New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
Timely Musical Comment.
Opera Nearly Half Over but Much Is ret IN
Store for Its

, Juans nigls through the neither regions in the
closing allegro.
An important number Mr.. Frankos pro-
gramme is the group of Beethoven dances here
tofore attributed TO other composers, but now
known 10 have been written by Beethoven They
will receive their first orchestral production In
America Wednesday evening
Finland and Poland will contribute TO next Thurs
day evenings concert by the Russian symphony
Society Carnegie Hall two of the four works
then to be played. The Polish composition will be
Chopin's Grand Fantasia Polish Airs for piano
forte and orchestra with the orchestration, new
here. made years ago by Wassily Safonof.
II will be played by Julian Isserlis. a young Rus
sian pianist of whose accomplishments his COM
patriots and others have spoken highly. This con-
cert will mark Mr. Isserlis's first American appear
ance
Wassily Safonoh. conductor OF the New York
philharmonic Society. who introduced his former
pupils I.hevinnc and ScTiabine when the Russian
symphony Society first made them known TO
American audiences, viii perform similar functio'
for Julian Issellis next Thursday evening With
The consent of the Philharmonic Society. Nj Sa-
funoff will conduct the orchestral accompaniment
OF the Chopin Fantasia. which he also did when
lsserlis PLAYED il in his Moscow Conservatory days
4 a memorial concert
The Finnish work the programme for January
I6 Will be the third symphony Of Jean Sibelius,
lately published. L is another hint OF Russian
mopolitanism that this is dedicated 10 Gran
Vile Bantock. the we'll known English composer
and conductor. Il has been remarked OF Sibelius
that he represents the native voice OF Finland yet
like most musicians of Russian origin allegiance
Sibelius done Of his work in foreign lands
Born in Tavastehuns. Finland. r. 1863 he began to
study law then made music his aim After
laying a foundation - the Helsingfors Musical In
stitute Sibeius spent two years in Berlin studying
counterpont with Albert Becker, and then final
! year in Vienna with Karl Goldmark. Returning TO
| Hesingfors in 1893 TO teach he has composed with
! ardor ever since. and while he makes frequent
visits 30 Moscow and st. Petersburg, Sibelius re
| tains his home in his native state
An unusual feature OF this third symphony of
| Sbelus is its omission of the customary scherzo
movement The work takes only thirty minutes fore
presentation The score is said to be especially in
/ teresting rhythmically.
The Russian SYMPHONY programme for January
/ Is VIII he completed by Liadow's picture
/ BAHIA -Yaga" and Glazunow's Scenes de Ballet
both new here. Mr.. Modest Altschuler will be the
conductor.
| Harold Bauer will be the pian,-r with the New
York Svmphony Society next Saturday evening and
Sunday afternoon. January IS and 19 at Carnegie
| Hall He will play the Schumann concerto for
pianoforte. with orchestra. in minor novelty to
! lie introduced by Mr. Walter Damrosch and the
! New York Symphony Orchestra is Vincent dlndys
| a Summer Day on the Mountain, a tone poem i'll
three parts based on prose poem by Roger de
Penpelonne The work composed in 1908 and
had its first appearance in Paris February 49, 1906
/
Overture FngaIs Cave .Mendessohu
Concerto for piano with orchestfa IN minor
SYMPHONY. A summe- Day the Mountain Dlndy
The New York Symphony Societys second series
/ OF ten Sunday afternoon concerts begins on Feb
ruary . and continues to April ). The concert OF
February will be marked by Mr. Damrosch's pro-
ducton, in form, of Tschaikowsky's opera,
Eugene Onegin.' This will be the first perform
in America of any Of Tscha aikowsky's operate
works of which "Onegin' IS the most favored
in Europe.
/ Another of Symphony Society's announce
ments concerns the promised chronological cycle of
Beethoven's works arranged for the last six Sun
/ day afternoons of the season. All the nine sym
! phones will be performed. The programmes will
also contain the following vocal and instrumental
compositions: Trio for oboes and English
horn. romance in C for violin, and air "Ah,
perfdo,'' for piano in G major. overture.
"Leonore" No 3; overture TO "Coriolanus." sonata
for piano. Les Adeux," Three Canons, and the
Benedictus from the Mass in d.
These works will be grouped with SYM
phonles that each programme will give exposition
Of Beethovens activities during a certain period of
/ his life. Besides the New York Symphony Orches-
Of hundred musicians the Symphony Society
will have the cooperation of various soloists and
the chorus OF the New York Oratorio Society. Sub
scribers the first Sunday afternoon series which
terminates January &c. have the prior right
their present holdings
The Volpe Symphony Orchestra will give It's
ond subscription concert Thursday evening January
%. at Carnegie Hall. Nine Jeanne Jomelli. So
prano OF the Manhattan Opera House. will be So
loist and Will sing aria from Der Freischuetz'
and the 'I4iebestod" from Tristan Isolde"
! The orchestral numbers conducted by Arnold
Folpe, will include Beethovens symphony No Z
Goldmarks overture. ''Sakuntala" the prelude from
Tristan und Isolde and Lszts symphonic. poem
"MaZeppa."
The third OF the series OF Symphony Concerts for
Young People will be given under the direction of
Mr. Frank Damrosch Saturday afternoon, 1T
2:30 o'clock in Carnegie Hall. The programme will
( be devoted TO French, italian and Spanish folk
songs. and designed to show the influence of such
folk song symphonic music. The music Will be
played ard sung by the orchestra Of the New York
Symphony Society and M-. Emilio De GogorZA.
Several Of the orchestral numbers will contain Old
popular which will he suri. ty Mr De Co
gorza.
French
La As:ss.las--.
lie Roi G'lketO,-
e La
An Clair &c Ia
Overture ''IsCbssficI.a
Spanish
tAntere.
Eoero tChansoR des PyrsEe.sl.
ffsdier
Us O9os NesI"s. Alvarez
f.siasns .Chabrier