The Washington times., 1912-01-14
PHILHARMONIC TO
! Be HERE THIS WEEK
|. |NSEcONDCONCERT
Young Russian Niolinist to
Make First Appearance
as Soloist.

4 Tuesday afternoon at $50 O'Clock IL
the time set for the second of the or
ichsstral concerts of the season by. the
Phfiharmonic Society Of New York,
ana the place is the New National The
ater. The young Russian violinist.
Efrem Zimhalist, as soloist, will make
his frst appearance In this city. The
pr0sram prepared by Conductor Josef
Stransky Is one Of exceptional interest,
comprising four of the most noted and
admired works in orchestral literature.
branms symphony. No. /, In G minor,
was proclaimed by Hans won Bullow az
the first symphony entitled to copsidera-
ton after Beethoven's NINTH, while the
overture ''Lenore No. s. ID regarded a.
Beethover,'s masterpiece. WRgner's
overture Of ''Tannhauser" completes the
orchestral portion Of the program. A
feature Of the afternoon will be Zim-
balist's reditior fof .Tschaikowsky's 8
popular violin concerto. Zimbalist in
Berlin, with the Philharmonic under
Nikisch. and In other European capitals,
as well as in New York. las won some
OF his greatest triumphs with this con-
certo.
/ The third concert OF the present sea-
sDn to be given by the Washington
symphony Orchestra will. be presented
at the Columbia Theater on Tuesday,
January 20. at 4:45 o'clock. For this
event Manager Scranage has engaged
the services Of Bart twirts. the we'll
known Dutch 'cellist. who has several
times appeared before local audiences,
who have been extremely cordial in
their reception Of his work. Mr.. wirtz
VIII present Saint-Saens concerto for
violoncello and orchestra. opus 80.
Under the direction @. Heinrich Ham,
nier. the orchestra will ofter as an
opening number Tschaikowsky.s over
ture fantasia, Romeo ct Juliette. >.
Fhis number. which is one of the COM
poser's earlier works. was written in
1870. and Is dedicated to his friend Bala-
kirev. The work is in sonata form, us
follows: First. an Introduction Of a re-
ligious character. carried out by q cho-
raj representation Of Friar Laurence,
which depicts the enmity between the
Montagues and Capulets. Then follows
the love Of Romeo and Juliet. succeeded
by an elaboration of both subjects.
The concluding selection will be BIZ
ASN IL 0t1Jc NO. Z.
Fraulein Hcrninc LADDERS. whose repu-
tation as a pianist Is widespread, has
teen engaged by T. Arthur Smith for
q piano recital at Rauscher's wednes-
cay afternoon, January g. at 40
o'clock. The patroness of the occasion
will be Countess BernstoTff, and assist-
ing artist Will be Mis- Flora McGill.
/ Fraulein Luderu. who Us a student OF
Erans Lsxt. will. as special mark Of
respect for her music master, select
her program largely from his famous
!composttions, concluding with the Hun
Kar1aR rhapsody No. g.
Gadsh Is to give concert at the
New National Theater Tuesday after
noon, February 6, at 4:30 o'clock, as
sisted by Edwin Schneider at the plano.
M. DeCortez Wolffungen, an operate
tenor, late Of Berlin, has undertaken
the task of .organizing a permanent
local grand opera chorus in this city.
He is making his headquarters at
Sanders & Stayman's where he is
receiving applications for enrolment in
the organization.