New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-14
MUSICAL MATTERS.
THE WEEKLY CALENDAR-LASI WIEN
OF THE OPERA SEASON-PREAcHERo
AND MUsIc-NoTEs AND
PROGRAMMES.
PROGRAMMES.

PROGRAMMES.
.r, ,,,,stcai calendar for the current week Is az
follows - ~,
sunday-Metropolltan opera House sl5 ?; m' con-
cert under the direction OF ANTON oc'u'' - L.,
Monday-Cha Music Han. =. m, i JG,r ~ ~
Professor W Adams Brown on EvoIu'i09n or -,
the Wind Lns, ysoDc,s . T%'' Cid"
Tuesday-C hlckering Hail. II m, Lecture oy M n,.
Henry 6. fIanchett ON "lmiiaIlQh 'oirecton Of
i E1dnk S Tred sou iPV cR"m6cT Music HAN
Kidd6 tilt.
rehcarsal by the Haarlem Phharmonic society
Metropolitan Opera Hous" D. m. fau'I
Trcitai by Miss rachel omann
Madison square Garden Hall, S:l5 m; y con,
Honsc cy s:i5. concert Of the Haarlcm Philhar-
monic Society
Frday-Mendelssoh Glee club Han p M I2ng
opera House, p. n last night OF ''e oPe'"
Carmen"
Saturday Metropolitan Opera House. p. M last
opera matinee. "Siegfried
The regular subscription season a. the Metropoli-
tan opera House came 10 a conclusion S''ler"'S
afternoon. Neverthe, S. the opera will not depart
from us at once Four extra performances nave
been arranged for this week, and they VIII be no
,ahIa ones NJ Jean de Reszke will sing al three
Of them once in the company of Nine cave upo"
whom has dcvolved the task OF Keeping 'he P""''-
Interested In the female contingent 81 t"e oo'
nanv The two will sing together IN 'fauS' y"
Wednesday evening On Monday lie 'lu' ""'',
GORGEOUS trappings aided by the warm singing anu
lpipbtIv hearing of NJ de Reszke. achieved as
,inct success on the first production o. the opeI"
Last Friday night. will be repeated 1t i W.
long OPERA and there are many long Suetch'' !"
which popular interest fails dormant but II II
brave show and keeps VI. de Reszke IN evidence
ovon more than "Siegfrled" besides giving MIN
onnorttlnitv to display several costumes, EACH from
rho first more gorgeous than It's predecessor Ii Is
a mans opera, moreover Or at least men VIII
hold the greater part Of the popular attention
which II receives long as they are sucn superb
specimens of the the brothers De ReSIke
NJ Jassall.. and " PlAncon. on Friday the opera
Will be carmen" with Nine. Calve as the heroine
NJ Salignac as Don jose and VI. Iassale as the
bun fighter "Slcgfried" will bring matters TO -
close on Saturday afternoon, and then there VIII
be a lu in this held Of amusement until Mr. Dam
rosch opens his season AZ tho same plac" on
March s With the opera Of course. the SUNDAY
night concerts at popular prices VIII depart ne
Ia last w be 5ysa 'q ho gTeae par Of
"Stabat Mater" will be sung. with ne SOLO parts
William J. Lawn and NJ Pancon. The programme
before the lntermission will be as follows:
na'oczy March Beaiios
l''"@"'e ''' i'''"'' Sir Dutscbkc
La '"'"'" Toiaa.oo Mr Redrch ''''~'.' w
Concerto IN . MN Master Iu5crman
2 2- w.! A tier s .aS Ba tcnn hao~sy
Cwi.h yoonccllo obbisa'oJ
only "''"e'su ''' David B.sp6an '' To-
s Ar sfs lsS1Ss ia Danaaan Do Faust r'o1
Finale "Rheinsoid' Wagner
The Cincinnati clergyman who advertised his
plentiful lack Of good taste and musical knowledge
by attacking "A critic for his criticism on the music
festival in a sermon last May has found imitator
in ono respect i'm Minneapolis Tn" Cncinnatan
used Theodore Thomas a symbol of the Divine
Leader There is an orchestral Interpretation OF
the genius Of life" said he, thinking doubtless.
that the phrase had meaning. and expoundng
further: Through redemption the Lord Jesus
Christ orchestrates His own divine arrangement Of
the vital beauties and harmonies and AN of MS
have places positions and duties in the sublime or
atorio" Thai was pretty good for the Rev. Trum-
bull Lee of Cincinnati. bur the Rev. II. G. Mabe
has gone him one better. He heard Lberati play
the cornet and saw him conduct his brass band,
and then put forth stuff like the following which.
II saved at all is only saved from basphcmy by It's
Ignorance Of the meaning Of musical phraseology.
The topic Of the sermon was The WORLDS lmpe-
rallsn at Messiahs Feet" Liberatfs brass band
had been giving concerts in s. Paul and so the
Rev. Mr.. Mabie became inspired for the following
pcroration:
wish to refer 70 that wonderful leadership
which some few have witnessed in the last few
weeks in our sister city. We have seen one Of
those prodigies of musical interpretation stand he
fore his band with control which - Sublime. and.
while his soul interpreted tho whole majestic COM
position OF other Of tho great masters, mis-
majestic wand has compelled tho several parts OF
the great orchestra 10 give him their parts accord
ing to his Interpretation. As | have watched the
baton OF Libcrat and seen his susceptible soul
culver through every muscle OF his form like some