The Washington times., 1911-11-05

|. sings HERE WITH
BOSTONORCHESTRA
e Celebrated Soloist Will Be at
the National Next Tues
day Afteynoon.

4 the season will be given in the New
National Theater, and with the orches
! ira comes as soloist that greatest O.
Washington favorites, Madame Schu
niann-Heink, who is down for two mum
bers.
4 Her first is the great aria, "Andro
mache's Lament" from Achilles" b,
Max Bruch, and her second comprises
s..three songs with orchestral accompani
ment. The first of these is Wagner.
l "Traume," which, as is generally known
was Wagners preliminary study OF ths
! second act of Tristan and Isolde;' tn,
second, schubert's 1.-The Young Nun,
1 end the third Liszts "Three Gypsies'
In "Traume" the orchestration useo
4 will be that of Felix Mottl, while Franz
Liszt's orchestration of THE Young
/. Nun will be employed. Liszt orches.
trated his own Three Gypsies." The
symphony wrlr be Beethoven's '.Eroica,' p
work which seems to gain in sig.
,nificance as It gains in age. More than
100 years old, 1t still stands as noun
tain peak in musical literature. An
,other number will he Debussy's en-
trancing prelude to the Afternoon of a
Faun,'' and the closing number will be
liszts symphonic poem, Les Pre-
luGes."
Even the announcement of the great
American prima donna, Lillian Nordica.
as the soloist for the first concert of
at e thu % New Sa National I Theater "a e Tuesday
afternoon, November rs, has not de-
tractcd from the extraordinary interest
4 which centers in the personality Of the
rev director OF the orchestra, Josef
i THAT the public is thoroughly alive to
the Importance of this event anu of the
two following concerts Of the course,
January 16 and March 5, with Efrem
Zimbalist, the great Russian violinist.
and Josef Lhevinne, pianist, as the re-
spectire soloists, may be surintsed when
IL is known that T. Arthur Smith, who
IL handling the sale. will have TO en-
croach upon the reserved list in the
: hear future and sell tickets to those
who first present the cash. Lpudon
Charlton, the wcll-known New York i'm
presario, under whose management the
orchestra Is new touring, Is most en-
thdsiastic in his praise of Stransky.
Under the direction of Heinrich HAM
mer, the Washington Symphony Or
vember u, when the first of five con-
certs will be presented at the Columbia
Theater. Subsequent performances will
ruary q, and March &c.
the first appearance of the orches-
Edna Dunnam. American soprano. who
abroad by her striking talent and signin-
cant vocal ability. Miss Durham also
For the second Concert Manager
Scranage. was fortunate in procuring
the services of the famous pianist. Err
The announcement that Bart Wirtz,
tile well-known cellist, is to be the So
: loist in January will be welcome news
ssto his admirers in this city.
make her first public appearance on
February q. Miss Reside is endowed
with youth, an attractive appearance,
and a voice Of unusual sweetness.
orchestra the soloist will be Alois Trnka,
I "a, Bohemian violinist
The following pupils participated in a
song recital at the studio Of Otto 7.
Simon. 17207;P street northwest. on Fri
day afternoon: Miss Campbell. Miss
Condron. Miss Earnest, Miss Erney.
I. Mrs. Mn, Mrs; Hebbard, Miss Kibbey,
/, field, Miss Pond, Miss Shaw. Miss Lu.
1cille Smith. Miss Stier, Miss Todd. and
Mrs. Tweedale. The program contained
Plumbers from GODDARD. Rubenstein. Mas
senet, Lott, Johns. Nevin, Schubert. and
s1tandel. These recitals are among the
delightful monthly features of Washing
tons s musical circles. t
= A, dainty little song, with a lifting
sswaltz refrain. the joint production of
Mary A. Cryder and Ethel Tozier,
Washington girls. has been published
recently by Thompson & Co., Boston.
The title is "Floriana."
Last evening the pupils Of B. Frank
/ Gebest gave piano recital In his
studio. 1927 Fourteenth street. The as
Visiting soloist s,,sss was Miss Bsrtie Thomp-
gram were Miss Dortch, Miss Hardesty,
Mr.. Fewell, Miss Mary Maxam. Miss
Rose Wolf, Miss Leona Burnetiha, Miss
Phyllis Stewart, Miss Lucretia Law
renee, Miss Josephine Golden, and Mr..
Gebest.
The Central High School chorus has
announced an appearance in the Church
of the Covenant this evening at 1880
o'clock. when a program of six num-
bers will be given, the first four to be
sung during the half hour before the
regular service The. remaining numbers
viii be given during the regular SER
vice. II. P. Hoover is director of the
chorus and Miss Edith Athey accom-
panist.
frst musicale this evening In it's club
house. when the program of eight num-
bers will be presented by Miss, Sybil
Siphers. w. T. Holt, Roland r. Rodrick.
Richard Lorlcbcrg. Karl Holer. William
G. Atherholt and the Arion Gesang-
yerein.
The opening of the grand opera season
by the. Chicago Grand Opera Company,
in Baltimore. this week. will be the oc-
icasicn of the local debut of two Ccle-
biated singers. Maggie reyte, the En-
glfsh.. coloratura soprano. and Mime.
E.ouise .Berat, a French contralto, with
an established European reputation.
The first opera to be presented will be
Massanets ''Thais." on Tuesday night,
and II will be followed Thursday night
by Mozart's."Le Nozze di Figaro" The
November series will be terminated on,
Thursday night, when Saint-Saens'
"Samson ct Dalila" will be given.
BY special request of members of
Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church
congregation, the choir will repeat at
this evenings service at s O'Clock, "Oh
Lamb of God" by Wagner Sydney
Lloyd Wrightson will sing for the
offertory solo, Angels of Jesus" by
Sydney Lloyd Wrightson has been
elected as one of the charter members
of the Musicians Club, of New York,
of which David Bispharn is president
Tall Esen Morgan, vice president, and
Clarence Eddy. chairman of the board
of governors.