The Washington herald., 1910-11-13
WEEK IN MUSIC WORLD

an unprecedented prospect, gave its con-
cert on Tuesday afternoon with Margaret
Keys, eontralto. as the soloist. Much
enthusiasm was justly shown by the au-
dience. for the Boston Symphony never
played better. The programme was
credit TO the conductor Max Fielder, and
rare treat 10 the muslc-lovlng audience
which filled the house. The reading or
the Brahms Symphony was mastery, and
the beautiful work Of the vlolins would
be hard to surpass There was no lack
OF temperament" displayed and an
abundance OF exquisite refinement. The
comedy overture. Puck" by Strube,
played for the first time In Washington.
was a pronounced success 1t Is dainty.
melodious. graceful. and full of pictures.
The composer was called out from the
orchestra 10 receive a portion Of the en-
thusiasttc applause. for he is one of the
violins OF the orchestra, and came mod
estly from the back rows OF the players,
in response 10 Mr.. FEEDERS request. II
is splendid programme number. and
another Strube work will be looked for
with interest. Miss Reyes showed better
style in her first number. the ever beau
tiful "Che faro" from Gluck's "Orfeo.'
than In her second. "PenelOpes Lament.
from "Odysseus," although the voice
showed of better in the second number.
IL is a mezZO quality. rich and melOdious,
but not great. and with proper study she
would become a beautiful singer. The
next concert or the Boston Symphony
will be December with Josef Holman
as soloist.
Nine Sembrich, who appeared on Fri
day afternoon, Frank La Forge accom-
panying. In recital, never made greater
triumph in Washington than with this
programme of charming songs and one
aria. the "Ah Fors e lui" from
'Traviata" II was a veritable triumph
OF great art, for the voice has lost some
Of its pristine beauty; therefore, 1t takes
the greatest possible art 10 make the
great effects and To sway a huge audi
ence such as she drew on that afternoon.
She was brilliantly beautiful, and she
sang with magnificent breadth, absolute
purity, and exquisite finish Nothing
could have been more beautiful than Pur-
cells old song. "Nymphs and Shepherds"
Schuberts An eine Quelle." Schumann's
'Stille Thraenen" and Der Sandman"
both OF which she was Obliged to repeat,
and 'L'Oiseau Bleu" of Dalcroze, Chad
wick's The Rose Leans over the Pool"
both of which she also repeated. The
climax Of the afternoon was the surprise
IN the last two numbers, when the audi
ence recognized In La FORCES songs.
Expectancy and ITO a Messenger"
the two lovely encore songs she sang last
year which were a mystery TO all be-
cause of their unfamiliaTfty and their
beauty They made an instant success,
and Mr.. la Forge was called 70 the front
of the stage again and again 20 aeknowl-
Ion -.e-
Sembrich graciously repeated both songs,
then sang an encore. The Pussy VII
lows Secret; and the huge audience not
Yet being satisfied, she finally pulled of
her gloves and sang the faVorite
'Maidens Wish by Chopin, TO her own
charming accompaniment La FORCES
portion of the programme was no less
successful than the great artistes He
played the preiudes OF Chopin. Nos. S. 10
and %. delightfully."-: the nocturne in G.,
No u. and an etude by the same COM
poser He also played several charming
encOTes But il was in the marvellous
accomplishments he played for Nine
Sembrich that he was the greatest lie
played the whole programme from menu
ory. and his accompanying was an in
spirauOn.
There are still other treats in store for
music lovers this week The Flonzaley
Quartet. which stands unsurpassed as
string quartet to-day, viii give a pro-
gramme next Friday afternoon in the
Columbia Theater This quartet quite
took Washington by storm last season at
their first concert in the Masonic Temple
They We're both a surprise and a treat
They are four artists whose concerted
work Is as nearly perfect as such work
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taste for chamber music which the con-
certs of the Kneisel Quartet has created
In Washington.
The first concert Of the Washington
Symphony Orchestra. Heinrich Hammer
conducting. viii be given in the Columbia
Theater Tuesday afternoon, with an ex-
ceuent programme.
Mrs William T. Reed cOntralto soloist
for many years in the choir of Foundry
Nj. f. Church. has been engaged in the
choir of Calvary Baptist Church, to be-
gin her duties there next Sunday. Mrs.
Reed has a contralto voice of much
beauty. which she has cultivated sue
cessfully without going outside Of Wash
ineton for study. She is one of the lead
iIig concert and choir singers in the city,
and her loss is deeply regretted at
Foundry Church.
Mrs. Ralph p Barnard who has been
c0ntralto sOloist at Calvary Baptist
Church for several years, will sing there
to-day for The last time, as she will take
up her duties as the new contralto in the
choir Of All Souls Unitarian Church next
Sunday. Calvary Baptist Church will
have IAN evening with the choir" to-
night, when the quartet Will sing selec-
tons from Gaul's Holy City" Mrs.
Ethel HOlIzclaw Gawler is the soprano:
Mrs Barnard. contralto Mr.. Backing,
tenor, and Mr.. Apple. basso. Mr. Arthur
d. Mayo Is organist and director.
Miss Bertha Hansen has been engaged
as soprano soloist In the choir OF St.
Paurs Lutheran Church. and has already
taken up her duties there. She has been
for several years IN the choir Of Eastern
Presbyterian Church. where she has done
splendid work She is very young and
very talented Mr. Charles T. Myers.
the well-known tenor. who recently re-
signed from the choir of All Souls
Church, has been engaged as tenor solo
ist in St Pauls choir. and the other
members are Mrs. Brylawski. contralto:
D. Frank Meyers, basso. and Mrs. VIII
lam Hamilton Bayly. OrganiSt
The Rubinste!n Club will have a short
programme following its rehearsal next
Wednesday morning, when some of the
members viii be heard by the club and
its associate members, without any
guests The soloists will be Miss Cath
crime Whitesell and Mrs Hurlebaus. so
pranos. Miss Faye humphrey. cOntralto;
Miss Mildred KOlb. pianist, and Miss
Ruby Stanford. violinist