New-York tribune., 1901-02-24
MUSICAL NOTES.

MUSICAL NOTES.
THE WEEKLY CALENDAR AND OPERA
LIsT-NoTEs on THE PROGRAMME OF
THE KNEIsEL CHAMBER CONCERT
AND THAT OF THE AMERICAN
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
PROGRAMMES AND AN
NoUNcEMENTs.
sunday-Metropoltan Opera House, SIS p m; op-
and mem6ers Of the Knesei Quartet; church
u q rhe ssSsRs'qa mateT Ain saints Church 80
p. m, Lenten service, Pergolesis 'staoat
acknowledgements Opera House, $50 p. m,
''Das Rheneod": Mendessohn Hall. D. m
recital qI TiolH music ny Mis- ~ UnsS Ms Wiam
spencer Crosby ''Das Rheingold."
Theatre 2 mr. ooRTs Mspaess6hH Ps he
ian, p m pianoiorte recital - ny y,iss Ssf9,I bSl
the Kneisel Quartet
"Wednesday Metropolitan Opera House, 745 p. m.
cT ~ ebaPe masie 6T the Morgan n Quartet
church OF The Holy Communion, $50 ?. m; Tree free
organ recital by William {, Carl; Asseclaton Ai
music by the Dannreuther Quartet
Thursday -Mendclssohn Ham, Sl5 D. m, concert
FOR the benefit Of the Iiszt Monument Fund;
Victoria Hotel SSo D. m. CONCERT oi Elolonesno lss
uinth-st. lecture by Mrs. William Spencer Cros-
~ on die Walkare."
TNriday-Metropolitan opera House, 7s5 D. m,
cSr ~ tbe Ie9sc PhiIhsrm6nic Orchestra:
Mendelssohn Hail. y. m, song recital by David
Bispham.
saturday-Carneeie Han el5 p m, Young Peoples
symphony concert; Mendessohn Hail. p m,
farewell rianoforte recital OF Ernst Won Doh
nanyt; Metropolitan Opera House; p, m
Lucia" and 'taNallcria Rustlcana = p. m,
'l-ohengrin'; Academy OF Music, BrooklNn 30
q glestra, str '0"'''' 0' the i''S'' f"''n'''"0'' o'
The third evening concert Of the Kneisel Quartet
win be given on Tuesday SIS O'Clock in Men
delssohn Hail. with the following programme:
aaltS' Soaa's for % ri5aofore and clo ia major oF
Quartet Tor raroforte and strings, op. - C minor
Mr. Ernst won DohnanY will he the pianist
The quartet ny Tschaikowsky is the second OF the
three compositions he left in this form, and was
written and performed I'm the early spring OF
lS74 when ne thirty-four years old and had
hardly begun 10 make name outside OF his natiNe
land. Tie had not Yet written any OF his greatest
orchestral works hut 10 the same period belongs
one Of his compositions that has contributed most
widely his fame. his first pianoforte concerto.
This quartet privately performed az Nicholas
Ruhnstein's rooms in Moscow. in the presence Of
Anton Rubinstein The latter. though very proud
cf Tschaikowsky as man. took an almost hostile
view Of his compositions especially the great ones.
the latier's hiographer Kashkin. points out. He
shus describes the scene: "An the time the music
went on Rubinstcin listened with a lowering. dis
contented expression. and the end with his usual
brutal frankncSs he said that il not in the
least in the style OF chamber music, that he him
self could not understand the composition, etc The
audience well as the players went into ecstasies,
but the one listener whose appreciation meant most
10 the composer ohstiuatey stuck his opin-
iOn. One word from him would have been more
valued than all other praise success, but
Tschaikowsky was not destined 10 hear that word,
and he was evidently deeply hurt by Rubinsteins
cutting remarks. II did not however shake his de-
NotOn 10 his former master" The quartet, how
ever, has become almost famous as its prede-
Cessor. on. II; but If more euphonious, Mr..
Funeker says is not marked by The rude Russian
Vigor and originality of that one Yet OF
the themes hear the unmistaksble trace Of their
lation TO Russian folksong elements.
Mr.. DohnanHis sonata is stin in manuscript. as
the other works Of the talented young Hun
garian. The movements allegro troppo:
scherzo. vivace; andantino, leading directly TO the
finale, theme with variations Brahms wrote two
pianoforte quartets in 1863. both Of which added
largely 10 his growing fame. Though the second in
A major, has attained "A somewhat higher place in
the esteem OF latter day audiences the first. which
Mr.. Kneisel will play, has the more popular quail
ties, with its strong, bold first movement, its un-
commonly suaYe meodious intermezzo and the
brilliant finale, 'Rondo ala zingarese"-one Of
Brahms's numerous manifestations Of his strong
liking for the Hungarian melOdic and rhythmic
characteristics. This movement Is given a peculiar
character by the fact that its theme Is in two
three measure periods instead OF the usual form
of eight measures. gay and daring" as Dr
Deters calls a.
The first concert OF Mr. Sam Franko's second
series viii be given in the Lyceum Theatre next
Tuesday afternoon Only Of the compositions
10 be performed is familiar 10 our concert -goers-
the symphony in by Haydn. which viii open the
concert Glowing this viii come Rode's eighth
concerto. io 1e played by Leopold IAchtenberg
prelude mp strings, on a theme from Pergolesi's
''stabat 'ator' by Niccolo Westerhout, and
Gretrc5'S 1rerture 10 ''Icpreuve ViHageoise"
BY a incidence tho violin concerto hitherto a
strange 20 New-York's concert room so far as
tho record goes, will have its introduction on the
l26th anniversary Of the birth % its composer
Pierre Rode was horn In Bordeaux on February 96
l'ti. tie was a pupil OF Niotti and. while spending
the greater part of his active career in giving con
certs throughout Europe he was al different times
professor al the Paris Conservatory solo EioInist
10 the First Consul and chamber musician 10 the
Gar OF Russia Beethoven completed his sonata
Tor pianoiorte and violin In G major op ss for
Rode and heard performance of Il by his pupil
the ArchduSe Rudolph, and the great violinist The
latter's work did not please the composer however
Rode wrote ten concertos and the teacher of
Bohm who was the teacher Of Joachim
Mesterhout's prelude is not an arrangement hut
m original composition the theme of the
'Quando corpus" m Porgoesi's "stabat"
The composer Niccolo van Westerhout is a
young Netherlandcr Born and living in Italy who
Is best known by his pianoforte compositions the
most popular of which is "Ronde glamour" The
''Stahat Mater is the most famous of Pereolesfs
compositions and his swan" song as the Re
QUEEN" MOZart's He was so an when he v,ro,a