New-York tribune., 1912-11-18
MUSIC Of A sunday
Four 0rChestras, Three Tenors
and Much Music of Diff
ferent Nations.

| could honestly complain OF a dearth OF
music yesterday. either In the afternoon
or evening, least Of all those who find
| enjoyment I'm listening to an orchestra.
Four OF these organizations were heard
In concerts and one OF them gave a sort
OF continuous entertainment, playing at
theatre in the afternoon and at Aeollan
Hall in the evening This was the Yolpe
Orchestra. one of the lesser factors In
New Yoriks musical life, despite its un-
usual display OF vigor yesterday. The
other bands were Of first class Importance,
though In Difference to the taste which
comes over the public on the first day OF
| the week their programmes were Of q
| lighter and more varied order than Is GUS
| tomary at their regular weekday subscrip-
ton concerts. Aiding and abetting the
orchestras In their efforts to divert the
minds of tired business men were three
tenors, two sopranos and two violinists.
There was what might be called an ethno-
logical interest In the participation OF the
tenors in tho days activities. John Nc
| Cormack sang at the first Sunday con-
| cert Of the Philharmonic Society at Car
negie Hall. He Is an Irishman, and
though he did not specialize In Irish
music the local color which he gave to
the concert was emphasized by the per-
! formance Of n splendid Irishman's fne
| Irish symphony. Sir Charles Viliers
Stanford's, in + minor, which is not only
! inscribed to his native land, but employs
two of Its admirable song melodies and
speaks its musical idiom also in its hop
O.. fCT nyTn a
sang some songs to pianoforte accompanl-
ment, but chose for his more ambitious
! effort an Anglo-Africans setting or an
Americans poem-"onaway, awake be-
loved" from "Hiawatha," composed by
the late Coleridge Taylor. Mr.. McCor-
mack was once a member OF Mr.. Ham
merstein's Manhattan Opera Company
and his fine voice and equally fine art
won favor then as II did yesterday. Inc
orchestral music In the Philharmonic 80
ciety's list besides the Irish symphony
was an overture, I'm Bohemia" (Ameri-
can music, not Czechish, composed by
Henry X. Hadley, and its title was
tribute to the Bohemian club OF san
Francisco), and Grieg's Norwegian music
to Peer Gynt." The overture was new
here, and proved to be spirited and alto
gether excellent piece Of music, direct IN
,ts appeal TO people OF normal taste
sound, stirring and pleasant to hear.
Th. French tenor was Edmond Clement
who sang at the second Sunday conce,'
OF the symphony Society In Aeolian Han
also in the afternoon. After playing Mo-
zart's symphony In L fiat to preserve the
gravity Of the name OF his organization
Mr.. Walter Damrosch made OF the rest
OF his concert a tribute TO the memory OF
Massenet In this portion Of the list NJ.
Clement whose refined art mas deHBh'ou
our opera lovers, sang airs from Mahoh
and "yyerther"-sang them with such I'M
ished art, such exquisite dicton' that ne
was called upon TO repeat them poth.
The rest OF the Massenet music was the
overture to "Phedre." the Meditation
from ''Thais" (solo by Mr. SasiaVsky)
and tho suite entitled scenes piuor-
esaues," which used 20 be heard a'ohe
with the Scenes Napolitaines IN our
popular concerts a quarter OF century
ago but have been neglected since' need
Iessly. for they make better concert pieces
than the operate fragments torn out OF
their proper setting.
To the delight Of an audience AZ nuner-
Gus az the great room would hoiu' '"e
space usually occupied by the orcnes'ia
also utilized by listeners, Zimoaiist' the
Russian violinist, played the Russiah CON
certo by Tschaikowsky in the first OF the
Sunday night popular metropolitan con
certs The great artist was oppressed oy
hls surroundings, especially In this mum
ber The added some popular pieces VIZ"
pianoforte accompaniment later)' put hla
nlaylng aroused great enthusiasm as uiu
all OF the solo music OF the evening Inc
American tenor, Martin sang an aria from
pnccInI's ",Tosca" twice and then some
songs and received a typical Sunday night !
rscen,ion. SO did Mime. Rappold, VINO
Gang NIcaela's second air from Carmen
and some songs The orchestra, under
s,pnor Polacco, played the overture 70
"Euryanthe," Saint-Saenss ryhphon'o
poem "Ie Rouet d'omphale" and the
Rakoczy march from Berliozs "Damna-
tion dc Faust"
Mr.. Volpe tried the experiment OF
popular Sunday night concert In Aeohan
Hall and introduced as his solo attrac-
tions Miss Vera Barstow, Violinist' VINO
pIayed the first movement OF Tchaikow-
sky's concerto. and Miss Charlotte Luhu'
who sang an air from "Madama Butter
ay." fair estimate would place the
Carnegie Hall audience at 1000 the AFTER
noon AeoIian Hall audience at 1,2OO, the
evening audience at 1000 and the Metro
noIItan audience at $500: total, 100 per-
sons who listened to orchestral music at
these four concerto H. II" N