New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-02
MUSIC FOR THE MANY
Some Features of SUNDAY
Concerts.

Inc symphony Society gave what in
popular phrase was a Classical concert
in Aeolian Hall yesterday afternoon, and
the Philharmonic Society at the same
time In Carnegie Hall gave a popular"
concert; yet symphony was performed
in each. The distinction, II any one felt
disposed to draw it, lay in the character
of the solo feature. and also in the diff
ference between the symphonies. Mr.
Damrosch produced Brahms's fourth. a
piece of absolute music which left feel
ings and fancy TO their own course; Mr..
Stransky Rats "Lenore." which has a
story in it, part of which is graphically
told TO those familiar with Burgers poem
OF the same title in the last movement.
Music with a story in it is a welcome
feature of popular concerts, and 1t Is
something of pity that Sir Walter
SCOTS spirited translation or parody of
the German poem was not put in the
hands of the listeners, so that they
might have enjoyed the pleasure of fol-
lowing the sequence of the srewsome in
cidents accompanying the return Of the
dead lover and his furious and dreadful
ride TO the churchyard.
Nine. Schumann Heink sang at Car
nese Italian air from Bruch's "Odys-
seus,' and familiar songs by Schubert
C'ErlkGniG' and Tod und das MAdchen"j
and Wagner's "Traume." She sang them
all with great outpouring of her phe-
nomenal voice and, the songs at least,
with that extravaganza of affected pathos
which robs them OF their beauty and has
{ m Off
a WEAKNESS even to make record of the
fact. At the concert of the symphony
Society Gottfried Galston gave a crafty
/ ing illustration of chaste. continent, self
sufficient beauty in a performance of
\ Beethoven's pianoforte concerto in f nat.
1t was not such a supreme technical ac-
complishment as his playing Of the Bach
pieces AT his recital may have led some
| Of his hearers to expect, but every slip
of his fingers was compensated for by a
| beautiful detail in a field higher than the
mechanical, though conditioned TO large
degree upon il; and the artistic gratiiica-
ton was of a high order
The other orchestral numbers at the
Philharmonic concert were Massenets
Scenes Alsaciennes" and the Nocturne,
Scherzo and Wedding March from Men
delssohn's incidental music to "A Mid
summer Nights Dream" Massenets
suite was admirably chosen for a popular
concert. 1t is delightful music with real
poetry in its delneaton of a Sunday in
an Alsatian village. in which. after the
pious strains of the chorale 'Wachet auf,
ruff uns die Stimme" have died away the
"out-doorsy" fiourishes of the hunting
horns take their place. and the sounds Of
merry-making. Here. and in the other
tone pictures. the Frenchman has been
extremely happy in hitting the German
mood of the people whose loss to his ma
tive land he sincerely deplored. AS an
opening number Mr.. Damrosch gave his
audience Sinigaglia's overture TO Goldonis
comedy, lie Baruffe Chiozzotte,' which
had its first performance in New York at
Philharmonic concert under Mr.. Nah
Ter on February q, 1911. when. with
Bossis "Intermezzi Goldoniani" and Mar
tuccis pianoforte concerto in B-hat, II
served 10 show that Italy is still capable
of producing something good outside OF
the department of opera. H. T. IA.