The Washington times., 1902-02-16
m THE MUSICAL WORLD.
News and Gossip of Interest to
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NEWS ana GOSSIP OF interest TO
Amateur and Professional.
OF Kubelik's first Chicago appearance
| the Record Herald says that no such
| violin music has been heard in Chicago
since Ole Bull played there. and that
! even Ole Bull was not to be depended on
to play as the young Bohemian does.
'Of this beauty Of tone" said the Chica-
| go writer. and marvelously clean. crisp.
delicate, unerring precision, and all-com-
| prehensiveness OF technique, it cannot be
| said that they have been attained by long,
! patient labor. under training OF whatsO-
! ever intelligence and exacting severity.
/ Training the young man has had, OF
| course but he has not lived years enough
/ for training and labor 10 have achieved
| such results, except based on the born
| genius for musical expression that needed
| lust this channel in which 10 run and
| make itself manifest.
| Kubeliks numbers for his concert here
| at the Columbia Theatre this evening VIII
! include the famous Mendelssohn concer-
( ia and numbers by Wieniawski. Bazzini,
! ana Paganini. while the assisting artists
viii he Herr Rudolph Friml, and Miss
Maria Victoria Torriihon, solo pianist.
In Nav. 1898. the song cycle In Per
sian Garden" from the Rubaiyat OF ohiaF
Khavvam. the Persian poet and phlloso-
nhar. who nourished about 100 years ago
was n-oduced in this city for the first and
only time by Mrs H. H. Mills before an
audience of upward of 1000, ana was
remarkable musical success.
Mrs. Mills has often been urged 10 re-
peat the performance, but her other en-
gagements have prevented her from COM
plying with these requests. This season.
however. she has been able to undertake
the work. and rehearsals have been in
| progress for some time
The concert will be given, under her
direction. at the Columbia Theatre, on
Friday. March :. and in Baltimore on
saturday. March s, with the following
fingers: Miss Lillias HALEY. soprano
soIoist of the Epiphany Church choir;
Miss EIeanore Smonds, formerly con-
tralto soloist of that choir; Mr.. Horauo
Rench, tenor soloist Of St Thomas
Church. and Mr.. S. p. Thompson, BARI
tone soloist of St. Pauls Church.
II would be very difficult TO get togeth-
er a quartette better suited to the pur-
pose than this one, its members being
recognized as among the best singers in
the city. Miss Simonds took part in the
original production here, which, by the
wav was the second to be undertaken in
the United States, the first having been
given in New York City.
The poem itself, and the music by Liza
Lehman, have proved to be very popu-
lar both with musicians and the general
public, the work having been produced
over 900 times in various parts of the
country since the performances here and
in New York demonstrated its artistic
value. The most recent production was at
the Waldorf Astoria in New York in No
vember last. when the quartette was com
posed of these well-known soloists: Miss
Hildegard Hoffman. soprano; Miss Adele
Laeis Baldwin, contralto; Mr.. Mckenzie
Gordon tenor, and DR.. Carl r. Duft,
basso At this concert the pianola was
so successfully tested as a pianoforte &C
compartment in concert work that it
will be used at the performances in this
city and in Baltimore, and will be oper-
ated by the same gentleman who gave
such satisfaction at the WaldorfAstoria
The second concert of the season by the
Ladies' String QIartette, under the direc-
ton OF Ernest Lent will occur Wednes-
day evening, February 20, at the Wash
ington Club The composers who will be
represented include Beethoven. Hassel-
mans, Godefroid, TschailSowsky, Raff,
Neruda. Stearns. and Schubert. The quar-
tette is composed OF Miss Florence Ste
vens first violin; Miss Marie BastiaDelii.
second violin; Miss Mabel Montgomery,