New-York tribune., 1905-02-12


tistic executor Rimski- -KOrsakoff. The work
had eight performances during the year, with
great success, but was not mounted py the n
Imperial Opera House Only on November n
1897 was the opera revived at Moscow by me
Private Opera Company, whose bright particular
star was the basso Shalyapin- Since then II
has become a regular stock opera. The intro
ductiOn, based on melody that might have been
created by the people themselves depicts the
break of day on the Moskva River. 1t is a tone
picture of the awakening of nature and life at
sunrise. The dance of the Persian women
Fourth acO is q characteristic bit OF exotic
music. The Turkish march is another example
Of MusOrgski's art in the same line. ArenskPs
"Silhouettes" is an attempt at five musical char
and dancer The solost on this occasion will be
Francis Archambault, barytone
The German Liederkranz will this evening give
a vocal and instrumental concert. Soloist,
Eugene Ysaye. violin, and Arthur Claassen. con-
ductor. The programme:
Overture. uryanthe weber
al Song OF Roses new. Thullls
5fota songs orShestrated by A. ciaassen g Buck
Violin concert with orchestral sant-sasns
The Love Feast OF The Apostles' s'..... Wagner
Male ohoroses capella. with orchestra
Ballad ana p0i0n"ise' e ~ ''ieuxtenps
"a :.WhoIe Love With Roses Greets' .c1aasssn
. {nI S5ulens
(In memoriam Of Abraham Lincoln
Under the direction Of the composer
The Peoples Choral Union in Manhattan,
numbering about five hundred will render
Elijah" March 90 in Carnegie Hall. Frank
Damrosch will conduct. The soloists are Nine
Lillian Blauvelt, soprano: Miss Janet Spencer.
contralto; Glenn Hall. tenor. and Herbert
Wetherspoon, bass. Though the concert has
had little publicity the house is almost sold out.
and a second concert is being discussed The
Peoples Singing Glass; consisting OF the lower
grades of the Choral Union, will give their con-
cert on April 80 under Edward Marquardt, and
will present Mendelssohn's "Athalie" This
work necessitates a reader and four soloists
and will be accompanied by an orchestra of
thirty men. Graduates of these classes enter
the Choral Union next season.
A concert win be given by the "Quatuor du
Flonzaley" for the benefit Of the Day Home
and School for Crippled Children, No 2.111
Madison-ave., at Carnegie Chamber Music Hall
on Tuesday at $50 p. IN. The programme:
Quartet In l. fiat Op 54...,....,........ 81. T,voraIr
Qraret in A minor (andante mnuet schubert
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In writing of Mr.. Damrosch's courteous cor
rection at his concert last Sunday, to the first
performance of Beethoven's Battle Symphony" I
notice that you rather doubt the ability of the
city of New-Haven to have given an adequate
performance OF the composition thirty-fve years
ago In this you in a certain sense right, as
from New-York, and consisted OF nearly sixty
musicians reinforced in the performance of the
battle piece by band of local musicians to assist
in the military effects" The New-York orchestra
was selected by the late Frederick RietzeL and
taken from the New-York Philharmonic
Society. Mr.. RietzeI played the flute and
L think Mr.. Reyer was the first yionist
and all of the parts filled by players OF abIl
ity in the Philharmonic Society. The occasion was
rather unique and Of high character Mr. Gustaye
Stoeckel at that time QS7Q was instructor OF music
at what was then called Yale College, being later
the first incumbent of the BatteH profes essorship OF
music now held by DR.. Horatio Parker at Yale
University He conceived the idea of celebrating
the centenary of the birth Of Beethoven by a
Beethoven festival at which all OF the works per-
formed should be by Beethoven The plan was re-
ceiyed with favor. and chorus formed in
Hartford and in New-Haven to assist at the con-
certs. The festival lasted three days. and during
its continuance several of Beethoven's symphonies
We're given, including the Ninth, the Mass in c. and
various overtures. also the fifth concerto played
by Miss Marie Krebs Miss Krebs took the place
of Mr. s. B. Mills, who had been obliged to decline a
few hours before the concert account OF illness
One night was devoted to performance of FL
deo," by the Richpgs-Bernard Opera Company
reinforced by the festival. chorus and orchestra
Mr.. Stoeckel, who selected the works to be per-
formed and directed all OF the concerts of course
knew of the "claptrap' character Of the Battle
symphony, but inserted IL part OF the scheme
to give as many OF Beethovens orchestral compost
tions possible, as sort of a ..sop" TO tho
general public. Some specially constructed wooden
rattles were made TO initiate musketrv dIscharges
and the piece had good rendition Needless to
chronicle that the festival ended with a large
deficit. which was paid by of the pubIic
spirited music lovers of wHaven my father also
devoting some of his slender salary to that purpose
Norfolk. Conn. Feb. g.
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