New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
BEETHOVEN CYCLE.

On six successive Sunday afternoons. beginning
on March j. Mr.. Walter Danrosch. with the New
York symphony Society's orchestra, such solo
performers may be needed from time to time
and choir from the Oratoro Society. will give
series OF concerts exclusively of Beethoven
music. The programmes viii be arranged IN
chronological sequence and will embrace all the
symphonies besides songs piaEoforte music
c3a,nber music and the -Benedictus' from the
solemn mass in j. Arguing the educational
value Of such a series OF concerts, an article In
the Symphony society's Bulletin" says;
Each one Of these royal masters IBeethove7nssss ems
DE ms s,a fnr1ne and then carried
them a step further. but of only one OF them can
il be said that only brought the art as ~
farte Had IS also on new roads leading into regions
that have not yet been thoroughly eNpioIeo ,st 4I
which no one IS venturesome enough 10 atte.Ps up
TO bound That is Beethoven and IL Is tilS
fact which gives large and unique Vaae 90 NJ,
music which Mr.. Damrosch has planned In the
he things which make for this view; Beethoven
not only the embodiment OF al music thas a.
all ehat e vas nof 70 o1iV Closed the old dspensation
he also opened the new. His compositions are
both portions of musical holy writ lnciudi@Ig man an
that Were the things which and the things
which shall be hereafter 1t Is only & R{ IoaIT" i,s
that the full beauty and significance Of his music
0ouar ~ ff was not possible 10 realize that in
Beethoven music accomplished one cECie Oh 49,
t%i that he was much misunderstood and faulted
1t is possible TO see IT now because W we make &Te 1E
realization vital his creations IN the various
stages of his growth must be brought into com
narison with one another. In this way IL VIII be
made manifest that through the strivihss 500 ol d
lofty and indomitable spirit. put also thf9uSn fSf
the operations of fatefal attiiGtion his ldeajs
,,I%si1it Of 1le beautiful in the conventional and
accepted sense lie turned 10 conceptions ~
art Eb IN ID ideals Would come With almost
wears were approaching the meridian Were
win tEe music written when he was sinking INTO
the grave after inscrutable fate had forced
him to a life of introspection and compelled MIN
to become the recorder of the whisperinss OF MS
great soul
MIR. Damrosch's scheme compasses the two ex-
trenes beginning IN general way, with the
year 1900 and concluding with some of the last
music which beethoven brought TO paper-the
string quartet in +. Op- 1875, which was completed
only four months before he died Subject 10
changes which may be made necessary by the
exigencies of the season. the list may be outlined
follows.
FIRST CONCERT-MARCH l, 1905
symphony in {. No op e. - - iSSe iSSe
oboes and English horn op s'i'4 or sSa sS
5ylnshSHy H2msBSs IN in 4 J. N &o E32 g op '
SECOND CoNcERT-MARCH s
symphony in f fat 'Eroica.' op 55-...-... 1soaa,o4
Quartet Canon, ont from pm cGaTt Bten von Tode
and Die Ehre S9tte5 In der Na'ur 1915
4ieo oe 9 - --
IeonOre. ouo
No. IoVo
THIRD ,.ONCERr-MARCH is
symptom b fiat, No !. op eo----.--.------I@ Is96 @
to lstd
symphony In { minor No. . Op 6I.-------.-----is isuI
FOURTH CONCERT MARCH -
er,r,,,o,, IN :, n, t. Pastoral . is0S
SONGS and 4utr' acte
Sonata niauofo-re on
s,-nlrh,nv 4 No Op
symphony +. No. PASTORAL. Op 6> lSUS
Sonata for planoforte in r fat Cles Adieux- TAB
Rato,r',, on
Symphony +. No :. Op. o.. lSl-
FIFTH CONCERT-MARCH
u r 6 1872
Irish folksongs arrangements for solo
voice. pianoforte AID violin 1910 10
voices. composed az various timesl
Fidelio.' in major. 1914
SIXTH CONCERT-APRIL 5.
Svmpho1y II miuo-. with choral finale. Op- 1.5.
1872 -
SLOW movement from quartet F. Op
Henedictus' the Solemn Mass in ISIS -