New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15
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4 H. III.
The policy os the New-York Philharrnonic
Society in enlisting the services or dlIereii'
conductor Of distinction for each concert is TO
be followed this season by the managers Vi ''.0
London Symphony Concerts. 1t seems. lndeeo
70 have become the rule instead of the excep-
tion for the conductors of permanent orchestras
like NJ Colonne in Paris. now invite their COL
leagues from other cities to conduct some Oh
their concerts II is something like the olerl-
cal exchange of pupits. The practice is rather
disturbing to the notion, which used 10 De SO
loudly harped upon, that to obtain good results
permanent body of players must be kept un-
der the rigid discipline of single leader Not
only do the concert patrons enjoy ut because 1t
affords variety in a species OF entertainments
prone to monotony, but 1t has been found that
the orchestras also benefit from the interest ex-
cited by changes in methods and readings 1t
is well to have the waters Of the pool troubled
occasionally
Two of the conductors who are to come to
New-York for the Philharmonic Society this
season are also to conduct some of the London
Symphony Concerts. They are Fritz Steinbach
of Cologne and Wassin Safonof. of MOSCOW
The other London conductors will be Hans
Richter Cwho has thus far refused all offers
temporarily. Arthur Nikisch (who. as his
friends know would much like to return to the
scene Of his first great triumphs if his duties
permitted. but he is the busiest conductor in
the world, Sir Charles Villiers Stanford and
Ernst Won schuch. who. IT is to be hoped, will
he permitted some day 20 redeem his unfort-
innate experiment at the Metropolitan Opera
House a few years ago. The Philharmonic
conductors this year. in the order OF their ap
will hA Of
aterdam: Victor Herbert, Of New-York; Max
ESedler OF Hamburg; Wassili Safonoff, of Mos
COW; Dr. Ernst Kunwald, of Frankfort-o n-the
Main, and Fritz Steinbach of Cologne.
or late Willern MengeIberg has been much IN
the public eye because Of the successes which
he has won at home and in London with his
sanization known by the somewhat cumbersome
name OF the 'Concertgebouw' Orchestra of Am
rterdam. The name preserves the origin Of this
band which has been extending its farme re-
xantly by its concerts given outside Of Amster-
dam. especially at the Richard Strauss Festi-
val IN London. Until twenty-five years ago
Amsterdam was in regular enjoyment of popu-
lar and symphony concerts at hall in the pub
Tic park In 1881 the park buildings were re-
modelled and the music was ruined The
park orchestra went out Of existence, much TO
the regret of music lovers. In 1888 a small CO.
ure associated themselves together. built COM
modious and handsome music hall ("Concertge-
bouw." that is concert buildng) and called an
admirable musician named W. Kes to organize
an orchestra and series Of concerts. The work
was finely begun and bravely persisted in.
though the financial results at first were SINH
lar to those in Boston. Philadelphia, Cincin-
matt, Chicago and other American cities where
orchestras have been founded on a so-called
permanent basis.
The public spirit of the Amsterdam coterie
shines luminous indeed. when compared with
that of the hackers of the American institutions.
The first years deficit amounted to $4,000. But
the enterprise was persisted in. and when Herr
Kes retired from the conductorship in 1895. the
Concertgebouw Orchestra was on a good footing.
He was succeeded by Willem Mengelberg who
is a son of a church architect and sculptor
living in Cologne Willem Mengeberg was born
in Utrecht on May %. 1871 He attended the
music school in his native town until 1888, when
he entered the Cologne Conservatory There he
studied until 1892. when he graduated with
the highest distinction in the panoforte, COM
position and conducting classes. With seventy
nine other aspirants he competed for the post
of nounicipal music director at Lucerne and
carried off the prize. There he remained until
called TO his present position in his native land.
He is a pianist, a thorough modern, but rev.
erent in his attitude toward the classics He
is Richard Strauss specialist, and has trained
his musicians TO play the music of that revou-
tionary as the Philharmonicians play Beethoven
It is for that reason doubtless that Elm Heden-
leben" will be upon the programme of the Phil
harmonic concerts which he will conduct
November 10 and II. The other numbers will
be Beethoven's overture to "Egmont,' Schu-
mann's Symphony in D minor. and Brahms's
violin concerto CNiiss Otie Chew. Of London).
The renewal of former subscriptions to the
Philharmonic Society viii begin Monday
smorning, October &c. at Carnegie Hail. and will
continue during the week. The general sale of
subscriptions TO the concerts will begin on
Monday, October %, in the same place.
Announcement is made of the fourteenth sea-
N non IN New-York of the Knesel Quartet
~ hitherto of Boston. but henceforth of this sea-
son. The concerts six in number will take place
in Mendelssohn Hall on the evenings of Novem-
Der 81, December r. January %. February 81,
March % and April 10. The quartet will have
the assistance of Harold Bauer Rudolph CAM,
Harold Randolph, Heinrich Gebhardt. Georges
Longy Courtlandt Palmer. Charles Martin
I.oeffer and Vincent d'Indy. The last two gen
tleYnen will take part in the performance of some
OF their own music The seasons reDertorY is
as follows:
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