The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-11-24


by the orchestra The audience was
z treated to the whole category of tonal
emotions, from the heights OF deIirious
joy to the depths Of despair. from terror
10 serenity, from defiance to complais.
ance.
Every fantastic mood Of the dancer
was faithfully interpreted and dramatic
ally rendered by Mr. CHASER, an able and
sympathetic conductor.
This was the first of the course of con-
certs being given this season by Miss
Cryder, and its complete success speaks
wei for the future artists to be presented.
The next concert of the course will be
given December Is, when Eugene Ysaye,
the wonderful Belgian violinist, will be
heard in recital
Inc next real musical event for Wash
ington will be the opening concert of a
series OF three by the New York Phil
harmonic Orchestra, next Tuesday after
noon at the New National Theater, un-
der the local management of T Arthur
Smith.
On the occasion of its first concert this
great orchestra will present a quite new
work OF Felix Weingartner, ''The Merry
overture" This is one of several new
compositions brought from Europe by
loser Stransky, the conductor, this fall.
Mr.. Weingartner is one of a few really
great conductors of orchestra. He has
composed songs, piano pieces, chamber
music, and in recent years, two sym
phonic pieces, king Lear and THE
Elysian Fields" besides this most recent
work, THE Merry Overture king
Lear and 1.-The EIysian Fields" have
been heard in America Both are of the
programme class and both highly dra-
matic and sklllfuI in the treatment of
themes
Les Preludes," of Liszt, which will be
given at this concert, is one of three
symphonic poems written for orches-
ira, in which the ''rhapsodic element
ascends to its greatest and most i'm
pressive power After Lamartine's
Meditations," is appended to the title of
Les Preludes," and these words fol-
low: What is our life but a series of
preludes to that unknown hymn, the first
and solemn note Of which is intoned by
death"
The chief number-the symphony-of
this programme is the seventh of the
immortal nine. This is the first Of those
two symphonies of Beethoven charac-
terized here and there by a boisterous
1oviality. In the eighth this mood occurs
in the first and last movements: in the
seventh the finale is dominated by it.
1t was on first hearing the finale of this
work that Weber remarked that Beet
The chief characteristic of this work
is not, however, the spirit of frolic. 1t
Is characterized by great vitality and
power, by the loneliness of it's themes
and by sudden changes of rhythm and
theme. The contagious swing of the live
lier movements so affected Wagner that
he called the entire work the apotheo-
sis of the dance. The opening slow
movement rises to a majestic grandeur
n in Of Ofh fpFr
6uctOry movements. The vivace, ushered
in by the famous many times repeated
L. is full of fire and vigor. The allie
Eretto, which follows, is rich in lovely
melodic themes, and syncopated rhythms
Next comes a scherzo-like movement of
an exquisite dancing Iightness. which.
passing through a trio, leads to the
climax, the finale.
At this concert Mischa EIman, the
noted violinist, who needs no introduce
ton to Washington music lovers, will
play a Brahms concerto.
Nine. Frances Aida, whose present fall |
tour has won for her thousands of en- |
thusiastic admirers. will bring this I'M |
precedented successful tour to a close in !
Washington next Friday afternoon, at
40 at the Columbia Theater, when she !
will appear in recital Mime. Aida will
then return to the Metropolitan Opera
House 10 create one of the most import |
ant roles of the season. that of Roxane
in Walter Damrosch's new opera.
''Dyrano."
Although Frances Aida is very young, |
barely thirty. she has already been rec |
ogniZed abroad as one of the greatest of |
lyric sopranos. The prima donna is rap
Idly gaining fame in this country as |
the possessor of a wonderfully beautiful |
voice. whose chief characteristic is a |
crystalline purity of tone.
Following the opening of this tour in |
Louisville. Ky. eight weeks ago, every |
audience has shown such unbounded en- |
thusiasm, that the local managers are |
already trying to get return engagements |
Music lovers here will be interested in |
hearing this Australian singer, whom |
many critics predict is to be the successor |
of Nellie MeIba.
On the evening of December Z Haydn"
will be the subject of Daniel Gregory
Mason's lecture, in his series on the
Great Masters of Music. In this series
of lectures, which is being given the
first Saturday evenings of November,
December, January. February, and
March, under the auspices of the Wash
ington Society of Fine Arts, in the audi
forum of the New National Museum,
Bach" was the subject of the first,
which pleased beyond measure a large
and representative Washington audience
of the serious students of music.
At this second lecture Mr.. Mason will
speak of the folk songs of the Croatians
from whom Haydn sprang. He will COM
pare the temperament of Haydn with that
Of Bach, and tell of the artistic problem
he had to solve. Te will illustrate on the
piano with tho Australian National
Hymn and by excerpts from several of
the symphonies. Mr.. Mason will show
Haydn TO be the pioneer of the SYM
Dhony, the highest form of modern music,
which form, in its various developments,
Is known as the overture, the concerto,
the string quartet. and the sonata. He
will show how Haydn bridged the inter
val between the fugue and the suite of
Bach, and the symphony as ii finally ma
tured under Mozart and Beethoven; also.
the very important evolution. under
Haydn, of the lyrical theme from the
complete folk song-to be found incor-
porated bodily into the earliest sonatas
to the little germ motif. elaborated and S
worked out OF the true {
sonata form. lt
The regular weekly organ recital by
Oscar Franklin Comstock in Trinity
Church will begin tonight at 7:5O and the !
programme includes Procession du ST. s
Sacrament" by Chauvet: "Larghetto."
by Wesley; Canon In B Minor" by {
SchumanD; ''Scherzo," by Gigout, and I
Evening Song" by Custard. C
The PoIyphonic Choir has been reorgan-
zed for this season by r. Mills SiIby, its a
ounder, and in the future will be con- s
lucted by a male voice choir. This /