New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-11


cnrNDAR FOR THE WEEK-A NOTE ON
RRAHMs-CoNCERT ANNOUNCEMENTS
,.,o., calendar for the current week is as
follows:
s,nao, .sc,ennrodel Hall. $50 p. m. concert OF
chamber music. Columbia
N Muf BE- Hen Hsnry E. ia snsSs
siusiee Analysis; Metropolitan ope'"
ID m. Faust" ,.er, a,
TuesdayS.e music by the Jeanne Frankie TITO
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Opera House. p "''
"Siegfried" . y M.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Opera House
opers House % ROMEO me- ' st
Juliette" at popular prices
Ill, ~ . rsvival O. musical interest this
uroaL hroueh, about by the return OF INC AoDe''
schoetel & Grau Company Tor oiieI .on,
the Metropolitan Opera House Inc s,.. on
has nut forth its most attractive hs'. On
Monday. "Siegfried' on WEDNESDAY, ~ "pouho
r,ursaav FRIDAY being Good Friday ana 49,"
i"u' sa. =, ,onu,ar nrices on Saturday evening"
~ nn.ro for saturday afternoon has not ye' oee''
an,ounccd On Sunday night there VIII oo ~.
lar concert by artists from INC op :, ,,r
Nctropolitan Orchestrs, under inc o' eo''
se,dl The farewell performance u INV ,hs
LII taka place on Tuesday evening. ""on %.
sa.h,.r ~ Henry E. Abbey will be tho recipeh1
90 a benefit OF course practically ali 'no Q"
will sing and the programme VIII De "'''e''""'
Gus one.
Mr. Frederick E. Darlington, principal Vi WV
Staten Island Academy. writes as io'0 ct
S'aV. , ,',~ = nloasant glimpse Of Brahms: i
-. - s,rnuer of 1855 at Wesen am Waie"sec'
c'.o~,a,d Herr Keller, OF Berlin. who ala m'ch
~ prahmss editing. was there ana 'a'e' y" o
brahms himself more especially 10 near =" v. -
German girl render In mos' re'la N"oo 80
w. rho FIRST OF his own songs he was NV, M
he' ' an6 we ate. talked and walked with
s,ro board him play for hours while TINS sn'Vu
maiden sang 10 him, and laughed AT MS '"''oN
erunts of approval and even enthusiasm w, ,,,,
tho songs were especially well zone. l .' -
Girl must have sung thirty or forty OF '"e'" WV"
ran,urous ease without notes or WORDS ana u '
great delight of Brahms, who acconp"hi.u ~
D., once he stopped suddenly. In the mlouie VI
.sTrennune" and called for Schuperts SONGS, w
ha onened quickly with the hearty cry Oh An .
this IL music. Brahms thought ne hau "''
heard so fine rendering either OF mo wv
schuhert's songs and prophesied great 'h''ss ,o'
80 -. s,rger But the enemy had already be-
cum his work: in two weeks we watched her IAN ia
love with Rhenish avocat. and pres'o' o
RED and never sang another note III PupH.' A"N
great composer beed his photographs Whicn saw
one the impression that he was tan On ''e D'.'
,rsrv he was short and very thicKset anu "e'.
ahon, IN clothes that badly cut and hung ana
Aanned about his body and legs as II they were
made of engham; but he was very seniaL mus
unavoidable and exceedingly Interested IN 'a'h"s
of music in America.
Among the most ardent lovers Of Brahms.the
prahmors as they are Peculiarly called-n New
YORK &c Mr. Ferdinand Snzig. He gave his hrs'
musical for the season last Thursday AFTERNOON"
and Brahms's music figured extensively IN inc pro-
gramme With Miss Elise Fellows, he played 'he
Sonata in Amajor for pianofor'e ana vlol.,' anu
among his 500 pieces were the andante from op' .
and waltz from op s. Mr. Heinrich Meyn sang
three Of the Magelone Lieder
Mr. Paderewski played a new Scottish con-
certo. by Sir Alexander Mackenzie, at concert
OF the London Philharmonic Society on March -
"The Telegraph" in its review OF the concert sun
The concerto which Mr. Paderewski INTRODUCES
with such splendid effect last evening may take d Luz
place By The side of the best that siT A ieSanGen
M sansx mas is fn OF national color while the
musicianship that marks its pages is as rs
into which-according to classical precedentd,ttte
is divided we are inclined on earring eary aiegro
is made up of subject matter thai SEXES al o zee
The solo instrument is designed TO leave none OF
Nne pianist's resources und!splayeu III tns a,om
movement Sir Aiexand Mackenzie has been even
acterisics of typical Scottish melody are la tyas
EMPLOYED This section of the concerto a!so; e iSts
The SOLOS, some moments that are lTresisnn dI
Charming The finale opens In somewhat netE
mood and seems 10 suggest nothing SO muGn "a
the rough rejocings OF Highland clan new re-, re
turned from some % lofa deeper for the
ecposer adds the Of ais mems
he neags the emo wS q, so
ing when all over. that the hio ,tsniS be,,ar
played seccHa t hav, no terms save those of the
highest praise in which to speak Oh Me p diout,es
Skis MSrR are S, manifold but there none that
The Polish pianist did not compass WIN tns, onai
Wnich .f,sr the finale had been repeated me au-
dence still camored for more ana az IehS ~ snb
from Mr. that was quite perfect in its
peaceful tenderness ana grace
Mr. paderewski also played the Chopin F-mlnor
concerto at one OF the Crystal Palace concerts
r.t,,g use Of Mr. Burmcisters version or the or
$3.50, nor, somebody had the temerty TO say
~, Mr. Paderewski had got the version IN
Auer,ca which from English point OF view.
would seem TO be something most lhtoieraoo anu
not 10 be endured" At any rate some Knowing
Individual came 10 the rescue OF the nauohai hoho
h sending the statement to THE Telegraph that
the version was not obtained by MN IN America
as has been stated. On the contrary lie LOOK !.
,,,h hin, 70 America and first played II there"
u is a silly triie to waste time and space on ou'
inasmuch as Mr.. Burmeis'er lives IN bai.'more'
had PLAYED the concerto with his amendments mere
he,ore Mr. Paderewski and delivered the score to
the latter through the writer of this paragraph
we are inclined to the belief that MI PaoerewsKi
obtained the score in America
Mr. Henschers "Stabat Mater" will be performed
at the Frauen- Kirche TN Dresden. on Good Friday
The bass solos are this occasion assigned to the
composer Mrs. Fensche taking those for soprano
Mr.. Henschel recently gave first vocal recital in
Vienna with great success
A hitherto unknown panoforte composition by
Wagner was published recently In the "Mus-
kal.sches Wochenbatt" Of Leipsic 1t was writ
ION IN 1851 in Paris. and bears the title Arrival
a. the Black Swans" and Is inscribed: ITO his
noble hostess the Countess Pourtales. as re-