New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-20
THE WEEKLY CALENDAR.
ALFRED HERTZ
Conductor.
Copyright. By Aims DuponS


6unday-Carnegie Hall. 8 p. m, concert Of the
New York Symphony Orchestra; Cooper
Union. $50 p. m. free public rehearsal Of the
Peoples Choral Union; Metropolitan opera
House. $50 p. m. popular concert: Man
haitian Opera House. p. m. popular con-
cert.
Italian opera. AIDA: Manhattan Opera
a siTigiia': Myrtle Room Waldorf-Astoria,
S;SO ,. IA, song recital by Mrs. Susan Haw-
ley Davis
kruesday-AI Metropolitan Opera House. p m,
grand concert and first performance in
lone; Carnegie Hall, SIS .. m, concert OF
Ralph Kellerf, vfolinist-
Wednesday, Metropolitan Opera House, p NJ
opera in Italian, Marta; Manhattan Opera
House. p. m, opera in italian. cell Cgo-
notti"; Mendelssohn Hall, B p m, pianoforte
recital Of Sigismund Stojowski.
Observation-Disclosures Hail. S:I5 .. NJ concert
OF St Cecilia Society; Cooper Union, Sis
,. m. concert OF chamber music by the
Marum Quartet; LenoX Avenue Unitarian
Church, S:l5 p. m. lecture on Beethoven's
violin concerto, by Carroll Brent Chiffon,
Association Hall, Brooklyn s:15 D. M, con-
Quartet.
FFiday-Carnegis Hall. 2:3O r. m, concert OF
the Philharmonic Society; 1fendelssohn Hail,
800 p. m, pianofoFte recital by DR.. Otto
Neitzel; Manhattan Opera House. o. M
Italian opera. Ia Sonnambula''; AIetropol-
''TOsca-'
Eaturday-Carnegie Hall. go D. m, pianororts
recital by Fannie Bloomheld-Zeisler: SIS
?; m. concert OF the Philharmonic Society;
opera Don P2saua ie"uI and F 5sr!a
2. m. German opera. ''Hansel und Gretel";
Manhattan Opera House, p. m, French
" s.&Ids." carmen p In' italian opera
A novelty Of an interesting character VII
figure in the afternoon and evening concerts Of
the philharmonic Society next Friday and Sat-
urday. This is a Lyric Suite" so-called
created by Grieg by transcribing for orchestra
four Of the Lyric Pieces" for pianoforte ruh-
aished as opus 81. The suggestion that the
pieces might be adapted TO orchestral use came
30 the composer from the late Anton seidl. who
BONE ten or twelve years ago orchestrated tbres
OF the pieces, Peasants March, Nocturne and
"March Of the Dwarfs'' together with ,be con-
Guiding number ''Elokkenklang," ana plaved
them at his popular concerts at Brighton Beach
SOney Island. Henry 7. Finck seems TO have
s 49, me means OF directing the attention Of
s1ilss % SeaoIs work. TO Judge by the following
FOOT note at the close OF one Of the chanters IN
slls olography OF Grieg. printed in the Living
s1astefs OF Music" series: Anton SeIdI NOT
content with these d. e., the orchestral pieces
written by GREGG, arranged several Of the piano
forte pieces for orchestra I called CSrieess az
sentiOn. after SeidPs death to four OF these con
etitnting a Norwegian Suite In a note printed
IN the orchestral score CrIez announces that
abe suggestion came from Seidi while intimatins
that he made little. IL any use to Seidls orches-
traIion which It is plain from his words. was
suite is due. IN the first Instance TO the War-
sefian conductor, Anton Seidl. since dead who
was the nrst TO arrange Nos. 2 3 and for or
cnestra Tfns Instrumentation, however, was az
subsequent time completely reshaped-that Is
70 say, newly revised-by the composer (vom
homponisten ganzlich umgestaltet resp neu
bearbeitet) The score is dedicated to the com
IOser's friend. Julius R6ntgen.
In the original book OF pianoforte pieces there
IRE six compositions. viz: /. The Shepherd
LAD; 2 Norwegian Peasants March; g.
march OF the Dwarfs" or Trolls; f. Nocturne;
o. scherzO; g. Ringing Bells" Grieg discard
ed the last which Seidl had arranged. and in
oluded the idyllic first number which Sejdl had
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