The Washington herald., 1908-02-23

The fifth and last concert of the Phila-
delphia Orchestra will be given Tuesday.
March g. at the New National Theater. in
stead of on February .. The postpone
ment is owing to injuries sustained by
the conductor. Mr.. Pohlig. in recent
railway accident
Though Mr.. Pohlg's injuries are not
serious, his physician viii not allow him
to conduct the concert this week.
Such steadily increasing interest and
enthusiasm has been aroused by the
superb conducting OF Carl Pohlig and the
fine playing of the orchestra this season,
that this last concert is being awaited
with keen anticipation OF pleasure.
The programme is to open with the
overture. 'Sakuntaia.' by Carl GoIdmark.
and the Seventh Symphony of Beethoven
in A major.
This latter composition was first pro
duced in 1913. somewhat by accident A
concert was given on December s. 1913,
for the benefit Of wounded soldiers in the
Napoleonic wars. The Seventh and
Eighth Symphonies were given. the
former making such deep impression
that the allegretto was repeated three
times
The "Carnaval Romain.'' by Berlioz. a
work Of great charm and spontanelty. Will
also be given.
Nine. MarceIa Sembrich is at last to
sing in Washington. The date Of her ap-
pearance is March 10. at the New Ma
tional Theater
For years Nine. Sembrich has been the
star at the Metropolitan Opera uo2Se.
New York. For the greater part Of each
season her services are devoted 10 opera.
Aside from her two metropolitan concerts
opportunities for hearing her in recital
have been extremely limited.
Nine. Sembrich viii be assisted by Eli
son van Hoose. He took London by
surprise said the Daily Mail. -and he
now is firmly established In public favor.
He possesses a rarely beautiful voice
The other assisting artist will be Mi
chael de ZadOra the pianist, who comes
from the land that gave the world such
players as Chopin and Paderewski. Al
though noted as a player of Chopin. de
Zadora has met with success in the muisc
OF the classical composers.
At the next concert Of the Washington
Choral Society. Tuesday. February p. at
New Carroll Hall, Gounods famous work.
THE Redemption" will be given. This
will be preceded by 4 chorus singing
Blessed Are They" from Mendelssohn's
''st- Paul in memory Of Father Stafford
The soloists engaged for THE Redemp-
ton are Miss Florence Hinkie soprano
OF New York Miss Clara Drew. contralto;
Mr Nicholas DOUty. tenor. OF Philadel-
phia; Mr. John Humbird DuHey. barry
tone, New York: Mr. Charles belmont.
bass. New York. The incidental solos
VIII be sung by Mr.. Melville d. Hensey.
tenor. and Mr.. T. A. Murray, bass
The amateur orchestra will be increased
in the wind instrument group by musi-
clans from the Marine Band. Mr. Arthur
Mayo VIII be at the organ.
The Nordica Mandolin. 4uitar and
Banjo clubs. Of which Walter r Holt Is
director and II. Ernest GaIleher concert
master. viii give the first concert of the
season in the Metropolitan NJ. f. Church
Tuesday evening. March 3
The Mandolin and Guitar clubs will
play the ''LustspieT' overture by Bella.
and Red Mill" selections by Herbert
and, in conjunction with the Banjo Club.
Will give the Flower OF Mexico by
Curt!. and Woodland Memories" by
Bapp.
The Banjo Club will play the Love and
Beauty waltzes. by Armstrong. and the
Gate City March by Weiden.
Members Of the faculty of the Washing
ton Institute of Music who will assist.
will be L. Z. Manoiy. 'celIist; c. Z. Chris
tiani, violinist; Karl Holer. pianist: W. T.
Holt, H. +. Galleher. and Ernest l.. Leigh.
Mrs Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler. soprano:
ii. L. Oberholser. dramatic reader, r.
B. Gordon. banjcist. viii also be heard.
The accomDaniments Will be played by
Miss Eva Z. Fields and Karl HoIer.
Mrs Henry Hunt Mckee will give a
recital n the ballroom Of the Raleigh
Hotel on Tuesday evening. February ..
She will be assisted by her pupils and
Prof. Charlemagne Loehler.
Nine Marie Won Unschuld will present
Miss Roberta Hope Amies in piano re-
cital Tuesday afternoon. March 3. in the
Washington Club. Miss Amies will be as
sisted by Daniel Breeskin. the boy vio-
linist- The patronesses are Mrs John p.
Henderson. Mrs. David J. Brewer. Mrs.
John r. Mclean, and Miss Caroline
Nabuco.
The Friday Morning Music Club gave a
programme of French composers last Fri /
day morning in the rooms of the Wash
ington Club
Miss Bradley gave a small talk on the
French composers; Miss Sewell and Miss
Brickenstein played a sonata for violin |
and piano. opus. 50. by D'Indy: Miss Peck /
gave "ChagTin.' by Gliere. and "Deux |
Arabesques," by Debussey: Miss Brod- |
head played "Quatre Bergerettes." writ
ten in the eighteenth century: Mrs /
Dickey gave the concerto "Romantidue." !
opus %. by \GOdard. and Miss Spofford /
sang "Connais-tu lie pays" (from Mig |
non ,, by A. Thomas. and "Obstination. +" /
by n de Fontenailles.
Miss Roberta Aimes' numbers were |
Romance Sans PAROLES, by Saint-Saens:
Humoresque' by ChaminaGe and Passe-
pied, from the opera, lie Roi samuse."
by Delbes. Mrs. Payne sang Sunshine |
Song" by Massanet.
The MorseIl Vocal Club gave concert
last Wednesday evening in Calvary Ban
tist Sunday school house under the aus
pices OF the Vaughn Class The club
sang the Pilgrims Chorus" from Il
lombard" by Verdi "Daybreak." bv
flaming; The Bee and the Dove" bv
Cowen: Gypsy Rondo. by Becker.
Moonlight by Tanning: "Miller's
WOoing." by flaming. and The Lord Is
My Rock, ~ WOodman. Miss Florence
NJ. Noack sang Alteration" by Tehua.
with violin obligato by Frank T. How
ard. Mrs. Blanche Muir Dalgleish. con-
traltO. sang Grieg's 'Autumnal Gale"
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