New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
ORCHESTRAL. CONCERTS

There will be two orchestral numbers and a
pianoforte concerto in the programme Of the sew
enth afternoon and evening concerts Of the Phil
harmonic Society in Carnegie Hall next Friday and
Saturday The concerts Will open with Berlioz's
Harold in Italy symphony, which was last played
bv the society under the direction Of Felix Vein
gartner. The viola solo in his work. originally in
tended by the composer for Paganini. will be
plaved by Joseph Kovarik the principal viola player
Of the society Josef Hofmann will play for the
first time in public the solo part of his concerto for
the piano No 5 Although Holman has far
composed five concertos for the piano. has
been published or performed in New York. The
Easter Overture of Rimsky- -Korsakow. which had
previously been announced and postponed
count of the lack Of the necessary chimes, which
have now been completed. viii end the programme.
The composer has blended in this work the melo-
dies of two Eastern hymns of the Russian Church.
which are sung unison in the old faith ortho-
COX church and harmonized in the modern branch.
The finale which employs every resource of the
modern orchestra. will be made more Impressive
by the Of the chime which was made possible
through the liberality Of a subscriber the
of the Phlharmonc Society.
With Nine NOrdica sOloist the Beethoven
Cycle of the New York Symphony Society will be-
. gin at Carnegie Hall on next Sunday afternoon.
This cycle. consisting of six consecutive Sunday
afternoon concerts, viii be the first thing of its
kind ever achieved in New York. for during its
course all Of the masters symphonies, from the
First 10 the Ninth. will be produced in chrono-
logical order together with other important works
The programme of the first concert as planned by
Mr.. Walter Damrosch includes the years of 1925 to
1st5 momentous period in the life of Beethoven.
Virtually all Of it he spent in Vienna. II was
shortly before the beginning Of this period that
he was thrown upon his own resources. and 1t
toward the close that the terrible afiiction
under which he fated live the rest of his
life began to cast its melancholy shadows. The
programme IS follows
SYMPHONY No / on 2I. I......... 100 1900
Song Der 45e c snf Of tSe Quar-
- Nine Nordica
symphony No. . Op 1909
The Russian Symphony Society. under direction
OF Modest Atschuler. will play at its final concert
Of the season at Carnegie Hall Thursday even
Ing. March : Tschakowskys Fourth Symphony
The solo singer al this concert will be a young
RUSSIAN coloTature soprano from the Manhattan
Opera House, Mile. Ludma Sigrist whose viva
cious personaton Of the dressmaker's apprentice
in Charpen1iers Louise has been widely re-
marked Mile Sigrist. though still in her early
twenties mas had cosmopolitan musical expert
ence- After Studying the pianoforte with earnest
ness she took up vocal training with Pryanishnf-
Eo", III" barytone. in ST. Petersburg. Concert ap-
itarances there were followed by a successful op-
cratic debut in hey native city Kharkow. in Rim
sl.-korsakows Snow Maiden" Next Nile
S'glist went 10 Paris ard studied with Nine Mar
chest Last spring she MADE favorable In,nres-
sion in the Sale Hoche, Rosina. in The Barber
OF Seville whereuDon Mr. Hammerstein engaged
her Tor the Manhattan Opera House. In Debussy's
Pelleas ct Mtisande" Mile. Sigrist takes the part
OF little Ynod. At the Russian Symphony societv's
concert Of March she Will sing romances In Rus
sian by several composers
The hfth OF the series Of Symphony Concerts for
Young People. under the direction of Mr. Frank
Damrosch, will be given Saturday afternoon
February %. in Carnegie Hall Miss Katharine
Goodson Will be the soloist and will play the Hun
gariaa Fantasy by LisZt, and the KinGerscenen by
Schumann. Four Scandinavian and four Hungarian
folksongs will be sung by MIR. Jacobsen The or
chestral numbers Will illustrate the influence OF
the foiksong on the music OF these two countries:
it Is unusually beautiful and appealing
scsHdianayian foksongs.
Norwegian rhapsody
Swedish foksongs for string orchestra Svendsen
Miss2katharine Goodson.
Brahn0
Miss tioodson