The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-12
MUSICAL GOSSIP.

punI ny AnuTeW carnegie Tor the use OF the
Oratorio Society, of which young Walter
Damrosch, son-in-law of Secretary Blaine, is
leader, will be opened with music festival
on Tuesday, May 5, closing Saturday night.
The Oratorio Society," the orchestra of the
Symphony Society, and the following soloists
will take part: Antona Mielke and Clemen-
tine de We're, sopranos; Marie Ritter-G 0tze,
contralto; Italo Campanin and Andreas
Dippel, tenors; Theodor Reichmann, baritone;
Emil Fischer and Ericsson Bushnell, basses,
and Adele Aus der Ohe, pianist The con-
ductors will be Walter Damrosch and Peter
Tschaikowsky, the famous Russian composer,
who will direct the performance of several of
his own works. The works to be given in
cude TIE Deum by Berlioz, the ''Elijah;'
"The Seven Words of Our Saviourn by Helm
rich Schultz, (seventeenth century0 "Sula-
mith," by Leopold Damrosch and Handel's
"Israel in Egypt" Tschaikowsky will con-
duct the performance of his "Festival March,"
'Suite No. III for orchestra" two new
capella choruses, and the piano concerto which
Miss Aus der Ohe will play. At the auction
sale of boxes and seats the first choice cost
S210 premium, and the total amount realized
was nearly $500, OF which about one-third
was in premiums.
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Tschaikowsky's visit will hardly arouse the
interest that was shown when Rubnstein was
here, although in Russia Tschaikowsky is the
more popular composer. His musical life did
not begin until his seventeenth year, and he
graduated in law and served three wears in the
Ministry of Justice before. At the age of
twenty-five he entered the conservatory of
Rubinstein. Graduating in 1865, he became
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servatory, then just founded by Nicholas
Rubinstein, remaining until 1877, when the
state of his health caused him to devote him
self exclusively to composition, though occa-
sionally conducting performances of his
works.
Miss Aus der Ohe, who is to play the first of
Tschaikowsky's two piano concerts, is to play
here on the afternoon of May ID with the Bos-
ton Festival Orchestra Perhaps she can be
induced to play the same work here.
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May festivals appear to be in vogue this
season. Although it is an off year in Cincin-
natl, there are announced, in addition to the
New York performances, festivals in Buffalo,
Rochester, Indianapolis Louisville, Pittsburg,
Providence, Hartford, Springfield, New Brit
ain, Pittsfield, Mass, and Rutland VT.
Petersburg will be without a festival this year,
owing to the illness of Mr.. Nottenias, the
leading spirit in the work, who also conducts
the preliminary rehearsals. Charlotte, N c.,
is do to have festival on May and 6, giving
"Creation," Gaul's ''Holy City, Sulifvan's
son Shore and Sea,'' Brooks tFair Ellen,''
and Parker's Redemption Hymn.'' The
forces will consist of chorus of 300 voices,
the Baltimore symphony Orchestra, and Miss
Elizabeth Hamlin, Miss Marion Weed. Mr..
William j. LAWN, and Mr.. Gustave Berneike
as soloists.
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra gave
its eighth and last concert for the season on
March 30, assisted by De Pachmann and Xaver
Reiter, the wild-looking horn-player formerly
with the Boston Orchestra This series has
been very popular and the season has been
successful financially. Mr.. Ross Jungnickel,
the director, has worked hard for these con-
certs and the success is due to his efforts
His plans for next season look to contin-
'uance OF the work on the same lines and the
establishment OF permanent orchestra in
Baltimore.
Plans are on foot for like series of con-
certs to be given here next season. The con-
certs will be given on Sunday nights in order
that the members of theatre orchestras NAV
take part. They will be under the manage
ment OF the local Musicians Assembly with
probably Mr.. r. c. Benays as director.
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Professor Kaspar returned to the city last
Tuesday after a weeks rest at the old town of
Oxford, Md. The rehearsals for the last con-
cert of the Georgetown Orchestra with the at
tention demanded by his pupils produced a
condition that made rest imperative. The
musical success of the orchestras season was
due to the untiring efforts of Professor Kaspar
who gives his services to the organization.
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The S@ngerbund has prepared a fine pro-
gramme for their concert one week from to-
night, given in celebration of their fortieth
anniversary Miss Alice Williams, sopranos
Mr.. j. Henry Kaiser, baritone; Mr. Richard
Burmeister, pianist; Mr. Anton Kaspar
violinist, and Mr.. Frank Clandy, dramatic
reader, and an orchestra will assist. The
S@ngerbund will present chorus of forty
male voices under the lead of Mr.. William
Waldecker The principal work for the
chorus will be the "Niederwaldfahrt' of
Johannes Pache written for chorus, baritone
solo, and defamation. This work was written
in praise of united Germany, and has been
given in this country by the Baltimore Arion
Society only. The name (road overthe Nieder-
wald) is taken from the the lofty cliff on the
Rhine opposite Bingen, on the summit of which
stands the heroic statue of Germany and to
which there is a road on either side. The
music and defamation are patriotic in senti-
ment and character, and the work closes with
stirring apostrophe to Germania
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