Ellen Beach Yaw sang to a very enthusiastic audience. She did especially well in the "Swiss Echo Song." Maximilian Dick is certainly a master of his instrument, and the honors of the evening were equally divided between the two artists.
40At the second concert of the series being given by Dana's Band, Mr. Thomas was one of the soloists, playing a Liszt concerto with splendid effect. He is a recent addition to La Crosse musicians. Jacob Reuter, violinist, achieved another signal success at this concert.
42February 17 Stainer's "The Crucifixion" was given at Christ Church under the direction of Harry Pachman, organist, by the church choir and the solo quartet—Miss Aiken, Mrs. Dow and Messrs. Zeilke and Forsyth.
43E. A. STAVRUM.
45Howard Wells Recital.
46The following are the press comments on the piano recital which Howard Wells gave at Music Hall, Chicago, on February 28:
48The Mendelssohn prelude and fugue was played with commendable authority. The octave passage at the end was particularly well done. The shading was admirable, and the decrescendo effect was skillful. That Mr. Wells is a musician of culture and innate refinement there is no doubt.—Chicago Journal.
50He presented a program which testified both to his earnestness and discretion. The Schumann "Carnaval," the Chopin polonaise in F sharp minor, and the Mendelssohn prelude and fugue in E minor were the ambitious numbers. Two etudes of Poldini, a Saint-Saëns prelude and the same composer's familiar etude en forme de valse stood for his discreetness and desire to please the less serious section of his audience, and the Liszt transcription of Schubert's "Frühlingsglaube" might be listed in either class according to the interpretation given it.
52Mr. Wells was at his best in this number, the Chopin polonaise and the Mendelssohn prelude. Here he displayed a pleasing tone in cantilene, excellent musical taste as to the details of interpretation, and a technic fully adequate to the demands made upon it.—Chicago Inter Ocean.
54Mr. Wells is making himself master of the piano—it now obeys and responds where formerly it occasionally declared its independence. The result is authority, finish and beauty in his playing.—Chicago Tribune.
56Mr. Wells' playing is well known to Chicago audiences. He has been heard several times in recitals, and last year appeared with credit as soloist with the Thomas Orchestra. Last evening he was in excellent form and gave a series of pleasurable renditions. The "Spring Thoughts" he played with full appreciation of its poetry.—Chicago Examiner.
58Mendelssohn's E minor prelude and fugue and Schumann's "Carnaval" have figured on many recital programs; it is, therefore, only necessary to record Mr. Wells' effective interpretation of them. Liszt's transcription of Schubert's song, "Frühlingsglaube," was played with good appreciation of its poetic significance, and in the polonaise by Chopin, which followed it, Mr. Wells made it evident that he could produce a large and sonorous tone when the occasion required. In two concert etudes by Poldini, a composer who has contributed much to the literature of the piano, the concert giver accomplished some of his best work, for in them his deftness of execution and graceful style were shown to every advantage.—Chicago Evening Post.
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