The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-04
NOTES OF MUSIC ETENTs.

The Philharmonic Society will open its nifty sixth
concert season at Carnegie Hall In November. and the
most notable change In Its policy will he the increase
or the number OF its concerts to eight In place OF the
Ave which have been hitherto given. Tho dates for
the public rehearsals and concerts are as follows:
Public rehearsals will be held on the Friday after.
moons OF Nov. l2, Dec. 10. Jan. z. Jan. rs. Feb. Is.
March !. March is. and April l. The evening concerts
will be on these Saturdays: Nov. IS. Dec. IL. Jan. 4.
Ian. %. Feb. 10. March 5. March 10. and April ., An.
ton Seidl will. OF course. remain the conduc.
tor of the orchestra. Tho soloists during she
season will include Eugene Ysaye. Raoul
Pugno. Henri Marteau, Jean Gtrardy. Lillian
Nord!ca and Pol Plancon. The orchestra will
number 100 players. The programme during
the season will be made up from these selections:
Symphony. @ minor Kochel. 55o). Mozart; Sym.
phony No. g. D major. Be 'thoven: symphony No. ?,
D major, Brahms: symphony. No. 8. B nat major
new. A. Glazounow; Suite No. 2. @ major. op. 90.
Tschaikowsk y; Suite. No. 2 f minor. Indian " new.
Edward MacDowell; symphonic poem. Tho Noon.
Witch" op. los (new). Dvorak; symphonic poem,
"Tas o." Last; symphonic poem. king Lear" op.
90 new. F. weingartner; symphonic poem.
"Sehnsucht." after schiller new. ~Siegrried Wagner;
prelude, andante and fugue. J. 8. Bach (orchestrated
by Anton SeIdD; overture. Manfred" op. ll5. Schu-
mann, and numbers from "Parsifal" and "Die Wal.
kure." The first concert will present tho following
programmed: symphony No. 8. E minor. "From tho
New World" Dvorak; concerto for violin. d major.
op. n. Brahms. Eugene Ysaye his nrst appearance in
New York this season.; overture. "Die K6nigskinder''
(new). f. Humperdinck; violin solo, Eugene Ysaye;
vorspiel, " Die Meisteninger." Wagner.
In the prospectus of tho symphony Society of New
York, which will DO issued next week, 10 tho list OF
new works to he performed by the society this year.
at the nve afternoon and evening concerto. The hrst
of these takes place Nov. 5 and Il. The list includes:
Symphony No. g I'm F., "Coriolanus' overture. and
concerto for violin with orchestra (3eethoven);
Symphony No. l dn G minor. Brahms; overture.
King Lear Berlioz; symphony No. l (E hat). and
Rustic Wedding" Goldmark; symphony No. g IL
| nat), Peters's edition (Mozart); "Perpetum Mobile"
nrst time), Soyaczek; overture. lie Roi d'Ys,"
Lalo; symphony No. 8 ana symphonic ballad. "Voy.
| vode" (nrst time). Tsch ikowsky; "~siegfried
| Rhine Journey" and ~.Siegfred Idyl," Wagner. Nine.
Melba and MN. Ysaye. Marteau aud Bispham will be
among the soloists during the season.
The Boston symphony Orchestra. Emil PAur con.
| ductor, will give concerts at the Metropolitan Opera
| House on Thursday evenings. Nov. IL. Dec. ls. Jan.
20, Feb. II, and March 2E Joseny will be the solo
list at the first concert. Mines. Melba and Nordica and
Mines. Kneisel and Loenier will also appear In the &c.
ries. The novelties Of the season will be asymphony In
Il minor by Mrs. II. H. A. Beach. Tschaikowsky's 'Ital.
ian Caprice" three movements from the symphonic
suite "scheheraxade.' by Rimsky KorsAkof; the
suite lies Erinnyes.' written for the Orange festi.
val by Jules Massenet; Chabricr's symphonic poem,
" Espagna,' aud Richard strauss ALSO spracht
Zarathustra."
The Dannreuther Quartet will give three concerts
at Chickering Hall during the season. The dates Sc
lected are Nov. ID, Jan. 25. and March 10. Alexan
dor Lambert will be the soloist At the nrst concerts
when Handel's concerto In i major. for strings, and
Dvorak's American string quintet will also bt
played.