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Musical Courier 1928-03-01: Vol 96 Iss 9, 1928
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1Music Notes from Coast to Coast
3Cleveland, Ohio. Much excitement and commotion was caused by the visit of Paderewski, who listened to promising young piano students of the city and who charmed all with his recital at the Public Hall.
5The Men's Glee Club of Wittenberg College, under the direction of John Bennett Ham, gave a concert at the First English Lutheran Church, giving pleasing and light melodies with vocal solos by Lemoine Derr and Robert Wood, and Lowell Baxter contributing piano solos.
7A highly diverting evening was provided by the Ribau-pierre String Quartet, playing in the ballroom of Wade Park Manor under the auspices of the Cleveland Chamber Music Society. Beethoven's B major quartet and the quintet in F minor by Cesar Franck, with Arthur Loesser at the piano, made up the classical portion of the program, with modern compositions by two members of the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music—In Monasterio by Quincy Porter and Beryl Rubinstein's Quartettino in C sharp minor.
9A program of compositions by Clevelanders was given by the Fortnightly Club at the home of its president, Mrs. John Homer Kapp. Composers represented were C. B. Macklin, Parker Bailey, Oliver Haserot, Homer B. Hatch, Beatrice Vokoun Mutschler, Carr Liggett, Wilson G. Smith, Ward Lewis and Marion Rogers Hickman, daughter of James H. Rogers.
11A Mozart celebration under the direction of Mrs. William Curtis Brown was given at the Wade Park Manor in period costumes. Scenes from the operas Don Juan, Marriage of Figaro and the Magic Flute were sung and acted by Helen Swartzel, coloratura soprano; Alice Knorr, dramatic soprano; Mary Elizabeth Brown, contralto; Robert Kunkel, baritone. Ernst Valasek, eight-year-old violin prodigy, played a concerto; the Johnson Trio contributed chamber music; the Helene Hammond dancers appeared in a lovely minuet; and the D minor fantasy for piano was played by Annabelle Jackson. The music was in charge of Emi de Bidoli.
13Arthur Quimby, organist, is giving programs every Sunday afternoon at the Museum of Art; they are broadcast by WHK.
15Another program of Brahms chamber music was given by the Ribau-pierre Quartet at the Museum.
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18CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC NOTES
20Cleveland, Ohio. At the Cleveland Institute of Music, Andre de Ribau-pierre offers his young students a new musical opportunity in an intermediate orchestra. The new group, which met for the first time with a large attendance, is open to any students of winds, brasses or drums in the city. The string sections are supplied by Institute students. Meetings are weekly, with the advantage of an hour's training under de Ribau-pierre.
22Concert artist, teacher and composer are the three roles played by both Beryl Rubinstein and Quincy Porter. Rubinstein is known throughout the country as a concert pianist of the first rank, and he is just as well known as a pedagogue for his work as head of the piano department at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Porter has gained fame as an instrumentalist, being the viola player of the Ribau-pierre Quartet, and also as head of the theory department at the Cleveland Institute of Music he has won distinction for his theory and composition classes. Both of these musicians, however, can claim perhaps even greater distinction for their work as composers. Mr. Rubinstein's newest effort to be given a public hearing was an unusual chamber music work which he calls "quartettino." This was played for the first time by the Ribau-pierre Quartet appearing in Cleveland under the auspices of the Chamber Music Society. Quincy Porter gained national attention a few years ago by winning a place among the six American composers to have their works produced by the Rochester Symphony. The work which was played was a viola suite. The number presented by the Ribau-pierre Quartet was for strings alone, called In Monasterio. This is to be included in the repertory of the Flonzaley Quartet this season, and next month Mr. Porter will go to Smith College to conduct a performance of his Ukrainian Suite, which has brought him before the public many times as one of the most promising of the moderns.
24Detroit, Mich. The tenth pair of subscription concerts of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, at Orchestra Hall, brought George Schneevoigt as guest conductor. The program consisted of Stravinsky's Fire Bird Suite, Respighi's Fountains of Rome, three dances from The Three Cornered Hat (DeFalla) and the first symphony in E minor by Sibelius. Pianissimos of exceeding delicacy, and climaxes built up gradually to a thrilling conclusion, brought unmistakable approval from the audience. The symphony of Sibelius, heard here for the first time, was full of interest and beauty and it is hoped may be heard again.
26For the eleventh pair of concerts Gabrilowitsch was in his accustomed place and was given a warm welcome. The program opened with the overture, Sursum Corda, by Korngold. It was followed by the Schubert symphony No. 7 in C major, beautifully played and arousing the audience to an unusual demonstration. After the intermission, that splendid artist, Myra Hess, played the Schumann concerto in a most satisfying manner, while the accompaniment by the orchestra was all that could be desired. Mme. Hess, after responding to many recalls, generously played an encore and as the audience still refused to leave but continued to applaud she gave still another. It was a program long to be remembered with satisfaction.
28For the fourteenth Sunday afternoon concert, Gustav Kleiner, of the violin section of the orchestra, was the soloist, playing Dvorak's concerto, op. 53, and displaying good craftsmanship. The orchestral numbers were the Ruy Blas overture (Mendelssohn), Three Musical Pictures from Tsar Sultan (Rimsky-Korsakoff), The Music Box (Liadov) and the Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah (Saint-Saëns).
30For the fifteenth program, Florence Trumbull, pianist, was the soloist, playing the Grieg concerto in A minor. The orchestral numbers were the overture to Donna Diana (Reznicek), The Enchanted Lake (Liadov), Witches Ride from Hänsel and Gretel (Humperdinck), Iberia Images for orchestra, No. 2 (Debussy).
32The sixteenth program opened with the World's Progress March (Herbert), overture to Der Freischutz (Weber), Ballet Suite (Lully, orchestrated by Mottl), Catalonia (Albeniz) Whispering of the Flowers (Von Blom), Entr'Acte from It Happened in Nordland (Herbert) and Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor (Borodin). Dreda Aves, soprano, sang the Suicidio aria from La Gioconda with orchestra, and a group of songs with Miss Mannebach at the piano. Victor Kolar conducted for all three concerts.
34The fourth musical travelogue, conducted by Victor Kolar with Edith M. Rhets as lecturer, took the audience to Bayreuth. Two preludes from Lohengrin, the overture to the Flying Dutchman and the prize song and overture to Die Meistersinger were the orchestral numbers.
36The second concert of the Detroit String Quartet at the Institute of Arts, was acclaimed by all the critics to have been of unusual excellence. The program consisted of quartet in E major, No. 14, Mozart; Rain-Song and Etude-Caprice Sinigaglia; Scherzo Prestissimo, Borodin; quartet, op. 27, Grieg.
38A joint recital at the Arcadia, by Florence Austral, Tito Schipa and John Amadio, will stand out as one of the highlights of the season. All the artists were in splendid form and the audience apparently could not be satisfied as encore after encore was given. Frederick Longas as accompanist provided impeccable support.
40Bruce Benjamin, tenor, and Ilze Niemack, violinist, with Coenraad V. Bos at the piano, furnished the program for the second artist recital of the Tuesday Musicale at the Twentieth Century Club. They were very favorably received.
42The Madrigal Club of women's voices, Charles Frederic Morse, director, has been fulfilling a number of engagements, among which one in Walkerville, Ont., with Mrs. Theodore O. Leonard, Jr., soprano, and Mrs. Frederick Jeynes, contralto, as soloists. The last one was given at the Church of the Covenant with Jean McGill, soprano, and Mrs. E. M. Bigler, contralto, as soloists.
44Cameron McLean, baritone, is on a five weeks' concert tour, from Canada to the Southern states.
46Mrs. Samuel C. Mumford, president of the Tuesday Musicale, went to Port Huron to attend a meeting of committees of the Federation. Mrs. Mumford is a skillful pianist and was soloist on one of the programs.
48Through the enterprise of Grace Denton, Detroit has just had a short visit of the Chicago Civic Opera Company which gave four noteworthy performances at the Masonic Auditorium to capacity houses. The first opera was La Gioconda with Raisa, Lenska, Boremeo, Van Gordon, Marshall, Formichi, Nicolich, Oliviero, Sandrini, and Moranzoni conducting. Madame Butterfly was the second production with Mason, Jackson, Hackett, D'Harmanoy, Rimini, Mojica, Defreere, Oliviero, Sandrini and Morelato, and Polacco conducting. Carmen was a matinee performance with Garden, Mason, Nicolich, D'Harmanoy, Marlo, Rimini, Kargau, Defreere, Mojica and Correnti, with Polacco conducting. The last performance was Il Trovatore with Raisa D'Harmanoy, Bonelli, Cortis, Lenska, Lazzari, Rappaport, Sandrini, with Weber conducting. Mme. Raisa substituted for Claudia Muzio, who was unable to be present because of the serious illness of her mother. one of two readings
49Through the enterprise of Grace Denton, Detroit has just had a short visit of the Chicago Civic Opera Company which gave four noteworthy performances at the Masonic Auditorium to capacity houses. The first opera was La Gioconda with Raisa, Lenska, Boremeo, Van Gordon, Marshall, Formichi, Nicolich, Oliviero, Sandrini, and Moranzoni conducting. Madame Butterfly was the second production with Mason, Jackson, Hackett, D'Hermanoy, Rimini, Mojica, Defreere, Oliviero, Sandrini and Morelato, and Polacco conducting. Carmen was a matinee performance with Garden, Mason, Nicolich, D'Hermanoy, Marlo, Rimini, Kargau, Defreere, Mojica and Correnti, with Polacco conducting. The last performance was Il Trovatore with Raisa D'Hermanoy, Bonelli, Cortis, Lenska, Lazzari, Rappaport, Sandrini, with Weber conducting. Mme. Raisa substituted for Claudia Muzio, who was unable to be present because of the serious illness of her mother. one of two readings
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