New-York tribune., 1906-03-04

II is In the style of figured chorale for which
the OLD North German organists set the fashion,
Dut IN scope II goes further than even Bach ever
eoventured The composer, Max Roger, al
though we believe q Catholic in training and
service, designed his setting for the Good Friday
service of the German Protestant Church.
whether Reformed or Lutheran is not stated.
The forces which he employs are two solo voices,
alto and tenor quartet Of solo voices.
mixed chorus, solo violin and oboe and the
organ. He restores all the ten stanzas Of Ger
hardrs hymn. uses the melody Of the hymn as
cantus frInus in each OF the ten divisions, and
IN every case but one Cthe fourth stanza in
which the words are sung in four-part choral
harmony with the obligato instruments playing
the interludes between the lines in the manner
OF the German organists) weaves contrapuntal
melodies around the old tune. Violin and oboe
accompany the solo quartet in the eighth
stalza, the organ being silent: in Stanza the
choir sings in unison Cor in octaves. TO speak by
the card) in the style of the German congrega-
lions. and 10 conclude the choir is divided one
half continuing the congregational song
cantus frTnus for counterpoints by all the in
struments as well as the other voices
The hymn by Richard Strauss is a monumental
example of writing IN sixteen real parts. which
one Of Strauss's biographers. writing three or
four years ago. declared had till then not
ceived an adequate performance owing to the
tremendous difficulties which IL presented TO the
singers. The hymn is set for two choirs. one OF
the customary four voices, the other for twelve
voices. equally distributed among soprano alto,
tenor and bass. The first choir concerns itself
exclusively with the oft recurring refrain, "Oh,
sorrow no more" but the text has different
setting on each occurrence
by the Rivers OF Babylon" is setting by
Mr.. Loeffier for wonlen's voices, with obbligato
accornpanirnents for two flutes, violoncello. harp
and organ OF the first six verses OF Psalm cxxxvii
and the third and fourth verses of Psalm cxxvi
in the King James version. It was performed for
the first time at concert of the Choral Art So
ciety OF Boston, under the direction OF Mr.. Wal
lace Goodrich: in the Church Of the Messiah, on
the evening Of February 2S, 1902. and repeated in
December Of the same year In Trinity Church.
The Choral Art Society Of Boston is Off
spring OF the New-York society.
The last fortnight of opera at the Metropoli-
tan Opera House will begin tomorrow evening,
when the last addition to the list will be made.
It will be an old and familiar work-Bizets
''Carmen"-which will be given. the parts dis
tributed as follows:
Carmen Miss ,IIao FrerHstst nsati
Ms4osaes Maess Me liSS Jao96 5S
Frasquita Miss ttalph
zuniiia Mr. Begpe
DA4i'A''O Conductor Mr. iviilsna
Two of wagner's Nfbelung dramas will be
given on Tuesday and Thursday evenings-"Die
Walkure" and "siegfried" Miss Walker will
Miss Fremstad in the second. Mr.. Burgstaller
will be the representative of Siegmund. Mr..
Knote Of Siegfried. Mr.. Van Rooy Of Wotan and
the Wanderer; in brief there will be the old dis
trtbution of parts. Martha" will be repeated
on Wednesday, with a single change IN the cast
Nine Homer relieving Miss Walker or the role
OF Nancy. Nine. Sembrich and Signor Caruso
will also sing Friday evening, when the opera
viii be Lucia di Lammermoor. II Irova-
tore" on Saturday afternoon and DIe Mester-
singer on Saturday evening with Burgstaller
as Walther), will end the weeks performances.
At this evenings concert in the Metropolitan
opera House Miss Bessie Abott will sing the
waltz from Gounod's Romeo ct Juliette." Nine
Johanna Poehluann "Fata Morgana, by
Nicode: Mr. Burgstaller air from Der Frei-
schrtz" and Mr.. Plancon air from Adolphe
Adams chalet" Mr.. Marteau Will play Bruch
violin concerto IN G minor the Bach ar .i ana
Schubert's "Conzertsttck in D., whatever that
nav be (There is no solo piece or Schu6erts
known by that name in the catalogues There
&c a sonata in D for violin and pianororte) hr.
IS-anko will conduct the concert, and the or
cbestra will play the Bach-Albert Chorale ana
FI,e7ie two Hungarian dances by Brahms. Mas
senets overture 10 Fheore' anu oEeIiuS04
CORONATION March"
A, entertainment of unusual interest is Of
,a-ad nv Mr.. Sam Branko the third and last
NJ this seasons Concerts Of Old Music at Men
.ao,ssonn Hall next Thursday evening. The
American
helm of Julian Walker and the choir OF the So
ciatv for Ethical Culture, and Charles Gilbert
snross will play the pianoforte accompali-
IortS IN the recitaIives in church cantata-
Stcb will have it's first NewYork performance.
In fact the only music which Will not De whoIly
anyel 10 the audience VIII be set OF dances
sroyo Tasse's opera, "Piramo IlsDe, Wnlcn
ha,,a been played before at one OF MT tranko
'noocarts The list of pieces is as follows
,,,,,,o 90 .,sant Elena Calvario' uoS4-l140
c.-..,-..r viii, my Cross-starr Gladly Wander
iOf DeA~' Johann Sebastian Bach
r,o.or dToeSso) Franz Richter
sy 1n. hs;sin from E'ireino Tisbe Qdvs-IIS5l
Ballet huSio A Johann Adoph Hasse
. ,au, Introductory words on these unfamlhar
The prelude by Leo is from an
orotorto the story OF which deals with the ira
a,,,o, recorded by church historians OF the VISIT
=, ,ha 1nmpress Helena 70 the Holy Places at
ya,,,saien, in the fourth century, whence she Is
- % have carried several relies OF Christs
a-.,ar among others the true cross ana the so
paIIad Holy Coat which IS still piously preserved
- rr-a1-as and which exhibited to the gaze
% ,hs Sa;thful the last time In 1880. The IL
Sratto of "Sant Elena" was written by Metas-
.esto tn Vienna In 1881. at the command OF inc
ySynperor Charles VI, and first composed py Cal
se-a n vas then called "aZiOne sacra, shcred
drsD,e but Leo called IL an oratorlo; i1eohaIuo 40
I a. was one OF the bright lights or the Neapon,
tan school. a pupil of Alessandro scaTiatu ana
ssacher of Jomelu and Ptocinl De was one oL