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Musical Courier 1913-11-12: Vol 67 Iss 20, 1913
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1all muted, lamenting. Long time drifting more or less, they are no longer in general direction of the previous materials, and the public begins wondering when comes the real and final close. Then the work livens up in very beautiful music. Later the mutes again, and there seems intention of the celestial, like Mahler. Mutes off and fine drifting but more real motion in this drifting than with the usual modern French. Comes again into grandiose play, again the shivers by all, then one fiddle high, fine, they all resume slowly, finely. The whole work is music, however impracticable for public to hear work so broken in its compositional lines. Very beautiful music to close. The composer's string sextet is much easier understood because in its thirty minutes it keeps to one kind of phrasic motion absolutely. This quartet is broken into many, many lines.
3It was to be expected that so complicated and voluminous work as the Schönberg quartet would meet with much disapproval and there were, in fact, some older chamber music connoisseurs who were very impatient with the entire proceeding. So did some thoughtless persons hiss at the close, but of course that could not affect the status of the composition. Mr. Betti, seen in the artist room after the concert, said that he and his men were tremendously interested by the work, and they doubted not that it would make its way, just as did every work that had real value. The Leipscic concert had begun with a Haydn D major quartet and closed with the Hugo Wolff "Italian Serenade."
5During the present period of centennial festivities, Leipscic is honored by the presence of some thirty rulers and worthies, including the German Kaiser, the King and Princes of Saxony, King of Württemberg, Grand Duke Cyril of Russia, Prince William of Sweden, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and the aged Prince Regent of Bavaria. For some days various music patriotic programs have been given, principally by male singing societies, but the one important entertaining function was that given this evening at the new theater. Here the municipal dramatic ensemble put on Schiller's one act poem, "Wallenstein's Lager," and the opera ensemble under Conductor Lohse followed with the closing festival scene from the "Meistersinger." The drama was staged by Intendant Martersteig, the opera by Dr. Lert. "Wallenstein's Lager" provides so many good roles that every member of the twenty-four persons cast has the time of his life, each one playing more excitedly than the one preceding. In this giving, the fifty minutes' play was a loud shouting romp from curtain to curtain. Everybody was continually moving, whether speaking or not, and the whole constituted an animated picture of army camp life. This custom of keeping the entire personnel active in large scenes by stage folk, has prevailed in the Leipsc Opera, especially during the year's stage managing by Dr. Lert, so the much larger "Meistersinger" crowd likewise kept all the boards warm during this brilliant scene. Alfred Kase was Sachs, Rapp was Pogner, Albert Kunze, Beckmesser; Possony, Kothner; Rudolf Jäger, Walther; Schönleber, David; Elly Glädtich, Eva, and Lia Stadttegger, Magdalena. The voices were not quite so well warmed in as is usual at the fifth hour of this big opera, but the Walther and Beckmesser were at their best and the entire performance was enjoyable. Preceding the Schiller poem, Lohse had given a great rendition of Richard Wagner's "Kaisermarsch." The opera house interior was beautifully garlanded with roses along every balcony. During the intermission the public was not allowed use of the main foyer and promenade.
7The Thomas Kirche, Johannis Kirche and Universitäts Kirche had special motet services. The Thomanaer program included Bach's F major organ toccata, the Brahms "Fest-und Gedenksprüche," Bach F major organ fugue and Mendelssohn's "Die Leipziger Schlacht." The work with orchestra on Sunday morning will be Mendelssohn's "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied." The Johannis Kirche, where lie the remains of John Sebastian Bach, gave "Der Herr ist der rechte Kriegsmann. Herr ist sein Name." The regular choral forces at Universitäts Kirche had the help of Concertmaster Wollgandt in a Bach adagio with organ, and soprano Aline Sanden in "Miriam's Siegesgesang," by Carl Reinecke. The service had further included Mendelssohn's "Richte mich Gott," Brahms' "Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk," Mendelssohn's "Lobet den Herrn, dass sein Volk frei ward," Organist Ernst Müller's own free festival improvisation, and Kremser's "Wir treten mit Beten." The director, Professor Hofmann had finely gauged this program for pure enjoyment besides a festival purpose. His choir sang the numbers in beautiful quality; great pleasure was had from Müller's skilled free improvisation, Wallgandt played Bach in fine spirit, as is his custom, and Aline Sanden's high voice sounded especially potent, yet warm and rich, in this large edifice. The church floor and galleries were crowded to capacity, and some hundreds had to be denied entrance.
9The Concordia Male Chorus under W. Hänsel had recently given a jubilee program in the Zoological Garden and the concert was repeated in the Albert Halle, October 12. With Violinist Lotte Sitt and Baritone Alfred Kase assisting, there were choral works by Blumner, Grell, Neumann, Friedrich Hegar, F. H. Himmel, L. Andre and Weber. Kase gave war lieder by six composers. Fräulein Sitt played her father's own A minor "Concertstück" and the Vieuxtemps "Fantasie Appassionata." Thus accompanied by her father, Hans Sitt, the beautiful and potent instrument she played was made in 1867 by her grandfather, Anton Sitt, then a distinguished violin maker in Prague. Incidentally the artist's family connections further include the uncle, Anton Sitt, concertmaster at Helsingfors, and an aunt, recently deceased, formerly a solo member of the personnel at the Prague National Opera. Fräulein Sitt is a most vivacious player, who has acquired great facility, as she had plenty of opportunity to show in the above program. The male chorus sang in unusual vigor and great precision. Their giving of Hegar's "Totenvolk" and "1813," and Weber's "Lützow's wilde Jagd" was in much detail and impressive effects. A German people's battle song, by L. Andre, was dedicated to Clemens Thieme, the prime promoter of the monument just dedicated.
11EUGENE E. SIMPSON.
13Fritz Kreisler Coming.
15Fritz Kreisler will give his first recital in New York in Carnegie Hall, Tuesday afternoon, November 18. It is several years since he has played publicly in this city except with orchestras, and the public is eager to hear him again. It was impossible, during his short stay in America a year ago to arrange a recital for him in New York.
17Kreisler has prepared a characteristic program. He begins with a Bach suite and then devotes himself to a group of his favorite composers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Friedeman, Bach, Couperin, Pugnani, Corelli, Cartier and Tartini. The composers represented in his third group are Gluck, Schumann and Mozart. He will end the concert with his own "Caprice Viennois" and three caprices by Paganini.
19Mary Garden Studied with De Trabadelo.
21Mary Garden, who has just returned for her American season, has been spending the months of September and October in Paris, where, as is her annual custom, she studied with the well known specialist in voice production, Marquis de Trabadelo.
23RUBINSTEIN CLUB EVENTS.
25Lillian Blauvelt, the noted soprano; Ethel Leginska, pianist, and Aian MacWhirter, baritone, have been engaged for the first musicale of the New York Rubinstein Club at the Waldorf-Astoria, Saturday afternoon, November 15. According to the new prospectus it is announced that an American artist will appear at each concert of the Rubinstein Club during the autumn and winter. Mrs. William Rogers Chapman, president, states that this plan will be strictly adhered to. Mme. Blauvelt is the American artist of distinction who will appear at the first musicale. Mr. MacWhirter, a son of the Scottish painter and a pupil of Charles Santley, will make his initial bow in America on this occasion.
27The program is arranged along the following lines:
29Etude in C minor, op. 10 ………………………………………Chopin
30Prelude in D flat ……………………………………………..Chopin
31Left hand study ……………………………………………..Rubinstein
33Ethel Leginska.
35Irish Folksongs—
36 Little Mary Cassidy …………………Arranged by Arthur Somervell
37 Over Here ………………………………………Arranged by Charles Wood
38 A Ballynure Ballad ………………………..Arranged by Herbert Hughes
39 Allan MacWhirter.
40 Balatella (from Pagliacci) …………………Leoncavallo
41 Mme. Blauvelt.
42 La Campanella ………………………………………Liszt
43 Ethel Leginska.
45Scotch Folksongs—
46 Leegie Lindsay ………………………..Arranged by Malcolm Lawson
47 The Earl of Moray ………………………..Arranged by Malcolm Lawson
48 The Laird o' Cockpen …………………Arranged by Alfred Moffatt one of two readings
49 The Laird o' Cockpen ………………………..Arranged by Alfred Moffatt one of two readings
50 Allan MacWhirter.
51 Cherry Ripe ………………………………………Horn
52 Air de Rodelinda ………………………..Handel
53 O wüsst ich doch ………………………..Brahms
54 Will Niemand Singen ………………………..Hildach
55 Mme. Blauvelt.
56 Arabesques on the Blue Danube Valse ………….Schulz-Everl
57 Ethel Leginska.
59Old English Folksongs—
60 As I Walked Thro' the Meadows ……Arranged by Cecil Sharp
61 The Foggy Dew ………………………..Arranged by Cecil Sharp
62 O Sally, My Dear ………………………..Arranged by Cecil Sharp
63 Allan MacWhirter.
64 Bolero, Sicilian Vespers …………………Verdi
65 Mme. Blauvelt.
67The dates of the other Rubinstein Club musicales are Saturday afternoons, December 20, January 17, February 21, March 21 and April 18. The three evening concerts of the season will occur on Tuesdays, December 9, February 24 and April 21.
69"Hello! Practicing your piano lesson?"
70"No; I'm studying aviation."
71"How's that?"
72"Trying to conquer the air."—St. Louis Post Despatch.
74SUBSCRIPTION SERIES
76NEW YORK
77WASHINGTON
78BROOKLYN
79BALTIMORE
81Seventy-Second Season
83The Philharmonic Society of New York
84Founded 1842
86Josef Stransky, Conductor
87Felix S. Leitels, Manager
89TOURS:
90NEW ENGLAND
91CANADA
92NEW YORK STATE
93MIDDLE WEST
94Spring of 1914
95TRANS-CONTINENTAL TOUR NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO
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