The Washington herald., 1912-12-08
CONCERT OFFERINGS
AT The COLUMBIA
Ysaye Will Be Heard on Friday.
Washington Symphony orches-
ira Tuesday.

Eugene Ysaye, the famous violinist, will
play at the Columbia Theater on Friday
afternoon, December IS, at 4:SO. 1t is con-
ceded that the greatest violinist OF to-day
is Eugene Ysaye, who possesses the mag
netism which charms alike the musician
and the amateur because Of his perfect
musical expression. He possesses the in
explicable and irresistible something
without which a great artist is never
made. The deaths of Joachim and Sara
safe leave Ysaye a solitary figure in the
musical field-pre-eminently and beyond
any competition the greatest living eX-
pOnent of violin playing. Ysaye is said to
have originated a new school in violin
playing, in which are fused the German
solidity, the French elegance, and the
Belgian finesse. He is not a mere virtu-
oso. he is a mature artist, the greatest
living interpreter Of the works of the
great masters. NJ. Camille Decreus. pian-
ist, will assist Mr.. Ysaye. and the follow
ing programme. which is of unusual in
terest. will be given: Sonata in A minor.
Veracinni: concerto in G major (cadenza
by Ysaye), Mozart; prelude, Rachmand-
noff; reverie nocturne. Decreus; Fileuses
pres de Carantec, Rhene-Baton; Cha
come. Vitalli: Reve d'Enfant, Ysaye;
"Old Mute" Ysaye; Rondo Capriccioso,
Saint-Saens.
Washington symphony Orchestra.
Mr.. Charles Towbridge Tittmann will
be the soloist at the concert of the
Washington Symphony Orchestra next
Tuesday afternoon at the Columbia Thea
ter. Mr.. Tittmann, the counsel of the
orchestra, at the request of the directors,
has agreed to give his services as solo
ist at the opening concert of the
eleventh season. Mr.. Tittmann, although
a lawyer. has for many years cultivated
his voice as a pastime and hobby rather
than for professional purpose. His voice
is a basso profundo, and its cultivation
was commenced over ten years ago by
the late Edward Heimendahl of Balti-
more. Mr. Tittmann was also a pupil of
the famous basso and teacher, the late
Alfred Giraudet, the teacher of Maurice
Renaud, Maurel Gilbert. and Huberdeau.
The soloist will be heard in the two bass
arias from Mozart's Die Zauberfiote.
"Oh Isis und Osiris" and In dicsen
Heirgen Hallen."
The opening number by the orchestra
of which Heinrich Hammer Is the con-
ductor. will be Schubert's symphony No.
3 in B minor. better known as the I'm
finished symphony. This composition
is but a fragment. The first two move
ments are complete. There are nine bars
of a ScherZO, ana Win lnem inc ~ III
phony stops, and vet among all the
composers works not one IS more beau
tiful in ideas or perfect in form than
this No more OF it has ever been found.
and no one knows why Schubert should
have abandoned il.
As memorial to Jules Massenet who
died on August II. 1912, the orchestra
will present his overture to 'Phedre,
and Scenes Hongroises." The overture
is very dramatic. and in its material
closely follows the story as told by
Racine in his tragedy of Phedre, daugh-
ter of the Gretan King Minos, who be-
comes the wife Of Theseus.
The Scenes Hongroses," which con-
cludes the programme, is in four move
rnents-Entree en- forne de danse, In
terrnede, Adteux de la fiancee, and Cor
tege benediction nuptiale ct sortie de
rEglise.