New-York tribune., 1903-04-19
NUSICAL NOTES.
Sir ALerander Mackenzie and Music
FestiUaEs an Canddd-Pr1SeS at q
Welsh Eisteddfod-NOtes
and PrOgrGnmeS.

SinoA March 81 Sir Alexander Campbell Mac
kenzie, the distinguished British composer ana
princpaI Of the London Royal Academy Of Music,
has been directing q notable series Of music fes-
tivals in Canada. The scheme, which is OF STU
pendous proportions. extending from ocean 10
ocean has occupied the attention Of Charles a.
p T7erriss who conceived and is executing il, for
TWO wears Choruses have been organized and
trained in Victoria, Vancouver and NeW-West-
minister in British Columbia; Brandon and Wlnnl-
peg in Manitoba; London Woodstock Hamilton
Brantford Toronto and Ottawa in Ontario; M2nt-
real in Quebec; St. John and Moncton, in New
brunswick and Halifax, IN Nova Scotia Except
in Toronto. ottawa, Montreal and HallfaX the
coruses were all gathered together for the speclnc
rurposes Of the festivals which ere counted upon
TO cause a great awakening in high class music
throughout the Dominion. All the works TO De
given both choral and orchestral are British COM
rositfons which have been composed for or per
formed at British festivals The list is interesting
enough 10 give IN full
ORCHESTRAL WORKS
G villiers Stanford Irish Rhapsody No and irish
?. Il owen oven scandinavian, symphony.
F 5 CoTde5 overture, y5;t9,.,,, 'i5TfspeI0' sdfts
from ns syPePP9y GB2ePs t3-evs f. En4 from sron
Arthr sullivan Di Bale RaIl2 - -. Fsns and
Land Of the Mountain and the Flood ballad.
A c 1 afssfe1S Bsie Dame sans MsFa scottish TnspsSS S
/ .f5ritannia'': Coronation March.
CHORAL WORKS.
! F H. Cowen Coronation ode. 49, ~. g
E Egsr Coronation ODE and The Banner OF '@
= e {eqIse II Parry st Ceollia's Day Bles Pair of
& The Reas. gsetn q iqnsnse' sBd nae Battle of til.
SgiilSfa Eaeaenre The ot5eTs Saturday Night and
I'fai 8 Harriss al Coronation festival masses
ana choruses from 'TorquiI
rrb,a far festivals have been held in Halifax
,tonc+on ST John. Hamilton. Brantford, Wood
Z
remainder of Sir Alexander Mackenzies trip Is as
follows: April 20 and q. ottawa: 22 % and "a Mon
treal: % and 90 Winnipeg; May l, Branooh' anu
Vancouver: g. New-Westmtnster; :, ana .
Victoria In the first three cities the orchesta
came from Montreal: IN the next seven an orches
IRA from Chicago Cnot 2r. Thomass) VIII take par
. .n Winnipeg and Brandon, Minneapolis VIII pro-
vide the instrumentalsts: to the Paclnc Co6s'
cities musicians will g from Sealtl@ ai1
Alexander Campbell Mackenzie. the redouhtaole
director Of these festivals. IS the chle1 repr
| 80 +ossv ~ the Scotch spirit in artistic music
IA was knizhted IL 1855. and has been PIInc-Ii "a
=. rovsI Academy Of Music since ls2e. II -
criaav 6,le 70 the interest which Theodore ilioii ~
roolz in AIr or Dr. or Sir Alexander Iiius. 81 -
-, -. Gov, Years of his activity in New ore
The. this city has heard more oI II .. '4a rt
- o.--a,,norzrv British composer except on
A-tprr Sullivan His nationallsna Is '"' " -
o,rces as is that OF his colleague III 80 g.
T-ra latter is an enthusiastic IFlsh.1ai'' - -
Alexander is more cosnopoite VINO '" -
80 took up the music Of his native Iaio Ia
ming like cold blood rather than Holn On t,tan+s
.Igs He is a German musician - e. 81 - 80
p-ls9. re was born in Edinburgh IN I'4
and n puFp@'9s s professional S musician and was sent
to 9 Germany g to study music when ne was IN %
Years old At fourteen he was v,onS nn,v after he
-, ,beotrical orchestra ana II W. -, "a ideals
- .,.ro,,ybl, irnbfbed German ine''' -, - j.,
tbat he went back 10 GreaL - scholar Of the
Go -, he was elected Kings 0cnoia. 's,-.J 4I,
@ Roys % Academy which he is no nov ns pFinf Influence on
rise was not rapid. but stea ,sibf in every re-
spect. ,,nosed two operas-'l7-
NIB and THE TOubadour-,o.ro .ors pot an ennent
Dr. Francis Huener for nd ,4hs the musical critic Of
champion of W.sEnst~ xr wrote ths norettOs Both