New-York tribune., 1907-10-27
Performances the Public VIII Soon
Hare Opportunity to Eniog.

zrsssily Safonoff last week informed the Phil
s,-rnonic Society by cable that he had conducted a
~-nnhony concert at Copenhagen with success and
r,rld arrive in New York next Tuesday on the
rr-onprtnz Wilhelm. Mr.. Safonon has spent the
.vnuaer with his family in the Caucasus when not
s-,nloved in conducting foreign orchestras or Sc
,ActDg new music for the approaching season of
+bs philharmonic Society. To honor the memory
~ Edward GrieE who died last summer. the pro
rsr1r7e Of the first Two concerts to take place at
csrneeie Hall November u and IS has baan
changed 10 include the suite Peer Gynt' which is
orke ~ The andante from Beethoyerl's oiarfet ar;
Ea No. 3, VIII be omitted in order 10 meet the
Ssmand OF new subscribers. the box ofHce Al Car
1ere Han viii remain open continuously until the
night Of The FRS concert OF the season for the sale
q subscriptions 10 seats and boxes. The subscrip
tion for the afternoon concerts has never been so
large in the history Of the society il is this
Tesr says official announcement
Despite its thirty-four years of active work in
New York's musical field the Oratorio Society has
MANAGED keep itself young. By admitting about
seventy-fve new members every autumn. to re-
Mace those who are retired from the chorus or
resign il. the society has been able to keep its
BODY Of tone fresh and supple and dt to cope with
the difficult tasks imposed upon it, The loyal spirit
Of the members. which has helped 10 give the Ora
toro Society a longer life shan that Of any other
choral organization New York has had is also ex-
enplided IN self-sacri1ice. At frequent periods
every singer IN the chorus submits to a vocal ex-
animation by Dr. Frank Damrosch. the conductor.
and only those who are deemed of fun efficiency
are allowed 10 retain membership. Such examina-
lions were held Few weeks ago in preparation for
the important work OF the present season and DR..
Damr0sch and the directors regard the chorus
The aembers includirg new voices remains at
about three hundred Active work is now in prog
ress the music for the first concert. take
place On Wednesday evening, December +, in Car
negie Hall Two compositions new TO the societys
lists VIII be sung. and one OF these. +. Wolf-I'er-
raris cantata The New Life bdsed on Dantes
text will be new 70 this country The other VIII
p br@al5S MS y S9ig g5 @l SDc 5S3 IN tS
O-arD
their plan OF giving at least one new work each
year selected from works OF real significance, be
sides drawing upon The rich store Of recognized
master works. The choice Of The New Life Is IN
lne with the policy that has given New horB in
The last FIVE years a chance TO hear such novelties
q sl- I'D .eicf FZil5C-1 E2icilard Srausss
'TaiHefer" and Gabriel Piernes TIE ChIdrens
eeaS. Sea- ~ ne r.. New ife.' ildic5-es that ibis
music like that OF THE Chldren's Crusade" is of
the kind 10 be generally enjoyed at nrsJ Ae5fS, t
tV7o Christuastide concerts. the evening OF De
eelber 2f and the afternoon OF Dece!''ST @
on April Is.
paderewski's first New York recital will be given
IN Carnegie Hall on Saturday afternoon al 2:5o
o'clock His second New York ~ecital VIII be given
IN Carnegie Hall Saturday afternoon NoVem-
Der 3. and seats for this are now on sale Faae-
rewskf was due to arrive in Hoboken on Ihe
Kaiserin Auguste Vic,oria yesterday His New
York headquarters will be, as IN the past, at ire
Hotel Manhattan. His hrst concert will he IN
day evening he Will give rectal IN bstSlIlJ. I
Then he viii return New York The following
week he Will play in Syracuse and Hartford. anu
twice with the PirtsbUrg orchestra III tillSo1I =
Fis first and only appearance with orchestra IN
New York will be on Saturday afternoon DeCeIl-
her : when he will play with the Boston sym
rbonr Orchestra fn Carnegie Hall. His programme
for next Saturday afternoon viii be announced IN
made I'd a list only three numbers OF Whlch hs-
I~ed on his programmes IN former seasons II is
follows;
Variations and Fugue, op Faderevsl.i
!, +
'Auf dem wasser ~ singen'' ,-.,,, = ,
S0rse de VieEne. = major -7'eu1' l'is@
N5ctuTae 2 sharp major op. 10,
Esudes. Nos. 10 and 3 81 10 .... C,rop!u
scherzo. lat minor.
Chant a Amour stoovs SKI
RhaHeodie No -liszl
There can be little doubt that Mr.. Paderewsl,i
viii include or tie other Of his two new com
positions in the programme Of his first recital OF
the sonata something was said in this place last
Sunday. The Variations and FuEue on orig
inal Theme had a hearing at the hands of Mr..
Stojowski q recital in Mendelssohn Hall last
January when The Tribune's reviewer said Of it
that il might be set down as "one Of the sound
est most original and imaginative compositions"
which Paderewski, the composer, had put 10 his
credit. Since then it has been made accessible by
uuhlioat ton and the greater familiarity thus made
possible has confirmed the good impression made
by Mr.. StO1OWski's performance. II bears a later
opus number than the SONATA tOp. % ana Is dedl-
Gated TO Mr.. William Arlington. Nj Paderewsli s
personal manager. The theme has IN II something
Of the sound Of ancient Slavic battle hymn
and is ponpously announced as follows in almost
printed: