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Musical Courier 1907-12-04: Vol 55 Iss 23, 1907
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1gram, César Franck's quartet in D and Schubert's in D minor. The playing of this Quartet is so well known that it goes without saying that both numbers received fine performances. They devoted the second program last Monday to Beethoven, the great A minor quartet being played.
3At his recital last week Albert Spalding arranged his program so that the most important work came first; it was the Beethoven sonata in C minor, which was played with a breadth and thoughtfulness that shows the constant progress being made by this young violinist. He has never displayed more artistic grace, feeling and finish than last Wednesday afternoon, a pleasant fact to record and one that promises brilliant successes for the future. The artist also played an unaccompanied adagio and fugue from Bach's sonata in G minor, and three smaller pieces, which were extended as encores. This afternoon Spalding is to be heard again, the program beginning with a Bach sonata and ending with the "Kreutzer" sonata of Beethoven.
5There was a large audience at Aeolian Hall on Saturday afternoon when Edith Clegg gave a vocal recital. Her program, was as is usual with this young singer, of great interest. It contained among other numbers, four songs in manuscript by Gustav von Holst (sung for the first time), and six songs by Erich Wolff, which also received their first hearing in England. Then in the English group there was "The Kiss," by F. d'Erlanger and "The Butterfly's Kiss," by Ernest Blake, both works in manuscript and both for the first time. Miss Clegg's voice is a rich contralto and her singing is always full of artistic feeling.
7Evelyn Stuart was the soloist at the London Ballad concert last Saturday afternoon. She has just given her only recital this autumn in London and as customary, received the warmest compliments for her fine playing. She has been appearing at a number of places in the provinces with the Hallé Orchestra, under Dr. Richter, and is now in Berlin where she is to give a concert with the assistance of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. At this recital she will play three concertos, Weber's in E flat, Tschaikowsky's in E flat, and also the one in B flat minor by the same composer.
9Dorothy Humbert was the vocalist at the organ recital given last week in the "Speech Room," at Harrow. She sang "He shall feed His Flock," and "Be Thou with Me," receiving the hearty congratulations of many who came personally to thank her for the beautiful songs. Miss Humbert has several engagements in December at private musicals.
11At Bath early in November, Horatio Connell sang the two arias from "The Magic Flute," and two Grieg songs; he had to repeat the Mozart numbers and was also encored for the Grieg. At the Gilchrist concert in London last week, Mr. Connell sang "The Evening Star," with orchestral accompaniment (by request) and he also added "The Summer is Departing," by Bertram Shapleigh. At Leicester, Mr. Connell was the vocalist in the Willibald Richter chamber concert, and as he appeared there successfully last year, he received a most enthusiastic reception this time. Dr. Brodsky, of the Brodsky Quartet, of Manchester, was the other soloist. Mr. Connell did two songs from Schubert's "Winterreise," "Ein Schwan," and "Gruss" of Grieg, and "The Song of the Ducats," by Willibald Richter. The last named was written eighteen years ago (the poem is by Heine), and calls for so many varying moods in singing, that Mr. Richter thought it too difficult to be sung, so never had it published. He requested Mr. Connell to perform the work, and it was received with great enthusiasm in his fine interpretation.
13The recently discovered Beethoven compositions found at the Tomasschule in Leipsic, were performed at the Hambourg subscription concert on Tuesday evening. They consist of a set of eleven Viennese dances for string trio and four wind instruments. These pieces were written in the summer of 1819, while Beethoven was engaged upon the Credo of his great Mass, and were written upon the solicitation of a small society of musicians who met and played in the neighborhood of Moedling. Horatio Connell contributed two songs by Brahms and a group of Mallinson's songs.
15At Steinway Hall, Blanche Selva gave her first piano recital on Monday afternoon, and will follow this by recitals each afternoon during the week. The programs are devoted each to one composer, the first one being Bach, the second Beethoven, the third Schumann. She made the impression of a profound and sincere player, devoted to the composer she is interpreting. The program was long, but much enjoyed by the audience present. Miss Selva has played in nearly all the large cities of France. She has worked, since her fifteenth year, continuously and solely with Vincent D'Indy.
17An appeal is made to the musical public for funds to purchase the lease of No. 41 Brewer Street, Golden Square. It was formerly known as Hickford's Room, and it was here that in 1765 Mozart and his sister gave their last public concert in London. It was advertised "For the benefit of Miss Mozart, of thirteen, and Master Mozart, of eight years of age, prodigies of Nature."
19Other musical events have been: Lady Halle and Leonard Borwick in a violin and piano recital; Eduard Goll, piano recital, assisted by Lucy Bingham, vocalist; Grace Jean Crocker, recitations at Steinway Hall; Miss Benton, violin recital; Gabrilowitsch, piano recital at Aeolian Hall; Katherine Landau, in recitations; Marie Stark, vocal recital; Howard Jones, piano recital, the program being devoted to Brahms; Bruno Mugellini, piano recital; Vivien Hamilton, orchestral concert, Queen's Hall; the Sevcik Quartet; Gertrude Foster, piano recital, assisted by Lallah Pritchard; Miss Barwell-Holbrook and Miss Gilderoy-Scott, vocal recital; Maude Valerie White's recital; Mr. and Mrs. Kreuz, vocal matinee; chamber music by students of the R. A. M.; L. Tertis and York Bowen, viola and piano recital.
21A. T. King.
23DECEMBER MUSICAL EVENTS IN NEW YORK.
24Opera, Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights, and Saturday matinees, Manhattan Opera House.
25Opera, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, and Saturday matinees, Metropolitan Opera House.
26Operatic lecture-recitals, Friday mornings at 11 o'clock, by Isabel Hauser and Julia Pauline Leavens, Waldorf-Astoria.
27Operatic concerts, Sunday nights, Manhattan Opera House.
28Operatic concerts, Sunday nights, Metropolitan Opera House.
29"The Merry Widow," every night (except Sunday) and Wednesday and Saturday matinees, New Amsterdam Theater.
30"Tom Jones," every night (except Sunday) and Wednesday and Saturday matinees, Astor Theater.
31Wednesday afternoon, December 4, song recital by Matja von Niessen-Stone, Mendelssohn Hall.
32Wednesday evening, December 4, "The New Life," by Wolf Ferrari, and "Song of Destiny," by Brahms, New York Oratorio Society, Carnegie Hall.
33Wednesday evening, December 4, joint song recital, by Shanna Cumming and Janet Spencer, Central Congregational Church, Brooklyn.
34Thursday evening, December 5, joint recital by Madeleine Walther and Jean Gerardy, Mendelssohn Hall.
35Thursday evening, December 5, Boston Symphony concert, Carnegie Hall.
36Friday evening, December 6, song recital by Albert Janpolski, Mendelssohn Hall.
37Friday evening, December 6, Boston Symphony concert, Baptist Temple, Brooklyn.
38Saturday afternoon, December 7, Boston Symphony matinee concert, Carnegie Hall.
39Saturday evening, December 7, New York Symphony concert, Carnegie Hall.
40Sunday afternoon, December 8, New York Symphony matinee concert, Carnegie Hall.
41Monday evening, December 9, song recital, by Annie Roberts, Mendelssohn Hall.
42Tuesday afternoon, December 10, joint recital by Mr. and Mrs. William F. Baird, Mendelssohn Hall.
43Tuesday evening, December 10, Mendelssohn Glee Club concert, Mendelssohn Hall.
44Tuesday evening, December 10, Banks Glee Club concert, Carnegie Hall.
45Wednesday afternoon, December 11, piano recital, by Arthur Whiting, Mendelssohn Hall.
46Wednesday evening, December 11, piano recital by Raphael Navas, Mendelssohn Hall.
47Thursday afternoon, December 12, song recital by Herbert Witherspoon, Mendelssohn Hall.
48Thursday evening, December 12, piano recital, by Augusta Cottlow, benefit of the MacDowell Fund, Mendelssohn Hall.
49Thursday evening, December 12, Russian Symphony concert, Carnegie Hall.
50Friday afternoon, December 13, New York Philharmonic public rehearsal, Carnegie Hall.
51Friday evening, December 13, song recital, by Paul Dufault, Mendelssohn Hall.
52Friday evening, December 13, People's Symphony Auxiliary Club concert, Cooper Union Hall.
53Saturday afternoon, December 14, Paderewski recital, Carnegie Hall.
54Saturday afternoon, December 14, New York Symphony matinee concert, Baptist Temple, Brooklyn.
56Saturday evening, December 14, New York Philharmonic concert, Carnegie Hall.
57Sunday afternoon, December 15, New York Symphony matinee concert, Carnegie Hall.
58Sunday evening, December 15, Sousa and his band, Hippodrome.
59Monday evening, December 16, song recital by Lizzi da Ferra, Carnegie Chamber Music Hall.
60Monday evening, December 16, Paderewski recital, Baptist Temple, Brooklyn.
61Tuesday afternoon, December 17, song recital, by Charles W. Clark, Mendelssohn Hall.
62Thursday evening, December 19, Musical Art Society concert, Carnegie Hall.
63Thursday evening, December 19, Rubinstein Club concert, Waldorf-Astoria.
64Thursday evening, December 19, "The Messiah," Brooklyn Oratorio Society, Baptist Temple, Brooklyn.
65Saturday afternoon, December 21, Young People's Symphony, Carnegie Hall.
66Saturday evening, December 21, Symphony Club concert, Mendelssohn Hall.
67Thursday evening, December 26, "The Messiah," New York Oratorio Society, Carnegie Hall.
68Thursday evening, December 26, Kubelik recital, Baptist Temple, Brooklyn.
69Saturday afternoon, December 28, "The Messiah," New York Oratorio Society, Carnegie Hall.
70Saturday evening, December 28, New York Symphony concert, Carnegie Hall.
71Sunday afternoon, December 29, New York Symphony matinee, Carnegie Hall.
73Clarence Eddy in St. John, N. B.
74Clarence Eddy, the noted organist, now a resident of New York, gave a recital at the Centenary Church, in St. John, N. B., November 30. The following paragraphs are from criticisms in the St. John papers:
76He proved himself a perfect master of the instrument. His playing was of great breadth and power, and must have been a revelation even to those of the audience who were most familiar with the possibilities which lie under the ivory keys.—St. John Daily Telegraph.
78The playing of Clarence Eddy, organist, was a revelation to the large audience. Shelley's berceuse was rendered with exquisite expression. Perhaps the number which appealed the most keenly to the audience was Schubert's "Am Meer" ("By the Sea"). The interpretation of this piece was very beautiful. All the mystery, majesty and the pathos of the sea ran through and through the theme and held the audience breathless.—St. John Star.
80Mr. Eddy's playing was a complete revelation to the very large majority of his hearers and even to those who best understood the possibilities of the organ. It is by no means an easy matter to say just which number appealed most strongly to the audience, for Mr. Eddy's work was uniformly excellent. His technic was simply perfect and pedal work marvelous, especially in J. S. Bach's prelude and fugue in A minor.—St. John Evening Times.
82Mr. Eddy proved himself an absolute master of the organ. The program was the most difficult ever presented here and was rendered with a faultlessness and brilliance that were worthy of the highest possible praise. The execution of the most difficult passages was only possible to one with a rare talent for music combined with a lifetime devoted to its practice.—St. John Sun.
84The greater part of the program, however, was in the hands of Clarence Eddy, and what those hands were capable of, musically, must have been a revelation to most of the large number gathered to hear him.—St. John Globe.
86Newark Oratorio Society Concert.
87Those who attended the first concert of the Newark Oratorio Society (formerly Schubert Society), at the Krueger Auditorium, Monday evening, November 25, will not hesitate to say it was one of the best concerts ever conducted by Louis Arthur Russell, the musical director. Excerpts from "Carmen," and the cantata, "The Swan and Skylark," by Goring-Thomas, proved a fascinating program, and one that the audience enjoyed from the beginning to the close. To assemble a huge audience is one thing, but to interest and delight that audience is a much more difficult task. Mr. Russell succeeded in doing both when he presented works of such marked contrast. The society and the conductor had the assistance of the following four celebrated soloists to share in the triumphs of the night: Shanna Cumming, Isabel Bouton, Cecil James Operatic lecture-recitals, Friday mornings at 11 o'clock, by Frederick Wheeler.
89Minerva Musicale.
90Isabel Hauser, pianist; Mrs. Frederick Dean, contralto; Guido Villetti, violinist, and Carrie Neidhardt, cellist, were the artists who appeared at the musicale of the Minerva Club, given at the Waldorf-Astoria, Monday, November 25. Miss Hauser played the piano part of one movement of the Grieg sonata, op. 35, also excellent accompaniments for the violinist, cellist and singer.
92"Vally," by Catalini, and "La Boheme" are to inaugurate the fall stagione which opened November 9 at the Teatro di Societa di Gorizia.
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