The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-09
NOTES OF MUSICAL EVENTS.

The concert Of the Olive Mead Quartet, postponed
from March ?. will take place on Wednesday even
ing. April 10.
EuEen d'Albert the celebrated pianist. will give
a farewell recital al Carnegie Hail on Tuesday
evening. He will play Beethoven programme
consisting Of these works: the minor variations.
nat major sonata, op. 81, No. 3; rondo, Op. 81.
No. 2; rondo a oappnccio, op. i29: A nat sonata.
Op. ITO, and minor sonata, Op. ILL.,
The Peoples Singing Classes the preparatory
grades OF the Peoples Choral Union. will hold their
annual concert April % At Carnegie Hail. Edward
MArQuAnd. one OF Frank Damrosoh's Gble as
GistAnts, will conduct. "Athale," By Aendelssohn.
and six par songs will be given The following
soloSts viii also assist Mrt Grace Wheeler Dutton.
soprano; Miss Florence Boese, soprano Miss
Florence La Selle Fiske oOntTAlto: Charles n.
Gunvills. barytone. and Frank Sealy. orGanlst.
The concert 70 Be given by Victor Herbert and
bis orchestra a. the Majestic Theatre this evening
viii be In many respects the most interesting OF the
srriss. inasmuch a. all the numbers 70 be played
were made by requests Of people who wrote TO Mr..
Herbert and who arranged the programme accord
ing 20 the number OF requests received. In every
letter received Nj. Herbert was aSked 20 play some
Of bis own music the most numerous requests being
for Al Fresoo- from 1T Happened in NordlAnd."
the Toy Soldiers March from Babes In Toyiand"
and the Se1tette nom "Babette.- Next in popu-
lArty was the overture from Poet and Peasant"
by Suppe. There were i.67 requests for this
number. Next came the overture from Rossinls
william Tell for which there were .tSa requests
Then came the Introduction 10 the third act from
-LohenEnn.- with 40; then the "Lenore Sym
phony,- By Raj. with va. The Scenes NeApoi-
tAines- by Massenet was asked for by SO people.
while Rubinstein's Melody In p was only less
popular by four requests.
AZ the recital OF Miss sally Rockingham Aksrs,
soprano. 10 be given In AendelsSohn Hall next
Tuesday afternoon, April II, the singer. who has
been a pupil OF Nine. Marches and other eminent
masters, will offeT an especially interesting pro-
Grsmme Of some twenty songs. ranging as TO their
authorship from Bach and Haydn, through Schu-
mann, Schubert, TschAikowsky, Grieg and Strauss,
10 the most modem French, English and American
composers, and Including also some old French and
English authors, In the Interpretation Of this at.
tTaotlve list Miss AkeB will have the assistance OF
lsldore Luckstone a. scoompanist.
The farewell appearance In this county Of Josef
Holman and FrtE KreisleT will take place next
Sunday afternoon, April &c. In Carnegie Hall. This
concert will also be the last important musical
event OF the season. The general public has taken
such an Interest In the programmes OF these two
interesting young STAN that II looks as n the pro
gramme for the coming farewell concert win be In
the nature OF . request" one. Mr.. woifsohn
has been betieEed with requests for compositions
20 be played by both Holman and Kreisler, but
the greatest demands were that Holman include
the LisIt transcription ofthe -TAnnheuser-overture
among his selections and that KreiSleT play once
more the "Humoreaque- By Dvorak. Since Kreislsr
nrst played the "HumoresQue- here he has re-
oelved requests 20 play II on every occasion, both
In New York and other cities Though Hoffman,
and Kreisler are each TO be heard IN two groups
solos, they also 70 be heard In the Cesar Franok
sonata and the Beethoven "KreutEer- sonata,
another number which was requested by a large
number OF Hdmireu.
The second and last recital for the season OF the
Church Choral Society. OF which Richard Henry
Warren is conductor. will be given In 81. Thomas
Church on Wednesday afternoon. Aprtl y. and
Thursday evening" April 49, The novelty on the
programme will be the hrSt presentation Of DvorAks
Al the Hero's Grave" opus Is. A. Transcribed for
orchestra by Mt. Warren. The programme fol-
lows;
Antonin Dvorak. AT the Heros Grave and
Mass In n major, (opus ~: John Stalner, choraie.
In the Cross OF Christ Glop- Charles Gounod.
De Profundis Psalm iSO. and AleI GuilmGnt.
symphony IN D minor INST movemenO.
The soioists for the occasion will be Nm. John L.
Elliott soprano; An. Richard Henry Warren,
contrslto: Kelley Cole tenor Harry p, Merrill
bass. and win c. Macisrlsne, orGsnlst
PIX. Ar,ns. director Of the Peoples symphony
Concerts. announces -spr Ing Programme" for the
next and last OF the series, which will thus nnish
this season In a Very appropriate and attractive
fashion. The concert Il 20 be given In Carnegie
Han on the evening Of Friday. April ~. The princi.
pal orchestral numbers viii be SchumAnn's 30 called
Spring symphony No. L. In nat major, a sym
phonlo fantasia BY the director himself. entitled
Lies Springtide." and GHeg's unique sketch
for string orchestra, In Sphngtime.- familiar
TO musicians In la plAnoforte Arrangement among
bis -EiegiAo Melodies opusA Nine. Ruby Cutter
Savage will be the sololst Of the concert. and Ia
10 sing an aria from MoEau's II Re Pastore
with violin obiEHio. played by the concert master,
Mr. Schmitt and the Strauss vocal waltz. Voice Of
Spring II Ia 10 he noted that every endeavoT
Il being made 20 accommodate the enormous a..
tendance a. these concerts BY placing extra seats
on the platform and BY other arrangements. 90
hat nov no one need be turned away unable 20
rain entrance, a. happened earlier IN the season.