The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-03
NEW LIGHT CAST
ON old MUSICIANS
Graceful Artist in Classic Dances
Adds Intrinsic Value TO
the Scores
Miss lilly KOenen, Noted HoI.
land COntraItO, Will Render
Concert Today
By WALTER ANTHONY

Of classical dances at the Garrick
theater- The opening performance will
be on Tuesday night, another recital
viii be given on Thursday night, an
other stin on Friday night and final
recital next Sunday afternoon. Miss
Allan viii also appear at Ye Liberty
playhouse in Oakland, next Wednesday
night, Manager Bishop having con-
scented to lay of his stock company for
that evening.
Supporting Miss Allan viii be an
orchestra which has been assembled by
Paul Steindorf and rehearsed by him.
ne organization viii include six first
and four second violins, three violas,
two violinceli, three double bass. harp.
two flutes, one piccolo. two clarinets. two
obOeS. two baSsOons. four French horns,
Two comets, three trombones. one tuba
and the regulation battery OF percus-
sion instruments. That sounds like
well balanced instrumental body, and
under Steindorff's direction should sup
ply an excellent tonal carpet for Miss
Allan TO tread her fantastic measures
on. Incidental 10 the program the or
chestrs viii be heard in the -'Siegfried
IdyI." by Richard Wagner; Tits melo-
flute; the "RienzT' overture and other
standard classics
Whether Miss AIlan's interpretative
art adds to the intrinsic value of the
music is d question which has been dis
cussed by some Of the leading critics
OF both Europe and America. Some
claim that il gives to people a new
insight into the intentions of the COM
pOsers. and this can be easily under
stood in the case Of the dance themes
Of Chopin and Rubinstein. A well
known critic writes that the Peer
Gynt' suite impressed him as Miss
Allan danced il as much as did the
Witnessing Of the play. Miss Allan is
more than a graceful and artistic
dancer-she is the greatest actress in
pantomime on the stage, he wrote.
The verdict of our local musical cult
VIII be awaited with interest.
The box Office Of the Maud Allan
performances viii be maintained at
Sherman, Clay & Co.'S for the con-
venience Of patrons.
Miss Allan has sent on her musical
library, and among the works the or
chestra has rehearsed are the complete
Peer Gynt' suite by Grieg, which Miss
Allan is said to interpret like a true
Ibsen student; Chopins "Valse," A
minor "Mazurka," G sharp minor;
"Mszurks." fat. and Funeral
March; Rubinstein's "Melodie in F."
and 'Nslse Caprice; "Passe Pied"
from lie ROi S'Amuse" by Deibes;
Schumanns "Papillons@: Bach num-
bers and other splendid standard num-
-
The art Of program building has been
mastered by Maud Powell, who. in the
srrang cement of the list of violin works
10 be presented this afternoon at the
Garrick theater, shows an admirable
sense OF contrast and balance.
The program Will open with an Ital-
ian classic by Locatelli. Mendels-
sohn's concerto in Z minor will follow.
II is a virtuoso piece The third offer
ing viii be a group Of etudes by Pag-
amin and by Fiorillo. Five compost
lions in the smaller forms, a Gluck
melody in D minor. one of Mozarts
quaint German dances, Hubay's char
acteristic moroccan Zephyr Schu-
mann's "Abenleid" and Weiniawski's
"Polonaise" in d major will close the
first portion Of the program Two nov
elites, which the violinist played re-
Gently At the St Francis musical art
concert viii be repeated at today's re-
citsI They are by Debussy. He ded-
icated them TO his children. One is en-
titled En- Batteau" and the other is
The Golliwogs' Cakewalk." This will
be Miss PowelTs farewell recital
Much interest is being manifested
in the return engagement of Miss lilly
Koenen. the noted Holland contralto
who sings this afternoon at Christian
Science hall. She recently appeared in
q series Of three recitals. At each one
the audience grew in size. until Miss
Koenen in her last concert had tripIed
the attendance she won in the first At
that the attendance was by no means
proportiOnate to the merits of Miss
Koenen's superior art However. Man
gers Fitzpatrick and Norwood, who
are handling the western tour of Miss
Koenen, assert that the advance de-
mand for seats is lively and reassur-
ing, and that a big attendance is Ger
tain. It is certain that it should be
for Miss Koenen is easily one of the
greatest artists who has yet appeared
in San Francisco
This is the program announced for
this afternoon:
PART
DEN Unendlichen'' ---...-...........Sc Schubert
''Die Krabe' ..----..-.-.-.--....-...S Schubert
.'Sapphiscbe ODE" ...................B Brahms
PART II --''
La Zincarells" ......--..-.........Pa isieIle
--Ridonami Ia calms" ..s...............-To Sti
'-Furibondo spirs il vento'' ---.-..-.--.. -HsndeI
PART III
Sunbesus ---.------------.--- Lsndon Ronald
T5seo mitch children sings ilnSon
isD 'KyJk zoO'n lustig spsnDetje," o. Pop
...t.............:... .cstherina Van Rennes
PART "
''Wiecenlied' -..------.----- Richard Strauss
Die Wasserrose' ...-.---.---. Richard Strauss
Die Zgeunerin" --..---...-.---.-. Hugo Wolf
Owing TO the concert which Mrs
Grace Northrup will give, April u, a s a
farewell recital, John Leechtnan has
postponed the date of the presentation
Of his cantata, The Captive Maiden"
from April u TO April II, when il will
be sung at Kohler & Chase's hall. Mrs.
Orrin X AIcMurray and Mrs. j. S. Mills
viii sing the leading soprano and con-
fraIto roles. respectively; c. L. Goetting
will assume the tenor role of Naaman
J. ]. Petty will be Cranes. and the inn
portant role of the prophet has been
Entrusted to A. H. Leydecker.
The third Of VIII Greenbaums Sun
day pop" concerts will be given week
hence at Kohler & Chase's hall. The
program will consist of one of Schu-
bert's beautiful posthumous quartets
for strings, a Schumann quartet for
piano and string, in which Allan Bier
said TO be one of the most talented
Young artists in the city, will assist
and the newly discovered Concerto
for violin, by Haydn, which was played