The San Francisco call., 1909-12-26

ceSSful in her first venture on the opera
stage. She made her debut in
Dunkerque and the Municipal theater.
She has been for a few years a teacher
and salon singer in Paris and a large
number OF her pupils and friends went
from the gay capital TO Dunkerque to
witness the event. Miss Bowie sang
the role of SantuzZa in ''Cavalleria
Rusticana," and she was given well
merited and unanimous commentator
in the tragic, lyric part.
Nothing now remains to be said in
connection with Kreislers farewell
and extra recital except that it will be
given this afternoon at the Novelty
theater. That should be enough for
lovers of pure music. Yet at the risk
OF being guilty of supererogation
shall append the program, if for no
other reason than that it contains some
numbers of supreme interest even on a
kreisler program.
The initial number viii be the Max
Bruch concerto in G minor. dedicated
by the way. to Sarasate. OF the three
works which Bruch penned in this form
the G minor concerto is the best. It is
meiodious. well built, not too classic
In form TO be rigid or prim and il ex-
hibits concise musical expression
which places 1t alongside. of Mendels
sohn's better known concerto. Bachs
adagio and fugue in CT minor will
follow cit is for violin unaccompanied), ,
and then will come the paraphrase
made by WiIhelmj on theme from
Nagner's "Siegfried." Faure's Der
ceuse" viii balance nicely against the
heavier preceding numbers and then
Saint-Saens' "Rondo Capriccioso" will
add vivacious charm. Follows then
Dvorak's 'Humoresque," to the tender
ness of which Kreisler brings a most
caressing bow and loving touch. This
numbe is played because of an over
whelming request from those of us who
viii never forget how Kreisler plays
the fragile gem. Zarzycki's 'Mazurka"
and Hubay's Hungarian Fantasie" will
close the program and this will be
treat no music lover should afford to
miss There is really only one Kreis-
Ter and this is his farewell concert.
If one may rely on Los Angeles re-
ports. concerning things musical
like furore there at this writing. The
accounts Of her recitals say that she
has attracted more music lovers than
could get into her concert hall.
Partly because of this and partly be-
cause Nine Sembrich has always been
one of San Francisco's particularly
popular pl ina donnas. Manager Will
1JTEeuDduUl iSHutS the
which l am glad to circulate. that he
has opened a mail order service so that
those who wish to come from out of
town to hear the great artist may have
equal chance with those nearer at
hand to secure desirable reservations.
Greenbaum requests, however, that
such orders be accompanied by funds
to cover the price of the tickets and
that they be addressed to the Garrick
theater, where the concerts will be
held.
The dates for the Sembrich recitals
have been fixed for Sunday afternoons,
January 9 and 16. and the intervening
Thursday night, January 13. The seat
scale of prices will be the same S at
her New. York recitsls, from $3.50 to 81.
With the star this season are Fran
els Rogers, barytone. and Frank la
Forge, pisnist and accompanist, who
was here last season with Nine.
Gadski and who created a most favor
able impression not only by his re-
markably sympathetic accompani-
ments. but by his artistic compost
tions, some of which 1T Is to be hoped
Nine. Sembrich will sing. An in
teresting feature of the programs will
be the Joint appearance of the barytone
and the great soprano in Mozartean
duets. one from The Magic Flute" and
one from Don Giovanni
a concert for Oakland has been ar
ranged for Tuesday afternoon at $3.50
at Ye Liberty theater.
Nine. Therese- carreno, sometimes
called "tlle yalkyre of the piano" and
sometimes the .'Tigress," will be the
first great pianiste TO visit US this sea-
SON. She is due TO arrive with her
great pianistic art some time early in
February.
DIR. H. J. Stewards oratprio. The
Nativity, was given in Orchestra hall,
Chicago, recently by the celebrated
Paulist choristers-men and boys-un-
der the direction Of Father William J..
Finn. The Chicago papers contain ex-
cellent notices of the work and the way
1t was sung.
The first of a series OF four chamber
music recitals to be given by the
Minetti string quartet at Kohler &
Chases hall will take place Sunday
afternoon at 1880 o'clock, February 13.
This is the eighteenth consecutive sea
son in San Francisco of the Minetti
quartet. and the organization has done
I in those years much for the advance
ment of musical culture in the west
and for the development of taste for
chamber music. Well known vocalists
OF this community will be engaged to
add artistic variety to the program
/ which will be presented