New-York tribune., 1900-10-07
MUSICAL NOTES.
TIE PHILHARMONIC soCIETYs SEA
SoN-THE OPERA PROGRAMMES
THE WEEKS ANNOUNCE
AIENTS.
NIENTS.


season viii be eight IN number, usual, with the
customary Friday afternoon public rehearsals.
The dates November 16 and Il, December T. s,
2 and q. January Il and 70 February J. ?, 10 and
iS and March s. 9. o and &c. Mr. Paur will again
be the conductor. Among the solo performers VIII
be Nine. Carreno. first concert; Fritz Kreisler,
violin. second concert, and Henry Holden Huss,
who win play the solo part Of his pianoforte con-
certo in B. The programme of the first concert
will contain Brahms's Academic Festival" over
ture. Toccata IL F major. Bach-Esser; concerto
for ptanoforte, fat minor Tschaikowsky, ana
symphony in z major. op. IA, Joseph Suk (neW)-
At the second concert the pieces will be Fantasia
Francesca Of Rimini." op. %. Tschaikowsky; con-
certo for violin. No. l. G minor, Bruch; tone poem
Elm Heldenleben" GA Heroic Lfe'D Richard
Strauss new. and Beethoven's "Esmont' over
-ure. The other programmes will embrace the
following among other compositions: symphonies
13eethoven's '2roica'' and Pastoral; No 8, in z,
5iahms; Manfred" op. IS. Tschaikowsky: From
the New World" Dyorak; No. !, G major Vein
gartner Overtures, lie Carnaval Roman Ber-
lioz: ''ECine Faust Wagner; DE L'Orestie (new)
S Taneiew. Miscellaneous symphonic poem, Or
pheus," Liszt; "Siegfried's Death" Wagner; Car
nival in Paris" Svendsen; minuet and finale from
the quartet in c. op- 50, No. 8. Beethoven.
There will be q change in the plans Of the Boston
Symphony Orchestra for its NewYork concerts
this year. the afternoon concerts in Carnegie AaIL
falling Saturdays, the evening concerts on
Thursdays. Five concerts will be given IN the
Academy OF Music Brooklyn. Friday evenings
with the exception Of the fourth which will fall
on Monday. The dates these: Borough OF
Manhattan evenings of November s, December L.
January Il February q and March q; afternoons
of November 10. December 15 January 10, February
q and March %. Borough Of Brooklyn. evenings OF
November Q, December "A, January IS February lS
and March % Nj Gericke is contemplating the pro-
duction OF the following novelties in the New-York
concerts: Symphony, In Italy" Richard Strauss
symphony in D minor Bruckner; symphony No
with organ), Saint-Saens suite from "Esclar-
monde" Massenet: "Norwegische Balade," Ront-
gen: Symphonic Variations" Nicode.
Charles L. Young promises to bring from Paris
Edouard Colonne, the conductor. for a tour Of five
weeks in America, beginning April l. 1901. What
orchestral conductor without an orchestra is to
do on a musical tour Mr.. Young forgets to state
He Will also bring Jean Gerardy. cellist, for sea-
son, beginning December 3.
The Berlin manager Hermann Woln writes to
the "Tagebatt" as follows concerning Arma Sen
krah. the violnist. whose death by suicide was
chronfcled few weeks ago:
While in Paris in 1888 with Rubinstein Coonne
called my attention TO young American V1ollnlst
who was extremely anxious to become known IN
Germany. At the time Teresina Tua was in the
zenith OF glory and the introduction of another
"Geigenfee" seemed to me dubious matter. But
the ingratiating appearance Of the young artist
her clear, pure. sympathetic playing, gave me
courage to promise her the desired Introduction
Unfortunately, the name of the young, graGeIIl
blond haired maiden was HarlInes-a name which
with its English SOUND, Old not seem 10 De dQNan-
tageoue for artistic career 1 therefore urged
her TO change her patronymic. She agreed. but her
mother who always accompanied her, was opposed
TO the plan. When l made the change a condition
Of my interest in her career the mother yielded
with protest I observed that by changing the
name Harknes end for end the resultant Senkrah
had all the greater attractiveness for the eye. since
the final III seemed to give the name something
Of exotic character Arma was delighted to be
allowed call herself Senkrah, had visiting cards
printed bearing the name Arma Senkrah, and came
to Berlin in January, 1884. appearing in CONCERT for
the first time the Hotel Kaiserhof January H.
and achieving a great success. The artistic
position Of her programme won the favor Of press
and public at once. Progress in her career
rapid, and the famous she became the
enthusiastic did her mother become over the name
Senkrah; her visiting card bore the words Mrs.
Harknes -Senkrah.' After her marriage the young
artist withdrew from the concert platform and
lived in Weinar, where Liszt repeatedly did her
honor. A few years ago she expressed the wish
again to appear in public. She gave one con-
cert in Bechstein Hail. She still the elegant,
gracious artistic, serious vioinist, but the sunny
merriment which formerly had characterized her
was gone. The only news that have had of her
since then the report Of her self-destruction.
This IS what signor Puccini said recently to a
correspondent OF THE Pail Mall Gazette:
One result OF my visit London is that Grau has
decided to open the grand opera season in New
York with the "Boheme" 10 be followed by the
''Tosca," and has invited me to be present. l