New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-05
MUSIC
Notes on Yesterdays Concerts.

Mr. Vope is filed with an ambition wnfch
yesterday afternoon tested rather severely
the endurance of the audience which gath
cred in Carnegie Hall to hear the first SUB
scription concert of what is now called the
volpe Symphony Society of New YORK
Unc9." There was considerably more than
two hours of music, the programme being
made UP of Beethovens overture TO kotze-
bCe's festival play. 'f<0rig Stephan" (Which
is seldom heard but. by a singular coin
cidence. has been chosen by MIR. Mailer to
begin the next concert of the Philharmonic
Society. which is to be devoted wholly to
Petitioners music: Dvorak's symphony.
From the New World: Mozart's piano
forte concerto in D minor, an overture to
Macbeth by Edgar Stillman Kelley, and
three numbers from Griegs "Sigurd Josal-
far" The most interesting feature of thy
afternoon was Miss EenTiette Nicholson
playing Of the sclo part in the Mozart con-
certo-a technically smooth and finished
performance. characterized, moreover, by
taste and a nice appreciation of its chaste
beauties The announcement sent out
through the newspapers and printed on
Yesterdays house bill. that Mr. Keliey's
overture is a new work. played for the Hrst
time. was an error. The composition is at
under the direction of Mr. Van der Stucken
in Chickering Hall on April y. 1881 along
with the rest Of the music which Mr.. kel-
ley composed for Mr.. Mckee Rankin's pro-
duction of Shakespeares tragedy in San
Francisco. It is possible that Mr. Kelley
may have revised his composition recently
and added to its noisiness, but the themes
are the old ones, and the music Is no more
interesting now than it was then-perhaps
not quite interesting.
The solo performers at last nights Met
ropolitan concert were Miss Florence Wick
ham, Miss Bella Alien Carlo Galiffi and
Hubert Witherspoon, of the opera company,
and the German song singer. Alexander
Heinemann, who stirred the enthusiasm of
the audience after his second group of
songs sufficiently to win a recall, Tor which
he rewarded the audience with Schumann's
Two Grenadiers"-in the days OF Pol
Plancon a stereotyped feature Of the Sun
day opera. concerts Mr.. Pastornack con-
Quoted the orchestra, and delighted the
public with a spirited performance Of
Tschaikowskys overture, '1S12"
The Symphony Society of New York gave
its sixth Sunday afternoon concert yester-
day in The New Theatre. The programme
OPENED with Brahms's Fourth Symphony,
which Mr.. Danrosch's musicians gave with
fine effect. especially the more delicate por-
tons of the second movement
The sooist of the afternoon was Jaroslaw
Kccian, the Bohemian violinist, who paid
a visit to this country several years ago.
Mr.. kocian played with the orchestra
SaIo's symphonic Espagnole,' and in 1t
showed that he is now a mature artist Of
more than ordinary technical powers. How
much the poor acoustics of the theatre af-
fected his tone IT would be hard to say.
but 1t sounded though pure. neither large
ror warm. His playing of the "Sympho-
ME- was most musicianlike, but perhaps
slightly lacking in the brilliance necessary
fer the composition. He was warmly ap-
plauded.
The concluding orchestral numbers were
Dyoraks In the Spinning Room" charm
ing character piece played for the first
time in New York. and Johann Strauss
waltz. BE Embraced, Oh: Ye Millions"