The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-17

lsAH-SK Hall, a week from next Thurs
- day night of "Parsifal' in con-
cert form, given, under the direction of
Walter Damrosch by the New York SYM
phony Orchestra, ten soloists of reputa-
ton and the male chorus of the Musk
verein.
The New York Symphony Orchestra was
recognized by Mr.. DamrOsch last fall,
with Daniel Frohman as president, and it
gave Sunday afternoon concerts all winter
at Carnegie Hall. The programmes were
mostly of selections from the music dramas
of Wagner, and the playing of them was
attended by explanatory remarks by Mr..
Damrosch The audiences were immense.
for Mr.. Damrosch has an international
reputation an advocate and eXpositor
of Wagners methods and works; he has
been a conductor of the Metropolitan Opera
House and the Philharmonic Society, and
some years ago he was the director of
a great Germany opera company. His lee
ture-recitaIs have been "a factor in the
musical education in many cities. His
first 'Parsifal' concert was given in the
Carnegie Hall series of last winter. After
many repetitions, in the cities of New
England and at Philadelphia and Brook
Ign. the conductor. the orchestra and the
assisting singers set out on April H. for
a tour of the Central and Western States,
complying with the demand by giving
concert every day. This prosperous but
arduous labor must be continued until
May 8.
The arrangement of the representation of
''Parsifal' at Tomlinson Hall will begin
with the playing of the orchestral prelude,
which, as in all of Wagners music
dramas. is fabric of the leading motives
OF the whole score. This will be followed
by the Professional of the Knights of the
Grail and the invisible chorus" The male
chorus of the MusikveTein. rehearsed by
Mr.. Ernestinoff Will sing the professional
music, ana the SCXtet o. women Singers
will supply the voices which, i'm the stage
production of 'ParSifal," issue from the
dome OF The grail Temple. Francis Arch
ambaut, the basso, VIII sing the lament
OF AmfoTtas, who suffers from wound
received as punishment for his having
yielded 10 sensual temptation and having
lost to klingsor (the leader OF tine knights
of evil the holy spear. The prophecy.
from divinity. that AEfOrtas VIII be healed
by a ''guileless fool by pity enlightened"
will be heard. Between all the solos and
their orchestral accompaniment Mr. Dam
rosch will continue his commentary, max
ing the connections clear.
The second act opens with the arrival at
Klingsor's palace of the youth .Parsifal
palace after an exhibition on his part of
elemental stupidity. He has retained, sub
consciously as it were the picture of the
suffering of Amfortas end the gloom en-
shrOudng the temple wherein rests the
cup that Christ and His disciples drank
from at their last supper and within which
Joseph of Aramathea caught the drops OF
blood that flowed from Christ's side as he
hung upon the cross. AS Parsifal enters
klingsors garden, he is surrounded by
the Hover maidens, whose lovers (kling
SorS knightS) he has routed. and who
now try 10 beguIle him with song and
dance. This chorus. one of the most COM
pick in musical literature. will be sung by
Nine. Cutter-Savage and the Misses Wheel
er. Crawford, Bloomfield and Kennedy.
Daniel Beddoe, the tenor, will sing the
part OF Parsifal.
This incident is followed in the music
drama by the scene between Parsifal and
Kundry. The latter is the creature that
laughed at Christ as He hung upon the
cross and was. therefore. condemned to
roam the earth forever understanding the
cause of the sinful agony of humanity and
at the same time compelled to share in IT,
She is slave of Klingsor. and has been
ordered TO bring about the ruin of the
pure fool This she begins by telling
farslfal OF his mother. HerZeleide, whom
he thoughtlessly deserted and who died
Droken-hearted Working SO upon his emo
ton. kundry draws Parsifal to her and
kisses him. Immediately he feels in his
side the pain of Amfortass wound and
springs from the temptTess. His resolution
TO resist brings about his recovery of the
holy spear, his destruction of Klingsor's
castle and, most important, his compre-
henslon OF the cause of human misery
his "enlightening pity The sOng-narra-
rattve OF kundry will be sung by Nine
Harmon-Force, the soprano
The third act of "Parsifal'' describes the
heros return To the castle of the Grail
his healing OF Amfortas's wound and his
becoming king of the Grail. The act opens
with the Good Friday spell. orchestral mu-
sic which reflects the composers ideal of
the effect on nature OF the sacrifice of
Christ. on this day ParsifaI returns to
the Grail realm. The great virtuoso. VIII
helmj, made an arrangement of this part
of the 'Parsifal'' score for solo violin and
orchestra and on this occasion David
Names. concert master OF the New York
Symphony Orchestra. will take the solo
part. Mr.. BeddOe Will then sing Parsifal's
proclamation. and the orchestra will con-
tinue to play the gorgeous finale OF praise
and triumph.
Wagner took all of his lbrettoes from
legends, and the story OF "ParsifaI' is
only one of many forms of the Grail ira
dition. 1t is symbolical of Wa-ner's coz