New-York tribune., 1907-03-31

Tho second Of these is Gregorian and the third
bears slight resemblance 10 a phrase in the
cient hturgieal hymn 20 St John. from which the
musical syllables. Ut re. ni. "a. sol Ia were de-
rived.
The last concert Of the Knesel Quartet VIII be
given on Tuesday evening in Mendeissohn Hall
The programme will be follows:
Quintet piano and strings 7 minor op 81. Faure
Second movement from sextet COR strings. \ miaor
Senate major FOR yIoloaceIlo, without accompan!-
seztet for strings major op
The assisting artists viii be Nine. Helen Hope
kirk. pianist; Max Zach. viola; J. Keller. cello.
Alvin Schroeder OF the quartet. will play the
yioioncellO sonata and this number has been put
upon the programme to do him honor at his last
appearance with the Knesel Quartet before his
departure for Germany. He has been the yiolon-
! cellist Of the quartet since 1891, when ne first
came to this country the first player OF his
instrument in the Boston Symphony Orchestra
He leaves this country 10 take a position
with the Hoch Conservatory. at Frankfort, where
he will also play in string quartet and appear
a solo performer
The quintet by Gabriel Faure will be played
for the first time in this country. II was first
heard IN Paris on April 30 OF last year. wnen It
was played at a concert given jointly by Raou
Pugpo and Eugene Ysaye; to the latter II is dedi-
Gated. Faure is at present the director of the
Paris conservatoire and is counted among the
advanced school OF young French instrumental
eoampoSeTs though by no means one OF the most
ehiehy by MS songs. a sonata for violin and piano
dental music 10 eAPs Pan9 :, sSI9 ara his inci
Mr. D'Indy, had the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Julien TiersOt wrote o. the quintet after it's
work impresses itself by its beauty. its eleTa-
ticn ana deAcacy OF style, and the authors per
grave pure melody Is afn en- ahe stdT tras tc
other by the strings sustained by delicate arpeg-
allied 10 the most refined forms OF the arr Of to-
OF the work Il Is so in the adaFio fTestinE t s''
theme Of a 0uasl-arehaic tonallty. Ia Bach, en-
erao developed in the form Of varstion rHid Wb
picturesque sonorties q grace OF contour charm
OF expression continuing to the end
Kneisel In 1893. The movement now 70 be played
eta5 nst6t. 70 ~ tse memory Of Denis Bunker
hussian folksong sung by boatmen OF the Voga-
last concert OF the Russian Symphony Orchestra
IN N .e.lakfounons 4. symphonic poem Stenxa Razin."
Bachs sonata is the third OF set OF six soma
dance pieces OF the older sype this one co1sistine
TWO bourrees and gigue.
The Philharmonic Society will give two extra con-
certs at Carnegie Hall on Friday afternoon April
s. and Saturday evening. April G. Wassy safonofe
Will then make his last appearance before his de-
Darture for London. where he has been engaged
10 conduct several concerts OF the London Sym
phony Orchestra. The programme for these two
supplementary concerts. which was selected IN re-
Spouse 20 many requests will consist OF Tschai-
koWskys 'Pathetique" symphony. RubInsteIn's con-
certO In fat major for piano and the overture
TO ''TannhAuser." Josef Lhevinne has been en-
gagged as sOloist The orchestra for these concerts
will consist OF 10 players.
Mr.. SafonoR viii sail for Europe IN April and
win pass the summer with his family in the Cauca-
sus Mountains.
The annotator Of che programme contributes the
following TO the history OF the symphony IN addi-
ton 20 what has been printed heretofore:
The symphony which is destined 70 be known in
history az the 'Pathetc'' In the composers de-
spite is Tschaikowskys sixth work az It's kind
but Il IS not the composers original sixth After
the hfth symphony had made It's mark he wrote
another which ne called the sixth IN letters 10
l his friends. IL may have had its inception IN
America, Tor the first sketches for lt were made on
board the steamship First Bismarck Sn Nav 1891
when be was returning 10 Europe from the VISIT
which he made on invitation OF Mr.. Carnegie 10
take part IN the festival with which Carnegie Han
was dedicated. He vas not I'm creative mood
and the work proceeded slowly Nevertheless ne
completed Il. all bat the orchestration before the
end Of the year 1882. Then he became dissatisfied
with il because II seemed 70 him to lack spOn-
I taneity, and destroyed 1t.
Some OF its ideas seem 20 have survived the de-
/ GtrucIon however for they went into the first
movement OF his third concerto for pianofOrte and
/ en andnnte ana finale for pianoforte and orches-
ira lie was IN better spirits and different frame
/ OF mind when he began upon the present
work The plan ot this had presented itself 10 him
while travelling fn February, 1888 II Presented
ttset 70 him from the start as 1rograIarns 1ausic