New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-10
MUSICAL NOTES.
THE ASTORIA HOTEL CONCERTs-FIRsT
PROGRAMME OF THE BANDA ROSA
NEWS NOTES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Extremely inviting ln0eeu IL the announcement VI
the subscription concerts planned by MI carr
Ioewenstein and TO be given this season at the As
toria Hotel under the direction Of Mr.. Anton seidl
Mr. I,oewensten sends the dates They are the
evenings of November T. IS and 90 Decemoer ~ anu
60 January 10 and q. February 10 ana " March "
and a. and April twelve in all. Mr. SeidIs or
chestra will number niney-two players anu at
each concert least one Of the most distneuishe"
solo artists in the country will take part. Inc APP
no,,tments ~ the new ball and concert room are
10 he of the most luxurious description, and IL Is
said that nearly every box has already been SUD-
scribed for As for the character OF the entertain
ments II IL indicated in the following set OF pro-
grammes for the first four concerts:
FIRST CONCERT. NOVEMBER A.
Overture "Leonore." No 3..........'.'.'h ="
al" Nine. sembrich. nvor,.
Slavonic Rhapsody. No 2.........''''.'.'. 80
Nioonceio SOLOS III, Loo Stern
For string orchestra-- 49,,
() 'IIerzenswunden rr:cchs;ko%sks
% Andente ...........'''.' ''''''''''
'o"s' Nine sembrich ,,.,,
SECOND CONCERT. NOVEMBER IS
Overture Renz Beethoven
N'eo'''' Nm Ysaye and rusno p.r,,o,
~ Viola obbiigato. NJ Ysaye
THIRD CONCERT. NOVEMBER 80
Symphonic Pa,he,iqus ife"a'"'"'",
Panofor'e concerto AZ 'iio.cov
.Humper1l0ck
ianSe' ana ,F crest, scene and cream music
FOURTH CONCERT. DECEMBER ~
Bale, music "L CID Ma''ene'
Songs '''''''''''''''' 81 Plancon
Sou'f"" " cseste, for srinssJ
Songs ................' :, =,
'Pars version with chorus OF sirensJ
Mr. Loewestein will also manage the charity con-
cert 10 he given the opening OF the Astoria ffo'e'
on November l. under the patronage OF MIS- h'char"
Irwin Mrs John Jacob Aston. Mrs f. L. Bayhes'
Mrs storrs Wills Mrs. Fred Eddy. Mrs George C.
Roldt. Mrs william C. Whitney and other women
Mr. Seidrs orchestra and admired artists Will also
take part in this concert.
Nr and Mrs Georg Henschel will begin their
recital tour this week beginning in Brooklyn on
Wednesday evening They Will he In lorK
CITY in January bat meanwhile VIII give recitais IN
Pitsburg Oberiin Toledo. and towns on the Pacific
Coast.
Alexander Guilmant the great French organist
Will leave Paris for America the latter part OF No
vemhcr He will give only TWO recitals In New
York and then at once 20 ~ the West. wh"re ne
has been engaged for number OF recitals IN mi
cago. Milwaukee St Paul. Minneapolis and other
large cities.
Mr. De Bona a member of the New-York sym
phony Orchestra has prepared the following stalls
lies about the recently completed summer season o'
the orchestra Willow Grove Park near fhiIadeI-
pha Two hundred and iwenty-eight concerts were
given in all and compositions by lSS composers
were played or these Wagner heads the list win
20 performances. Strauss follows next with 80
Gounod loi: Saint saens %: Bizet. 60 Tschaikow-
sky 81 and so on down to Donzetu. who foots IN"
list with eleven performances. Probably the most
popular composition was Handels Largo winch
though on the programmes only thir'y-hve times
was given az an by request AZ leas; one
hundred times Compositions by ten members OF
W.
formed
The subscription sale for the hve afternoon and
five evening concerts Of the New-ycrk symphony
Society Will begin Monday morning. October y.
Al Carnegie Hall when subscribers Of last year
may effect renewals. ON Tu' sday October ~. the
sale 10 new subscribers will begin The hit"ih
anniversary Of Mendes.ohn's death falling on Mo-
vcmbcr ( a day before tho nrst afternoon concert.
cogniz nee of that occurrence will he taken IN the
prosrammc The Oraiorlo Society will he requested
to contribute chorus from one OF the composer
oratorios
At the Olympia Muslc Hall Tomorrow evening
Mr. Hammersicn VIII Introduce novelty In the
shane 81 a series OF reprcscntations from popular
operas done los singers grouped ia q frame. Win
appropriat. background. In the style Of living pict-
ures The singers who viii take part are Miss
Frances Lee ard Mi" Eticnne Padro. soprano.
Nine. Iudingion. contrilio: Sguori Nhnni Marriott
and Nosha tonors and Srnori Zani and Eng"l
The FIRST series Of iahleau~ VIII consist OF sc-u"s
from ''Rigoieito." Faust" "Iohengrln." Tam
hauscr" 'sonnamhula" aud "I.'s IIugu"nots" Tho
OF, hcs,ra Will number forty-hvr. and viii be- con
Quoted 10y Ndhan Frankie
tn. first - the concert. Of IN" Banda kossa III
Sansev,ro will take place ~ the Mo'rop Titan
Opera House on next Friday evening The band 's
n concer, organization which comes from IN" town
Of San Severe. Ia southern Italy. and has won for
Itself the reputation Of being the best military band
in Italy. l. has been ~ existence sine" lsN'. dhd
has won neh praise In Germany and Holland for
precisi ~. EXPRESSION and the quality Of Is tone
The Mcssrs Rosenfeld have associated with II two
extra solo performers I'm the persons OF trhui"in
M,rearet" Won Nnhsol soprano. and cariotia stu
henrauch. q thirteen year-Old Noinist Following
t. IN" programme 81 the hrst concert:
oyertur.. William Te Ro.-ini
'aj Prologue ami romance.
Fantasia on Garihaldr- hymn for bome,rdno
sercnsas ,,,.,...n. s.. .'i.5,
"a Prelude. Scilana and Bell chorus
~ In''rmezzo Roman ,.,.,.
scenes Picturesque. .............. Ma~-tnet
March AMI Serenade
d, Angelus ANA gyp., dance.
- rrelude. iIs5a0er.. Tcreaaors song
o,, rn,errre7z, ,lc, ~ Duct Finale
F,!'ulTn Won xaAsei WI ing nr cnrnnge aiT
play Wiouawski= Legend"
School Notes.-The National Conservatory OF
Music will hold special singing and operate ex-
animation on October -. Victor Capoul and Gustav
Hinrichs being the "xaminers....On next Wcdncs-
day evening concert viii b. given by the Ncw-
York College of Music. Alexander Lambert. III
rector at which Herr Rudolf Iwintscher. lately OF
I.olpsic = pianist who has Joined the faculty OF
college. viii effect ny entrance on the Amerl-
can concert stage He will have the help Of Al
hertus Shelley. volinis The Metropolitan col
lcgc OF Music H. planning IN extensive" series ~
illustrated musical lectures for this season.
The Jeanne Frankie Trio viii give four concerts
of chamber music in thickcring Hall on october
% November -. December II and January IL.
Several triOs will b' played for the first time
H., eitl nd "a SfhdrWguk1 "a
9ternherg will perform some Of their competitions.
CONTROI or SWISS RAILROADS.
..,>tsrrr trlsIt,fAN bES ..fuEs THE GOVERN