New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
THE WEEKLY CALENDAR.

Sundsy-Hippodrome Sis p. m, concert by
Victor Herbert and his orchestra
Monday-Carnegie Hall. S:l5 p. m, concert Of
American compositions by the New Music
Society.
Tuesday-Camegie Han, s:15 u m, concert of
the Oratorio Society Samson and Delilah'';
chamber music by the Olive Mead Quartet:
Broadway Tabernacle, ?. m. free organ re-
cital by Walter <. Gale.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hail. SIS ,. H. re-
cital OF pianoforte music by Albert Won
Doeahof: Holy Trinity Church, Brooklyn,
4:l5 p. IN. free organ recital by Samuel A
Baldwin.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hall. s:l5 p. m, con-
cert Of the Womans String Orchestra; hal!
chanbeT ESse' music ic'' by '-i the Marum Quartet
Knabe Hail, $50 2. m, song recital by Paul
Dufault; Association Hail. Brooklyn, S:l5 p.
rn-' concert OF chamber music by the Adam
owsd Trio Church of the Divine Paternity,
p m free organ recital by; J. Warren
Andrews.
Friday
ssturday-Carnegie Hall. s:l5 p. N, concert OF
the Russian Symphony Society. Mendelssohn
Hall, S:l5 p. m, pianoforte recital by Sarah
SOkolsky.
The Oratorio Society will close its thirty third
season next Tuesday evening, at Carnegie Hall.
with Saint-Saenss Samson and Delileh." Frank
Damrosoh viii conduct. and the soloists will be
Miss Janet Spencer. contrslto; Ben Davies. tenor
and Gwym Miles, bass. Samson and Deilah,"
single operate performance at the Metropolitan
Opera House in 1895 is one Of the few compo-
sitions OF French origin on the Oratorio Societys
lists. Ample tribute has been paid TO Berlioz
by this organization and Gounods 'Redemp-
ton" has been sung within a decade. but Sam
son and Deiah" is the most modern Of the
French group and its second and third acts also
the eloquent Choruses in Act l. rarely fail OF
uelr erect. Ihls Biblical opera or oratorio,
which the OTatOrio Society introduced TO this
country by It's performance Of 1892, is one Of
the twenty ODD works Il has brought forward
here II the lifetime Of their composers. About
one-Llird Of the societys repertory is thus made
up Of contemporaneous music and the pronor-
ton has been still larger ia the last few years
although the present season has until now been
devoted 10 Handel and Beethoven The chorus
OF the oratoTiO Society which successfully coped
last December with the excessive difficulties of
BeethoVens Solemn Mass has studied the
Saint-Saens music with care and apureciation
me rear ance, after a long absence of Ben
Davies, the famous Welsh tenor who viii sing
IHe uIaiiiSlc music OF Samson, wiz be feature
toTio.
IL the last number OF the New Music Re-
view" Mr. Philip Hale writes as follows touch
Ing Mr. GeIicke and the Boston Symphony Or
ohestra.
That AIr Gericlle leaves The orchestra is roucr
70 be regretted. and il IS doubtful whether a
successor viii I'll his pace in an resnects Thera
are Eiftuos2 conductors who make a sensation
in their way --'-'' Oi'
Great captains with their guns and drurs
NstuTo o7r judgment for the hour.
~ 10 prepare thoroughly and to give effectively
III concerts a season-this is another matter
No one viii deny that the technical proficiency
which makes this orchestra famous is due 70
me iron discipline and to the unwearied patience
oI Mr Gericke 1t is due TO him that the
strings have their unequalled quality If is
Que 10 him that the ensemble is characterized
by an exquisite sense Of proportion
he
cathohc IN hts selection Of programmes and the
hypo-mocern school has been literally repre-
senteo; he has gained in breadth and IN
warmth OF Interpretation. i is not TOO much 10
say that the orchestral performances ~ tbts
season IN Boston have been Of ininnitable brill
lance whether the work was by SchumanT1 or
py Hdchard strauss Icy Mozart or by Chaus-
II is true that Mr Gercke would not have
been aple TO do what he has done had not
MAJOR HlsSinson stood behind him Through /
MI Hlgginson's noble generosity the orchestra
mas, mas many Flrtuosos Of -he first rank. Mr.
GeT1cke has established not an orchestra ~
'lrtuosos. but q vlrtuOso orchestra
The management Of the Church Choral So
ciety has changed the place and date OF the |
next necitals or services Of that organization
They VIII take place IN the Church Of Zion and
81 Timothy. in 57th street west of Eighth |
avenue, on the afternoon of April % and the |
evening of April 26 The programme will be as |
follows:
Air. suite in D....... NJ,
ro0Ta' 20 What a.-, .s ,ss az glory must be-: CO.
.lors So2grsgs5ion , Cags ~ orchestra ana organ
An ca'oro composed Church c5isi 4so sSciety :a
.. So,osts. cuorus orchestra ans organ
fs7-'a'e pialoS75es ,opls a5 Il. Boellmann
tic5'stre and organ.
The New Music Society Of America. says an