The San Francisco call., 1908-11-23
With the Musical Folk
By Walter Anthony

making his influence felt in the culture
OF the college town. will be heard in
this city for the first time next Tuesday
afternoon at Century Club hall in con-
nection with recital to be given by
the Caedmon club. Sir Henry Heyman
of this city will appear with him. and
other assisting artists will be James
Hamilton Todd. Mrs. Edwin H. Garth
waite. Miss Edith Jones and Miss Made
line Todd.
Buehrer will be heard in the "Pagli-
acct" prologue. Giordanis caro- Milo
Ben." Schubert's who Is Sylvia . Padre
Martins "Plaisir dAmour" Schuberts
The Wanderer." and a selection from
Massenets opera, "Herodiade. Sir
Henry Heyman will play first violin IN
Beethoven's trio op. 81, for two viohns
and viola. The adagiO and finale VIII
be given.
The following are the officers OF the
club:
Mrs. Eleanor Martin, president; Mrs Frank
responding secretary: Miss Florence Murphy
recording secretary, Mrs n. J. FoStreu'
Driseoll. Mrs Margaret Deane. Mrs, W =.
Hitchcock. Mrs Garrett MeEnerney. AIRS Cln-
ton Jones and Mrs D. W. Nesneld-
AdsIa verne's concert OF yesterday
afternoon is reviewed in another column
of this mornings Call But some com
ments not naturally belonging TO
critic are pressing for attention
Hother wismsr, who has returned to
this city after over years study
abroad. heard Adela Verne's hrst con-
cert in New York and says IL was
remarkable exhibition of art, temperssn.
ment and teehnic. The audience whicH
gathered" he told me. was large and
quite filed the hall. She was called
out again and again after every num-
ber and for her playing Of the Beet
hoven variations she was recalled
seven times. For some reason not TO be
discerned on the surface, she failed 70
make a similar impression on the
critics-or at least on some OF them
Their treatment of this artist was In
some instances outrageous. 1t would
seem as though the learned writer's on
some of the papers. never having heard
of the player before, were fearful lest
they should overrate her, and were
unable, uudirected by other authorities,
to arrive at a correct conclusion re-
garding her playing Those critics
would have had different word 10 say
of her. no doubt. had she come from
Berlin, or Leipzig or London. to New
York. instead of having appeared hrst
in San Francisco.
Some of the critics. however, recog-
nized her skill and gave her justice
The opinion Of the music lovers who
attended her concert was unanimous
and to the effect that in Adela Verne
the world has a wonderful player and
an artist of keen insight and great
gifts"
Miss Verne returns with the indorse-
ment of the best critical judgment OF
New York. as we'll as the approval Of
the patrons of the tone art in that city.
The New York Herald says that her
playing is particularly clean, her tone
round and singing and her strength
equal to any climax"
The Post declares that her perform
ance of the staccato etude of Rubin
stein was one of the most stirring
things heard here in years" The New
York Press reviewed the concert at
length and said. among other things:
How firmly she caught the assemblage
in her spell was shown by the fact
that hardly a person left the audito-
rum before the recital ended-an un-
usual happening at a new comer's con-
cert in this cOldly critical town" The
same article speaks of her fine poetic
insight and great technical resources
Her tone. it says. is round, Arm and OF
a clarity as unusual as IL is delight
ful'; and also, her wonderful reading
of the Beethoven variations aroused
her audience and kept IL in a delightful
mood to the end
These and other similarly enthusiast
tic critiques are mentioned for the rea-
son that San Francisco first passed
judgment on her. and the writer was
enthusiastic and confident that the little
player would win her way elsewhere as
she did here. even though. as here, she
came unheralded and unknown. 1t
gives US all chance TO wag our heads
wisely and with satisfaction say. L
told you So" now that she has fulfilled
the promises her playing held out
when. exactly one year ago she ap-
peared a stranger in our midst and
went away adoFed.
Miss Verne's second concert next
Thursday night will include this pro-
gram:
1.-Caprieeio No. Op 11s ........... Brahms
lnsermezzo No op Ill.,. Brahms
2--IhFee Preludes and Fugues. Bach
Barearolle Op 40. O.........-........ Chopin
Nocturne op >! No. ....-.-..... chopin
SPinnins Song (-Flying Dutehmsn''l
LieOestodt Tristan and ISOLDE. $50.
s-Legende PsderewsSi PsSer.slsSi
ave Marla --.......-....-... I-iszt
Staeeato study -.-.-......-... Rubinstein
Her farewell matinee next Saturday
will contain the following numbers;
Variations seriuses Op 81. MendeIssohn
Two Hungarian Dances. Nos. and s..
Andsnte and Rondon capriccioso -.
-.--..-...... ..s-...-..,. Mendels lssOhn
2.-Sonata Op 35 ......................Ch Chopin
by special request)
5.-Elesie Op ......--..... Albert T. Elkus
Staccato Etude. ...-. Alice Bredt-Verne
Song TO the Evening star lTannhauserl
.--....----. wagner Liszr
Dance OF the GnOmes ............. .Liszt
Rigoletto Fantaisie. e..---...-.....- Verdi-Li
Only one professional appearance will
be made by Miss Verne in this COM
munity outside OF San Francisco. when
she will play at Ye Liberty playhouse.
Oakland. November 27. At that time
she will repeat the program which she
played yesterday at Christian Science
hall
Will L. Greenbaum says that a short
season Of grand opera is one of the
probabilities of the present season in
San Francisco. The Lambardi opera
company with many new singers will
come here il arrangements can be made
to house the organization in a local
theater.
Notices from Central America state
that the Lambardi company made a
brilliant artistic and sound financial
success there.