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Musical Courier 1907-06-12: Vol 54 Iss 24, 1907
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1FESTIVAL IN THE NORTHWEST.
2The second May festival at Pullman, Wash., surpassed in all things the event of last year. W. B. Strong was the musical director. The orchestra was made up of thirty-five players, and the chorus was admirably sustained by soloists from the State College and singers from the Middle West. Mendelssohn's "Elijah" was the big choral work of the festival and there was also an "artists' concert."
3Mr. Strong and Herbert Kimbrough are the joint directors of the school of music connected with the college.
5Second Music Festival at Pullman.
6The musical advancement in this small town of 3,000 inhabitants is due largely to the educational influences of the highly cultured directors and faculty. Besides the orchestra and chorus, the college has a band of forty-five, a glee club and regular classes in all musical branches.
8First Concert by the Recital Quartet.
9Four professional pupils of Anna E. Ziegler—Susan Levenberg, soprano; Elizabeth M. Pyle, contralto; Louis Vecchio, tenor, and William Hirschmann, baritone—have organized the New York Recital Quartet. These singers, assisted by Arthur Rosenstein at the piano, gave their first concert at Carnegie Chamber Music Hall Wednesday evening, June 5. It was a regular concert, and not an invitation musicale, for no complimentary tickets were sent out to the musical deadheads who infest this town. The numbers of Miss Levenberg and Mr. Hirschmann were especially well received. The singing of all four artists was extremely artistic and their program attractive from first to last.
10The numbers follow: "God in Nature" (Beethoven), "The Brook" (MacDowell), "Auf dem Meere" (Bruno Oscar Klein), quartet, "It Is Enough" (Mendelssohn), "An den Abendstern" (Wagner), Mr. Hirschmann; "Fruehlings Glaube" (Schubert), "Du bist die Ruh" (Schubert), "Open Secret" (Woodman), Miss Levenberg; aria from "Samson and Delilah" (Saint-Saëns), Miss Pyle; "Vorrei" (Tosti), "La Serenata" (Tosti), Mr. Vecchio; "Oh, That We Two Were Maying" (Henschel), duet, Miss Pyle and Mr. Hirschmann; "Crucifix" (Fauré), duet, Miss Levenberg and Mr. Hirschmann; "Magic Song" (Meyer-Helmund), "Rinaldo" (Handel), Miss Pyle; "Batti, Batti" (Mozart), "Nymphs and Fauns" (Bemberg), Miss Levenberg; "Infelice" (Verdi), Mr. Hirschmann; "Carmena" (Woolson Richards), quartet.
12Beatrice Fine's Summer Plans.
13Beatrice Fine will divide her summer between Asbury Park, N. J., and Saratoga, N. Y. The soprano has several concert appearances during July and August at the famous spa, in Philadelphia and the Auditorium in Ocean Grove, under the direction of Tali Esen Morgan. Miss Fine recently returned to New York from her engagement at the Greenville May Festival in the West, and her success there resulted in a re-engagement for next year.
15Many Demands for Gadski.
16Madame Gadski's early concert tour before her return to the Metropolitan Opera House in November promises to break records. The prima donna's manager, Mr. Charlton, has received many demands, and within a few days her available time will be filled. The soprano will return to this country the middle of September, and will start at once on her tour. Madame Gadski is now at her home in Berlin.
18Sara Anderson in Australia.
19Oscar Saenger has received letters and newspaper clippings from Australia, telling of the success of his pupil, Sara Anderson, who is filling leading Wagnerian roles with the Musgrove Grand Opera Company. The company opened in Melbourne with "Lohengrin." Miss Anderson created much enthusiasm by her beautiful impersonation of Elsa. A few of the criticisms are appended:
20Sara Anderson impersonated a very sympathetic Elsa. Her appearance tallied with the Germanic conception of a pure and noble maiden, and her voice, especially in its upper register, possesses warmth and expressiveness. Her acting throughout was guided by genuine impulse. The anguish in the presence of her cruel accusers, and the rapturous joy at the advent of her dazzling liberator, were convincingly represented. Condescending and dignified in her intercourse with Ortrud (Act 2), she sufficiently showed the glowing influence of the temptress upon the state of her mind, and thus the great love duet with Lohengrin (Act 3) effectively culminated in her terned utterance of the forbidden question. Miss Anderson grew all the evening in our estimation of her talents, and may be heartily congratulated on a genuine success.—Melbourne Herald, April 1, 1907.
21Sara Anderson, who appeared as Elsa, made the most of her opportunities in that graceful task. The composer has given her a perfect wealth of melodies, wherein the art of bel canto can receive its fullest exposition. Miss Anderson's voice is mellow, sweet and under excellent control, and in the well known "Dream," as in all the lyric passages, she showed to excellent advantage.—Melbourne Argus, April 1, 1907.
22Miss Anderson shows in every movement the confident demeanor born of practice, and vocally is the Wagnerian prima donna of the company. Her rendering of "Elsa's Dream" has rarely been equalled on our local stage.—Melbourne Australasian, April 6, 1907.
24Kelsey and La Forge Delight Old Friends.
25Corinne Rider-Kelsey, the soprano, and Frank La Forge the pianist and composer, now concert celebrities, recently paid a visit to their old home in Rockford, Ill. They united in a concert, which, it seems needless to state delighted a regiment of their old friends and townspeople. The Rockford Gazette published as a prelude to a three column' review' of the event four lines from "Home, Sweet Home:" Madame Kelsey and Mr. La Forge were affectionately mentioned as "two Rockford children." The artists gave some of their best numbers and under the inspiration of familiar scenes and faces, the critic declare they surpassed themselves.
26While in Rockford both artists received much social attention. No wonder Rockford is proud of these young people. Both have won fame and are rapidly earning fortunes.
28Adele Margulies in Vienna.
29Adele Margulies, leader of the Margulies Trio, is at her former home in Vienna. Miss Margulies expects to return to New York early in September to resume her teaching in the piano department of the National Conservatory of Music and at her private studio in the Sherwood. It is reported that the trio will fill more engagements than ever this coming season. The members are: Miss Margulies, piano; Leopold Lichtenberg, violin; and Leo Schulz, cello.
31Genevieve Clark Wilson at Ocean Grove.
32Genevieve Clark Wilson, the soprano, will pass the summer at Ocean Grove, N. J. She will do some teaching.
33Augsburg has just finished a Wagner "Ring" cycle.
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