Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
Music


The school teachers of Southern Cal
ifornia hold their annual convention
this week. One of the big musical
events planned will take place on the
afternoon of December 2S. The sell
vices of Emilio de Gogorza have been
secured and he will be supported by
the Los Angeles Symphony orchestra
and its entire membership. under the
direction of Harley Hamilton.
Grand opera arias and groups of
songs will constitute the De Gogorza
Offering Madame Katherine Fisk, the
celebrated London dramatic contraltJ,
has also beer engaged and will sing
the grand aria from Samson and
Delilah," as well as groups of SOM j. the
latter accompanied by Mrs. Gertrude
Ross.
The Symphony numbers include over
lures, Schubert's Unfinished SYM
phony'' and other symphonic compost
tions. This will be indeed a treat for
the Southern California teachers who
are unable to attend the symphony
concerts during the winter season, and
to those who live in the city the COM
bination will be a feast of music sell
dom placed before the music lovers of
Los Angeles. A portion Of the program
follows:
Overture to "Tannhauser' (Wagner), Los
Angeles symphony orchestra; dio possente
Faust" (Gounod). Emilio de Gogorza
unfinished Symphony" (Schubert), Los An
souvre a ia Voix" (from Samson Ell
Deilah"), Nine. Katharine Fisk; symphonic
poem, "Findlandie' (sibelius), Los Angeles
Symphony orchestra; (a) EN- Calesa" CAL
varez), (b) Eel Canto del Presidiario" al
varez), (c) "Tavira la Romera" C"Feast at
the HermtageD lErcilla), Emilio de Co
gorza: ta) "Serenade," (b) "Nalse" Vincent
d'Indy), Los Angeles Symphony orchestra
Grand Festmarch and Hymn to Liberty
(Hugo Kann), Los Angeles symphony or
chestra.
Madame Katherine Fisk, dramatic
contralto, has been on a tour, sin ing
in Reno lately. She will be heard in a
series of concerts through Southern
California later in the year. Mrs. Ger
trude Ross has been engaged as her
accompanist
Abby de Avirett has returned from
Europe where he has been for a year
studying piano in Berlin. He has
taken studio in Blanchard hall.
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A specially organized choir will sing
a number of the most noted selections
from "The Messiah" Handels famous
oratorio, at the First Methodist church,
Sixth and Hill streets, this evening
The choir will comprise about hun
dred voices, under the direction of DR..
e. E. Davis, and in addition there will
be a solo quartet
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The following pupils were heard in
recital last Thursday night at the
Davis musical college: Howard Land,
Miss Gladys Stamats, Henry Bisner,
Miss Inez Land, Miss Dolly Zetlmaier,
Mrs. Turon and Miss Frances Sides.
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Levy's Cafe Chantant will give a
splendid program throughout the
Christmas festivities and New Years
eve. Doris Wilson, the New York
singing comedienne, will give a Sc
ries of new numbers and Ethel Leslie,
grand opera singer will present mod
ern selections from La Boheme, the
Chocolate Soldier and other well known
operas The newcomers are the Ven
etian trio. direct from the Majestic
theater in Chicago. The Hammer
meyer orchestra will play.
Nine. Gerville-Reache is the one
singer who has been characterized by
the foreign and New York press as the
singer with a cello voice. A power
full contralto voice like hers compares
with soprano or mez7o-soprano
voice as a cellos tone compares with
the tone of viola or a violin. While
it excludes vocal gymnastics and fiorid
arias at the top of the scale, it is
capable of effects which lighter voices
cannot attain. No other voice can eX-
press passion as adequately. She will
sing with the symphony here in jan
uary.
Nine. Tetrazzini is coming to dos
Angeles for one or more recitals about
January 20 and Manager Behymer
rightly labels this recital as the big
musical event of the Los Angeles sea-