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Musical Courier 1927-11-17: Vol 95 Iss 20, 1927
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1NEW YORK CONCERTS
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3lot of pruning this music might be quite acceptable. Cherubini's Water Carrier Overture, appropriate to Dry America, was given a fine performance, but failed to convince. Its melodies sound woefully trivial, like a poor imitation of second rate Beethoven. Liszt's Prelude was played in a truly magnificent manner and was thrilling, though, indeed, a bit blatant. After all, this is great music in spite of its brass band effects. Finally, Beethoven's Second Symphony ended the program. Not great Beethoven, this though well worth hearing—and it has a gorgeous Larghetto!
5There was a huge crowd, all the standing room filled, and much enthusiasm.
7Capitol Theater Orchestra and Lucille Chalfant
8Flowery airs and more substantial orchestral music were the offerings of the Capitol Theatre to those who came to enjoy another morning of music at the theatre last Sunday. Lucille Chalfant was the soloist, and after the orchestra had sounded the last note of Beethoven's Coriolanus overture, she stepped to her place, a picture for even the quick eye of M. Poiret, who, they say, is with us. Just as her gown was lacy and frilly and gold, so was what she sang and the manner in which she sang it. There were two airs from Mozart's Magic Flute, the Polonaise from Mignon and as a graceful gesture, the Caro Nome from Rigoletto, which Miss Chalfant sang as an encore. Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite, and Rimsky-Korsakoff's Caprice Espagnol were played by the orchestra, with David Mendoza leading them on to thrilling climaxes, and through a fine and creditable performance.
10Alexander Brachocki
11The John Golden Theater on West Fifty-eighth is a pleasant place for an intimate recital such as was given by Alexander Brachocki on November 13. The house was well filled and many well known musicians and music lovers were present, including Sigismund Stojowski, from whose studio Brachocki graduated some years ago. Mr. Stojowski must be proud of the development of his former pupil, for he plays with rare mastery and a fine sense of color and nuance that are a delight. He chose for his program of Sunday afternoon a pleasant combination of the tried and true and the new, passing from Bach to Copland, from Chopin to Scriabin and Albeniz, and always finding just the right shade of force or humor, gaiety or pathos, or classic solidity, for the moment and the mood of the composer.
13Brachocki is a slim, wiry-looking young man with a pleasing stage presence, with serious poise and a manner that inspires confidence. He has, of course, plenty of technic, and back of it stands a wealth of talent and feeling which renders possible such interpretations as one may justly call inspired. Obviously he feels the music he plays. There is nothing dry nor mechanical about his performance, and, though no doubt he must have planned out his interpretations carefully enough, as all public performers do, yet they sounded spontaneous, as if the feeling of the pianist had not been deadened by too frequent repetition. He enjoyed the music, as the audience enjoyed it, and it still held for him a thrill, as good music always does when very familiar.
15As to what Brachocki played best, that is hard to say. The entire program was so even and equal in its rendering that there could be no choice but the individual taste of the listeners. For the writer one of the most entertaining pieces on the program was Copland's Cat and Mouse, which Brachocki gave with charming understanding and humor. This and the Scriabin études and the Pauré Impromptu and the Albeniz Triana formed, with Debussy, the second group, and every one of them brought forth such hearty applause that the pianist might well have felt himself called upon to grant an encore. But evidently he, like Coolidge, did not "choose" to be a candidate for reelection, and repeated none of them, reserving his encores for the group-ends.
17A most excellent pianist is Brachocki, and one that the public listens to with real pleasure!
19Austin Conradi
20Austin Conradi gave a piano recital in the Guild Theater on November 13. His clear and brisk technic, his round and full tone combined, with sound musical insight into the works he interpreted were a delight, keenly enjoyed by a large and appreciative audience which almost filled the theater to capacity. Besides the excellent playing of Mr. Conradi, the efficient management of the Arthur Judson bureau was in evidence. There are not only musical geniuses, but also geniuses that know how to manage them; and these are rather rare.
22The B minor sonata by Liszt, which makes great demands on the ability of the interpretative artist, was played with deep understanding and feeling. Mr. Conradi is not a sensational player, but always produces in his hearers a feeling of security and satisfaction. He is given to slight mannerisms, but enough to affect the artistic result of his playing. He gave a delightful performance of the Rondo Capriccioso catching the true Mendelssohnian spirit in all its fairy-like lightness and beauty.
24The poetic atmosphere of the Brahms Intermezzi with all their haunting beauty was given full expression and contrasted effectively with the more boisterous Chopin Scherzo, which followed.
26But the climax of the recital was reached in the Celtic Sonata by MacDowell; here the young and sturdy American pianist actually revelled in abundant technic and dynamic shading, producing tone colors from the softest pastel to the vivid flashes of the storm and the glorious hues of the sunset. It was a real American tone painting, with a Celtic background. Mr. Conradi, who no doubt will be heard here very often, gives his hearers much to enjoy and much to instruct. Two encores followed the recital; one of them, the Chopin Berceuse, was charmingly played.
28Kuryllo to Play Pythian Ode at Recital
29Adam Kuryllo, Polish violinist, believes in the use of Ancient Modes and Melodies in his compositions and transcriptions, and will allow one of his recent arrangements of these old folk tunes to be heard at his recital at the Engineering Auditorium on December 11. This is the First Pythian Ode of Pindar which Mr. Kuryllo has transcribed for violin. Among the melodies which Mr. Kuryllo has used for like treatment is a recently discovered hymn composed to honor the birth of a son to the King of Poland in 1426. Mr. Kuryllo has taken other melodies from a Polish Psalter published in 1550. From such sources he makes interesting transcriptions which add to the variety of his recital program. Mr. Kuryllo will broadcast over WEAF on November 23.
31Powell & Holt Partnership Dissolved
32LONDON.—The internationally known firm of Lionel Powell & Holt, London concert agents, will henceforth be known only as Lionel Powell. The partnership between Powell and Holt has, according to the announcement, "been dissolved by mutual consent as from the 31st of July, 1927." Just what Holt's plans are is not certain, but there is a rumor that he will interest himself in moving pictures. M. S.
34Just a Memory Again
35On November 2, Just a Memory was featured on the Goodrich Hour over WEAF, and the following night, the International Singers sang it over the Maxwell Hour, while that well known little band of singers, The Revelers, is programming the ballad constantly.
37CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENTS
38NEW YORK
39November 17—New York Symphony Orchestra, afternoon, Carnegie Hall; Philharmonic Orchestra, evening, Carnegie Hall; Irene Scharrer, piano, afternoon, Town Hall; Henri Deering, piano, evening, Town Hall; Eddy Brosius String Quartet, morning, Ritz-Carlton Hotel; Rebecca Seligman, oboe, afternoon, Guild Hall; Artistic Morning, Plaza Hotel; Harlem Philharmonic Society, morning, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
40November 18—Philharmonic Orchestra, afternoon, Carnegie Hall; Orchestral Society of America, afternoon, Leopold Auer conducting; Vladimir Drozdoff, violin, afternoon, Town Hall; Lydia Neelson, song, evening, Town Hall; Biltmore Friday Morning Musicales, Biltmore Hotel; Compinsky Trio, evening, Carnegie Hall; Music Hall; Augusta Tolletson, piano, evening, Steinway Hall.
41November 19—Alexander Brailowsky, piano, afternoon, Carnegie Hall; Philharmonic Orchestra, evening, Carnegie Hall; Mischa Weisberg, violin, afternoon, Town Hall; Edwin and Jewel Bethany Hayes, two piano recital, evening, Town Hall; Minnie Goldman, piano, evening, Steinway Hall.
42November 20—Philharmonic Orchestra, afternoon, Carnegie Hall; Society of the Friends of Music, afternoon, Town Hall; Musical Forum of New York, evening, Guild Theatre; New York Symphony Orchestra, afternoon, Mecca Auditorium; New York Chamber Music Society, evening, Plaza Hotel; Lucilla de Vescovi, Songs of Italy, evening, John Golden Theater.
43November 21—Tito Schipa, song, evening, Carnegie Hall; Beethoven Association, evening, Town Hall; Ignace Hilsberg, piano, evening, Engineering Auditorium; Paul Jerome Thayer, boy soprano, evening, Steinway Hall.
44November 22—Philadelphia Orchestra, evening, Carnegie Hall; Isabelle Burnada, song, afternoon, Town Hall; Ingeborg Wank, song, evening, Town Hall; Isabelle Burnada, song, afternoon, Town Hall; Mary Brubaker, harp, evening, Steinway Hall; Roman Polychronis, clarinet, Metropolitan Opera House; Aramamon Moskalensky, violinist, and Marcela Geon, evening, Labor Temple. one of two readings
45November 22—Philadelphia Orchestra, evening, Carnegie Hall; Isabelle Burnada, song, afternoon, Town Hall; Ingeborg Wank, song, evening, Town Hall; Isabelle Burnada, song, afternoon, Town Hall; Mary Brubaker, harp, evening, Steinway Hall; Roman Polychronis, clarinet, Metropolitan Opera, afternoon, American Moskalensky, violinist, and Marcela Geon, evening, Labor Temple. one of two readings
46November 23—Philharmonic Orchestra, evening, Carnegie Hall; Carolyne Le Fevre, violin, evening, Town Hall; Rebecca Seligman, oboe, afternoon, Guild Hall; Rhea Silbert, The Music of Yesterday and Today, evening, Plaza Hotel; Rose Reid, song, evening, Engineering Auditorium.
47November 24—Boston Symphony Orchestra, evening, Carnegie Hall; New York Symphony Orchestra, afternoon, Carnegie Hall; Bijou Theater.
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49November 25—Philharmonic Orchestra, afternoon, Carnegie Hall; New York Symphony Orchestra, afternoon, Carnegie Hall; Mervin Howe, piano, evening, Steinway Hall; Dorothy Gordon, afternoon, Bijou Theater. one of two readings
50November 26—Boston Symphony Orchestra, afternoon, Carnegie Hall; Philharmonic Orchestra, evening, Carnegie Hall; Yelly d'Aranyi, violin, afternoon, Town Hall; Harriet Eells, song, evening, Town Hall.
51November 27—Geraldine Farrar, song, afternoon, Carnegie Hall; Adolf Birkenholz, violin, afternoon, Town Hall; New York Symphony Orchestra, afternoon, Mecca Auditorium; Julius Yanover, violin, afternoon, Engineering Auditorium; Lucilla de Vescovi, Songs of Italy, evening, John Golden Theater; Nadine Friedmann, saxophone, evening, Steinway Hall; Dudley Buck Singers, afternoon, John Golden Theater.
52November 28—Mieczyslaw Münz, piano, evening, Carnegie Hall; Rosa Low, song, afternoon, Town Hall; Youry Bilatin, cello, evening, Town Hall; Kar Kratzer, violin, evening, Engineering Auditorium; Karin Payrano, piano, evening, Steinway Hall.
53November 29—Detroit Symphony Orchestra, evening, Carnegie Hall; Giuseppe Camelloni, piano, afternoon, Town Hall; Myra Hess, piano, evening, Town Hall; Paul Frijks, song, evening, Engineering Auditorium; Blanche Levy, piano, afternoon, Steinway Hall; Mrs. Edwin Franko Goldman and Ralph Leopold, Interpretive Talk on the Life and Works of Richard Wagner, afternoon, Hotel Madison; Rosita Renard, piano, evening, Steinway Hall.
54November 30—Nikolai Mednikoff, piano, evening, Carnegie Hall; Horace Britt, cello, afternoon, Town Hall; Stell Andersen, piano, evening, Town Hall; Helen Hayes, evening, Engineering Auditorium; Charles Premnac, song, evening, Steinway Hall.
56Speakers for the Sembrich Dinner
57At the Hotel Commodore dinner which The Bohemians will give to Mme. Marcella Sembrich on December 18, in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of her first appearance on the stage, the speakers are to be Rubin Goldmark, John Erskine, William H. Henderson, Ernest Hutcheson and Otto H. Kahn, and Dusolina Giannini will sing a group of songs.
59The entire receipts of the banquet will be donated to The Musicians' Foundation, Inc., making every ticket sold of direct assistance to musicians in need.
61Sigmund Herzog, of 520 West 114th Street, is chairman of the committee of arrangements for the Sembrich dinner.
63Barber of Seville at Hampden Theater
64On November 13, at the Hampden Theater, Rossini's Barber of Seville was given by members of the Civic Grand Opera Association. The portrayal of the various characters was unusually well done, but vocally it was anything but good, with two exceptions, Alberta Terrasi, who sang the role of Figaro with fine expression; displayed an excellent baritone voice. He is a singer and actor of experience as well, having appeared here and abroad with much success in operatic roles. Ferrai (Don Basilio) also proved to be a good vocalist and actor, too. They shared the honors with Giuseppe Miceli, the conductor.
66Naegele Plays for President
67Charles Naegele, pianist, has been dubbed the "Lindbergh of the Keyboard" by the Chicago Tribune and other papers, presumably because he resembles this idol but actually because he flies high, though he does it with the piano. On November 10 he played in Washington at a large function given in honor of President Coolidge. Mr. Naegele played at the home of Mrs. Robert Bacon at Westbury, L. I., on November 13. On November 22 he will make his second appearance in Detroit, this time for the Tuesday Musicales at the Twentieth Century Playhouse.
69Richard Strauss a Grandfather
70BERLIN.—Richard Strauss became a grandfather on Tuesday, November 1, when a boy was born to his son, Franz, and daughter-in-law, Alice. Mother and child—and Richard—are said to be doing well. T.
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