New-York tribune., 1905-01-01
MUSICAL NOTES.

Saforsof Again-Violinist Operas
and the Calendar.
Hunday-carnegie Hall. p. m. pianoforte re-
cital by Vladimir de Pachmann; Metropoli-
tan Opera House, $50 p. m. popular operate
concert; Majestic Theatre. s:l5 p. M, con-
cert by Victor Herbert and his orchestra
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Opera House. 11;3O ?; M M
last performance OF Wagners ParsitaI' /;
p. m. French opera, Faust
Tuesday-Carnegie Hall. $50 p. m. concert by
Fritz Kreisler.
Wednesday-Me Opera House. s p m,
italian opera, ia Boheme"; Mendelssohn
Hail. p. IA, duo pianoforte reeltaI py
Harold Randolph and Ernest Hutchesoh:
No. 212 West FTfty-ninth-st.. recital by
Herwegh Won Ende.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Opera House. s:3O p.
~. German opera. Wagner's 'Das Rhein-
gold": Mendelssohn Han, S:15 ?. m. con-
cert OF chamber music by the Olive Mead
SSam6ef S.sn nnso i1@i bT the Adele % Msrguelies
Trio; Association Hall. Brooklyn. S:15 p. m,
concert of Fritz Kreisler.
Fr4day-carnegie Hall 2:So p. m; public re-
hearsal OF the Philharmonic Society; Metro
politan Opera House. s p. m. Italian opera
Aida
German opera, "Lohengrin"; s p. m, French
opera, Carmen: Carnegie Hall. 2;3O p. m.
Young Peoples symphony Concert; $40 p
m. concert OF the Philharmonic Society; No
1s1 East Fortieth-st., concert of chamber
music by Arthur whiting and others.
The fourth public rehearsal and concert OF
the Philharmonic Society viii be given on next
Friday afternoon and Saturday evening. The
conductor viii be wassn safonoff. Of Moscow.
who win be remembered for the brilliant man
ner in which he directed Tschaikowsky's Sixth
Symphony last year at Carnegie Hall Mr. SAT-
onoff has also been engaged to conduct the hfth
pair of concerts CT the philharmonic Society on
january q and %. The programme for this
weeks concerts will consist entirely OF works
by Russian composers The principal orchestral
number VIII be the Sixth Symphony in minor
by Alexander Glazounow. Glazounow's name
appears for the third time on a programme OF
The Philharmonic Society this occasion.
Under the direction of Mr. SeidI his fifth sym
phony was played and at the concerts con-
Quoted by Mr.. Safonof last year his Serenade N
A major brought forward An overture
sclennelie'' and the symphony on the list have
also been played at concerts Of the Boston SYM
phouy Orchestra. He is one OF the most pro-
iine and indefatgable composers of the young
Russian school The only other orchestral num-
ber on the programme will be Tschaikowsky
fantasy-overture, Romeo and Juliet" The
soloist VIII be Fritz KTesler, who will make his
first appearance here in two years with the
philharmonic Society He will play Tschaikow-
sky's Concerto for the violin in d major Both
Mr. Safonof2 and Mr.. Kreisler were expected TO
arrive in New-York yesterday on the Phila-
delphia-
Mr.. Ssfonon has written to August Roeb-
belen. one OF the directors Of the Philharmonic
Society. that he is very anxious to conduct with
out baton. He argues that since the days Of
Lully the baton has been gradually growing
shorter and he believes that conductor may
convey his musical intentions TO an orchestra
without that hitherto important adjunct. Mr..
SafOnoff realizes that his idea is a radical one,
and may shock musical sensibilities IN this
country. In this connection, it will be rernen-
almost
effect last year IN conducting part of one OF
the movements OF Tschaikowsky's "Pathetique''
with his baton under his arm
When Fritz Kreisler, the Austrian violnist,
makes his temperance in Carnegie Hall on
Tuesday evening next it will be as a virtuoso
now In the zenith Of his powers. In the three
years which have elapsed since he was last
heard here Kreisler's art according TO the writ
ings Of the London and Berlin musical au-
thorities and critics. who compare him with
Joachim when he was in his prime) has devel-
oped TO the highest degree Kreisler's genius
has been recognized since his boyhood. when he
appeared in public at the age of six, playing the
seventh concerto by Rode with such astonishing
success TO convince his parents that Fritz
was an unusually talented boy. They withdrew
him from public life. and he entered the Vienna
Conservatory. where he remained until his tenth
year, graduating with first prize. He was then
sent TO Paris. where he studied for two years
with Massart, winning first prize at the
serVatory. Then followed his temperance in
public, astonishing the world everywhere and
at the age Of fourteen he was engaged by
Aessrs. Abbey and Grau (at that time directors
OF the Metropolitan Opera HOuse) for a tour of
one hundred concerts, in conjunction with Moriz
fSosenthaL On his return Europe he again
withdrew from public life and continued his
studies in Paris and Rome Five years ago he
reappeared in Berlin. and has since been promi-
nently before the public. His American tours
OF 1900 and 1SO2, both under Mr. Wolfsohn's
management are matters Of recent musical his
tory, and he at the time welcomed as one
Of the greatest virtuosi. Since 1902 he has been
playing In England. Germany Russia, France
and Belgium. everywhere being proclaimed the
Legitimate successor of Joachim. At his con-
cert on Tuesday evening he will be heard in the
brahms and Beethoven concertos and Tartini's
Devils Trill," accompanied by the NeW-Ycrk
Symphony Orchestra. Walter Damrosch con-
ductcr
Vecsey on Thursday ended his continental tour
at Hamburg and sailed for New-York yester-
day. The quality, variety and character Of the
young artists musical accomplishment is shown
by the following compositions which he has
rneEnorized, and these are only the principal
pieces In his public repertory: wieniawski, Con-
certo IN d minor; Vieuxtemps Concerto in E
major; TschaikoWlsky. Mendelssohn and Paga-
mini concertos. Spohr Concerto ("Gesang-
scene'D. Beethoven Concerto. The principal Bach
numbers include the Chaconne Air Prelude G.
minor adagio, G minor fugue: Vieuxtemps's
Bailade and Polonaise and his Reverie: the
"Ave Maria" by Schubert -Wrhelnni and Schu-
t5uann's "TrSuneref'. WienfaUsL1 80 ole F,,r+ha-