The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-09
SECOND MUSICAL ART CONCERT.
Gems OF Old Religious Song n Modern
Works sung in Carnegie Hall.

The Musical Art Society last night gave
its second concert at Carnegie Hall under
the favorable auspices that make these
occasions so aristocratic in their artistic
character, The programme, as usual, in
Guided some rare old religious songs and
compositions of a religious character by
the modern composers. These were per-
formed by the choir under Frank Dam
rosch's direction with the smoothness
and finish that this picked chorus possesses
in such a high degree.
The numbers on the programme were
Palestrina's "Cogitavit Dominus," or Lam
e~ntation, fora chorus in five parts: Orlando
di Lasco's "Laudate Dominum,' q chorus
for twelve parts; two songs for four voices
by j. s. Bach, called "Gethsemane" and
'Komm doch, Herr Jesu, y and an old Easter
hymn, Now Christ the Lord Is Risen on
High" which comes from the sixteenth
century.
Max Rogers 20 Sacred Head, Now
Wounded. made up the second part of the
programme, and in the third, a night hymn
by Hans Koessler; a sixteen voice chorus,
.Jakob, Dein verlorner Sohn," by Richard
Strauss; by the Waters Of Babylon a
new chorale by c, NJ. Loefler. and P. Cor
nelius's hymn, "Ich Will Dich LieDen,
Meme Krone" were sung,
1t will be seer from the presence of Pales-
trina Orlando di Lasso and Bach on the pro-
gramme that the chorus's efforts covered
a wide range OF religious music. The ar
rangement of the old hymn attributed to
st, Bernard of Clairvaux and known in
English as the Passion Chorale" or 20
Sacred Head. Now Wounded" was made
by the revolutionary composer Of Munich.
Max keger. II is in the style Of a figured
chorale Of the kind composed by the north
German organists, although the plan is car
ned by the modern composer further than
any of them attempted. Roger designed
the setting for a Protestant service on Good
Friday, The melody OF the old hymn is
used as the basis for each of the divisions,
but one and is adorned with contrapuntal
melodies. The forces that he employs
in the setting are W. solo voices, amixed
chorus, solo violin, oboe and organ.
There was another contrast to the severe
beauty Of the old chorales in the hymn by
Richard Strauss. Both he and his rival
Max Roger, were represented for the first
time last night on one Of the sooiety's pro-
grammes, "Jakob, diem Verlorner Sohn"
Is a work of such difficulty that it had to
wait several years before it could find
teen real PARTS and a cdppetd. The hymn
Is set for two choirs. one Of four and the
other of twelve voices, which are in equal
number, soprano, alto, tenor and bass d.
The choir of four is confined to the refrain
- sorrow no more 1t was a great credit
10 Mr.. Damrosch and his singers that a
work of its difficulty received such a smooth
and finished performance.
Charles Loefler, another composer whose
methods are as modern as those of his
colleagues on the programme, took for
his chorus by the Waters of Babylon, =
the first six verses Of the 18th and the
third and fourth verses of the l26th Psalms,
The music, which proved very beautiful,
Is written for a chorus of women's voices
with accompaniment Of two flutes, violon-
formed in 1902 by the Choral Art Society
OF Boston.