New-York tribune., 1906-10-28

form. The solo performer at this concert will
be Miss Marie Stoddart, soprano.
Walter Damrosch and the New York SYM
phony Orchestra will give the first Of their SUBJ
scription symphony concerts next Saturday
evening and Sunday afternoon at Carnegie Hall
The occasion will not only be Mr.. Damrosch's S
initial concert of the season in New York City
but calls for the first metropolitan appearance
of the French composer Camille Saint-Saens.
who. 1t is hoped. will have recovered from his
illness. For his first number Saint-Saens will
play his fantisie "L'Afrique." He write to Mr..
Damrosch from Paris few days before sailing
that he would gladly play twice, and for his
second number he incosed two little pieces for
piano and orchestra. which will be heard In
New York for the first time next Saturday
evening. The full programme follows:
Aft9a - fsntass anita Ho for piano with orche'tFs arss
'''n' IN Ne" pi6yed by the composer
lie Route ote- domphae n, ;, syn. symphonic poem
ca Allegro Appassionato ..........: -. sant-sasns
Cb) Welding we, sa e Cake 2or yalse caprice first
Played by the composer
PART II.
Symphony No. Groica) Beethoven
J. K Paine's opera "Azara," never performed
though 1t is rumored that Professor Paine HIM
self considered it his chief work. is to be heard
in concert form in Boston next spring. under the
direction Of j. B. Lang. OF course, without
scenery and other accessories of the stage, the
opera can tell only in parts it's merits or faults
but the entire score Will be sung, and. it Is
hoped by the composers family and friends
arouse the public desire to hear 1t the reg
ular stage.
Tschaikowsky's Symphonic Pathetique" will
be the opening number OF the Russian SYM
phony Orchestra's first concert, on Thursday
evening. November Is, at Carnegie Hall. The
Tschaikowsky violin concerto Will also be played
at the concert of November 10, with Alexander
Petschinikoff as solost Mr.. Altschuler an
nounces as a novelty the Scene Dansante" op.
81. Of Alexander Glazunoff. written two years
ago and dedicated TO a Russian dancer BY re-
quest of many subscribers the programme will
also contain two of Ippolitoff- -Ivanofrs "Cauca-
sian Sketches" namely, In the Aul', and the
march, "Sarda."
F. X. Arens. musical director Of the Peoples
Symphony Concerts. has planned a series of con-
certs this season for the Chamber Music Club
Of that organization. The six concerts comprised
in this series Will be devoted to representative
works Of Mozart, Beethoven Schubert Schu-
mann Mendelssohn and Brahms Respectively
At the first concert at Cooper Union. on Friday
November 8, which will be the Mozart evening
the programme will consist Of the beautiful
quintette in G minor. and the divertinento in
D major, for string quartet and two horns
me centre or the programme will be devoted
to some or Mozarts aras. The Sam Franko
Chamber Music Club has been engaged for the
occasion.
sousa and his band close their season with a
be heard again in New York during 1906 A
novelty will be the excerpts from Puccinrs
Japanese opera, Madame Butterfly" The pro-
gramme in full follows:
Symphonic poen Les Preludes" ".
cornet solo bride Of tho waves cIsI,s Eiaas
Suite. Looking Upward .sousa
Miss Ada Chambers ''
Excerpts from Madame Butterfly. ...... p,icc,r,
Invitation 70 the Dance
The whistler from Spring Air. straus,
March The Free Lance e'.................. so,Iss
Violin solo. Irish Fantasie'' Vsu,teTnna
Miss Jeanaette Powers.
Students OF the organ will be interested to
know that Saint-Sasns, who is now on his wav
10 this country. will give organ recital I'm
Brooklyn on December 3. either at Plymouth
Church or the Baptist Temple. The famous
composer was organist for nearly twenty years
at the Madeleine in Paris. Several of hIs
biographers express surprise that he has not
published more music for the instrument of
which he is an acknowledged master. Saint
eaHus composed al iIpmsuSS amount ef xnuslo