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Musical Courier 1911-03-22: Vol 62 Iss 12, 1911
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1MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., March 18, 1911.
3The season of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra is drawing rapidly to a close and it was partly due to a realization of this fact and partly to the echoes of Chicago's approval and admiration that such a large crowd assembled in the auditorium Sunday afternoon, in spite of the lure of spring warmth and sunshine. Before the hour of performance every seat was sold and many were turned away. The more is the pity for those who did not come in time, for it was just such a program as to make the lucky ones congratulate themselves on being there. The program, opening with the introduction to Act III and "Bridal Chorus" from "Lohengrin," included "The Land of the Mountain and the Flood" (MacCunn), the symphonic poem, "On the Shores of the Moldau," by Smetana; the Elgar suite, "The Wand of Youth"; "Valse Triste" (Sibelius), and "March of Homage" from "Sigurd Jorsalfar" (Grieg). The soloist, Glenn Dillard Gunn, who played the Liszt concerto for piano, No. 1, in E flat, was accorded a greater volume of applause than a piano soloist is usually able to win from a Minneapolis audience.
5The piano section of the Thursday Musical, which met this week at the residence of Mrs. Horace M. Hill, in its discussion of modern composers had as illustrations arrangements for two pianos of "A Pagan Poem" (Loeffler), "Venetian Tone Pictures" (Pirani), "Don Quixote" (R. Strauss), "Scheherazade" (Rimsky-Korsakoff), "Rhapsodie Oriental" (Glazounow). The piano section is pursuing a very interesting course in the consideration and study of some of the ultra moderns, and some instructive program notes were read concerning the composers discussed at this meeting, their life and works.
7Rehearsals for "The Mikado," which Arthur Vogelsang is to put on with pupils of the Northwestern Conservatory at the Schubert, are going along encouragingly and the public performance will probably occur Easter week. Arthur Wallerstein is directing the ensemble work.
9Interest in things musical is being manifested at the State Agricultural School, and twice recently programs have been given in the chapel under the auspices of the Thursday Musical. Last week Mrs. Fryberger gave a short talk on the opera "Hänsel and Gretel," with illustrations sung by Eleanor Nesbit Poehler. This week the program was furnished by the Imperial Quartet. After the chapel hour the guests were entertained at luncheon.
11Marie Hughes, assisted by Wilma Anderson-Gilman, appeared in piano recital in the Unitarian Church, Thursday evening.
13Minneapolis boasts an organization said to be the only one of its kind in the country. It is a string quartet composed of high school boys, working seriously and earnestly to reach a high degree of excellence; its work has been so far confined almost entirely to Haydn. The quartet, whose picture appeared at one time in these columns, includes Edward Towler, first violin; Donald Coe Hawley, second violin; Ralph Colby, viola; Carlos Wilcox, cello. Last week at one of the studio recitals in which William McPhail is accustomed to present informally his advanced pupils, the quartet played two movements from a Haydn quartet with a clearness and nicety of balance that promises much for its future. At a concert to be given by the musical organizations of West High School a movement from a quintet for piano and strings by Lachner will be played by the quartet and Mortianna Towler.
15The eighth season of symphony concerts ended Friday evening literally with a flourish of trumpets. As Mr. Oberhoffer took his place before the conductor's stand to begin the opening number, a huge basket of roses was brought on the stage and presented as an expression of the city's appreciation of the fine work of conductor and orchestra. Fittingly enough the symphony chosen for St. Patrick's Day was the symphony in F minor ("The Irish") by C. Villiers Stanford. The symphony vindicates its parenthetical appellation, for it abounds in Irish tune; and folksongs, and it takes but little imagination to see in the allegro molto vivace a bit of the famous Irish wit. The orchestra played with a verve and freshness that might have led one to believe that this was the first concert of the season instead of the last. As it turned out, there was a predominance of Wagner; the program as printed contained the prelude to "Die Meistersinger" and Hans Sachs' monologue "Wahn Wahn!" and for the aria from "Ballo in Maschera" (Verdi) was substituted Wagner's Farewell and the Magic Fire Scene from "Die Walküre," with the "Evening Star" from "Tannhäuser" for encore. The "Evening Star" is like the poor; w. have it always with us. In Minneapolis this winter a baritone soloist and the "Evening Star" have been an inevitable combination; we should be resigned if the song were not too beautiful for what the word implies, but at least we are used to it. The program opened with the overture "Academic Festival" by Brahms and closed with the "Festival March and Hymn to Liberty" by Hugo Kaun. It is distinctly American in idea, with suggestions of "The Star Spangled Banner" recurring throughout. The stirring arrangement of the national song for full orchestra and organ with which the composition ends, brought the audience standing and formed an appropriate and impressive conclusion to the season. Clarence Whitehill was the soloist.
17A large and appreciative audience attended the unique and interesting concert in the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium Wednesday evening, in which Gustavus Johnson, director and head of the piano department of the Johnson School of Music, Oratory and Dramatic Art, presented a group of five of his artist pupils in a solid program of concertos accompanied by an orchestra of thirty musicians from the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. The event added another to the long list of triumphs as a teacher for Mr. Johnson, who, during his thirty years of arduous service in this city in the cause of the best music, has brought out so many successful pupils. The exacting program embraced two movements of Beethoven's third concerto, played by Hazel Rudberg; all three movements of the Chopin F minor by Estelle Broberg; the Chaminade concert piece by Myrtle Burrows; the first movement of the Rubinstein D minor by Mabel Hoff Hansen, and one movement of Mr. Johnson's own interesting and fine concerto, by Julius K. Johnson. The playing of each of the young artists evidenced long and patient work, reflecting great credit on themselves as well as their teacher. Gustavus Johnson conducted the orchestra.
19Wilma Anderson-Gilman, of the Minneapolis School of Music, Oratory and Dramatic Art, gave her eighth interpretative recital Wednesday, March 15, the subject being "Bach and Contemporaries." The subject for the next lecture will be "Early Composers." There is an increasing interest in these recitals, and the attendance is very gratifying. Alma Ekstrom, of the faculty of the Minneapolis School of Music, Oratory and Dramatic Art, is announced for a piano recital for March 27. She will be assisted by Maud Meyer, soprano, also of the faculty. Carlyle Scott lectured before the Normal piano class March 13. The next lecture will be March 20. Tenie Murphy-Sheehan, contralto, was the assisting artist at the Howard organ recital March 14. She sang numbers from Strauss, Chadwick, Beach and the new aria, "The Cry of Rachael," by Mary Turner Salter, with Hortense Pontius at the piano. The program for the regular Saturday morning recital at the Minneapolis School of Music, Oratory and Dramatic Art will be given March 18, by piano pupils of Kate M. Mork, vocal pupils of William H. Pontius, and violin pupils of Jean Koch. One of the classes of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Holt, of the dramatic department, will give two plays on Wednesday evening, March 29. The plays are "The Kleptomaniacs" and "Lucia's Lovers." Those taking part are: Mary Bigelow, Zoe Helen Beagle, Marie Bon, Mary Bray, Adine Schuttinger, Minnie Berkey, Queenie May Buckley, Maye V. Mars, Eleanor McAllister, Lora V. Francois. Alice O'Connell, of the dramatic department read at the Free Baptist Church last Wednesday. Miss O'Connell is coaching two plays for the girls of Hope Chapel, which will be given April 4.
21During the last few weeks, the Thursday Musical Orchestra has been having frequent rehearsals in the Northwestern Conservatory Hall, under the director, Arthur Wallerstein, head of the Conservatory Orchestral Department. The organization now announces its first annual symphony concert, to be given in the First Baptist Church, on Thursday afternoon, March 23, at 2:30 o'clock. Members of the class of 1911 met at a luncheon at Dayton's Tea Rooms on Wednesday last, to discuss closer organization to further matters connected with graduation and commencement events. The first class banquet will be given on Saturday evening April 8, at Donaldson's Tea Rooms. At faculty hour, March 18, the following program will be given by Flora Belle Carde, head of the expression department at Stanley Hall, and associate in the
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