New-York tribune., 1910-12-02
A DAYS MUSICAL RECORD
Some Opera and Several Con-
CertS.

When III Trovatore' Is announced at the
opera nowadays tx ought to be allowable
for the recorder of musical affairs. who
want. to do something more than mention
facts, to follow the example OF the pro-
verbal preacher. turn the barrel upside
down A barrel begun a generation ago
would turn out pretty much the same kind
Of material as one begun five years ago.
except that the notices would be more
numerous. ''I Trovatore'' is generally as
sociated with incidents Of a more or less
disappointing character. In the consulship
of Mapleson it was the stock piece for
substitution Was Patti or Gerster ill.,
Nine. Dotti would kindly come TO the as
sistance of the management. and Verdfs
ever popular III Trovatore'' would take
the place of the opera announced IL
seemed little strange that in five years
Of the Grau period at the Metropolitan
Opera House there should have been only
four performances of the opera and that
II should have played the same number of
times in the Conried Iustruu1. and that all
these performances should have taken place
In the same season. But the explanation
lay in the success which Mr.. Knote made
IN It When Signor Caruso took up the
opera new lease of life seemed opened
W H. pNl III" fDOSt interesting fact that he
added to its history was that IL was the
vehicle chosen for his first appearance in
Saturday night performance AT popular
prices After a servicable substitute ap-
peared in the person Of Mr. Martin there
were several instances Of Sfsnor C'arr1so-s
1ndlsposttion- Last season Mr. SIezak put
MS heroic powers into the part Of Msnr1co
ana so ne did again last night though ft
looked for a time in the afternoon as if
MT Martins services would be called for
Inc management got along however vrfth
II" greater mishsp than a public appeal for
iIoolsence IN behalf Of the tenor and Nine
homer Slsnor AUatO. and I'm a lesser
ueeree- Mrs Rappoid. helped him in a spir-
fted and satisfactory performance yrhicr,
awakened abundant enthusiasm
mere vas much that called for Atone
n1ent IN the concert given by the Russian
symphony Society in Carnegie Hall last
hishl' especially an aesthetic outrage called
oh tne programme Firework Fantasia
by Strsvinskv. The orchestra is caozb1s
OF making any piece of music "a ptc1
uresoue as the Apocalypse sound p1stftu-
olnous, and nor much was expected Of
Tschafkowsky's first symphony; but II did
not give pain did the piece of orchestral
pyrotechnfcs- 1t was a pity. because IL set
me pegs down badly just when they should
have had nice adjustment Immediately
afterward Miss Kathleen ParIow. young
woman but ripe artist from Canada, in
troduced herself in Tschafkowsky's violin
concerto. She was revelation Of almost
unalloyed delight. Few vioIiuists have
played the work with its narrowing diff
cuIties with such tmpeccabIe fntonatious
as the newcomer. or with such sweetness
of tone It was a voman's reading of
work which calls for virility. but II she
failed to give it all its strength, she was
ingratiating always and made a profound
impression her judicious hearers She
Will play again, It is to be hoped, under
more auspicious circumstances.
The Misses Harriet and Helen SchoGder.
the former of whom was a child prodigy
pianist not long ago ard the latter of
whom evidently wishes TO be a prodigy
ceI1ist. gave a joint recital last night IN
MendeIssohn Hall There was one thing
at least to be said for the two young nusi-
cians-their programme was most am
bilious. It opened with Beethoven's g Va
riations. minor. played by Miss Harriet.
followed by Boellrann's Variations Sym
phoniQues. played by the two young
ladies' There were also on the programme
Schumann's Fantasie, Op. II, and num-
Der Of Chopin's piano pieces
Both the young musicians showed some
technical proficiency. but further than this
there was little in their work to call for
mention
Mrs. Benjamin Lathrop gave a song re-
cital in MendeIssohn Hall yesterday after
noon before an audience of moderate size
Mrs. Lathrop's singing is pleasantly re-
membered from other seasons Her voice
is Of pleasing quality, even If OF small vol
ume. and in the lighter and more delicate
selections her singing brought forth praise.
Her programme contained songs by BOuon-
cini, Pergolesi. JoneIn. De Lusse, Faure.
Mathe Schunlann. Thomas Brown DR..
Arne. Henschel. T. Morris Class and Tosd.
Perhaps Mrs. Lathrop's best singing was
in De Lusse's ''COmpIainte de Marie Stu
art" which she gave with grace and deli
cacy Of phrase. Neither her voice nor her
technical equipment was equal TO such
things as JomelIfs La Calandrina-
"SALOME' OR NO "SALOME'