The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-12
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The musicale given under the aus
| plces of the Schubert club yesterday
afternoon at the Odeon was one Of
the most satisfactory the club has ar
| ranged THIS season. The feature OF
the programme was the playing of
RublnSteinS sonata for piano and cello
| Top. 49, by Miss Eulalie Chenevert and
| Carlo Fischer. :
The great Hebrew Russian composer
| was neverymore unrestrained than in
| the composing of this sonata. 1t is
| full of color, bold and assertive. In
| composing 1t Rubinstein seems to have
| laid aside for. awhile his very special
| penchant for pianoforte predominance,
| for the cello has ample opportunity to
! voice the most beautiful passages of
| the sonata, and most adequately were
| they expressed yesterday by Mr..
| Fischer. Especially in the second
| movement, the moderate assai, was the
| musician in. absolute harmony with the
| composer. This movement suggests
| many things, but above everything else
| does one obtain the effect of many men
marching after a joyful victory. There
! is the suggestion of tremulous joy, with
] its undercurrent of solemn grief, and
| there is the alternating between hope
and fear that must disturb every SOL
d1er'S homecoming. Mr.. Fischer is eS-
| sentially emotional in his playing, but
| it is sane emotion that never satiates.
| Miss CheneYerts piano playing was in
| thorough harmony with the cello.
| Ihere was a. correspondence OF tenn
| permanent, as we'll as a true accord of
| musical tones, that made the sonata
brilliant feature of an excellent pro-
| gramme.
| Mr.. Fischer played three solo num-
! bers, 'Widmung" Cop. II, No. -, COM
| posed by Pepper the ViolioncelliSt;
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| No g., and gay dance air written by
| Bach for the cello. The three numbers
| lie within the tenor register of the
| cello. Each demands purity of tone
| and exquisite shading, and they were
| interpreted by Mr.. Fischer with subtle
| refinement.
Victor Herbert's suite for cello and
| piano Cop. 81 was played by Mr. F,isch-
er and John Parsons Beach. 1t would
| be difficult to find a more piquant con-
| trast than that offered by the Rubin
| stein composition and this latter num-
| Der. The rish-America composer
keeps his Imagination within neat
bounds, and for that reason this suite
compels admiration rather than en-
thusiasm. Mr.. Fischer and Mr.. Beach
| gave brilliant reading of the suite,
and here, as in the sonata, piano and
| cello were in complete accord.
Harry E. Phillips sang ''Wotans
Abschied und Feuerzauber," from Die
| Walkure," and group of songs by
Richard Strauss. Mr.. Phillips was in
excellent voice, and as usual his sing
| ing was artistic, for in addition to
| we'll placed organ he has musical I'M
| derStanding, poise and temperament
| The dramatic Wagner number was
| sung with fine effect, and the three
| German love songs were eXquiSitely in
| terpreted. Mr.. Franklin Kreiger, who
played Mr. Phillips accomplishments,
| distinguished himself in his interpreta-
| ton of the Wagner music.
Mrs. T. M. Newson, soprano, sang
| group of English songs, 1.-The Way of
June" by Willeby, and Folk Song"
and I'm the Woods" by Mcdowell.
She sang with taste and excellent eX-
| preston.
Al G. Fields big minstrel show comes
to the Metropolitan tonight for an en-
| gagement of three nights and Saturday
| matinee. Mr. Fields company this sea-
son is said to be stronger than ever
| before. The performance opens with
| first part, entitled The Roof Garden"
introducing panoramic views of scenes
| in New York.
The roster of the company includes
| the comedians, Harry Skunk, Billy
| Murray, Tommy Hyde, Billy Cawley,
| Tommy DonnelIy, Doc Quigley Tom
| O'Dell and Sam Goldman, and the
| vocalists, Reese Prosser, Frank Casey,
| John c. Dickens, J. H. Cavanaugh, Paul
LaLonde, G. D. Cunningham, Matt
| Keefe, J. E. Blamphin and Addison
| Walz. Special features are the Faust
family of acrobats, the D'Arvilles, Eng
lish bell ringers, the musical Mignani
| family and the original Clipper quar-
| tette.
Miss Anna Held comes to the Met
| ropolitan for the week beginning next
| wifi
| Saturday only, in one of her gorgeous
| ly costumed bright, sparkling plays
| and with the assistance of an unusual
number of pretty women, all fetching
| ly gowned, will make things stir. The
| return of Miss Held after an unusually
| long absence is preceded by the largest
| advance sale that has awaited the COM
| ing here of any star this season. Her
| long enga gementS in other cities have
| served to convince local theatergoerS
that THE Little Duchess" is the best
| thing she has had, and not only does it
| give her more opportunity and afford
| a large company plenty of opportunity
| to assist in the fun, but that the piece
is superior to "Papa's Wife" and the
| like, because it is one of the best pro-
auctions by Reginald De Koven and
| Harry B. Smith. The scenes of the
play are laid in Ostend and Paris, two
situations which afford premises for a
| Held show, which is noted for it's fash
ionable frivolity, beautiful women,
| funny comedians and the like.
James w. Morrissey has been select
| ed by Mr.. Robert Grau for the business
management of Nine. PATHS farewell
! American tour. 1t was Mr.. Morrissey
| who arranged and managed the Patti
| musical festivals at the Madison
| Square Garden in New York city some
ten years ago.
E. H. Sothern Is now rehearsing his
| company in a poetic drama by Percy
| Mackay called "The Canterbury Pill
| grims."
Mr.. Sothern will play the part of
| Chaucer, and the play will be put on
| for single performance in March for
the benefit of the actors fund.
Amelia Bingham has decided to post
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