New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-01
MUSICAL MATTERS.
CALENDAR OF THE WEEK-MR JOSEfff
AND THE SYMPHONY SOCIETY,"
ROsENTHAL TO COME-NOTES
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Tho ,nus;cal calendar for the current week IS as
follows: oorcor,
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Monday-Academy Of Music ,pd M opening "a wv
GPsra sfa Gee club Hall SIS M
concert of the Knesel quartz OF bOs'o song re-
BY carssa we'll Academy Of Music
o. .'q m.. German opera, 'I.ohengrin.|1, , ~
yTebhes lecture on the programme Of the
Fifth Philharmonic Society Ch%mp per lam Dam
1 mai Tl Quartet Academy Of Music. Brooklyn
German opera. "Tannhauser o,.. ,,,,,,.c no.
s. Ha Pc society," i academy
q M Ss BsTf SP93a rne sc S%
satnrday-Academy OF Music. p. m "sieg iried
G Chi h11s i Hh Of No Mount G Vernon
Han SIS p. m, fifth concert or the fh''hai
monte Society.
The absence from New-YorlI during the greater
| nart Of the season OF Mr.. Walter Damrosch ana
bis orchestra has initiated greatly against the con-
certs OF the symphony Society. II was. therefore,
with a double measure OF gratitude tha' 'he So
cietys patrons on Friday afternoon ana last h'sl
welcomed the return Of the conductor. MS men anu
Mr. Rafael Josefy whose retirement from the con-
cer;-room in the heyday Of his popularity has IRE
ouently been depored IN public and In private
That Mr. Damrosch controls superb band this
wear has repeatedly been said but 1t remained Tor
his horn players on Friday afternoon On anS no ~,
Semons,rate how vide the gap is between them
the best men in the METROPOLIS VINO come an'rr
them The who have travelled Win the opera
company have pronted immensely from Their Al
most daily practice. and so Ear as 9uamy o, ' T
dav afternoon was the best that New orK mas
heard from Local ' nlsvns are not
summed up in euphony. and though much aHhird-
ton was CHALLENGED by the acr rs M b Pc
role" symphony and LISTS "1asso there were
also lapses into carelessness OF PROCLAMATION ana
az (pnrtiCNlarly
o. the symphony which gave pause to enthusiasm
and gratitude
Mr. Joseffy stirred up a wonderful gladness with
his performance OF the second concerto Din B-f'aD
by Brahms The composition has been his steady
companion in all the years OF his retirement and
since he broke his self-imposed silence he has
played almdst the exclusion OF everything else
1t is obvious, not only from the confession which
! lies in this fact, but also from the manner In
which ne plays the work. that he feels an alnos,
| dolatrous reverence as well as love and admra-
| tion for the work For the first time on Friday
afternoon he permitted himself TO be persuaded 10
supplement the concerto with solo number.
| Hitherto he had refused 20 do more than bow
| his Acknowledgements for the plaudits which have
| followed him from place to place. except once IN
| Chicago, when, playing the concerto with Mr..
| Theodore Thomas. he repeated the last movement.
1t is his conviction that the list Of solos FOR piano
| priately to follow Brahms's concerto. lie. found
one on Friday however u sShuGf sTt b. Moment
| with marvellous tenderness and poetic charm As
for his n OF me mort was mas
ing and authoritative than II used to be years ago,
because ripper. broader and more reposeful In
work suffered from indecison in the hrst move
| men, was not as discreet as Mr.. Damroschs. but
that fact did not account for all the difference 1t
would seem as H. in spite Of his experience before
the public his long silence had left him nervous.
and that the difference in his playing was due 10
the growth OF confidence in himself. His tone was
ample on Friday afternoon. and lovely beyond de-
scrpuon.
And now We are to have Rosenthal again. He
| thinks that America IS too big country 70 be
| monopozed by Mr.. Paderewski and has made
| contract with Henry Wolfsohn for fifty concerts in
| 1861
| At the ffth public rehearsal and concert OF tho
| Philharmonic Society Friday afternoon and
| Saturday evening NJ. Achille 1ivarde will play. and
| the programme will consist OF Bach's third con
fsefO stosR fGT BY "'T rSec
Bruch's second concerto FOR violin. and Schuberis
| great symphony IN c-major.
AZ the concert OF the Kneisel Quartet in the
| Mendelssohn Gee Club Hall next Tuesday evening
| Mr. Knesel and his regular associates will have
the assistance Of Ernst Perabo. planoforte; Max
Zach. viola. and Leo Schulz. viooncello The pro-
Op. 80 a suite for violin and pianoforte by Emile
Bernard. and Brahms's sextet in B-hat Op. IS
Nine Clementine De vere-Sapio. soprano: Slgnor
| G. Campanar. barytone NJ. Achille Rvarde and
| NJ. Aime Lachaume will be the solo performers at
| the popular sunday concert at Carnegie Hall to-
| night. Mr.. Victor Herbert will conduct the or
| chestra. Nine. DE Vere-Sapio will sing an aria
from Linda di Chamounx" and the air Hear
Ye. o Israel" from Elijah" Signor Campanari
VIII sing the Cavatina from Faust and an aria
play the Mendelssohn concerto. and the lnroduc-
ton and Rondo Capricc.oso OF Saint Saans; VI. La
chestra, by Pierne The orchestral numbers vii
| include an overture 'I-e Roi dYveiot," by Adam:
mage and The Coronation March from Kre nai1-
mers die Fokunger." Popular prices viii pre-
vail.
Mr.. Damrosch's German Opera Company will be-
gin its season OF three weeks at the Academy OF
Music tomorrow evening. The list for the week Is:
Monday. "FIdelio' Wednesday. "Iohengrin" Fri
day. The Scarlet Letter" On English; Saturday
company will sing "Tannhauser' in Brooklyn.
Mile Clarissa well. soprano. Will give a concert
In Chamber Music Hall next Wednesday afternoon,
beginning at o'clock: She will be assisted by
Mile. Szumowska On March II Mrs. Corinne Moore
Lawson Will give song recital in the same
Pupils OF the high and grammar schools OF Mount
Vernon will give concert in Chickering Hall next
Saturday afternoon. under the direction Of Mr.
Alfred Hallam. Frederic H. Governs The Rose
Maiden" will be sung. with the accompaniment
played on pianoforte and organ. The solos will
be sung by Miss FRANCES Miller; Mrs Sara Baron
Anderson. William II. R.eger and f. +. Bushnell
The third concert or the Dannreuher Quartet
originally announced for March 10. Will be given in
Chamber Music Hall next Thursday evening Ar.
thur Whiting p.anoforte. and Ernst Wagner flute.
will help the club. and the programme will consist
OF quartet In ID. by Mozart; Bceihoven's Scrcnade
and Brahms's pianoforte quartet, Op. 26.
CHESTS AT MOUNT1IN PARK HOTEL.
Hot Springs. ~ c.. Feb % (Specia).-Among the
recent arrivals at the Mountain Park Hotel this
week from New-York are b. Kahnwe.ler. Mr. and
Mrs X b. Fullerton. Miss Grain Miss c. Grain
Mr.. and Mrs S. J. Burre, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Allen
l. Myers. Miss Myers. Miss f. w White. Miss C.
White Mr. and Mrs. T. Abrams. Joseph Greenfield