New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-07
MUSICAL MATTERS.
THE sEIDL. CONCERTs-THE THIRTY-NlNIh
WORCESTER FESTIVAL.

II looked nearly all day yesterday as II the Ill
luck which pursued Mr. sedrs concerts at the be-
ginning OF the season at Brighton Beach was go
ing 10 follow him to the Madison Square ""toe"'
where he begun series OF entertainments iass
night Fortunately the rainstorm exhausted hseh
by the middle OF the afternoon ana the evening
was most gracious The concerts are to be given
nightly for two weeks and every effort Is TO he
made to have them as attractive as the most
hard-to- please music lover in the city can WISH
Mr. seidl has most copious repertory ana WY
surely be able satisfy every taste, thous2 "S
plain from the lists announced SO far that ne tn-
lends to lee the more serious plrposes of Music
walt upon Measurable diversEoni Last Nights PFcr
gramme was long and varied, embracing NUMEROUS
operate selections and running from oe sen"
mentality of Suivan's 'Lost Chord' On >sns lorn'
OF a trombone solo) and the tender gracs. " i'iio
Bach Gounod Meditation to the solemn ana Vas
sionate beauty of the overture TO lahhhauSe''
Novelties there were none, unless the disarranse-
ment of Webers Invitation to the Dance per-
petrated by the Berlin conductor, Weingar'heer
(Which Mr. Seidl brought out in the first OF 'he
unfortunate ''popuars' at the Metropoh'dh op'."
House last spring.. be counted novelty Inc o
ductor's devotion to this piece OF rnusica '"'u'
ism il hard to understand. Webers compassion
has lost none of its freshness either in It's ORG
inal form of a pianoforte solo or in the orcnesuai
drass which Berlioz gave it. Wengartner teatl
ment of II Is maltreatment lie mas nos sains RS
TO
c 90 ingenuity by combining some OF i.s
themes in the modern style OF VII -, IN his Of
forts to give it greater sorority When ne heT
added matter he has not 9 been PSose "Nibe-
vnganr score he borrowed such effects as .. ,he
dracontine phrase associated W." o,fted with in
sight into the simple and 9yey ,on by inject
We into II the iute cadenza between the ini,ouud
tory dialogue and the principal rohuo SeiIl ought
the coda passes all understanaIinnIgS. M 'N'
.ba Ilpri
~ tn siza NJ the audience and the enthusldslhd
which every numDer o. for T the success Of the
Gertaking There must have peeh 'pe'"e'" WV
and 1000 persons present
The programme for Mr.. Sedrs concert ,nis 60 ,nr
ing was printed in this journal yesterday XVI
Tuesday il Is as follows ,,.s.or
rorcbl,sht Dance Mes ;p,sg
overture "Mgnon ........'''' Bach
Air Arrangement by wiIheImi. ,...,..sv
Waltz The Sleeping Beauty saint saens
second Rhapsody observation-disclosures
.a 6ra spn agtsr I the Bali rzibuIka
Ballet Music Bosbdil 'rSbaEowsky
psa mn.'c d0 wsrS
Selection. "Traviata '..'''s ''''''''''''''
rho nrosnsctus Of the thirty ninth annual festi-
,..l at Worcester Mass which is TO be heiu III
the week beginning September a. PROMISES
more than ordinarily interesting meethe. Nj,
Zcrrahn will conduct. usual. ana MI N"e
will be his associate. The solo artists VINO h"'e
heen engaged are Lillian Nordca, Mrs. tleahore
Merideth and Mrs Stone Barton. sopranos; BITS
Carl Alves Mrs Katharine BloodGood ana MISS
|, Carotta Desvignes, contraltos; Barron Ber'holu'
H. Evan williams. J, {. Bartlett ana "lHaih H.
Rieger. tenors; Giuseppe Campanari, Carl f. Dunt.
charles / Rice and Max Heinrich. barytones ana
BASES: Leopold Godowsky. pianist. and f. ana
H. schuecker harpists. Mr. G ChadTl enr hss
composed a ballad 'I.ochinvar. for Mr.; Hehrcn
and will be on hand conduct II. The chorai
works to be performed. are HanaeIs Messiah
Massenet's Eve Sullivar's golden Legend
Bruch's "Arminus" and selections from Rossi n
'Stabat Mater and Rubinsteins "Tower OF pa
bel" one OF the instrumental numbers viii be
Dvorak's symphony From the New World
;. Mime. Carreno. who is TO give concerts In
the United States the coming season. under the
management OF Rudolph Aronson. will effect her
re-entrance with LISTS Eat concerto at the pup
lie rehearsal and concert of the philharmonic So
ciety January and 9.