The Washington times., 1912-04-07
LONDON ORCHESTRA
|. AT THE NATIONAL
| FRIDAY AT TERNOON
Selected Program Has Been
III Arranged by Conductor
i 49,. Nikisch.

+" Arthur Nikisch and his famous Lon
don Orchestra will be heard in the
Nationai Theatcr on Friday afternoon
ut 2'i5 O'Clock, this city being included
as one Of twenty-one appearances
(which are to be made in America of
this celebrated conductor ard tie fore
most symphony orchestra of Europe.
The full membership of leo musicians
will be heard in the well selected pro-
gram which includes the overture from
"oberon:" the Beethoven Symphony in
c minor. No 5: Wagner's overture to
"The Flying Dutchman;" Strauss
poem, "I,on Juan" and the List Hum
garian rhapsodie IN F, No /.
Niixisch has already proven that he Is
q cundu :tor second 10 none, and his
visit to America promises one of the
most brilliant musical experiences that
this country has had for many years
T. The program will be the pu,r.st music
lin tac highest artistic form and au-
'thority ever presented. The succtss OF
Nj. Nikisch Is historical every WHERE.
Wherever ne appears in Europe his
concerts arc overcrowded, It is nine
teen years since Mr.. N:kisch has been
in recent interview that tho regret
of his life Is the error he made when
he left America.
4 fDlOWlH2 his COnCSTtS IN I0lS COu1-
trv the conductor Will return to Lon
ard de Waldan's new opara, "The
Children Of Don.' at tie London Opera
House.
Nine. Schumann- Heink will give her
only recital In Washington this season
at the Columbia Theater on Wednesday
Afternoon, April II, at 4:S0 O'Clock
The opportunity Of hearing Nine.
schumann- Heink is an almost indis-
ton, and the world-renowned singer has
never brought her art to a more ex-
quisite approximation of perfection than
now.
Her English songs with their delicate
shading and wonderful Interpretation
never fail to please her audiences. Her
program will include songs by Schu-
bert, Brahms, Strauss, and groups OF
and Chadwick, and six Hungarian gyp-
sy songs. A complete set of word pro-
grams will be used at the recital.
The evening choir of the Church Of
the Covenant, directed by Otto T.
Simon, with Harvey Murray at the
organ, completed its engagement last
Ga Tbs 6rGm
vary choruses. Forth the Royal Ban
ners CO." The Reproaehes;" Beside
Portals" During the offertory was
sung. while the Wicked Are Con-
founded" from Gounods Death and
enty. voices has been one Of unusual
Musical breadth in its programs since
December. In this time thirty-five
choruses and solos have been rendered,
from many well-known oratorios.
Mr.. Simon will close his studio at
1I0 p street northwest June 1, and with
Mrs. Simon will sail for Italy on the
. L nnA Thav will iHclIlde In THAR or,-
the Italian lakes. Switzerlsnd. France.
and England, returning to Washington
about September Is.
a recital by the piano pupils Of Mrs
Sue Burrows Jennings, assisted by Miss
Gertrude Reuter-, soprano, and DR.. Carl
Davis tenor, and w. F. Crouch and
odist Episcopal Church.
Henry Patterson Hopkins, of the
recital at the Friends School last Mon
day afternoon. He was assisted by Miss
Catherine Horisberg, of Baltimore. in a
Rubinstein, Liszt, Chopin. Strouss, Mac
Dowell, Puccini, and Hamerick, closing
| with Mr.. Hopkins own composition, a
concerto in D minor for the piano. a
second recital took place In the Second
Presbyterian Church, in Alexandra, on
the same evening, when Miss Horisberg
again assisted.
Decortez .wolffungen, announces that
on Monday and Tuesday, May and I.
two performances of Guonod's Faust
will be given in the Columbia Theater.
At present Mr.. Wolffungen is in New
York closing out contracts for his cast.
! which will include Henni Scott, Of the
Chicago Philadelphia Opera Company
has been heard with the New York
Philharmonic Society; Miss Warrum, OF
New York, who Is to take. the part OF
Marguerite: Miss Lucy Wilson. of Bos-
ton, and Henri Martin, OF New York.
Two Washington girls will also appear
in the cast OF principals. An orchestra
! OF twenty-one local musicians Will play
and Mr.. Wolffungen will be assisted as
j stage manager by G. L.. Palmer The
| chorus, as before announced, consists
OF seventy singers, and there is to be a
ballet of twenty.
! On Saturday evening large number
[ of friends and relatives of the par
ticipants were entertained by the pupils
| of Bessie n. Wild, at her studio, the
occasion being recital of vocal and
piano music. Those taking part were
Misses Margaret Miller, Mary Miller
| Geneva Wallace, Louise Lowrey. Liou
Gum, Mary Louise Hussey, Theinls
! Payne, Mary Willoughby, Estelle Wild
Sue barley, Nina Wallace Clyone. Wal
lace. Messrs.. Roger z. Craley. A. w
Davis. c. Risdon Allen, and Charles
usaley'
At the first performance of the Poly.
phonic Choir, Monday evening. Apri
Is, in Carroll Hall, Mrs. John Hornsby
! Silby, the English soprano, viii appeal
for the first time in America, Mrs
Silby is a pupil of Manuel Garcia and
Sims Reeves, and is we'll known in Eng
land. where the concert stage Is recog'
ntIed as a national institution.