Evening star., 1896-09-19

cello and orchestra. and the latter SYM
phony and overture.
The record for the greatest number of
performances of any one selection Is tie
letween the Unfinished symphony OF
Schubert and the Prelude 10 the Master
sir gers of Nuremberg of Wagner. each
work having been performed twcnty-sx
times AS very close second to these two
numbers are the Beethoven symphonies
No. 3 (Eroica), =, G (Pastoral, and Z, with
a total of twenty-four performances each.
A list of composers who have died since
these concerts began includes such famous
names as Wagner. Liszt, Rubins tein Won
Bulow, Raft Gouned, Tschaikowsky. Volk-
mann, Ambrose Thomas, GODDARD Chabrier,
Franz Lachner, Smeana and Borodn"
Mr.. Georg Henschel, conductor for the
hrst three years, gave all the nine Beetho-
ven symphonies each season, which has not
been done since Mr.. Henschel also began
and ended the same concert with Wagners
Prelude to Parsifal,' reasoning that di-
rectly after hearing this selection the audi
ence could better comprehend second rem
dition of it,
November 10, 1889. was the four hun
dredth anniversary of the birth of Martin
Luther; and in the program of the concert
on that day Mr.. Henschel placed Luther's
choral, Elm feste Burg printing on the
back of the program the fac-simile of the
manuscript of this choral of date 1890
with request that the audience should
join in singing the same. This is the only
time in the history of these concerts that
such request was made"
The musical features of the season at
Bar Harbor have been unusually interest
ing. Among the notable musicians pres
ent were Walter Damrosch. Mr. and Mrs.
Max Heinrichs of New York, Miss Geral-
dine Morgan and her brother, Paul; Miss
Shaw, harpist, of Boston; Mrs. Perkins,
soprano, of Boston; Miss Margaret Elliott,
soprano, Of New York: Mr.. Won Gaertner
and his son. Mr.. Louis, and Miss Alice
Burbage, the pianist of this city. who by
the way, was assured by Mr.. Damrosch
4 Iahmann urpllld iN-.Alx- Sfp
With him in opera this winter, and that he
had tenor who would make even the
matinee girls forget Alvary. The elder Won
Gaertner enjoyed the friendship of Jenny
| Lind. Patti. BerlioZ. Gade. Mendelssohn,
| Karl Reinecke and Schumann and his wife,
| he and Reinecke being members of the
original quartet which introduced Schu-
| manns chamber music to the world. Miss
! Burbagc did a good deal of ensemble
| playing with the Won Gaertners, as well
as with Miss Morgan in both private and
| public musicales given by Mrs. Wheeler of
| this city and Mrs George Kemp of Bos-
ton. at which all the above mentioned
| artists took part.
Miss Burbage will give a concert in
| Washington in January, at which she is
promised the assistance of Mr.. Won Gaert-
| ner and will play at a concert in Cum
berand, Nd, before resuming her winters
work with her pupils. She invited by
| Miss Geraldine Morgan to join her concert
| troupe this winter If dates can he ar
| ranged so as to not interfere with her
| aching.
| Another Episcopal church to have vested
| ladies is St Marks Church on Capitol
| Hill, which will soon make change in the
personnel of the choir 1t has been decided
! to introduce ladies' voices in addition 10 the
| boy choristers. DIR. John Z. Parker. the
| choir master, is now considering applica-
| ticns for positions in the choir, and as soon
| as the vestments are ready. the ladies will
| take their places in the choir stalls
| While at Lake George this summer Mr.
| Herman Rakemann played with great sue
| cess, his accompanist being Mr.. Guarro Of
| TIE Hinrichs Opera Company. Mr.. Rake
mann has just finished a new song for So
| prano, "A June Day." and a march, Sans
| Souci."
Mr.. T. ID. Gambrll is meeting with great
! success in his lectures on tone and pitch
| at his eastern conservatory of music.
| Many singers of experience are attending
them, and acknowledge the benefit derived
| from clear and concise explanation and
practical Illustration.
The Sunday Night Music Club devoted
the greater part of the evening to the
works of Dvorak and Schumann at the
residence of Miss Rebecca Behrend. in ac-
cordance with their custom of making up
their programs from the compositions of
the composers the anniversaries of whose
fridays occur during the preceding week.
Francis Wilson's success in his new
opera, Half King" seems to have been
of the most positive kind, and some of the
New York critics even think he has eclipsed
the popularity of "Erminie." Wilson has
three-sided character, each suggesting fus
| In abundance and that is just what Tho
public expect from him.