New-York tribune., 1903-04-12
MUSICAL NOTES.
Concert of the Peoples Choral Un'on
Springfield FestiUdt ReCiUed.

The first of the mammoth concerts Vhlch
are 10 be given every spring by Frank Damrosch
as Illustration of what is accomplishing IN tie
way of choral training under his popular SYSTEM
viii take place in the Metropolitan opera HOUSE
tomorrow evening The chorus viii be that OF
the Peoples Choral Union the upper house or
graduate department. OF the Peoples shlsi"s
Classes These classes viii be heard at their con-
cert in Carnegie Hall later. The chorus 'o-n'or-
row evening will number about one thousand Noices
which will be supported by adequate orchesuA-
Haydnrs oratorio The Seasons will be per-
formed with the solo parts in the hands OF Shanna
Cumming soprano: Ellison Van Hoose. tenor ana
t7vilvm Miles bass The sounding board puiit
last year viii be brought into requisiuon-
The festivals of the Rampden County Musical
Association which used TO be held amman! IN
Springfield Mass. were abandoned some years aso
II por,ld seem, how ever If the festival spirit
had survived in the community. ana SprlnBheio
rss soine5 the ranks of the Southern and western
cities that avail themselves of the verna peresll-
nations Of the Festival Orchestra OF Boston 70
rf,-e = group of concerts 10 which the name Oh
music festival is properly enough given Inc piti
c-,,e-s1l,- followed is TO organize a local chorai
10 co-orerate with the orchestra and SOLO singers
. ,nder the management of George w SteMat'' y,
.he Poston organization. a Springfield Musical
Festival Association has been organized ana a
c-,srsntee fund raised looking to the giving Oh
annual festivals in May for at least hVe years 10
come The first festival under the ne" iesNne
will take place on Friday evening. SATURDAY 'I'ei
MON
o+C-,,S &c ,1nder the direction Of John J. Bishop'
the Boston Festival Orchestra OF Emil -noiIei
bauer The solo singers are TO pe Slis- 0iiall ~
Cumming Mime. Isabel Bouton, Nine ANITA fIio'
Miss Ada Crossley George Hamin. Anoreas mp
- u;I;o De f,ororza and Frederick Martin The
first concert will be devoted 10 SuiliTans T"IUeA
Legend; in the matinee the chorus VIII not lahe
mart hui Rafael Joseffy IS expected 10 play iAs~'
second pia noforte concerto and a group OF SOLOS,
Mime Bouton TO sing the great scena- "Anschen-
scber,-, from Beethoven's -'Fidelio, and the or
chestra to play a symphonic poem rs warren N"ei
K6nisskfnder.' by Fritz Nolhach ana dlafouho"
symphony IN minor On Saturday evening fro, I,,
<essor roarker's oratorio "Hora NoVissirna VIII
he re-forrned Nr Dippel will sing Lohengrins
narrative from the last act of Wagners opera
Miss Crossley q song by Haydn. ana the orches''o
play Cigars overture "Cockaisne.
II BLOCK IN enthusiastic admrer Of MI
Nikisch has established Arthur Niklsch una
for the Gewandhaus orchestra, and also gives Ioc0
marks TO the Leipsic Conservatory as an al 'nul
Nflzisch Stipend" the interest Of which is TO De
.woraaa annually to the student producing the
best composition.
,.r Narrrerite strfzen pianoforte will give
,onos-+ e- the WaIaorf-Astoria next THURSDAY
evening with the heir of Perry AVeril parSpohe'
Hans Kronold vloloncello. and Robert Gayler' &C
cornpanist Following is the programme;
Theme ana Variations. Oh. 81 bsetn0'eh
Marguerite sulwen vv.v,s-
Flto ------------' tza1s K-ooold
-Four Songs from The Pefry 5,l1snA Averill
1npro-nptu. op. se.......l c-.,,,,
Noctnrne. stea1 e op. a. No. ?.
soher10. Up Marguerite stilwell. -.. zyo,,-,.,
Carmen tsntasie ry.5: i;rooold
From Monte Pincio .c-inrThonaas
Isl jEtais Roi ----'i5s- r5s--1 Ayerji
quite Song 5y reaues) dislse
70 srTIng' isl
NaHurka BTiianfe ir1;ierii Marguerite stiiwen.
roeniel Frohrnan announces that tne iaFe"ei
appearances in America Of the Russian planss'
o., rzahriloyitsch Will take place on Friday al
,ernoon. April "a. and Wednesday afternoon Ap4-i
% at Mendelssohn Hall
. ,.-- o4 q so-,evhet musical character and
large artistic scope will be given IN the Asool ui
,srv Waldorf-Astoria, next FRIDAY aItelHooi t
-he beneft Of the DR.. Phelps Memorial orthoPeui0
ITe-a of the New-York Post Graduate Hospital
-. ~, J-11io4 soprano will sing Henry Holden
t5uss will conduct orchestra and the pianist Is
iii illustrate the development OF the planoIorte
concerto from Bach 10 Schumann Folio"lhs Is
the programme
Concerto major Ms Ms. PIys aossey
Concerto second movement.
N0 Miss Grace Lawrence -,,.,
r., r,o-o.+o g major Oh Is movement Beethoven
fH' Miss Zady Weston ,..r.
a.. -.-.--..------------- Mozart
=. + --,o- ~ - No ! Finale Allegro. Beethoven
S--ehen5e d minor and Prelude, B Hat
0' Miss Grace Lawrence ,,-
Concerto A minor. -, first movement
Helen Rapallo
,-o-oe-+o No / G miner, op. 2s first movement
Miss EtheIvyn Warren .,.
! No . 40 t1neie--
! Miss H. L. Brittingham r,sz,
.-Tsshestraun No 'i-SN'
! f'noe' = iA'' 'p n Miss Edith Cornell.
Songs -------------I,v,i1 ,,r. John Elliot
Concerto No l. minor. oP IL Romanza- Cl'i''
Mrs. 2. L; Pierson vsr,s,ssobn
Capriccio brilliant. q a:i,
@sFeiodrama in its ancient sense. as spoken WoFds
with musical accompaniment, bids fair to come
into favor again Charles Fry. an Englsh reader
IS here TO take part in the series or festVai con
carts giving in Canada under the direction OF Slr
nIav~.,7da- Mackenzie He will take part in Mac
lenzie's Dream Of Jubal' IN Toronto next Frlday
a., Tuesday April 28 Mrs Amy Grant and brun"
Huhn will give readings Of Bjornson's berghot
With C,riee's music Tennysons "Enoch Arden
with Richard Strauss music. and Won widen
bach'e 'ewitch's Song" with Schilng's music at
Mrs Osborn's Play House.
The animal .Fres Ceoil agus Seanachas'' or fes-
-fval of Irish music, Of the Gaelic Society will
-ale Mace at Carnegie Hail. F1fty-seventh-st and
seyenrh-aye on next Sunday evening, April 1s
Al o'clock Morgan J. O'Brien Justice Of the
Annelate Division Of the Supreme Court, viii pre-
esse and deliver a short address on THE Gaelic
4o,,i,-al" Henry Magee will be the musical di-
rector and the performers viii be Mrs. Eva o.
coleman soprano; Mrs. Eelen O'Donnel, contraltoi
Edward P Johnson tenor; John c. Dempsey, barry
zone Edward O'Mahony. bass; John Cheshire
harp: Patrick Touhey. piobaire; Bernard o DonnelL
uianoforte and a band Of harpers-
The promises held out Of return to New-York
-. .e.sa,, or Nj lean de Reszke have very slen-