New-York tribune., 1909-11-22
MUSIC
A GROUP OF SUNDAY CONCERTS.
Spanish Music and the Spirit of
Parsnism

u would he interesting. could - but -
discovered. how much OF the spirit y
Thanksgiving viii be abiding in TIE hearts
~ the purveyors Of musical entertainment
Of New Yor,S when the present week comes
70 close. Yesterday was a day of rest
aud religious Observance hut in brought
with Il four concerts Of ma Enituds-one b.
the philharmonic Society. one by the SYM
piony Society and two by the orchestral
and other I0rces of the Metropolitan AMI
Manhattan opera houses respectively. Since
there can he no suspicion that pure phiisr-
lhropy Or love Of art prompted the giving
of these concerts. and inssuluCh a. an at
tendance of fifteen hundred persons AZ each
would scarcely suffice 70 pay the costs. IL
nust b. assumed that the managers be
iieFed that there were a. least six thousand
persons m New York Yesterday 50 eager
To hear good music as "a he willing to pay
for IT, Set down $4,000 then, 20 begin
with. as the first item in an interesting
srithmetical proposition
To-day there are 10 be two represents
cons Of grand opera in the Borough %
Manhattan and one performance in BToos-
lyn Tomorrow there VIII he one perform
ancs % OPERA houffe on Nednesday two
performances Of grand opera on Thurs
oaN. four on FRIDAY. three on Saturday,
four That makes = total Of seventeen
operas. Perhaps the managers ~ the
opera companies have set their expectations
touching attendance at a modest average
of twenty five hundred, which is much be-
low the capacity OF the houses then thsv
are expecting 42.5cO persons 10 hear their
operas this week. and. At an average Of &
for each ticket this would mean pretty
total Of $4,000 But the energies of the
orchestral society we're not exhausted yes
terday, there viii he four more SYMPHONY
concerts before next Sunday. and recurring
10 the estimates made for yesterday. this
means six thousand persons and SIS 009
more. Sunms sumniarum. I'm the breast OF
somebody or breasts of somebodies lies
the hope that the people within the city and
the territory tributary 10 II are going 70
pay our $4,000 for operate and orchestral
music this week, and give reasonable pat
ronase To some sixty theatres and several
smaller concerts besides. Mere conteupla-
tion Of the fact puts tho mind in whiri
and makes speculation as 10 the result as
impossible as prognostication-
The Philharmon and symphony socie-
ties met in direct competition for the first
time Yesterday, when the former gave the
first Of its projected Sunday concerts In
Carnegie Han and the latter the third OF
its sunday series I'm The New Theatre.
There were studious observers OF musical
affairs jealous enough 20 visit both houses
hut 81 would scarcely he fair 10 report
their necessarily hasfy and incomplete oh
servations. Enough that the PhilharmouIc
made particularly brave showing anc
that fine audience enjoyed fine concert
though there was nothing new IN iis offer
ings The programme began with Bee
thoVens "HeFoic'' symphony. which had
already been performed ny the reorgauiZed
orchestra under Ar Mahler's direction and
contained. besides some airs sung by Mr.
Charles Gilbert CCmbra maj fU' from
Handers 'NerGes" IN air from Bizets
Ia Jolio File De PERTH" ." and the Legend
Of the SaEcbrush.T from Massenet's .Ie
JonEleUr 10 Notre Dama-D the deatn
music from "Ci0tterda mmeruug" and
prelude 20 Die Meistersinger won Nurn-
berg The splendid seniority Of the or
chestra and the vitality ~ Mt Mahler's
readings acre much praised Al TIE New
Theatre sIr. pamrosch's symphonic mum
her had also heeH heard once before within
less than q fortnight dt was Brahms's in
d. and the earlier performance being
particularly brilliant one ny the Boston
Orchestra. Yesterdays suffered hv com
parison. Tie fact that both symphonies
and also Mr. Damrosch solo number
G-iszts pianoforte concerto in 4 major
should have had repetitions iu such 2 short
time again wakened the wish that our
orchestra conductors would establish some
thing ike a programme exchange. or clear
inE house, 50 that comparisons miZht be
avoided and greater variety achieved. Miss
piayed the solo part of the concerto. She
vas 80 much more aErecsble IN look a.
than 70 listen to that the flood Of photo
graphs on which she sailed into notice
some months ago found its explanation In
no respect Uas hcr PLAYING that of ms
ture artisr n Was rhvthmicaHr inhrm de-
void of seHsUous charm and emotionalIy