New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

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Suite "Epthaani,irn' al
:Jour dsts la Monasns 'sSasy
| The announcement is made by Sam Franko
that he has cancelled his dates for the usual
series of concerts Of old music. despite the fact
/ that every preparation-to tho printing Of a
programme for the first concert-had already
| been made 1t is pity that this has been de-
| cded upon. for the success OF last seasons con-
| certs was unusually pronounced.
| The series is by means to be abandoned
| for Mr.. Franko plans to give one or mora con-
certs in the spring. at the close OF the opera
season. His duties as concertrnaster at tho Man
| haitian Opera House. together with his other
| engagements. have made this postponsrnsns
| necessary.
At his recital at Mendelssohn Hall On Tuesday
! afternoon Scriabine will play this programme
| Of his own music:
Anss5s as Genef.s 3ss ;.s, s.as ass .7aas n1nsr
| Three nnasurkas.
'0nIS % aHesretto; M ta1 Anaan's 20 sr,sis.' ''''
TSFes Tme Pes%s esuas,
valse. fat major
The third concert of the KneiseI Quarts. wu
| be given on Tuesday evening, January 8. IN
Mendelssohn Hall The programme VIII bs a.
follows:
fTo for bi.Ho "aa5 and @ ssass a o 10 No.
Quartet in F. op .T,chakowsky
Mozart's quartet is one OF the set Of six that
he composed In the years from 1852 TO 1875.
''the fruit of long and Iaborious toll" as he
called them. and dedicated to Haydn, "as a
J father commits his children TO a trusted friend
| of high distinction and fame" They were not
| at all enjoyed by Mozarts contemporaries. They
were too deep; no palate could stand much or
/ that" One distinguished amateur thought the
| players were playing wrong notes. and when ne
! saw they We're right ones. tore up the score IN
| a rage. Sarti- now forgotten but tnen nighy
esteemed composer. wrote a tart notice or them.
/ saying that Mozart had committed glarins
| breaches of the rules of music and that the
| result was quite unbearable.'' Yet these are
| among Mozart's ripest works. composed only
| few years before his death. and seem to-day the
| clearest and most euphon1ous or music N Idct-
| the major quartet IS also richly contrapuntai'
| as IN the first movement and In the mlnuet, IN
which the four parts are treated IN double eoun-
| terpoint. ,ooo
The trio by Beethoven was composed IN 1s.lS
| the year of the Pastoral Symphony and the
/ choral fantasia. not a prolific one IN the tale OF
/ Beethoven's activity There are two OF them
| dedicated TO his aristocratic rrienn countess
| Erdody who played the piano. ana tor "nori, ora
/ these trios. as he wrote on the piano part Were
| "suita ble.' -
| In January, 1874, Tschaikowsky wrote TO his
| brother Anatol that he had just finished q new
| quartet. and soon thereafter it was piaysu Dy
! Lamb at Nicholas Rubinstei1s house In 81
| Petersburg. Everybody was denshteo VIE !.
| except Anton Rubinstein. who sat Win
/ gloomy. dissatisfied expression While IL was go,
1 ing on: and when the music was endec SAID
\ with his usual brutal frankresS that the quar-
\ tet had not pleased him in the least; thal ne
! missed the true quartet style IN II. ana oIu
! not understand it at all 1T was tone tna9
Rubnstein adopted toward many OF Tscnalko"-
! sky's works. little later TSchatkoWsky. IN q
( letter to his brother Modest, called 1t my pest
! work" He adds: None of my composltlons mas
! flowed so easily from my pen, almost as a COM
| plete whole. as this. / wonder greatly that ~
! has not pleased the public. for have always
believed that works that have originated IN TINS
/ hay chance a
! AT another time he compared 1t with his open
| Onegin and his fourth symphony as "a laoor
| of love.
The young Polish pianist Horszowsk VIII give
| his first recital In Carnegie Hall tonight The
| programme:
axSss' sonssa 81 minoS Sp 81 No
PTsInse I%s5Smptp' d fat a H5p op. Ss' SP No Is.
Ma1gTsa Mo1ns B Tin05 gaF On oE B. 81 So Nc
Csprces. op 5. Nos and
Marche Funehre 'Aisnds 31 SO. Sessn
Papllons $500 lS;s o.ssn
Rhapsode No
! Rimsky-Korsakon whose second symphony.
| "Antar" the Russian Symphony Orchestra VIII
| perform at its Carnegie Hall concert of Thurs
| day evening. January II. is ranked by his coun-
| trymen as the best of their composers OF iairS
| music.
! Most Of his nine or ten fairy operas arc based
( ON Russ,an folk tales in the versions collected
/ nv Pushkin as In "Mlada' and Christmas Eve
Oriental subjects have interested hiinsNs h ~
! sakoff almost much Russian id1S , IolS.
and his 'SCheherazade suite, whlcn - a. :. II x
| popular here. deals with much the same ara
! bian Nights" material as the seidoin HeS'Au 81
] phony "Antar. - ,,.t..,
/ Wholly new at this concert or the RUSSIAN
/ Symphony Orchestra will be the hareha % %ope,
I trre bv lean SibeIius the Finnish composer
: Sibelfus. pronounced F1niandS Cnlet ~. 49,
poser. wrote this overture, opus lV' anu q - -
relia" suite. Opus II. the latter deVelopIne
in fbsan
} fornanCe az a future concert of the Russian
Svmphonv Orchestra by Modest Altschuler. the
conductor Both were published IN 1898 arlE
both proclaim distinct phases or the natiG , 81
character; they are, in fact. Almost III tHc e'
lect Of the region that inspired theii
No tone poet" says DIR. waiter fsleiii,-i
! has more completely in MS grasp uio !. 81 s,d
destiny OF a whole people than SioSil-S- ,,,sio
again. Or. Riemann remarks: SioeiisS 'A nTre
rests on a firm national foundation IL - PT,s
home made art using that term corree,r-Ss- rS,tsh
melody and rhythm are drawn tfoiii ag5an rA
Heinrich Pudor wrote; Sioeiins se'S ~
/ life OF the Finnish people To music .,,,.
The "karelia" overture opens IN cohiiie 20 tba
with strongly marked rhythmic aeS1a. ~ sc.ros
second and fourth beats, maintaiheu 60 ~ ,his
and basses. and often reappearins y CNer s,arIieI
the remaining strings present a thenhe ~ aIas,.
character but peasant physiosnomy asss - =
contour, despite its brisk movement; 50 Sn.
musical personality as heavy aS ~ - w.
South African Beers. ,,,, A. -,
Later. a cantabile theme enters WIN vie el
feet of an old man recountns he1I lorNoeseii
legend u Is INTERRUPTED oy ulSr1 Si', ;
sode Another Vigorous theme for the brass
choir Is followed by the return or me openihS
melody. In march FORM SURVIVING e0asnao
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