The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-05
Russian Pianist, Who VIII Play in St Paul April H.

Anito Rio; contralto. Nine. Isabel
BOuton; tenor Mr.. William Wegener;
baritone, Sig. Emilio di GorgOrZa,
basso, Mr.. Frederic Martin.
OF special interest will be the con-
cert that will be given Friday evening
at Plymouth church. for the pro-
gramme will be made up entirely of
the works of Minnesota composers, in
Guiding D. F. Colville. Arthur Bergh
and Claude Madden, st. Paul; Mr. Ge-
rard Tonning,, Duluth; Mr.. Marc d.
Lombard, Wirona; Miss Gertrude Sans
Souci, Messrs. Willard Patten, John
Parsons Beach, Clarence A. Marshall
and Carlyle Scott, Minneapolis. The
Rledelsberger string Quartette will be
heard Thursday afternoon at the
Plymouth church. This quartette has
been recently organized and is made
up of Messrs. Riedelsberger, Halls
Frank and Carlo Fischer. The officers
of the organization are: Clarence A
Marshall, president, Minneapolis; C. A
Fisher, st. Paul, vice president Ham
lin III. Hunt, Minneapolis, chairman of
programme committee, and Miss Jen-
ME Pinch. st. Paul, secretary.
While, musically. the sessions offer
much, the literary side of the conVen-
ton has by no means been subordi-
mated. Some excellent papers will be
read and ample time has been allowed
do credit to an organization much old
er- than the Minnesota State Music
Teachers association.
Gabrilowitsch, who plays in St Paul
under the auspices of the Schubert
club, April IA, has, since his appear
ance in this city two years ago, brought
to his feet the whole musical world.
Since that time, he has arrived" in the
full sense of the term. st. Paul must
Clans who met the young pianist when
ne was here have reason to remember
his fondneSS for athletics for he chal-
lenged a number of them to walk with
him from st. Paul to Minneapolis. All
OF them declined, and Gabrilowitsch,
though polite enough to refrain from
expressing any contempt, was evident
ly very much surprised that anybody
should consider the walk anything of a
feat. Doubtless it is this devotion to
out OF door sports that imparts such a
healthy tone to the pianists playing
The eyes of the musical world are on
Russia just now, for it is prophesied
that out of this great, half-deVeloped
country will come the new school of
music that Will transcend Wagner lust
as the Wagnerian school transcends all
others. GabriloWitsch is of Russia and
is young. He and Paderewski may be
said to represent the national Russian
petersburg twenty-five years ago. At
the age of eleven he played q Mozart
concerto for Rubinstein in a manner
Which aroused the masters interest
and admiration. AS sixteen he com
pleted his academic course, gaining the
special Rubinstein prize, a concert
grand piano forte He studied with
Leschetizky in Vienna and made his
formal debut in Berlin in October, 1896,
The Grau Opera company begins it's
TWO weeks engagement Tuesday night
at the Auditorium in Chicago with a
double bill that includes Donizetti's
. Daughter of the Regiment" with
Nine. Sembrich, Nine Van Cauterin
Messrs. Salignac, Gilbert, Dufriche
ana Begue in the cast, Flon conduct
ing; and LeoncavalIo's "Pagliacci," in
which Scott will appear as Tonic.
Otnef sololsts for the opera are Nine.
FrltlZ1 Scheff, Messrs. Alvarez, Reiss
and Declery. Mancineui will conduct,
"Wednesday Wagner's Die Walkure"
VIII be sung, with Mines. Gadski
Schuinann- Heink, Van Cauteren. Ram
ermelster, Louise Homer, FRITZ Scheff
MarIlly, Seygard, Carrie BridewelI and
NordIca; Messrs. Burgstatter Bispan
and Elmblad in the cast. Alfred Hertz
VIII be the conductor. Thursday night
Wagner's Die Meistersinger'' will be
sung, with Mr.. Antilles as WaItber Tho
cast includes Mines. Gadski. Schr-
mann Heink; Messrs. Van Rooy, David
Bispham Muhlmann, Reiss. Vanni
Condo, Maestri, BiShinello, Dufriche
Rodeschi, Cernusco and FunneIli. Fri
day night Faust" viii be sung, with
Alvarez, Edouard De Reszke and FRITZ
Scheff. Saturday afternoon another
Wagner opera. Tristan and Isolde"
will be put on, with Nordica as Isolde.
Aida" will be sung Saturday night,