New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-03
MUSICAL MATTERS.
PROGRAMME FOR THE WEEK-NEWS AND
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The musical programme for the week boginnino
to-day Is follows:
sunday-First concert at the Metropolitan Opera
House. under the direction OF Anton Seidl. DAM
rosch Popular Concert at the Music Hall.
Monday-Metrupolitan Opera House, Nine. Melbe
in Lucia di Lammermoor." Irving Place Theatre.
Ferenczy Company in Der Vogelhaendler"
Tuesday-Thrd Sivinski concert, Madison Square
Garden Hail. at s. Mendelssohn Glee Club con-
cert.
sdayMe:ropolitan Opera House. Hamlet"
Thursday-Public rehearsal of Harlem Philhar-
monte Society," afternoon; fourth Slivinski con-
cert, at s; Rubinsten Club at the Music Hall.
Frlday-Public rehearsal, Symphony Society. after.
noon, at the Music Hail. Concert Of the Harlem
Philharmonic Society Romeo and Juliet" at the
Metropolitan Opera House. Chickering Hail. con-
cert by Emma r. Steiner.
Saturday-Matinee, philemon and Baucis" and
"Cavaeria Rusticana," at the Metropolitan Opera
House. Damrosch afternoon Popular. at the
Music Hall. Concert of the Symphony Society.
Music Hall, evening.
The second week of the opera promises to %
fully as interesting the first large share OF
the popular curiosity will doubtless centre in the
first appearance of Nine Melba Monday even
ing when the opera will be Donizettfs Lucia al
Lammermoor." On Wednesday Hamlet VIII en-
able Mr. Lassalle to show himself in role for
which he is already admired in New-York, as no
has long been in Paris. On Friday one Of the two
fine successes of before last will be re-
vlved; that is to say, Romeo and Juliet" with
Nine. Emma Eames and the brothers De Reszke
The second matinee will bring a repetition OF
philemon and Baucis" and "Cavalleria Rusti-
cana"
1t Is a fact which will be heard with as much
pleasure as it is recorded that Messrs Abbey and
Grau have put the musical direction Of the pro-
jected series Of Sunday evening popular concerts
in the hands of Mr. Seid. This nsures far greater
interest in the instrumental features OF the pro-
gramme than past experiences justify the public
TO expect from Sunday-night operate concerts
Meanwhile there is suggestion or the plane ON
which the vocal parts will be maintained In the
circumstance that at the first concert this evening
the singers will be Mines. Calve. Arnoldson ana
Nordica and NJ. Plancon
The second public rehearsal and concert or the
Symphony Society will take place at the MUSIC
Hall next Friday afternoon and evening. The pro-
gramme is as follows: Suite for orchestra, Bach;
concerto for pianoforte, Hummel on. de Pachmann);
overture ''Prometheus Bound" Godmark; solos
for planoforte. Chopin on. de Pachmann; liar
old Symphony. Beroz viola obligato. Ottokar
Novacek.
The solo performers at the Damrosch Popular Con-
cert at Music Hall tonight will be Amalia Materna,
soprano; A. Montegriifo tenor, and Richard Bur
mester pianist. The programme the same as thas
Of Yesterday afternoon is as follows: Part /, con-
cert overture Cherubini; concerto in + MINOR TOT
niano with orchestra Chopin. played by Mr.. Bur-
rnester; "Elizabeth's Prayer" Tannhaeuser) Nine.
Materna; intermezzo from Leoncavaios / rag.
liacci" and the intermezzo from Dehoes oahes
MALTA" In Part IL the orchestra VIII pay INC
Tannbaeuser Bacchanale" paris version; the thiro
act of .'Siegfried' will be given, with Nine Ma
terna as Brunnhilde. and Mr.. Montegriho as S'es-
fried.
Mr. David Bspham an English BARITONE who has
been a member of Sir Augustus Harriss company
=, tho Roval Opera Covent Garden for several
Seasons mast arrived in New-York on the Lucania'
and will make his first appearance at the Damroscn
nopular concerts next Saturday afternoon anu gun
day night He will sing three Cavalier SONGS WIN
male chorus which old Jacobite songs arrahseu
bv C. Viiers stanford The other singers at 'ne"
concerts will Miss Lillian Bauveit soprano Mr.
A Montegrfo. tenor, and Miss Katherine Fleming
contralto.
Mime Nordca has received the following letter
from Mime. Wagner relative to her participation ID
the Bayreuth festival next summer:
Luzern. Sept 20. 1888
Dear Nine Nordica: Now that all I'D mas Mr. oe 1ons'
want to tell you how glad am OF tne IN Raw
your 1S1e at su rse fsn' when
kind as to prepare kundry ana Pisa i'm, III enomah
3 l1"m thinning 'ef Ma'G Of May til Of July to asn
der YOU quite master of the Gerinan i'll ,binS
WIZ ,Ta greatest confidence look toward y9ur
activity or our stage dear Nine Noruica, anu tho az
this assurance and my thanks, ser' WxCSER
preston of my kindest regards' povrch bavaria.
and | would be very glad to see pho'os'ap ~
yours as Elsa
r,o Harlem philharmonic Socety's orchestra
under the direction of Henry T. rlecK; WI,
rs S,drn s and Thursday evening Of this week.
Mis- Olga Pevny will sing an ar troin f. ry.
anhe and with signor Camganar me uag' NUM-.
I'M Inc vii be Beethovens Eighth symphony
Reinholds suite for strings scherzo py cesar Nu'
and the overture to "Oberoh
number of enthusiastic orchestral players OF
American birth have undertaken an inesres sun,
experiment in the shape o, e am ali Of whom
we're born in the United states ire eaahI sphi es
in tho novel enterprise are members OF the pSsS
bands in the city, when rae, rnosed so maintain
the organization. Mr. Sam FRANKIE Is the cohuuc..
tor of the American symphony Orcnesor T ,h anh
Charles Kurth is secretary and the following
Gentlemen are members: Felix +. Leifels, August
Kircher. Emil Knell. Max Nassauer Henry r.
Schmitt and Carl Hauser
News Notes-Miss Emma r. Steiner. who com.
noses music and conducts orchestra; VIII give
concert of her composition, with the nelp %.
an orchestra at Chickering Hall, next rrldaSy
evening on Monday afternoon OF next week
Miss Amy Fay and Miss Jennie button. neipso
viii give a concert in Chickering HAIL III, IN, ahe
third and fourth Slivinsk concerts VIII Lax az.
place Tuesday and THURSDAY srs romSa1y viii
begin a of operetta Performances d, h tne
Irving Place Theatre to-Torr5w eSe M e. w ,
ing comedians who pleased so much III snss
operetta last season.