New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

There Is nothing new on the programme of the
third afternoon and evening concerts of the Phil
harmonic Society, which Will be given in Car
negie Hall next Friday afternoon and Saturday
evening, although one Of the compositions is un-
familiar. The symphony Will be Beethovens
fourth. cheerful work which has not been given
hearing here for seven years. but which the
lste Theodore Thomas had particular fondness
1or This VIII be followed by Wagner's Zine
teust Ouverttre" already performed this sea-
son by the Boston Symphony Orchestra under
DR.. Muck. Mr.. Gabrlowitsch VIII play Tschai-
Rowsky's first pianoforte concerto No. / in B
tiat minor and the CONCERT will end with Liszts
setting OF two episodes from Lenau's Faust"
called respectively. Elm Nachtchter Zug" and
Der Ianz IN der Dor1schenke." The former is
the comparatively unfamiliar number referred
to In II: as pictured by the poet, Faust rides
tnto the forest on the night of St Johns Dav
Nature is amiable though dark clouds hang low
:rom the heavens and seem 10 meet the trees;
but faust Is lost In moody, gloomy. angry brood
ING. AS ne piunges deeper and deeper into the
forest. the inviting sounds Of nature-the muir
nnur OF The brook. song Of the nightingale the
shispsings Of the breezes-gradually are
hush7d. Then the darkness = illuminated bv
torches, and band of pilgrims passes by. chant
ing the Pange lingua glCriosi" Of Thomas
Aquinas. Earth and hea ven time a nd etprrit,-
are brought into embrace a-ithin the woods;
darkness, and Faust, overwhelmed by his better
Tature falls weeping as he had never wept be
lore upon the neck Of HIS horse
The second number. better known under tba
.aoe MepiHsto waltz. IS piece Of unbridled
" programme music ana follows closely the lines
OF a portion Of Lerau's poem. Propr'etv v,ould
iornio he reprintng of all the excerpts even If
space did not. II must suffice % saw thar at the
neginning of the scene MephistorielAs disg,,rsoI
a. d hunter. looks through the window of a 1a,-
srn IN which a peasant wedding Is bejrg asIc-
pt@Ieo' he enters with Faust. whom he urges
20 choose partner and join the revel Fanst
eGoiIles infatuated with dark-eyed beauty
sho whirls her Of in the dance Then Nenbis
,,opneies takeS the fiddle from one Of The village
hshd and strikes up a tune thar intoxicatea
- rolA- sending Faust
1.iouen streets, across fields and into the forest
IL is scene Of uncurbed passion
The following Official information is received
concerning The projected yisi: OF the Mendels-
SOM Choir Of Toronto and The Pittsburs Or
chesua next month:
There IS 10 parallel IN rr. ,,,,sica, ,,..;,...,.
:, rle United States and Canada 10 these New
,ha 60 -, 40 such artistic pilgrimage 10
MADE by musical Organization ov-iney sIIesioca
20 England. II must become cause for nride IN
.,,S III, ated person in Canada that a repre-
sentative chorus nf her own people is 20 l,e heard
niloer the best possible artistic environment .Id
No., r9s silllne OF The utmost dignity in the
xi xiosl critical city of North America. All cana
Clans ano others who appreciate the spirit which
prompted the Mendelssohn Choir Of Toronto 10
III III iII uiese New York concerts are asked 10
SUN cooperation as is in their power
elther by the purchase OF seats or in recon
,nencing their friends ana countrymen in New
cer;s. ''S9e N'ii-
Inc concert Of TUESDAY evening February IL
Lsoi. VIII be made nota BILE by performance of
Min conduct MI '""r
The soloists will be Mrs Corinne Rider-K.Isey
soprano; Miss Janet Spencer contralto. M,
george Hamln tenor, and Mr. Herbert Wither-
epoon pass The first part Of the concert will be
Gonooctso by Mr- kogt, and these couDositfone
VII be heard: Psalm xiii for tenor solo M
Hafnlint, chorus ana orchestra Franz IIszt. a
nlotet IA Slk parIs, a capella, Psalm csxxvii
t1oulaoa' o. cherubim Song, in eight parts a
capela. TschaikOwsky.
the programme OF the concert OF Vadpasdo,-
evening. February l3. 1907 while not fully com
rleteo, VIII include the following numbers for lie
Menceissohn Choir. conducted by Mr. Voet.
Eight-part motet, a capella Judge Me n CT ;;
Mendelsscbn: ballad-dialogue in ten parts
capeiIa. Sir Patrick Spens" r. II de Pe-saIi.
''Cluc4nxus, IN eight parts, a capella Antonio
Lotti; nve-part chorus. "Rells OF St MIchael's
Tower Sir X. p Stewart: eight-part cboris
''rhe Wings OF Dove" a capeia. Howard
1srockway: ballad. "challenge OF Thor" from
King Olaf" for chorus and orchestra Flear.
ssaS.e. q eight parts, a capeila 1.-THE Surrender
Cf lie Soul" Peter Cornelius
The orchestra numbers conducted bv Mr. pan,
VIII In. lude: Prelude. die sIeistersinger'' Wac
ne.; 1Driations on theme by Schumann
Brahms (orchestration by Emil Paul): love scene
from the opera. 'Feuersnoth" Richard Stransse
overture, "oberon'' Weber; overture. Tam
hsuser" Wagner.
Al tire aew opera house the big feature Of th.
week Will be aIelba's appearance. on "Wednesday
night in ''Trsyiats' III Trovatore" will ba
sung for the hrst time on Tuesday nigh, ana
'L'Easir d'ArnoTe" on Saturday afternoon The
casts for IRE week follow:
MONDAY EVENING
AIDA" b. Verdi
-. in Italian
.. &c, II &IEnoz