New-York tribune., 1907-12-29
WITH THE ORCHESTRAS.

Wassly Safonoff has placed on the programme
for the next two concerts of the Philharmonic so
cietv on Friday afternoon and Saturday evening
at Carnegie Hall the first movement OF the Glazou-
now suite called by the composer 'Moyen-A ge-'
At the suggestion Of Mr.. Safonof, GlazounoWF IN
order to separate the prelude from the other three
movements of the suite gave il the name The Isle
of Love To contrast with this richly orchestrated
work of a Northern composer, Mr. Safonof has
arranged for Fritz Kreiser 10 play the violin con-
certo in c major by Vivaldi work characteristic
of Italian composers in the eighteenth century. MT
Kresler prepared the concerto for modern use, but
his aim been to preserve the music as 1t came
from the mind OF the composer. BeethoVens Pas
toral" symphony the overture TO Der Freischutz'
and Mozart's concerto in d major for violin. in
which Mr.. Kreisler will play his own cadenzas.
complete the programme. SoIosts to be heard at
future concerts are katherine Goodson, Jean
Gerardy and Josef Hofmann.
Nine Schumann- -Henk is the sooist at the
New York Symphony Socety's concert to-day, at 3
O'Clock at Carnegie Hall, the programme including
Iiszt's Faust Symphony" the Brahms Rhapsody
for solo voice and chorus. and three Wagner selec
tions-Adriano's air from 'Rienz' Act II; the love
music and Brangaene's call from Tristan and
Isolde Act II, and the prelude TO Die Melster-
singer"
Tomorrow morning Mr.. Damrosch and the
chestra will leave New York for the annual West
tour. under the direction OF Ioudon Charlton.
They will give no more Sunday concerts here for
two weeks, the next performances being on jan
uary IS and Ie with Harold Bauer as scoist
The next pair of Boston symphony concerts will
be given in Carnegie Hall Thursday evening.
January 8, and Saturday afternoon, January Ii.
j.. At the evening concert the solost will be Nine.
Teresa Carrefo and at the afternoon concert Carl
Vending concert master Of the orchestra, who
Will make his first appearance in New York
solo violinist
The most conspicuous item the evening pro-
sramme will be a symphony In z major by Her
mann Bischon. whose first performances in Amer
lea set for January and 4. II is work of
huge dimensions, said to be somewhat In the style
of Richard Strauss, and idea of its technical
difficulties may be had from the fact that DR..
Muck and the orchestra have been working at 1t
for the last three weeks Nine. Carrelo will play
MacDowells concerto in d minor, and the other
number the evening list will be Dvoraks 'Carni-
VAL overture. For the Saturday afternoon pro-
gramme Of January II there will be Handels
certo for two wind choirs and string orchestra
Mozarts concerto for violin in A major, No S, and
Hermann G6tz's symphony In F major, No. 8.
Chief of the orchestral novelties to be offered at
the Russian Symphony socety's concert of Thurs
day evening. January 1s, at Carnegie Hall, will be
the third symphony Of Jean Sbelius. This Finnish
composer has been recognized in the last few sea-
sons In New York one OF the distinct musical
personalities Of the day. Sbelius's name has ap-
peared several times in this city's concert rooms
His overture "Karelia," tone poem "Finlandia'
and king Christian" music have been played by
Modest Altschuler
Ii during Mr.. Aitschulers visit to Russia
last summer that he arranged 30 obtain Sibelius's
latest work his third symphony. for the Russian
Symphony Society's present New York season. The
piece had its premiere IN October of this year in
81 Petersburg, the composer conducting, and 1t is
said 10 have been enthusiastically received
-
sInis afternoon the Zellman Philharmonic Or
chestra, composed of about fifty Harlem musicians
with Joseph B. Zellman as director, assisted bY