Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22


first performance in the summer of 1850
in Leipsic under the direction of Schu-
mann himself. 1t was repeated there
n few times, out was undeniaby
great disappointment in spite of all it's
musical beauties. Schumann was
deeply affected, disagreeing entirely
with the critics as to the dramatic
character. His music to Faust" the
entire work. was given in its present
shape only after his death.
The music lovers of the west are in
the habit of expressing themselves In
admiration of any musician who dis
plays a right to deviate from the trod-
den paths of music and give to his COM
positions personal Interpretation
which distinguishes the manly element
of character and the sound judgment of
thought. Such musician was Kreis-
Ter. who appeared in this city last week,
and such a musician is Harold Bauer,
the same pianist who will present two
unhackneyed programs at simpson
| Auditorium on Monday evening. March
20 and Monday evening" April 6. Four
wears ago Harold Bauer came to this
city with no flourish of trumpets ana
| quietly took his place among the Varl-
| ous entertainers of both modern ana
classical authors. He left strong I'M
preston In his favor, and returned Two
| wears ago TO entertain q lcNi .
| ence and give to his work an 1nd1V1du-
ality which appealed 10 all WHO hea'u
him.
on this. his third trip, he has as
sllmed the position of teacher ana Will
give to both our students or music
| as well as to the general pubnc VINO
are acquainted with piano music, selec-
tions from MacDowell, Schumann ana
| some of his own variations from Cesar
Franck Chopin and Brahms
To those who have heard Bauer we
need not mention his splendid qualities,
but for those who are unacqualnteu
with his work we can say tnat rev
nianists rank higher and that many
prefer his work to those OF Rosehtnai'
IOePachmann and even Paderewski.
| Rauer first studied to become VIOLIN
ist and the insight gained In piano
compositions enhanced his ability as
pianist, and has gained for him an en-
viable position in the music Worlo.
| Special rates VIII pe given lol 'e"Nii
ers and students.
The Following program will be rem
dered:
Sonata Eroica. op so. "Flos Rcgum Arthus''
| (MacDowell-1S6D. ,,
| (First slow, with mobility; second elt-ike'
as light and as swift as possible; third tenuer,
ionging vet with passion; fourth fierce and
Eantasiestucke Op. IL, 'Des agends; auf-
| schwung; warum; Grtllen; In DER NaSh'' "a
bel: Traumeswirren Ende Won Lied CSchumann
prelude, fugue and variations, Op- Is
| Cesar FRANKIE Baer-1S22-1s9o). o
| Polonaise in + sharp minor NChopil-Ao"-
1S49). ez>
| Walresranschen UiszD ,,,x,
Variations upon theme by Paganini
| (Brahms).
Director Hamilton of the Los An
| geles Symphony orchestra has con-
| cluded to change his usual order Oh
program numbers and will create an
| innovation for the closing concert OF
this. the eleventh successful season OF
| orchestral work. There have peeh
MANY requests this season for Wag-
| merriam program, and although pro-
| nounced somewhat heavy by portion
of the orchestra patrons, there seems
to be in this case united opinion that
the last concert should be an artistic
as well as gala event.
The membership of the Orpheus ciup'
Ellis club. the Ladies' Lyric club, the
Ladies Symphony orchestra. the Ga
nut club and the Dominant clup nave
all agreed to lend their presence and
their help toward making this the
| crowning musical event of the season.
Madame Alma Krausse, mezzo-so-
prano prima donna of the Cologne
Grand opera house, has been secured
as the soloist for this concert. In Eu-
rope she has the reputation of being
one of the greatest of the competent
singers who essay the Wagnerian
| roles. and her work in Lohengrin and
Tannhauser is particularly commended
by the European critic and press. She
| will sing "Elsa's Dream" and ELIZA
beth's Prayer for two of the seec-
tions. with orchestral accompaniment.
There will be but one deviation from
the Wagnerian program scheme, that
of introducing for the opening num-
ber two movements from the Fifth
symphony in E minor by Tschaikow-
! ski. The overture is taken from die
| Meistersinger" Another selection is
series of tone pictures from die Wal
kure" and one of the principal num-
bers is taken from "Gotterdamme-
rung,'' 'Siegried's Death and Funeral
| March,"
| This is a fitting finale to a symphony
season which has been unparalleled in
the history of music in this city, and
Mr.. Hamilton and his band are to be
| commended on the admirable stand
they have taken in the musical life
| of this city Seats are now on sale at
Bartlett Music company.
The program follows:
| Two movements for Fifth symphony,
minor-Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza;
| finale, andante mastoso, allegro NNace
(TschaikowslD.
''Elsa's Dream" Lohengrn CWagner).
| Tone pictures from die Walkure," (Wag-
ner).
"Elizabeth's Prayer" "Tannhauser' (Wag-
| ner).
| 'Siegfried's Death and Funeral March,"
''Gotterdammerung," (Wagner).
| overture, "De Miestersinger Won Nurnberg,"
| CWagner).
| IS
Mrs Harry Dow Kirk will sing at
the Independent Church of Christ to-
day Owing to the illness of the So
prano, the program had to be changed.
| s.
| Miss Florence Johnson and Miss
Ouellet appear in a recital at Fresno
next Friday night for the Musicale club
of that city.
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