The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-17

wood have engaged the Valencia the
alter for the May concerts. More ca
pacity is needed than the Novelty af-
forded.
The San Francisco choral society,
under the direction, of Paul Steindorff,
viii give its second concert of the
season at the Garrick theater Wednes
day evening, April 20. Mendelssohn's
beautiful cantata. "Walpurgis NIGHT"
will be the central attraction. A chorus
of $50 mixed voices and a symphony
orchestra of so instrumentalists will
render the great work
Miss Anita Morse, who is a sister in
law of Judge Melvin, and who has re-
Gently returned from Paris, where she
studied with Jean de Reszke, will be
the soprano soloist. This will be her
first public appearance since her re-
turn TO San Francisco. Mrs. Carroll
Nicholson, who was highly praised for
her singing in Samson and Delilah,"
which was the societys former pres
entauon, has been enga ged to assume
the contralto solos Wednesday even
ing. William F. Myers, who comes
from Placerville, and whom Steindorn
regards as a real find" will make his
only public appearance prior to his
departure for Europe, where he ex-
poets to continue his vocal studies.
choral society will sing a chorus from
Gounods Redemption" Frank Dam
rosch's Through the Night" and the
soldiers Chorus" from Faust"
The nine days from Saturday, May Z,
until May Is will be an interesting
time for our music lovers, for we are
to have with us for that space of time
the New York symphony society's or
chestra, under Walter Damrosch, who
is celebrating his twenty fifth anniver-
sary as conductor Of the organization
by transcontinental tour in which he
is accompanied by Nine Sara Ander-
son from the Royal opera, Berlin, and
Covent garden; Nine Nevada van der
Verr, a contralto of splendid repute;
Reed Miller, an American tenor, and
Marcus Kellerman, -barytone, from
the Royal opera, Berlin.
The programs will be most interest
ing and will contain such great classics
as Beethoven's "Eroica," MoZart's Jul
piter" and Brahms Second Sympho-
MES" while the modern works of this
kind will include Dvorak's From the
New World" and Tschaikowsky's pa
thetique"
Works by Richard Strauss, Debussy,
| Rimsky- Korsakoff, Chadwick, Gold
mark and others will be heard here
for the first time and at one concert
| Relationships most successful opera,
''Eugen Onegin," with a complete cast
and a chorus of over 100 trained by
the ever reliable Steindorff
On another night the Loring club
will assist in a rendition of the music
of the last Bohemian club links. "St.
Patrick at Tara" composed in memory
of the late Denis O'Sullivan and di-
rected by Wallace A. Sabin the COM
poser.
Two concerts will be given at the
Greek theater and the rest at the Gar
rick.
The instrumental soloists will in
clude Alexander Saslavsky, violinist;
Paul Kefer, violoncellist, and George
Barrere, fiutist.
A concert will be given next Friday
evening at Calvary Presbyterian church
for the benefit of the music fund of the
| church. The following interesting pro-
gram is promised:
Organ solo, Benjamin S. Moore; tenor solo.
The Red. Red Rose Erred Purdy) Fred
Purdy; Der Himmel Hat Fine Thraene &c
WENT Heaven Hath Shed Tear (Kuechen),
W E johnson (basso cantantel, with cello obIi-
cato; duet, contralto and tenor, Trust Her Not
/ Beware (Balfe), Mrs. Case-Beam and Fred
Purdy: violin solo, 'Legende" (WieniawskD,
| Otto Rauhut; soprano solo. English songs Mrs
Evelyn Henry Stoppani; duet "a The Fishers
! (Gabussp, Oh "The Sailor Signs" (Balfe)
Messrs. Williams and Johnson; organ solo, Ben
Jsmin s. Moore; bsrytone solo, 'Lontananza'
/ Gill Death (Afascheroni Reginald Marrack
with violin obigato lotto Rauhut); contralto Sc.
lections. Mrs. Case Beam; vocal solo (selected),
Amos Williams; cello solo (selected); Scotch
melody, source unknownJ, (bC my Ain Folk'i
| laura q. Lemon, w. F. johnson