The Washington herald., 1906-12-02
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS
The Week in Washington.

! RoSenthal on the afternoon OF Friday
December Z, has been changed TO S:3
O'Clock. The programme Of the eminent
pianist-composer includes several Of hi;
own compositions, 'Romanze" and "Da
pillons." and his own arrangement of q
Chopin waltz Study in Thirds" a Bee
thoven sonata. Opus lO9; Chopin sonata
Opus S. His group OF Chopin number:
will include the nocturne in F minor
''DeuX NOuveles Etudes, also Moment
Musicale" Schubert, and Don Juan
Fantasy" Liszt. Mr.. ROsenthal leaves
Immediately after the concert for Boston
where he will play the same programme
the following day.
The series of concerts by the Kne!se
/ Quartet will begin on the evening OF
December 13, when the first one will be
given in the banquet hall of the New VIII
/ lard. The leader of the quartet, as well
as the other members, was formerly
in the Boston Symphony Orchestra. and
/ is now connected with the Institute OF
| Musical Art, in New York. and these musi-
clans have played together for the past
twenty years, with the exception of the
I l.
gramme: Schubert, quartet in D minor;
/ Bebussy, andantino from G minor quar-
/ tet; Gliere, quartet In A major
/ The Philadelphia Orchestra, under the
/ direction of Fritz Scheel will offer a
/ splendid programme at the Belasco Thea
ter on Tuesday afternoon. December II.
/ The soloist will be Alexander Petschni-
/ cof. a violin.st who has met with great
/ success abroad. The list Of numbers an
nounced is as follows: Dvorak Symphony
No. ., from The New World" Tschai-
kowsky, concerto in D major (Petschni-
coffl; Cesar Franck, Symphonic poem.
Redemption Grieg, Symphonic Dance.
No. 4, Op. g.
The decision has been reached that Pad
erewski. who was reported to be soIoist
with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
will find II impossible to keep his en-
gagement and the soloist for the concert
at the New National Theater will be Or.
Camille Salnt-Saens. the eminent French
composer. who will play his own concer-
to In G minor, No 2. for pianoforte. The
programme for the second concert. De-
cember 4, viii include. overture 10 the
opera "Oberon," Weber. and BeethOv-
ems Symphony No. s. in c minor, Opus
81.
The day following the concert by the
Boston Symphony Orchestra, the first
concert by the Boston Symphony Quar-
tet will take place In the New VII
lard ballroom at ( O'Clock. The following
programme will be played Quartet in
G minor. Op. IS. No. ?, Beethoven: quar-
tet in d major. Op. IL. No 2. Hugo
kaun; quartet for piano, violin, viola.
and violCncello. F fat major. Op. 81. The
assisting artist will be Mr.. II. G. Tuck
er, pianist
Nine. Schumann-Heink will appear in
song recital at the National Theater on
December II at 4:30 o'clock. The concert
is given under the auspices Of the Mount
Vernon Seminary. and Will be for the
benefit of a free kindergarten which IS
run in connection with one Of the Neigh
bOrho0d Houses. in Southwest Washing
ton. The famous cOntralto who IS devof-
ing herself to concert work this season. has
prepared an excellent programme. which
viii include; "Frauen-lieb und Leben''
(song cycle Of eight songs). Schurnann.
"Sapphs sche ode" and six Hungarian
songs tcyclej. Brahms. and songs by
Beethoven, Schubert. and Strauss. Nine.
Schumann-Heink viii also sing the aria
from the opera 'Mitrane." Rossi
The following is the programme for NJ.
Saint-Saens recital at the Columbia
Theater. Monday. December 10. at 4.25
p m: Violin concerto (B minor. Saint
Saens). NJ. Dethier; "Quand je fus pris an
pavilion and 'L'heure exquise" REV
naldo Hahn. NJ. Rennay; caprice on the
ballet airs from Gluck's "AiceSte"
(Saint-Saens), ". Saint-Saens: rondo ca
priccioso tSaint-Saens). NJ. Dethier: "Rhap-
sOdie d 'Auvergne" (Saint-Saens). NJ saint
Saens; Ia ClOche" and tReverie' Saint
Saens). NJ. Rennay. quartet from tho
fourth act OF Henry VIII" Saint
Saensj, N. Saint-Saens, transcribed by
the composer.
The concert by the Marine Band. VIII
liam H. San;elmann, director. which was
to be given to-day. has been postponed
on account of the EXTENSIVE preparations
made necessary for the large production
which is 10 run next week at the New
National This second concert by the
band will be given on the evening OF
Sunday, December 9, at the above men
toned theater.
The Rebew Orchestra will give their
regular monthly public rehearsal to-mor-
row night in the lecture room Of the KeI-
Ter Memorial Church. Ninth street and
Maryland avenue northeast This organi-
Z
be the largest amateur orchestra in the
city, and will be assisted on this occa-
sion by Mrs. Edith Bayly. soprano, and
Mrs d. Olin Leech, cOntralto.
The offertory at the morning services AT
St Andrews Episcopal Church to-day
will be sung by Mrs. Fanny AtLee Gage.
Mrs. Gage will sing Gounod's Ave Ma
ria" with violin obligatO by Miss Rober-
Ia Z. Allen. At the evening service in
stead Of the sermon the choir will sing
Gounod's Send Out Thy Light" trio.
''Ti Prego." written by Nicolai; a barry
tone solo by Mr.. Schaeffer, chorus.
Great and Wonderful" Spohr; quar-
tet, My Faith Looks Up to Thee"
Apple. and Mr.. Schaeffer; and chorus
Unfold, Ye Portals" GounOd
THE Garden of Kama is the title Of
a song cycle for four voices, composed
by Henry Vincent. which is to have its
first hearing at Mr.. Oscar Franklin Com
stocks December studio recital The
quartet is composed of Mrs. Mary II
FarraT. Miss Emma Bowen. Mr.. Clarence
H Childs, and Mr. Edwin T. Miller. Miss
Amy Cromwell will also sing a group Of
songs.
The cantata Last Judgment (Spohr).
will be sung at Trinity Church, under the