The Washington herald., 1912-12-08

The Washington Saengerbund's first
grand public concert takes place tonight
at the New National Theater at S:Ii
o'clock. Miss Marie Kaiser, the soprano
sololst for this evenings concert, was a
pupil Of Han Morgenstern, Ward Steph-
ems, Garrigue Mott, and other leading
teachers. She has appeared as soloist
with Liberatrs Band, the Mike Trio, the
Metropolitan Grand Concert Company,
and many other organizations Miss
Kaiser will sing two solos and a duet
with the tenor soloist, Mr.. Whfttemore,
OF this city.
Mr.. Whittemore is a well-known local
singer, possessing a pleasing tenor voice
of excellent quality. He will sing a solo
IN addition to the duet with Miss Kaiser.
The bund will sing several numbers,
one a prize song, pronounced by the
judges at the Philadelphia Saengerfest as
one Of the most difficult sung at the fes-
tivaL An orchestra OF thirty-five Of the
best local musicians, will assist the bund
under the direction of Armand Gum
precht, the sOciety's director.
Nine Alma Gluck. prima donna from
the Metropolitan, will give a programme
Of great interest to music lovers when
she appears at the New National Thea
ter tomorrow afternoon at 4:3O o'clock.
The unusual versatility of this artist
makes her equally great in opera or con-
cert and her work is finished in every
detail In addition to lyric voice Of great
beauty she possesses in remarkable de-
gree the personal charm and magnetism
that win the instant admiration of her
most critical and exacting audiences.
Her programme will embrace many Sc
lections new to the concert-going public.
and will include: Air from Astoria"
CGluck), 'Roeslein suf der Haiden" (Beet-
hOven), "Ridente Ia calma, and War
nung'' CMozartO, ''Liebesfeifer" Felix
weingartner), Itch armet eInen Lindel-
duff (Gustav Mahler), "Einkehr" CRich-
ard Strauss, Psyche PaladiIhel. Der
gere aux champs CWeckerlin, "Bohe-
milan Cradle Song (Smetana), Peasants
Song CRachmaninofO, "Chanson Triste"
CZimbalist), "Chanson Indoue," from the
legend, ''Sadko" and Shepherd Lehr'
Rimsky Korsakoff), Allah" Chadwick,
The Black Bird CParker). Chimes
CWorreID, From the L2nd Of the Sky
blue Water" (Cadman), Red, Red Rose
(Cottenet.
Charles Trowbridge Tittmann will be the
Soloist at the concert Of the Washing
ton Symphony Orchestra next Tuesday
afternoon at the Columbia Theater- Mr..
Tittmann, the counsel Of the orchestra, at
the request Of the directors. has agreed
TO give his services as soloist at the
opening concert of the eleventh season.
MIR Tittmann, a lawyer, has for many
years cultivated his voice as a pastime
and hobby. rather than for professional
purposes, although some Of the leading
operate coaches and singing teachers of
the day have advised him TO make more
use of his voice than he has done or in
tends to do. His voice is a bassO pro-
a., aFr.,- Tar,FrnWNn nEFHNFa-
ed over ten years ago by the late Ed
ward Heimendahl. o. baltimore. Mr..
Tittmann is also a pupil of the famous
basso and teacher. the late Alfred Girau-
det. the teacher of Maurice Renaud,
MauIeI GIllibert, and Huberdeau. Mr..
Tittmann has also occasionally sung in
concert. song recital, and oratorio. He
will be heard in the two bass arias from
Mozart's Die Zauber1Ote, oh, Isis
und Osiris" and In diesen Heifgen
Hallen."
The opening number by the orchestra,
OF which Heinrich Hammer is the conduc-
tor, will be Schubert's Symphony No.
in minor. better known as the ''Untin-
Ished" symphony. As memorial to
Jules Massenet, who died on August a.
1912, the orchestra will present his over
ture TO "Phcdre," and Scenes Hon
GroIses."
Washington is being treated to an en-
barrassment of violin riches: kreisler
following upon the heels of Elman, and
now comes the great Belgian artist. Eu-
gene Ysaye, in the wake of kreisler.
These three men are of the violin nobil-
ity. They are peers in NirtuOsity. yet
each is ruler of little kingdom of his
own: each has a distinct field in which
he eXCels.
1t would be difficult indeed to say in
what Kreisler does not excel. yet there
are qualities that stick in the memory,
these are the vitality of his playing, his
ability to make his instrument speak
like a living being, Tor which we are
indebted chiefly to tho great variety of
his tone COIoring. To this he adds Won
derfuI drlicacy in his thread-like high
tones that give them celestial quality.
1t is as II the tones Were suspended in
the ether above, without contact with any
material substance. Altman, also pro-
duces tones of this quality, but he has
not vet reached, in this. the Kreisler
surety.
Ysaye's reputation is founded on his
broad, noble cantable tones, and the
depth and tendern css of expression in
his Interpretation cf slow movements. He
scarcely needs an introduction here. lie
was born at Liege, Belgium, in NOvem-
Der, 1851, and at the usual early age of
musical prodigies he began the study of
the violin. He studied under NieuXtemps
and then under Wieneawski. His first
visit to America was in 1895 1t has been
eight years since he made his last ap-
pearanCe in this country and great inter-
est has been aroused over his coming. He
will appear at the Columbia Theater next
Friday afternoon, at 40 o'clock.
Miss Ida Ewing's musicale, given last
Tuesday evening in the ballroom at the
{ afro, was very much enjoyed by a large
. udiencc. Miss Ewing is a gifted pianist
and was ably assisted in an interesting
by Miss Mabel Latimer, So
prano, and Herman Rakemann. violinist.
Every number OF the programme was
received most Eraciously by the audi
ence, and the artists were compelled to
respond to encores.
The following programme was given |
at the Friday Morning Music Club at |
the Washington Club, 171O 1 Street North |
west. last Friday morning. at II o'clock: |
Sonata for violin and piano (TartinD. |
Moderate. Presto. Largo. Allegro CO. |
modo. Mrs. Dickey, and Miss Wheatley: |
Sc tu mani CPergolese 171O-lTS6), |
Come raggio di SOL CCaldara 167S-176S), |
La Calandrina" (JomeIli G714-17D, |
''Zueignung'' CR. Strauss. and Now that |
Thous Leavest Me Alone CTschaikows-
ky). Miss Katherine Lee Jones: Romance |
and Caprice on airs from "Al-
ceste" CGluck- k-Saint-Saens). Miss Elsa
Murray; ''Du bist vie eine Blume'' (Schu-
"Fruhlingsnacht (Schumann),
Songs My Mother Taught Me- CDvorak),
"Jeunes Filiettes" CWeckerllnO, and Ma
man 6ites-mOi' CWeckerIinl Mrs Ed