The Washington herald., 1913-10-12
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

famous orchestra are not only the most
important musical afternoons OF the
season. but they have come to be social
functions OF the first quality. 1t is quite
the thing for people of social Importance
| to be subscribers to the concerts and
consequently the Washington audiences
are always of unusual distinction. This
year the series from an artistic point
of view promise to be exceptionally bril-
| liant The orchestra itself Is in the best
OF physical condition and its discipline
and perfection OF ensemble have been
brought to the highest point of its his
tory by the skill and inspired leadership
Of its conductor, DR.. Karl Muck. Thirty
two years of arduous and conscientious
endeavor to maintain the orchestra at
| the highest point Of artistic and tech
| nical proficiency are now reaping their
just reward. Recognition of its Or
chestral performance is universal Its
position as leader is accepted without
dispute. Its patronage is limited only by
the capacity o. tie hall i'm which it plays
and its audiences everywhere. are marked
in their keenness OF musical discernment
ana justness "c appreciation. II it is a
pieasure to listen 10 the Boston SYM
phony Orchestra, IL is an honor to the
orchestra TO play To such a public as IL
attracts.
The orchestra itself must always be, so
to say, the principal soloist at its con-
certs, but the public demands. and rightly
so, that there be assisting artists in order
that it may observe celebrated personali-
ties in music and likewise listen to music
which demands a soloist To secure SOLO
lists of a rank fitted TO appear with the
orchestra is not an easy task. but for
Washington this year the management
hpliPVRg that if has haan al lIV
fortunate in its soloists.
1t announces for solOists Nine. Teresa
Carreno, Nine. Boehm van Endert,
Kreisler. and Paderewski. The first and
last two names are household words
wherever music is loved. Carreno. the
most wonderful of women pianists.
KreisleT. supreme master of the violin,
and Paderewski need no introduction.
Carreno. now in her sixtieth year, has
only her crown Of snow-white hair to
show that nearly forty years have passed
since she first played TO an American
public. Her fingers are as supple, her
strength as great. and her temperament
as romantic as when she first appeared
here. Kreisler stands alone among the
younger violinists OF the world. A COM
plete artist in every sense OF the word.
he easily maintains the glorious traditions
of the past. AS for Paderewski, now as
when he first came to America twenty
two years ago, he is unique. There was
none like him before he came. There is
none like him now, and in all probability
there will be none like him to follow.
Now at the height of his mature power,
his art is more compelling than it has
ever been in the past
Nine. Elizabeth Boehm van Endert is a
newcomer. The principal lyric soprano of
the Royal Opera. Berlin. where she is the
successor of Geraldine Farrar. she comes
10 America for few weeks this winter
by special arrangement with the Boston
Symphony Orchestra, which has exclusive
command of her services in the East.
She is young. comely, and charming OF
manner, and is the possessor of a warm,
rich soprano, which she is said to use
with great skill. She is particular
ly adept in the music of Mozart and the
other classis masters of the Eighteenth
century.
DR.. Muck has arranged an interesting
scheme of programs for the Washington
concerts, of which more will be said later.
The regular season of the orchestra
opened last Friday in Boston with great
success.
Titta RUffo. the sensational baritone.
whose debut in opera in this country
last winter was one Of the great events