New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31

"Dialogo brilaate" by Bochsa. for nut"
and clarinet The horn entered the lists
as Il solo instrument tou.eidc 81 the en-
scmblas referred to-. when Harry SchmitH
PLAYED conCertino. by Fuchs. on NO
vernber -. 800 Some there will pe among
the very old subscribers 20 the Phi.rar-
monc concerts who Will remember the
little OLD Gent,cmaN-if not seated amonL
tho players on the platform. standing AZ
the door ~ the Metropolitan opera House
and Carnegie Hall pacidly watching the
gathering audience. for NJ. S"hm.z
after he ceased his activity AZ q per
former. was Treasurer ~ the society from
l>S 10 la00. lie repeated the corc"rln"
in 1856. and in 49, PLAYED La Solitude
q noc,urnc. composed FOR him by Th"o-
dore Eisfe,d. then director - the society.
Between these dates with s. knaeDc- h"
PLAYED Duo concentrate. for Two horns
and orchestra. on the mir 'Arabv's Daugh-
to-" composed by +. Raumann These
are tho only Instances prior TO last night
in which the horn has heon permitted 10
figure IN a solo capacity on Philharmonic
program'nes.
Eisf"!d's generous attitude toward solo
numbers may not have been WHOLLY uu-
selfish as while he was conductor lc
gave place on his lists 10 a Conc'r.l.o
for clarinet q fantasia caprircioso and an
'Elegie Can.abilc' foT Cornct-a- piston.
"Scena Italiana.' composed for Signor
Centemeri. q singer. ana set Of "Naria-
lions de Bravura" sung hy Clara Louise
Kellogg beside the uOctUrne composed
for Mr.. Schmitz
A member OF the society who PLAYED
prominent part among the solo perform
ers In the heyday Of his efficiency vas
the violonceiist Frederick Bergnor who
still sat at tho first desk well within the
time compassed by the memories Of the
younger subscribers Of to-day Berener
came forward IN 1860 with a Russian
fantasia composed by Hummer and in
1854 under Eiefeld. played concerto
composed by 7. L. Ritter. The next year
Carl Bergman became sole conductor,
and under his regime the programmes Of
the society took on the dignity and scTl-
business which they maintained down TO
the present season. Bergman did not 20
precipitately about his rcformatory work.
He was lllnSel n NiO4OIltt4tO pldN'Ir anu
this drew him 10 Bergncr. whom we find
playing RUNNERS fantasia again on
February 4. 1871. Goltermann's first con
certo In 1872 and an adagiO by Bargicl IN
1915. Moreover. Bergman himself joined
Bergner, A. Liesegang and A. Hoch in a
performance OF a serenade for four yiO-
ionceilos bv Lachner on February {, 1871.
He also showed his appreciation Of that
clarinetist. who lives in fragrant mem
DRY. Edward Boehm. Dy composing for
him a recitatiye and rOmanza Tor bass
clarinet which was played on February !.
1911 II was under Bergman that Thee
dore Thomas played his first solo ,the first
movement of Beethovens concerto for
VIOLIN at Philharmonic concert on Arril
49, 1858 Bersmann's successor. Or. Leo
pold Damrosch. continued the propaganda
which Bergman had begun FOR Waeners
music by opening the lists TO excerpts
from the Ring OF the Nibeluug.' pol
lev which was continued by Theodore
Thomas. Since 1876 the solo features IF
The Philharmonic schemes have aeen re-.
served for singers. violinists and pianists
and music OF the highest class.
II. T.. *