New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10

started n sort OF London annex TO Brother
Jeans Paris singing school, was thought I'M
portant enough to be telegra phed to America
We now find an explanation of how it all came
about in an interview with NJ. Edouard, In The
Daily Chronicle" newspaper Says the basso
You must know that for the last three years
Poland has been in state of unrest II not
actual revolution My brother and 1 have con-
siderable estates there, and when the trouple
first broke out, Il was necessary that one OF US
should reside on the property and look AFTER IL
Jean was busy with his Paris school. and SO
gave up the stage. and went TO Poland, where
had a pretty dangerous time never knew
what the pea SAINTS We're going TO do next. ana
fully expected 10 have our estates set on nIe
whenever the starving people began to riot At
last things have Gained down, and now, pro
vided l visit Poland for a few months IN me
year, ! can settle in London.
II was my brothers idea to start the school
here His own hEs been such a great success,
and he has sufficient number OF English puplls
10 show me that there is a big opportunity TOT
a London branch Go 10 London SAID jean
-You have sung for eighteen seasons there, the
English know YOU, and have always been SO
kind and appreciative. that You VIII soon nave
So l am here. And then The added with
shrug of the shouldersl 1 tired of the
operatic stage 1t is only the tenor and the
prano who receive the big fees. Few composers
write big parts for the basso, so that his salary
nowadays is little more than chor1sterS.
Programme Of the organ recital in st. Paurs
Chapel. Columbia University. next Tuesday at
tenoon:
Two movements from 'he organ fonata IN E,.,,...orr
6 Il.'T mo. enen;s from organ Handel
Fantasia q minor e.
AI. Ariesienne suite Bizet
Peer Gynt Suite 'es
Gayotte Cctude for redals onlyp Gibson
o o2e- Ir1Si2' tristan Isolde Wagner
! transcrptions by Nj. GiosorJ
Al Carnegie Hall next Thursday afternoon a
third piano recital will be given by NJ. Lhevinne.
assisted by Nine Lhevlnne The programme:
Hocturne minor. oq 80. No. /. .....-...- Chopin
| '''''s ~ = n and Nine Ihe,inne
| ,bD soiree vienne. a major.
Cal serenade, op So D major ........... Rubinsten
Oriental Fantasle. 'Islamse Balaklret
Sir Edward IIlgar. who is about 10 visit New
York rs guest Of the Oratorio Society to conduct
| THE Apostles" and The Kingdom" his latest
| choral works. has already received substantial
! proofs Of the interest American audiences take
in his music. In this city he has not yet APP
peared in public and his participation in the APP
preaching concerts is expected 10 focus upon
them the attention of New York's musical world
The Apostles brought out for the first
time in America some three years ago by the
Oratorio Society. following its very successful
| performances Of Elgar's The Dream of Geron-
thus" THE Kingdom" will be wholly new here
and ii should prove especially effective wher
| heard within a week OF THE Apostles of which
It Is a continuation. though each is complete ir
itself For each of these oratorios the text was
, compiled or written by Elgar himself. The
calling OF the Apostles, preceded by the Saviour,
night Of prayer in the mountain, is taken as the
starting point in The Apostles" Angelic voice!
prophesy hope for the nations. and dawI
breaks the watchers on the Temple roof at Jeru
salem proclaim it with the shofar. the ancien
: Hebrew trumpet, while tho singers within tn
temple are heard in d psalm.
Then comes the selecting by Christ of th
! twelve Apostles their profession Of faith and tn
scene OF the beatitudes. in which the VirgiI
Mary takes part. Mary Magdalene is intro
duced in a remarkable by the Sea O
3 Galilee. From the Tower Of Magdala (presum
ally ia the now all but deserted village whic
> tradition declares TO have been her birthplace
: Mary Magdalene, recalling her hayward pas
g and bitterly repentant. looks over the an
!, sees the quelling OF the storm by the Lord an
} Peter walking on the water. In a later seen
: Christ announces the forgiveness of her sins
= The betrayal of the Saviour by Judas, the cruel
fxion the resurrection and the ascension most
& Of The Apostles" In the ChaTac teriZation
[. Judas as an ambitious believer in an earthi
o kingdom for the Saviour which he sought
r hasten by forcing Christ 10 show His powe
II FlEar adopts a view held by many theologian
Q The Kingdom has all fits scenes laid in Jeru
IS salem The disciples and tho holy wOme
n break bread in an upper room. i'm preparation fC
s choosing a successor to Judas. The
Is PentecOst finds the two Marys at the beautif
II aate o. the Temple. In the evening all the dis
$. ciples are again gathered I'm the upper roo
! when the Holy Spirit descends upon them. e;
= the rushing OF a mighty wind" In Solomon
al I,oich OF the Temple Peter addresses the multi
Is tude converting many. The healing by Pet
he and John Of the lame man at the Beautiful Cat
5: for which they imprisoned; beautiful hyn
lc by Mary, and another gathering I'm the upp
/; room for the breaking of bread. are the text
u remaining principal features. The oratOriO en-
I'd with an eloquent utterance of the Lords Praye
ne Elgar is said to have in view q third orator
d. OF this series, dealing with the Church Of Il
re Gentiles.
pc Scriabine's third symphony. lie Divin Poeme
"a which Arthur Nilcisch conducted in Paris al
Se has listed For Berlin, and which ST. Petersbu
n has applauded. IS rated by the Russian syI
"a phony Orchestras conductor Modest AltschulC
Of as one of the most interesting novelties y
IA taken up by that organization. II viii be
ne feature Of next Thursday evenings concert
is Carnegie Hail. and, it lasts fifty minut
iii without break. the audience is requested to
r. p,augfual