The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

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ousta4 Hsillquisk hax5te6e. and Haal
Hultman. pianist GEve . eoucert of mre
sxe6lisnos n ~ halkeea Of the nv
IWulard yesteeoey a4tsgDoen. The pse-
luamms WAS ens q e1ceptienaI range
land varisty: IN characteristics ana styie,
lffon, the ssnsuous and brilliant Nephistp
waits OF List with which NJ. Hultman
opened the performances. 70 the 6tataly
| ana quaint rscitAtiye and aria from
lHandeI's 20 Ruddier Than the Cnegsy,e =
which Mr.. HolmQulst interpreted with
Truth and In tho splTit % Handers time.
| Mr.. HolnQuist hast . full round and
rich harytone. Ut In hest in such oom-
positions a. Schuberts 'wanderer'' and
sylvia" and Strauss ''Aeimlichs-Auf-
his Interpretation nnlshed. fun OF fseling.
hut with no pose Of sratuitous reading Of
extraneous fAnc1es into the composers
meanings. Neither does he project his
personality, but with the restraint Of
the true artist expresses the full poetic
and dramatic meaning OF the music, NO
more.
Mr.. Hultman's reading Of Chopin's
''Fantasy Impromptu'' was OF the true
0cthCoCy 8k1o Okuokl81 A1BuS1cS8 u = I8kt>
tastic vision. His Bach Eavotte went
with the even dow and careful precision.
lyet dehcacy Of touch that one longs for
and % rarely hears In readings Of those
old seventeenth century dances. 0odard's
EN- Route" went with tremendous vigor
and brilliancy.
The recital was given for the benefit
iof the local Sweedish Mission. Ths
|patronesses were: Nine. Jusserand. the
a.
Of Chief Justice; Mrs. Secretary Wicker
sham, Mrs. Secretary NaSel. MrA Lou
don. Dutch Lagation: Mme. Eksngren.
Swedish Legation: Mrs. John B. Hender-
son. Mrs. Nicholas Henderson. Mrs.
Woodbury. Blair. and Mrs. Nathan Bar
gent.
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra
win give the flrst of . series Of three
concerts under the local management Of
T. Arthur Smith at the National Thea
ter, November o, at 40 p. m.
The orchestra has been reorganixed
succeeded Gustav Mahler when that en-
inent conductor died. Mr.. Stransky en-
ters this season upon . three years
contract with ambitious hopes and
every good reason for seeing them
realized. He has added q few strings
to the orchestra and he promises some
novelties In the way Of overtures and
programme music from Strauss. De-
busy. Dvorak. and Roger. It Is 10 easily
possible to make the mistake Of pre-
senting too many novelties. an error
that the Boston Symphony Orchestra
fell into Q few years ago In q wide dis
cussion Of modern French works, that
it is to be hoped Mr.. Stranslxy will at
least temper his enthusiasm for the new
with wholesome loyalty to the old
masters.
The Philharmonic Society Is controlled
BY a committee of New York women.
with Felix Lefels as manager this year.
The society, which has struggled along.
as orchestral organizations have done
since the world began. received this year
a welcome addition to its funds. be-
quest from the late Joseph PulitSer. The
bequest IL in the nature Of an endow-
ment fund, made with tho stipulation
that this amount was - be turned over
to the society only when the sum Of
$4,000 should haNe been added to the
treasury by popular subscription. Ten
dollar subscriptions were asked for. and
IT was not long before Loo New York.
ers, public spirited enough to offer that
amount. were found. This sum. In sd
Pulitser, should place the society on .
healthy financial basis.
Ths nrst Of q series Of i've ''symphony
Talks" to serve as introductions to the
five orchestral concerts to be given this
season by the Boston Symphony Or
chestra, under DR.. Muck's direction. was
given by Miss Maud Sewell last Monday
afternoon at the Studio Hall in Connec-
ticul Avenue. These talks have been
prepared by Miss Sewell in response to
the urgent request Of many music lovers
in Washington. who have enjoyed her
pers In the Friday Morning Club. and the
first was listened to by a good sized
audience of the unusually cultured.
A careful analysis Of the Eighth SYM
phony Of Beethoven from the stand
point both Of compositors and orches-
tralion was given with q lucid illustra-
tion by the speakers able piano accom-
panists. Beethoven's picturesque employ
ment Of certain instruments Of the or
chestra in this symphony was pointed
out and the mooted question rs to the
really intended tempo OF the so-called
'.minuet" movement discussed SO far as
to rouse intelligent curiosity as to what
would be the choice Of Dr.. Muck. be-
tween the tried theories Of the fast and
the slow. As a matter OF fact. DR..
Muck chose the faster tempo.
The same interesting and instructive
study Of the Instrumentation was carried
by Miss Sewall into her analysis Of the
Berlioz number and Of the LisZt SYM
phonic poem '.Mazeppa," where the ''tri-
angle" ever is introduced to supplement
the already seemingly exhausted re-
sources Of the modern orchestra
These talks are given the day proceed
ing each Of the Boston Symphony con-
certs at the hour of AS
Together with the excellent series of
musical lectures to be given by Prof
Mason. Of Columbia, at the National
Museum. these studies Of Miss Sewall's
will be an important help in building up
a sound critical intelligence IN the mu-
sical public Of Washington.
Tho second pubic rehearsal Of the sea-