New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-23
MUSICAL NOTES.
The Philharmonic Programme
"Parsifat in English.

IN. .a,s o. season tickets 90 new subscribers
-. ..rss. az concerts mat win be given oy
-. rnUharrnOnie Society during the conihs
80 vv,ll n-rin on Monday morning at Carhe-
"a. F4ou In spite OF the extra expense inVoiFeo
So che engagement OF Messrs- Kogel Colohhe'
r.soDoy Weingartner. Panzner and Thomas u
-o,srr, NJ tie various concerts. there VIII oe
-, Increase IN tie price OF SUBSCRIPTION ucAS's'
sr,,. arvlscsfious received during the last wen
sor rehearsals as well as rcT ne" SuOset' liol'
.,o,-. coward a record season" for the Fni-
80 eo.,e4y- Gustav F. KOgel. from
7ersnlzfort-on -the-Msin. who VIII cOhUuct l"e
-. -,vrl,, rehearsal and concert on Friday
,ete,-,or November IL and Saturday even
- November u. win sail from Germany on
o@.ober % on the KAISER Wilhelm II. Inc UiO'
,.rararne that ne has arranged Is an interesting
ore In honor OF the memory OF DE- Anton
nvorak who was an honorary MEMBER OF Iie
philharmonic Society. his overture husIl1h@
WIN be performed. The other numbers VIII IN
Glide HANDLES concerto for string oIcheSN
A o major. as arranged by Herr Kogel ano
Tschaikowsky's symphony in F minor. me
soloist uviu be Josef Holman, who viii play
rsefboven's concerto IN G major. Mr.. Richaro
Arnold win again be the concert master, ana ar
vpnRements have been made for number o.
extra rehearsais for the orchestra. who nave
already given proof last season Of their ADAPT
ability 70 the ideas OF the various conductors
Among those who have already retained their
boxes for the coming season OF the PhihaT-
Ynonic Society are Andrew Carnegie Z. FTah-
els HYDE John D. Rockefeller. William ROCKS
esller q s. Bowdoin, Herbert Parsons. Elkan
Eaumburg, Isaac n. selgman. ". W. wilson
and Mines. John S. Kennedy II. Fairfield Os-
born. John RiksE. Henry Dimock and G. X
Sheldon
In the list OF solo performers engaged oy
the society for the coming season are Fritz
Kreisler Anton Hekking and Adele Aus Der
Ohe.
Henry u. savaRe'a extended season OF Par
sifal" IN English VIII begin al the New-fork
Theatre on Monday. October 81 and the ad-
vance sale o. seats viii open at the box ONCE
Of the theatre on next Tuesday morning at .
O'clock In order TO accommodate purchasers
End enable them TO get their tickets as rapidly
as possible. three ticket windows win be used
Tor these performances Of "Parsifal' in Eng
fish special scale Of prices has been estab-
lished. The price Of seats for the entire lower
noor viii be So, for the entire first balcony d
and for the entire second balcony 81 The drama
viii be sung without cuts. The evening per-
forTnances viii begin at $50 o'clock and the
snatfnees on Wednesdays and Saturdays VIII
begin at IL in the morning. Between the first
and second acts there VIII be an internlssion.
an hour and a quarter. for dinner IN the even
ings and for luncheon IN the matinees. The per-
Eormances VIII end approximately al il In the
evening and 430 IN the afternoon. The COM
pany which Mr.. Savage has organized for the
special purpose Of giving "Parsfal" in Eng
fish began its season on last Monday evening
at the fremont Theatre IN Boston, in which
city IL win remain until il comes 20 New
York All critical comment. not only after
The FIRST Boston performance. but after the
second, when entirely different cast was
used, was unanimous in the opinion that Mr..
Savage had succeeded in accomplishing what
many had believed 10 be an impossibility.
"ParsifaI' sung in English lacked few II
any OF those elements Of spirituality and rev
erence which are deemed necessary in a per-
Torrance Of the work The scenery, costuming
snd lighting were praised most highly. The
panorauas and the transformations worked
smoothly and with much Illusion. The principal
singers, the chorus. the conductors and orchestra
shared equally IN the general commentator.
Mr. Savage, il would seem, has succeeded in
gathering together a company Of young singers,
who bring 10 their work fresh voices and a stage
training received for the most part IN some Of
the best opera houses Of the Continent. Nine.
KirlSy Lunn is known here, having been
member OF the Grau company two years ago.
Mr.. Pennarini. one OF the tenors comes from the
Hamburg Opera Mr.. Macleunan. another, IS an
American who has done much work IL London
and Mr.. de Voss the third. comes from the
Royal Netherlands Opera. Nine. Mara who al
ternates with Nine. Kirkby Lunn as Kundry
comes from the Breslau Opera, and so on
through the list-Messrs. Cranston. Griswold
Bischon and Egeneh. Lind and COMBS Mr.
Boutwell, one OF the conductors. comes from
Amsterdam and Mr.. Grimm. the other, IS from
Stettin. Alterations have already begun al the
New-Eo Theatre for the production. New
traps must be put ia the stage and the orchestra
pit must be greatly enlarged TO accommodate
she seventy who compose the orchestra.
Not only win il be extended under the apron OF
The stage. but # VIII be necessary to remove
he first three rows Of stalls and sink the floor
Something about the principal singers Of the
company which is to sing "Parsifal" in English:
They were selected last spring when Mr.. Savage
was in Europe. A good part Of them are Arneri--
can and English. The others. except Christian
de Voss. who is q Dutchman, are Germans. The
foreign singers spent the summer learning their
roles in English under an experienced teacher OF
oiction, and the results are regarded as most
admirable. The company is d large one, for
there must be two complete casts. and the parts
OF Bundry and Parsifal each require, for the
eight performances a week no fewer than three
artists. Consequently there are three sopranos
for Kundry, three tenors for ParsifaI and two
singers each for the roles OF Amfortas, Gurne-
MANI and Klngsor. There are also two princi-
pal conductors. in addition 10 the several assist
ant conductors who have charge OF the stage
music.
For his tenoEs 1ir. Savage has engaged Arnis
Pennarini Francis Naclepnap and ,,h-,..,a.