The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-17

! Perosis new ,oratorio, THE Birth of
| the Redeemer," was recently given at
| Como under conditions which insured
much applause for 1.-The performance.
The composer, who, since he went to
| Bayreuth, has become a more ardent
| disciple than ever@of the new school,
appears to have out-Wagnered Wagner
himself; not only concealing his or
chestra, but likewise placing behind
small forest of palms the whole of his
chorus of $50 voices, $50 that the exc
cutants were entirely invisible TO the
audience. Perosi conducted, and al
though the performance was given in
church, the sMagnificat' which closed
| the first part was loudly applauded al
encored, the composer at the end of
| this section having seven recalls. Herr
Kaschmann, the Narrator, won his
great success in the invocation in the
second part, which terminates with the
tie jDeum."
| Twelve symphonies illustrating
stories from Ovids Metamorpnoses
were written by Otter Won Dittersdorf,
who died a century ago. Six of these
have been found (three quite recently,
and published, and critics have found
them peculiarly interesting specimens
Of program music.
| Emma Nevada will at once start out
on a concert tour. She is accompanied
by her husband. DIR. Palmer, and her
daughter. Mignon, who is II years DID,
and is said to have promise of voice.
About thirteen years ago Nevada sang
OF 700 n Co.. 4
Nine. Patti, a member of the company
sat in the box and led the applause.
The prominence in the world of art
and letters given to the Rubayiat of
Omar khayyam has led to many edi-
lions and translations of his work, and
Khayyam clubs and readings have been
the rage all over the world for the past
year or two. The surprising beauty of
the lines, and the grandeur of much Of
the thought have induced artists and
bookmakers to put forth their best eff
forts to give it choice setting, and the
Cycle of Song from a Persian Garden,
/ by Liza Lehman, clothes the words in
appropriate musical garb, and make
work which has been given with great
success and enthusiasm throughout the
East. 1t was given on the Pacific Coast
last year in Oakland, with Miss Grace
Helen Bradley, Mrs. Nicholas, E.
D. Crandall, Putnam Griswold as
soloists, and Robert c. Newal1 at
the piano. The Ladies Musical Club
of Tacoma, an organization which
makes every effort to keep up with the
times, is about to produce this interest
ing and beautiful work for the first
| time north of San Francisco, and are
fortunate enough to have secured Miss
Bradley for the soprano part, which is
admirably suited to her voice and style
The other parts will be Well sustained
by Mrs. George c. Wagner, Frank
Barnard of Seattle and Herbert n.
JOY. The piano work will be done by
Mrs., c. F. L. Smith, the capable and
artistic pianist. The Persian Garden
with a short Introductory address, will
form the last part Of a concert program
to be given by the club early in Decem-
Der for the benefit of the piano fund of
the club. A short miscellaneous pro-
gram will also be given, and the Pres
byterian Church has been selected as
the auditorium best adapted for the
purpose.
By way of commemorative the
fftieth anniversary Of the death of
Chopin-on October 17th-the Warsaw
Echo published special number,
one feature of which is a portrait of
farmer named Krysfak, who was born
in the same place and the same year
QS10) as Chopin, and is still living.
which can hardly be called a case of.
survival of the fittest. The Echo al
so contains a fac-simile reproduction of
an unpublished Polonaise, written at
the age of II. The little piece is said to.
show the characteristic physiognomy"