New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-07
MUSIC
Notes on a Sundays Com
certs.


matters are generally estimated in cult
,,atAd communities throughout the worid.
there was polite entertainment for the
rroner prcDortion OF about ten million per-
sons but the ordinary rules did not pre-
vail since there was a grandiose entertain
rnent AT the Metropolitan Opera House for
the benefit OF the sufferers from the IN
ur1dation of Paris. and when Il bargain safe
of musical goods is offered, with the ami
able sentiment of charity thrown IN as an
extra inducement New York always pro-
vides more than normal contingent. 90
it was not altogether surprising mat
though the symphony Socfetys concert AZ
The New Theatre TN the afternoon attracted
an audience somewhat more numerous than
usual and there was a goodly attendance
at the concert Of the Folpe Orchestra IN
Carnegie Hall at the same time, the man
agement OF the Metropolitan opera HOUSE,
was able 10 report receipts amounting 70
about $1,000 for the French charity The
evening Incidents were the regular concerts
at the Metropolitan and Manhattan opera
houses. and a chamber concert OF unique
interest given by Geraldine Morgan ut the
Stuyvesant Theatre Particular attractive
ness was added to the operate concerts by
the performance Of Verdi's Requiem, ."
ropolitan. and the participation OF Busoni.
pianist. in the concert at the Manhattan
Al the concert of the Symphony Society
at The New Theatre Mr. Walter Damrosch
brought forward q programme OF music by
Rerlioz the chief feature of which was the
symphony Harold in Italy" in which the
viola obhIigato was played by NJ. Ferney,
and played with very beautiful tone, in
deed. and the quality of the band was par
tIcularIy brilliant, largely because of the
excellence OF Mr.. Damrosch's wOod-wInd
choir. After it there came the overture TO
"Benvenuto CeIlfnf' and some excerpts
from La Damnatien de Faust" the inyo-
cation 20 the sylphs and the Serenade- sung
by Mr.. Marcus hellerTann. The singing or
this baSso alone had the attraction Of nov
city. He is an Observation-Disclosures vas
once his home, We beleve-bUt Of late
years he has been identified with the opera
in Berlin. He belongs 10 the coterie OF
singers, no longer small. that is bringing
much credit TO his native land. His voice
is one of great beauty and has an especial
merit OF vital resonance, and his art, while
not finished, is yet most admirable
At Mr. Volpe's concert the orchestra
showed itself to excellent advantage in
the familiar symphony in 9 by Haydn (No-
IS. 3. and H.. playing 1t with fine pre-
cision and a musculartty Of string tone
which would have brought credit 20 any OF
the older organizations But it's lack Of
routine was rather pitifuIy disclosed in the
accomplishments 70 Nine. Kirkby-Lunn' 3
airs. which were GIucks 'Arnez VOWS
dun noble courage" from "Iphigenie IN
AuIide," and saint-Sasns's ballade La
Fiancee du Tinbaner- Nine kirkby-
Lunn's large voice and corresponding style
made her performance a delightful feature
Of the days offerings, and there was no
lack OF appreciation in its reception on tia
part OF the audience.
Miss Morgan achieved something which
cannot be passed over even in such q bur
ried review OF a busy day as this in her
concert Of chamber music at the StuyVesanr
Theatre. She enlisted a sufficient number
or players Of stringed instruments 20 ea-
able her to give a performance, 10 begin
with OF Concerto Crosse in D. by
Coreli, and played It in j way which
brought refreshment TO many a weary and
faded soul in the audience. In chamber
concerts We have Haydn and Mozart a
plenty; in efatorio concerts We never
weary of Handel and-so We have a sense
or SDpFSciauOh OF the truly great anu
beautiful-of Bach. But. had it not been
for Mr.. sam Franko's concerts Of old nu-
sic, We would have been in danger OF
losing all sense OF the pure beauty OF the
older masters. Miss Morgan's revival OF
one of the concerti grossi by CorelH, who
was one OF Bachs inspirations, took up the
beautiful task which Mr.. Franko found IL
necessary to lay down. And it was graft
flying TO note that her effort was appre-
ciated-that her listeners knew pure and
beautiful music when they were given an
opportunity to hear it. Her helpers were
a coan, Samuel Crimson, Hans Lett, Miss
Alice Ives Jones, Lorenz z. Smith, Henry
Burke, H Levy, Paul Morgan and August
kaIkhof The same artists helped Miss
Leontine de Anne to effect a nice modula-
ton from the old 10 the modern style OF
music by playing the accompaniment 10
an air lie mai send," from Leonardo
Leo's "Clemenzadi Tito" which she sang
with good taste, though with q voice with
less life in II than might have been desired.
Afterward she sang songs by Beethoven,
Schubert Brahms and Wolf, 10 pianoforte
accompaniment. The change from the old
10 the new Miss Morgan ended her concert
with Brahrs's Quintet in g for two vio-
Inns. TWO violas and vtoloncello Op. III. An
audience appreciaLiye of fine things en-
ioyed the concert.
Arturo Toscanini repeated his vivid read