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Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Berlin, Jan. 2e-The kaiser has an.
nounced through his official paper that
he will have built IN this city the most
perfect Wagner opera house in Ger.
many, and that means the world 1t
has made a sensation throughout the
city and goes TO show, forclbly. that
Berlin will not be second rate IN must
cal affairs. The present opera house is
a most beautiful and excllently fitted
structure, having an immense parquet
and four balconies, all but the fourth,
being most splendidly furnished, and
the fourth Is not al all bad. Here the
American students congregate The
prices range from ten marks (parqueO
TO two marks, Fourth balcony for
seats, standing room tickets FOR fourth
circle only costing from one mark to
two. The orchestra box Is capable OF
holding lj0 musicians and the stage IS
enormous. To give WagEtrs great mu-
els dramas It is necessary 90 have No..
heard Of stage facilities, ;hs sccl,c ef-
fects constituting such large pirl Of
the opera. For example in tle Flying
Dutchman" an ocean storm is depicted
ana two immense ships come Teacher
IN full view Of the audig.cs. J., was
done so perfectly The other nigh, that
many a heart tremDicl ls Go sCrue
grew I'm excitement, ana az the Two
monsters in the blackness ramr neattr
! confess, II was so real That was te-
lieved when the storm abttrl Besides
all these features the Royal contains
an elegant pipe organ. probably not
more than half the power " our own
dear Tabernacle organ. u has a splen-
did tone and the latest musical devices,
which are much needed boy the concert
organist Of today.
our Tabernacle organ stands unsur-
passed In tone have heard two OF the
finest in England, the two largest IN
America and several here Including the
grand one at the Kaiser church, and
while many have larger volume OF
tone, they take a back seat decidedly.
when IL comes to the tone quality. And
after all, is not tone" the most i'm
portant one IN music? Ask Willard
Weihe what feature Of his work has
brought him the greatest SUGGEST his
tone" or his "technic,' and he will tell
you-(as also would Joachim or Ysaye)
1t is tone.
THE PHILHARMONIC CHORUS.
The Philharmonic chorus, (Siegfried
Ochs, directory assisted by the Phil
harmonic orchestra. Madame Herzog.
Cote and Rud. won Milde. Royal opera
artists, gave most Inspiring concert
last Monday, the 18th Never have |
heard such sweet concord such precis-
ion, and flswless performance. The
chorus was SO near the ideal, and the
orchestral accompanlments so musl-
cianly that brand II as the most salts
factory concert yet heard In Berlin. DR..
Hugo Reimann, accompanied in his
mastery style. on the pipe organ. In
"Berger's Euphorion." the chorus (25O
voices). orchestra (60) and pipe organ,
aid the most inspiring work. This per-
Torrance was the first Of this rare
work Of Prof Berger's, and was such a
success that the professor was called
lipUl MS stat III Tue fbul VI llit HpNrr
TO the footlights several times. He Is
the coming German composer by the
press so proclaimed and Is Berlin
composition teacher OF worldwide
fame; Brahms "Rhapsodie' for chorus.
orchestra and alto soloist, and two Of
Bachs works We're also given
+. Busoni, the renowned pianist, plays
next Tuesday at Beethoven hall.
Melba makes her last appearance the
same evening in the Philharmonic
Hall. Just across the street, assisted by
that fine orchestra OF the same name
! heard Beethovens opera Of Eli
delio" very neatly rendered at the
Royal opera last Friday, evening.
The Barth, With and Hausinann trio
gave their last Chamber Concert on
Tuesday evening. and were greeted by
a packed house at Philharmonic Hall.
Prof. DR.. Joachim. Prof, Hair. two horn
players and bass violin soloist, assisted,