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Musical Courier 1909-03-17: Vol 58 Iss 11, 1909
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1CHICAGO
2CHICAGO, Ill., March 13, 1909.
4The twenty-second program of the Theodore Thomas Orchestra was as follows:
5Prelude to Die Meistersinger…………………….Wagner
6Symphony, B minor, op. 24……………………Paderewski
7Concerto for piano, No. 4, C minor, op. 44……..Saint-Saëns
9The soloist was Ignace J. Paderewski and the day essentially a Paderewski day, for Paderewski not alone officiated as soloist, but his symphony in B minor, op. 24, received its Chicago premiere presentation on this occasion. The work has been analyzed at length in THE MUSICAL COURIER and needs no further detailed description here.
11Dr. Ludwig Wullner, and his accompanist, Coenraad V. Bos, gave their sixth recital at Music Hall, March 13. Dr. Wullner has never been in better vocal condition than on this occasion, and his program was as fine an interpretation of Brahms and Hugo Wolf as one may expect to find this side of the Elysian Fields. The pathos, the humor, and the dramatic note in the word and music of the Brahms and Wolf songs found their apotheosis. At the seventh and farewell recital to be given by these two artists at Orchestra Hall, March 21, the following program will be given:
13Der Wanderer………………………………….Schubert
14Du liebst mich nicht……………………………Schubert
15Der Doppelgänger……………………………….Schubert
16Erlkönig…………………………………………Schubert one of two readings
17Erlkönig…………………………………………..Schubert one of two readings
18Die Taubenpost…………………………………Schubert
19Die Forelle………………………………………Schubert
20Alinde……………………………………………..Schubert
21Eifersucht und Stolz…………………………..Schubert
22Das Lied im Grünen……………………………Schubert
23Der Musensohn…………………………………Schubert
24Auf dem Kirchhof……………………………..Brahms
25Fuss Reise………………………………………Hugo Wolf
26Der Gärtner…………………………………….Hugo Wolf
27Ein Weib………………………………………..Sinding
28Das Lied des Steinklopfers…………………..Richard Strauss
29Cacille……………………………………………Richard Strauss
30Mit Myrthen und Rosen……………………..Schumann
31Der Soldat………………………………………Schumann
32Waldgespräch…………………………………..Schumann
33Die beiden Grenadiere………………………..Schumann
35For the twenty-third program of the Theodore Thomas Orchestra, Leopold Kramer, concertmaster of the orchestra, will be the soloist, playing the Sibelius concerto in D minor, op. 47.
37For the twenty-fifth program of the Theodore Thomas Orchestra, Ludwig Becker, the second concertmaster, will be soloist, playing the Wieniawski concerto in D minor.
39The financial success of the fortnight of grand opera to be given at the Auditorium, beginning April 12, under the direction of F. Wight Neumann, is assured at this early date, as over $37,000 in cash has been received by the management for reservations for both season and single tickets. This much accomplished four weeks in advance of the opera season presages the financial success of the undertaking. The repertory is practically settled, with the exception of the double bill for Friday evening, April 23, which was recently announced in THE MUSICAL COURIER, when "Pagliacci" will be given, with Caruso and Destinn. "Alessandro Stradella" was planned for the occasion, and there is a possibility of its production, but this has not been finally decided upon as yet.
41Heinrich Meyn, the New York baritone, and one of the best lieder singers now before the public, will give a recital at Music Hall, Sunday afternoon, April 4, assisted by Nathan Fryer, the American pianist, who has lately returned from many years' study abroad.
43At the next concert to be given by the Musical Art Society, at Orchestra Hall, March 23, Clarence Dickinson, the conductor of the society, has prepared the following interesting program:
44Lieber Herr Gott Wecke uns auf (Motet for double chorus)……………………………………………..J. Christoph Pach
45Ach Herr Lass Dein Liebe Englein (Motet for double chorus)………………………………………Hans Leo Hasler
46Fret euch lieben christen…………………………..Schroeter
47Kyrie (Canon for five sopranos)…………………Mozart
48Wieglied…………………………………………Traditional
49Salve Regina (for triple chorus)…………………Palestrina
50Requiem…………………………………………Siegmund von Hausegger
51Gypsy Song (Eight-part song)……………………Adolph Bruno
52Wanderers' Nachtlied…………………………..Gustav Schreck
53Hungarian Song…………………………………Traditional
54Abendlied (Six-part chorus)……………………..Max Reger
55Von Land zu Land (Sixteen-part chorus)……….Taneyef
57The above program is entirely new to Chicago, none of the numbers having ever been heard here before. A composition that will no doubt prove to be of unusual interest is Siegmund von Hausegger's "Requiem," which was the choral sensation of Europe last season when it received its initial presentations in Vienna, Hamburg and Zurich. It is a work ultra-modern in style, and requires an eight part chorus, with organ accompaniment.
59Germaine Arnaud, the young Parisian pianist, will be heard in two piano recitals at Music Hall, March 16 and 20. The program for the first recital has been arranged as follows:
60Prelude and Fugue……………………………..Bach
61Arabesque………………………………………Schumann
62Noelette…………………………………………Schumann
63Nocturne………………………………………..Chopin
64Etude…………………………………………….Chopin one of two readings
65Etude……………………………………………Chopin one of two readings
66Ballade…………………………………………..Chopin
67Mort d'Isolde……………………………………Wagner one of two readings
68Mort d'Isolde…………………………………..Wagner one of two readings
69Sous Bois………………………………………..Duvernoy one of two readings
70Sous Bois……………………………………….Duvernoy one of two readings
71Toccata…………………………………………Saint-Saëns
73For the second recital:
74Etudes Symphoniques……………………………Schumann
75Rondo……………………………………………Beethoven one of two readings
76Rondo…………………………………………..Beethoven one of two readings
77Impromptu Caprice…………………………….Schlesinger
78Allegro de Concert…………………………….Guiraud
79Valse…………………………………………….Chopin one of two readings
80Valse……………………………………………Chopin one of two readings
81Etude…………………………………………….Chopin one of two readings
82Etude……………………………………………Chopin one of two readings
83Polonaise………………………………………..Chopin one of two readings
84Polonaise……………………………………….Chopin one of two readings
86The Apollo Musical Club will give Bach's mass in B minor, Monday afternoon and Monday night, April 5, at Orchestra Hall. This will be one performance in two parts, with a recess—the first part from 5 to 6:30 p. m., and the second part from 8:30 to 10 p. m. The soloists will be Edith Chapman Goold, soprano; Christine Miller, contralto; George Hamlin, tenor, and Herbert Wither spoon, bass. April 26, Pierné's "Children's Crusade" will be sung. There will be on this occasion a chorus of 200 voices. For both the Bach mass and the Pierné work the entire Theodore Thomas Orchestra, under the directorship of Harrison Wild, the Apollo Club's director, will supply the orchestral support.
88Christine Brooks, who is meeting with much success abroad, sang the following two programs in Paris, February 8 and 18. First program:
89Der Lindenbaum………………………………..Schubert
90Ungeduld………………………………………..Schubert one of two readings
91Ungeduld……………………………………….Schubert one of two readings
92Romane…………………………………………Schubert
93Lieber Schatz sei Weider gut mir………………Franz
94Auf dem Meer…………………………………..Franz one of two readings
95Auf dem Meer………………………………….Franz one of two readings
96Immer Leiser Wird mein schlummer…………..Brahms
97Wir Wandeltten…………………………………Brahms one of two readings
98Wir Wandeltten………………………………..Brahms one of two readings
99Schwalbe sag mir an……………………………Brahms
100Auf Dem Kirchhof……………………………..Brahms
101Der Schmied…………………………………….Brahms one of two readings
102Der Schmied……………………………………Brahms one of two readings
104Second program:
105Come raggio di sol……………………………..Caldara
106Arietta…………………………………………Paradies
107Ich liebe dich…………………………………..Beethoven one of two readings
108Ich liebe dich………………………………….Beethoven one of two readings
109Wonne der Wehmut…………………………..Beethoven
110Blattfall…………………………………………R. Ganz
111Ich soll dir Lieder singen……………………..Wolf
112Verborgenheit……………………………………Wolf one of two readings
113Verborgenheit…………………………………..Wolf one of two readings
114Über Nacht………………………………………Wolf one of two readings
115Über Nacht……………………………………..Wolf one of two readings
116Er ist's…………………………………………..Wolf
118The third and final concert in the series of three evening concerts given by Mr. and Mrs. Frederik Frederiksen was a program consisting entirely of Scandinavian music. The novelty or feature number of the program was the Peterson-Berger sonata for piano and violin, played for the first time in Chicago. The work is very difficult technically, and not specially pleasing as a musical contribution to chamber music literature. The Sinding sonata, op. 27, in E major, is a much more graceful, melodious work, with a harmonic design less annoying and more dissonantly sane or sanely dissonant. The closing number was a trio for violin, piano and cello, by Lange-Muller, which number enlisted the services of Franz Wagner, cellist. Gustaf Holmquist, bass, was the assisting artist, singing in Scandinavian three songs: "King Heimer and Little Astog," by Söderman; "The Starry Host," by Aug. Körling, and "I Am Young," by Ivar Hallstrom. Mr. Holmquist, who has a voice of exceptional smoothness and resonance, interpreted these songs with much warmth of expression. This artist possesses, in fact, that innate musical feeling which enables him to present with taste and artistic appreciation the various phases of musical delineation. These three musical evenings given by Mr. and Mrs. Frederiksen have been occasions of great musical interest and educational value. The first one, given December 10, was a sonata evening; the second, February 11, a violin and piano recital, and the third and last one, the Scandinavian evening. It is the wish expressed on all sides that next season will see a more extended number of concerts by these two very excellent artists. Mr. Frederiksen came to Chicago originally as assistant violin teacher to Emil Sauret, and Mrs. Frederiksen is a graduate and first Liszt Scholarship holder and Associate, Royal Academy, of Music, London, England.
120Considerable exploitation of the rumor that the name of the Chicago Musical College is to be changed has been indulged in the press of several cities. It is reported that the name to be used by this institution will henceforth be the Ziegfeld College of Music, and the idea has gained such prominence that a positive denial is in order. Dr. F. Ziegfeld asserts that at no time has there been any desire to change the name of the school.
122At the concert of the Amateur Musical Club to be given at the Art Institute for the Art Institute students,
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