The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-11

The fourth group Of concerts. In the
Detroit String quartet season VIII be
given in Temple Beth FL wednesday
afternoon and Thursday evening, Feb
10 and 16. with Nine. Elsa Ruegger,
'cellist, as soloist. Nine. Hueggef
will play Bach's suite No. for violin
cello, a severely classical number that
will present the players art In its
best musical form. The quartet viii
play Mozart's quartet In Q major and
Brahms quartet No. 2.
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Nine. Elsa Ruegger, 'cellist OF the
Detroit String quartet, viii leave
Thursday midnight, Feb. 16, Tor
Minneapolis where she, will appear
Friday evening as soloist with the
Minneapolis Symphony orchestra. Fol-
lowing this concert, Nine. Ruegger
will 60 west and south where she will
appear IN several joint recitals with
Dalton Baker, the English baritone,
In Denver, Nine. Ruegger will be paid
special honor socially by the society
and musical people Of the city. She
will return TO Detroit In time for the
March concerts OF the quartet.
The board OF directors Of the Prot,
estant Orphan asylum will be the spe-
cial sponsors OF q concert to be given
In the Y. w. @. A. auditorium Friday
evening, Feb. "a, by William Rowland.
baritone. of the University OF Music.
Ann Arbor: Miss Ada Grace Johnson.
soprano and Mrs. Edwin 8. Sheriff.
pianist. The concert viii be for the
hopaaf - tho acxl.xxvx t 49, II II +.
In the First Presbyterian church.
Sunday evening. special musical pro
gram will be given, composed entire
ly of compositions by Chris w. Hen
OF Detroits' best known musicians and
composers Of sacred music, The pro
gram IL given by request. Mr.. Hen.
rich will preside at the organ and will
have the assistance Of q chorus OF 20
voices. the regular quartet Of the
church, Mrs. Roy Littleneld, soprano,
Mrs. Emma Boyer Lewis, contralto;
Sam I. Slade. basso, and instead OF
Harold Jarvis, who Is absent from the
city, William J. LAWN, tenor OF the
Fort-st. Presbyterian church will take
HIS place, and win also be heard In a
tenor solo. The numbers to be pre-
scented follow: Organ prelude. Adagio
(from First orchestral snite): quartet
Savior Now the Day Is Ending" an
them, The Silent Land" anthem
Crossing the Bari" tenor solo "Alle-
lula" Finale to the cantata "The
Mission OF Music:s postlude was
March" from "The Mission of Music
The program win commence at 1880
o'clock.
Alexander Heinemann, the German
baritone and lieder singer, who was
heard In the Garrick theater last No
vember, will return to this city. Sun
day afternoon, March 8. when he will
give a recital In the Garrick, assist
ed by Herr Mandelbrod at the plano.
Heinemann made a fine impression
when here in November and has been
in great demand all over the country,
winning the highest enconiums from
press and public.
The farewell appearance OF Nine
Anna Paylowa and Mikail Mordkfn
and the Russian ballet, together with
the excellent orchestra Of forty musl
clans. under the baton OF TheodoI
Sitter, which takes place in the Gar
rick theater. Sunday afternoon and
evening, Feb. 26, promises to eclipse
in point of attendance, II such thing
is possible, the previous engagements
OF these artists in this city. Manager
Burton Collver is besieged with or
ders and applications for seats, and
In order to satisfy those who wish to
attend these last two performances,
the seat sale will open Tuesday, Feb.
Ia, In Grinnell's. For the benefit OF
people out Of the city who wish to
attend these performances, mail or
ders viii be nlled in the order Of their
receipt II accompanied by certified
check or money order made payable
TO Burton Collver. All mail orders
should enclose q selfaddressed stamp
ed envelope to insure O prompt reply.
The arrangements Of the programs
has not been received yet, but It Is
sure to include "Giselle," AThe Arab
ian Nights" THE BacchanaIle.-
Mordkin's wonderful arrow-dance,
Pavlowa's exquisite Swan Dance"
besides all the big ensemble numbers
and at least a portion Of Dalibe's great
ballet "Copelia-" ~
Possibly the largest ana most not.
able body OF foreign singers to visit
Detroit will be the Shefieid choir, of
Sheffield, England, two hundred mix
ed voices and considered the finest
singing society IN the world, which
will be heard in this city Saturday
evening, April Is. The Shefield Mus
ical union was founded by DR.. Henry
Coward In 1872. The choir consists
of men and women representing all
walks OF life. The wealthy rnanufact-
urer sings next the mechanic who
does his bidding during working
hours. Ladies OF social standing
blend their voices with others I'M
known to social life, but whose equals
they are when called to the baton of
DR.. Coward. OF the two hundred chos-
en- to uphold the renown OF the Shef-
field choir In their visit around the
world, the application exceeded the
total desired by $50. or those
selected. many are conductors Of
choruses themselves, while there ia
not amongst them q singer who "a
unable to read ut first sight the most
dif1cult choral music ever written
The choir win sail from Liverpool
March IL, landing at Halifax, N. 8
For the following seven weeka they