New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09
MUSICAL COMMENT.
Mozart FestipaI at saIsDwg-
l n- -u0r Of Woroester Festival

al Association =, ,,..-..s,er The festival chorus
mechanics h~'' a.. the Boston symphony
VII h. aus ,,s following solo perIorine' :
Ofchosifa- ,-,,,sbeth Parkina. MISS LOUISE
namely ,r,rearet {. Raooid, sopraii'S'
Ofnsns' o. ,y,,,s- Nine. Isabelle bou'oh anu
Nme Lo1'' ,,,,,sor. contraltos: Paul DuIaui'
Yrs "iS'. 80 tenors. Emile DE GogoF@d
snd lN"o JAM. Martin. basses; Mr. fimo'h'1
SO fieo''' ~s Miss Bessie Bel Collier. violin
Ao'~s Nine. samsroh pianist i'e -, :.
80 are 10 be Handlers isla'i -. -
p'n.,,her ?: Verbs Requiem anu
. Destiny." on ociooeI T. -
'ss .,,suc,ed by Wallace GooaIlei' %,
~ "a. orchestral conductor VII 'e
o. The orchestral pieces VIII ne "'-U''''''-,
hp In the spring, Schuinahhs
osii~ n minor. SchubeTr's Symptom. in
lhIr known as No. ID. the over,
Gse''. ~, Weber: q ST Of symphonic van
III t--,serick A stock, Lovely Aida an"
ftoS i. hv MacDovell; Grieg's fee'
=" =, s,s .Chanson Dc Matin- by E.sa'
6!a' s--.or-sEd win play Saint-Ssenss Nlo'lh
Nf' . minor on Thursday afternoon. anu
Luz she same composer ln' GU, -
NiS s,,So Canriccioso' on fll1eE -. a1.s
and hi. ,be Worcester festival sch'ii,'S -"
N9reus 4~,,,ieife cautata and ne ofchss y.
Brahnss ~ AZ stock conductor OF 'n0
Tsfsu.le Orchestra I'm Chicago. on FrlaaN 49,,
sao-f ,1,e Samaron VIII p'a'
ia...-.sa-fe concerto in y MINOR
-. ,,,,s- from Mr.. sam Frankie. VINO
80, she summer giving concerts ana rs
music in Europe. gives judicous
i-ls ,bs recent Mozart festival I'm saizours'
sl'p ,-,.-,s,irr az giving New York view OF
frd ~ ~ tn Vhifb several artists known 10 our
iaai sc. lie took part. Mr.. Franko writes
.,-, o. retrospect over the festival me
ID c4s - 81 me concentrated IN me Two
A.s.... ,s-for11auces. Don giovanni aNe
etIa'gs Fiesro" IN the former me nun 'u-
NoAI' s.,-,sDree made up Ihe centre 90 b'aN
VA - lsr.er the ensemble. which was OF
10 - q r.erfection that it mace ne lfniI
new arr. a musical coil-."N ~
81 e-ishel 80 the highest allc liil,s- y. ~ -
~ .-ng The Marriage ot flS4io' 90,
y i,,sslsr ACQUITTED himself 4 sefN''e VIZ ~,
| n A1 80 bigl.lv estimated IN sense ne
&c. ..s me oDera and saved q for posltIlts-
I. 80 Viernese stage setting ana MAX , ,
= - ,,rsfcsl translation thr HofA l'I''lal'ils
/ h'As NO. A,btIinr SKIRT and keeIs one 5
] -, -, ,he oui viyp from beginning - Gnu
- ,old thai there were tort. 9enea' - -o-
=. vienna performance, amen get f'u = %
.,,-,-.on for thai Of SalZoufsi 'H-'t
4 - be-e Nothing else would explain lt''
- 80 ,.svforr,anre Of the orchestra ana iie
.s.-t co-oueration OF all the ojheI -aeeo4s.
re- was MOI & single measure N-iOh "iN IT,
- % csrpful labor and penetranNe slhoN-
have never heard such enseinfle l-as' III li..
rss su.h refinement n uuauces. inoeta. 4 am
49, .s,1,rtea 20 say that The oniF faff ol
81 he performances lay In ne excess all+-llll.
IA N ,bese effects which InlliAteA S''i'l I. i--A
n fqe'rg the righteousness M nc
a., ssss-sr, the performance - Don Juan
~ a.. musical direction was Ia -10 aanos oi
I'D Hair. a young and Inexperienced
c,rs,-tor from Paris. who had % Try 10 master
ri hs tremeaaous task with a single reheafsa-.
s--ss~ me circumstances. L0-hlnE atllsLlcdllt
"A ss.iss,--p was 10 have been expected. ana II
surh approved artists as Lii Lehman, Nine;
Csdsk Mss FaTar. Make tCiaE,ol ana
I'll NJ An6rsde had rot assumed Che principe. parts
t,atters would have looked very bad indeed
w. norma knna q Lehman. ceap.te her age,
4 rlusicsIy and dramatically sf'l an over
W towering achievement and . AnGTace IS a
worthy companion. Ravish.2E Sutn ~ eye ana
M ssr was the Zerlins OF The really youthful Miss
parar The opera had been staged and pre-
.W pared under the direction ~ LilE Lehman.
Concerning ths much might be criticised; Tor
instance me innovation Of having the \ es"' or
she commandant in the graveyard scene sung
behind the scenes, his marble substitute on the
l stage neither opening his mouth nor nod6ing his
head also the device o. having the three masks
watch the minuet from the background without
taking part IN the actor; having Donna Anna
epDes- dressed IN white in the sane scene while
her comnanions. Donna Elyfra ana Ottavio.
IL wore mourning There were other Whinsical-
G ties ~ This sort But who shall -la rrel with
us heaven favored. ever young artist?
IAefe remain for comment two orchestra con-
E oelts a concert Of chamber music ana one Of
On church compositions Motif and Richard Strauss
| fnaat lighter tasks OF their work than dtd Mailer
ISL tne uer contributions were correspondingly less
Nauanle ne same orchestra Cthe famous Vi
enna Philharmonic sounded different each time
.haT me Tour conductors; amateurish under
nam ru1e under MoJt. spirited under Strauss
tnl none sno perfect under Mailer. II was an
~. l,sm opportunity 10 observe how true 81 is
.Iat II II ne conductor who makes the or
1esua. Like Louis XIV's I.'Etat c'est moiT'
~ UuAaIa conductor may say "L'orchestre
-. mol. But what an orchestra under the
So pohauclor The hrillianCy and warmth Of
w sungs the p.iancv and purity Of the wood
.no ne souoi't 81 tie brass are UNSURPASSED
~ ne Ne greatest interest lay in the ninth
SYMPHONY OF Bruckner under Richard Strauss,
- - (. nus confess thar II made a deep impress
III - loi ne, particularly the dern0niac scherzo
Nla seems 70 me the most Significant Of an
IN fo-uelons N the field ~ new" music that I
a--N N ne chamber music matinee ! made
a. -.t-a4i4lahce or two most worthy artists.
~ ~ pianist Guido Peters and the clarfnettist
a 80 49, =. SSarlholomey, both ~ Vienna. Whoever
r...sueae me latter play upon his instru-
~, AloNt not how sweetly a clarinet can sing.
@. - ealFch music performed by the Salzburg
IN ,'-l.t sl o.chestTs- 'Te Deum" deserves par
49, asauon. II IS said 70 have been COM
III - Mozart IN his fourteenth year, hut the
<8 ,-sS~ me workmanship and conception
III ~ ~ " sound scarcely credible In honor
IA v,s, rtth anniversary OF the death %
III To- Hsg1h Che died on August 10. 1865. his
80 Lsiessive Z capella chorus "Tenebre
. 80. was sung az the same concert With
Il s-ts,sloa OK the truest and greatest success.
at-iilage OF Figaro" the festival closed in
-,..-y ana consistent manner. and now re-
'ng as one Of my loveliest memories
FI Man Gazette's' music critic would
Ioe 70 the manner Of the superior school
- go ne belongs did he not on an possible
a., ignore historical verify ana sheer at
save The king" Commenting on some
,-.'-. s'-uencs recently printed IN an English
a. -. Journal he praises the Russian HYMN.
-. "a. ne English says that il was. .'of course"
g. ~ germany. Sir Edward Elgar IS this
s'eat admiration and Sir Edward about
Hsrs go had his fling at God save the
t.he-r Ieloe But. of course % Tie
trgos, "es not made IN Germany as s,-ev,,
how a. " reasonable intelligence ouRbt 10
~, 80 every English writer on rnusic6i s,,b
he plloried II he ooesn't.
rsss..- --O,e interesting what the pal Mall"
H. - mas 10 say about Sir Edwars f-les~,s
n ---p4ae which a A.