New-York tribune., 1909-01-25
MUSIC OF A SUNDAY.

An American singer and an American composer
contributed very perceptibly last night TO the en-
joyrnent and the awakening of enthusiasm on 'he
part of the audience at the popular concert al the
Metropolitan Opera House. Mr.. Hertz and his Inu-
sicians did nobly by Anton Hegner IN the nrst m
terpretation in public OF the American Festival
Overture" and those who heard it rose spon-
taneously to greet the opening bars OF the star
spangled Banner" which Mr. Hegner has eieverly
introduced into his score
The American singer who received the most aR-
plause of the individual vocalists was Nine Ber-
nice di PasquaIl Her singing of the Valse by
Venzano was a performance whose merits. on the
whole, than outweighed the trenole that
made itself evident occasionally. The other sing
ers were Mr. Bonci who sang the Faust caVa-
tina with laudable fnesse Mr.. Bass. Nine Rap-
pold. Miss Flahaut and Mr.. Note
..Pagliacci" in concert FORM was the feature OF
the programme at the Manhattan Opera House last
night A good sized audience heard the Leonca-
vailo opera and expressed warm approval or the
work Of the artists Nine. Agostineln was Media
and Mr. Tassani sang Canio- Mr.. Sanmarco as
Tonic Mr.. Crabbe as Svio and Mr.. Venturtni In
the part Of Beppo constituted the rest Of the cast
Campanin conducted. The first part Of the pro-
grarnme had also a feature in the person of Miss
Iabia who made her second appearance in concert
She sang two songs. "CanzOne Appassonata and
Mimi pincon'' Mr.. Gilbert. Mr.. Wales and Miss
Zeppilli each contributed number
young American barytone. Renald Warren
rath and New York boy az that shared yester-
day with Miss Germaine Schnitzer the nonors AZ
the Klein '.pop'' in the Deutsches Theater- Mr.
Werrenrath sang Schumann's The Two Grena-
diers" with fine spirit and intelligence. cour-
aEeous young man Mr. Werrenrath showed himseit
in selecting number which invited comparison
with the work OF singers much maturer ana OF
longer public reputation than himself. but IL IS
only fair 20 remark that his singing OF this ever
popular song proved his mettle- His other most
entertaining number Carl Busch's Indian song
"Ciitchie Mantle" Miss SehnitZer pleased her au-
dience greatly by her playing OF the Mozart pas
torlie variee and the Chopin polanaise In Z nat
Albany Ritchie an English vtolinist; Jean Sct"l-
Ter vfoloncelo. and Miss Isabel Bouton. mezzo
Soprano helped 20 make up an evenly oaiahceo
Sunday afternoons programme
Society did not figure with the large al tne
xecond recital of sonatas for violin and piano at
tho St,,,yvesant Theatre last night by MI ana Mfs
0avid Names It was well represented out olo
NOT obtr,de itself for this comfortable httle the
s+re which was comfortably filed" as IS some
times said held an audience that was oehI on IAN
fng its music seriously enough Tor dehshlIuI ei.''i
rainuent 1t was not disappointed Ihe seleOtio.S
of Mr. and Mrs. Names last evening were 'i7
Pubinstefn sonata in G major, the Mozart sonata "
n major and the Schumann sonata IN u nnlhoI'
r. s,la If the Ruhinstein composition was spien
5tdl,- executed and the three movements OF inc
Mozart sonata constituted an evening ENJOY i7''
in themselves