The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-22

win be On the following thursday -veninrs;
November =. Decemt~r 3. January 0. Febru-
sry ~ and March No. The second series
viii be given On ss,urfsy afternoons.
November Q. D~c-mber 7. January 10.
February n and March u. DR.. Kari Muck
viii Of courpe be the conductor and among
the solosss win he Anton Van Rooy. Theresa
Carrsno. Friss kreislsr. Carl wepdlAng and
Paderewski. This will b. Paderewski's
only appearance 10 Nsw York with an
orchestra
Jan sickesz. the Dutch pianist. viii
make q concert tour In this country during
the season. He 10 desceuded from ons Of
the most aristocratic families Of Holland.
his uncle having been Minister Of the king
dom. While still . young lad sicksz
evinccd . decided talent for the piano
and expressed . determination to becoms
. professional pianist. His aristocratic
parents frowned upon this desire. but
he insisted and succeeded In winning over
his mother. who possesssd musical talent
Of a very high order.
He began his studies under her guidance
and at an carly g entered the Royal
Conservatory Of Amsterdam. where he
made remarkable progress. He very carly
secured several public engagements. in
which be acquitted himself with success;
but realizing the ephemeral character Of
this youthful glory he betook himself to
Vienna to place himself under the direction
OF Leschetizky.
That master at once accepted the young
Dutchman as q pupil. and for three years
Sickesz worked under his guidance. At
the end OF that time Leschetixky declared
him to he an accomplished concert pianist.
Still unsatisfed and with . wise but un-
common modesty. Sickesz returned to
Vienna and continued under his old master
for another year. During his residence In
Vienna no was pianist In ons Of the most
famous string auartets In that city, thva
obtaining . knowledge Of chamber music
to which he ives much OF his ability % an
ensemble and concert pianist.
Since leaving Vienna Sickess has played
with nearly all the prominent European
oruhestras. including the Berlin Philhar-
montc. the Amsterdam Philharmonic, the
Kahn Orchestra. the Vienna Concert verein
and many others and has given concerts in
Vienna. Munich. Gm0nden, Schwenipgsn.
Paris. London and other prominent cities.
The European prcss has been unanimous
In Ito praise Of Sickesz's temperament, his
tremendous power Of appreciation and his
ample technique.
Muically. the production Of Percy Mao
Kaye's -Sappho and Phaon,- which Harri-
son Grey Fiske 10 about 10 make. with
Bertha Kalioh In the role Of the Lesbian
poetoes, possesses an Importance aside
from it, value a. an addition to dramatic
literature. Az those who have read -Sappho
and Phaon' know. Mr.. MacKaye has in
cluded in IL . number Of lyrics and chorusss.
all OF rare beauty. They fall to SappAo.
TO AIceSs. the poet and lover Of SoppAo'
TO Thdlasso. the slave woman and mother
Of PhaoR's child, and to the girl disciples
Of SoppAo and the ssa slaves Of Lesbos.
The music for these and for the inter-
mdes has been composed Cor Mr.. Fisks bv
Prof. Albert A. Stanley. who has the chair
Of music at the University Of MICHIGAN
and u considered q authority In this coun-
try 10 the music Of the ancient OrSeks
Thu numbers are written In tho Greek
style a the orohestrstion Ii for instru-
msnts tha: approximate the character Of
those used IN SoppAo's time.
Madame Kalch - SdppAo ainss two
lyrics. the beautiful what Shall We Do |
Cyt0ere4f- md HOLLOW She'll. Horny
Shell . which tells how Hermes made ths
fyre. For ALorus there are two drinkins
songs, and for TAalsssa Q lament Of mourn.
ful tendsmeas. The disciples Of Sapnko
have three choral numbsrs, and for ths |
go slaves there 10 . chant before tho tenpie
Of Poseidon. 4 large choral force and 4
special orchestra will he required for the
production.
Walter Damrosch has acquired the ishts
Of performance in America OF Tschaikow- |
sty'sfamous opera "Eugen Ouegin. written
after q story Of Pushkin, the celebrated
Russian poet. This opera will be given in |
concert form during the regular subscrip-
ton series OF orchestral concerts of the
symphony Society on Saturday evenings
and Sunday afternoons In Carnegie Hall
and will be not only the fIrst performance
In America Of "Eugen Onogin," but of any
operatic work Of Tschaikows ky. Abroad
IL has achieved The greatest popularity.
Coneiderinssthe dearth OF melodlous operas
10 is strange that none Of the opera managers
have produced It,
Young Francis MacMillen, after being
successfully lost in the Alps, Berne, Inter-
laken and other parts Of Switzerland, 40
that tie cablp hummed With speculsdonS
a. 70 his fass. vifl arrtys hsgs BY tks stosmSr
& lseeos0stss. wAow sald hass
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