Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-15
M USICAL MEN TON

The board of managers of the Choral
Society has prepared and is about to issue
a definite announcement on the plans of
the coming year. This is begun by state
ment Of the result of the vote by the mem
bers on the question of concerts of sacred
| oratorio on Sunday in preference to aban-
doning the work of the Choral Society so
long carried on in that elevated form of
musical composition.
Approximately it may be said that one
fifth Of the active members and one-third
of the sustaining members will probably
withdraw their support now that Sunday
concerts have been finally adopted by
all but unanimous vote of the board.
Besides the annual performance of the
Messiah" 1t Is the intention to present at
the Easter season concert about the middle
of March, as intimated some weeks ago.
Parker's 'Hora Novissima," the best of
American choral works, given with much
success February 26, 1901, and Rossini's
''Stabat Mater" a work never before given
by the society. About the end of April
Elijah will be presented. Negotiations
are pending with soloists
The rehearsals in October and November
will probably be devoted to the "Stabat
Mater" in December to the Messiah and
in January the ''Stabat Mater and .Hora
Novissima" will be taken up together
Quartet have been announced as FRIDAYS
November 20, December 49, January 1
February and February 20 The series
Will conclude rather earlier than usual on
account OF the departure of the quartet for
Europe on March /. A canvass nv mail
is to be taken to find whether the subscrib
ers would welcome a change to the evening
Inese concerts have always been given at
"a OF 70
ments of the members of the quartet with
the Boston Symphony Orchestra This
year, the quartet having resigned from
the orchestra, the concerts can be given
either at AIS or SIS, as the Subscribers
| may find more convenient
Nine. Schumann-Heink will return tn
America in the last week of January, 1904,
TO begin her farewell concert tour She is
at the present time booked for forty-fiye
concerts In the principal cities of the Unit
ed States, including New York Boston,
Brooklyn, Philadelphia Baltimore Wash,
ington. Chicago. Cincinnati, st. Louis and
San Francisco Montreal and Toronto are
the only two Canadian cities which she will
be heard In. In the spring she is to sing
at the Cincinnati festival and other music
festival engagements. 1t is quite doubtful
If she will be heard at all in grand opera
this winter. Nine. Schumann-Heink' tour
In light opera will not begin until year
from next September.
Pablo Casals. the Spanish 'cellist who Is
| to be heard here next winter. is at present
making tour of South America in con-
junction with Harold Bauer the pianist
Casals made a host of friends here two
years ago. when he toured with the Nevada
Concert Company.
Alfred Reisenauer. the German pianist.
who comes over next winter for his first
tour in America. Is considered in his own
country on par with d'Albert. Rosenthal
and Sauer. He is a favorite Liszt pupil.
being a member of the same class with
Sauer. SilOtt and other famous virtuosos
Unlike the pupils of List. Reisenauer
features on his programs many of the I'M
familiar compositions Of this master. Two
which he plays most frequently are the
A Major Concerto and the x Rhapsodie
| numbers very seldom seen on the pro-
| here recently. Mr.. Reisenauer intends to
give series of Liszt recitals during his
stay in America.
Maud Powell. the violinist, will not come
to America In November. as has been an
nounced. but will come in January instead
The success of this fine artist during the
of the most sought after artists In Europe
Maurice Kaufman, a young American
violinist. who has been in Europe for the
past five years, playing In the principal
concerts, Is expected to return to this coun-
try next month. He win make his debut in
New York In November at orchestral
rosch and his lately incorporated New
York Symphony Orchestra
Madame Jennie Norelli. the colorature 20