Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-08
Music Notes

reeitals here this week, will appear at
Blanchard hall Tuesday evening and
again Saturday afternoon.
The evening program is announced as
follows:
-"Totengrabers Heimweh.'
(Craigher); die Post" CIV. Muller)
die Stadt' (Heine); Der Atlas
(Heine).
Schumann-"Der Page" (GeibeD;
Der Sandman" (I<letke); "Freisinn'
(Goethe): "Fruhlingsfahrt" (Eichen-
dorff) Elm Jungling leibt Elm Mad
chen" (Heine); Itch grolle nicht
(Heine).
Hugo Wolf-"Auch kleine Dinge"
(aus dem Ital); "Ein Standchen euch
20 bringen" (aus dem Ital); "Wenn du
zu den Blumen gehst" (aus dem Ital);
"Auf dem grunen Balkon'' (aus dem
1tal).
Kurt Schindler-"Pierette" (Falke).
oscar C. Posa-"Der Hand1uss" Gill
iencron); "Das Rexenlied.'
"Das Hexenlied," or 1.-THE Witch's
Song" as it is called in English, is the
vehicle which has made the great lieder
singers histrionic attainments the sem
sation of the east. DR.. Wullner's un-
eoualed cantillation Is given to the
music of Max Schillings. played by that
king of accompanies, Conrad " Bos
"trhe Witchs Song tells the story OF
in his early youth had gone to confess
a condemned witch Arriving at the
cave where she had been chained to
await her fate at the stake, he finds her
to be as innocent as she Is beautiful.
The maid pleads for mercy, and urges
that he take her to safety. lie mas
commission on her, and in the scene
which follows this compassion grows
into love- To save himself from temp
tation he fees to his cell, leaving her
to her fate. She is burned at the stake,
but the thought of her remains Win
Brother Medardus always. The poem
opens at a monastery and finds the
priest upon his death bed. AS the end
grows near he tells the tragedy Of his
life The poem ends with his death-a
death which knows no pain, for with IL
Brother Medardus goes to join his
loved one.
The music to which the poem is re-
cited is said to be a masterpiece OF de-
seriptive art 1t introduces the plod-
ding monks, the choral of their chant,
the cave scene where the condemned
giEl awaits her confessor, the theme OF
love, the teachings of her old mother,
the burning at the stake, and the scene
at the priests death bed.
Tickets are on sale at the California
Music company.
The Municipal band, Harley Hamil-
ton, director will play the Following
program in Central park today at 3:5O
p. M; -
"Bolero Invisible" (ArditD; chorus
from "Elijah" (Mendelssohn); cornet
solo, selected, Will L. Bates; "Aubade
Napolitaine" (Aletter); overture to
"s9miramidep (RossinD; "Humoreske"
Dvorak) suite, Looking Upward
(Sousa); grand march from Queen of
SSeba" (Gounod).
Miss Olga Steeb. thefyoung Los An
eeles pianiste, who has achieved sue
cess i'm Europe this past season, Will
give another recital at Simpson audi
torium Friday evening, May l3, ana
on this occasion will present several OF
the pieces with which she had her re-
markable successes while abroad. The
principal number on her program Will
be the MacDowell sonata, "Tragica,
and 1t Is said that her performance OF
this tone-tragedy could not be sur
passed for power and depth or feellng.
Two other numbers with which MISS
Steeb had most unusual success While
In Europe and which she has included
on this program, are the fantasie and
fusue of Bach-LisZt and the "Papil-
Ions" of Robert SchumaIn, which nave
been commented on In the most re-
markable way by the prominent Euro
MIA (Berlfm says of her performance
of the "Papillons":
"IJnder the artistically trained hands
of the still very young player. Schu-
mann's 'Papillons' arose in the fore
most degree to clear, profound effect
iveness. A highly tempered and finely
cultured musical feeling was here as
sisted by the exquisitely fine, exact
technic, attaining heroic deeds the like
of which are only reserved for the
chosen"
The concluding number, Blue Dam
ube" waltz of Strauss, which has been
so effectively Transcribed by Schulz
Evler, is a recent addition to Miss
Steeb's repertoire, and this will be her
first performance of the piece.
Miss Steeb's manager has arranged
for a short Pacific coast tour beginning
the first of September, and which will
take about six weeks, after which she
will depart for Europe, where she will
begin her long season of concerts on the
continent going to England in May to
finish the season.
Miss Steeb will also go to Mexico
City this month. While there she will
play a number of recitals.
Thursday evening, May 26, the Ger
man Fidelia Maennerchor society will
give it's second concert of the season in
Simpson auditorium. The chorus will
have the assistance of several vocalists
and instrumentalists in solo numbers.
Tickets way be procured from the
members of the society.
IS
Lester Donahue, the young pianist
who made such a distinct impression
by his excellent playing with the Or
pheus club several weeks ago, an
nounces his intention of giving a con-
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