The evening world., 1913-01-16
81. CECILIA CLUB SINGS FOR
PEOPLES SYMPHONY clul

Tho 81 Cecilia Club, q choral oqgani-
satton Of more than ono hundred wom-,
enc voices. under the direction OF Victor
kArris. with the assistance of. Edwil
SWAIN. baritone. and Charles Gilbert
0pross. sccompanist at the plano, 4avS
Q concert At Aeolian Hali last evening
soe the benefit Of the Peoples Symphony
Cluh h was pity that the attendance
Wa not larger. for the symphony Club.
OF which Franz y. Arens u the musical
difectot. y worthy Of support. For nom
inal prices It furnishes eiuca ttonal COZ
csrts for students and workers. Thebs
concerts are given at Cooper Union and
are always crowded with eager and 1t
tonttve music lowers VINO SHOW taste end
discr1mina ton. One Of the organ.sa-
uons most beloved BY them Is the
kneisel Quartet, and Mr.. Kneisel has
said that he Is never happier than when
he Is leading his quartet before them.
AN this and moro Mr.. Arens explained
betweea the two parts Of the pro-
gramme Only by furnishing oppor-
tunities to oil the people to hear good
music. he said. could there be estao-
lished a, school Of American music.
Barrhy6 some shrillness in the soprano
choir, the chorus had good tone and
was wall balanced. Among Its most
successful numbers were @. w. Chad
wicks Stabat Mater" Bruno Huhn's
DESTINY Ethelbert Nevin's When
the Land Was White With Moonlight"
in whioh Mrs. F'lagler sang an incl
dental solo. and George Henschel's
The Dolls Wedding Song" The last
two were repeated. Two North Amer,-
can Indian songs by Cadman Harris,
From the Land OF the SkyIBlue
were sung at the ed. Mr.. Swa!n's
songs were by Brahms, SchJmann.
Tschaikowsky. Woodman. Harris and
spross. o..
Francis Rogers, baritone, and Howard
Brockway. pianist. gave a joint recital
at Aeolian Hall yesterday afternoon be-
fore an audience OF fair size. Mr..
Rogers began with a group OF songs by
Haendel. Sarti. Brahms, Rubtnstein and
0rieg. Then Mr.. Brockway played four
OF bis own compositions that showed
originality. In the playing OF these he
showed good taste. Following this Mr..
Rogers sang four songs by Mr.. Brock
way, all in the modern manner. the most
effective OF which was "Aghadoe." that
held no little sentiment and conjured
up IocollectlOnS TO many ( the place
that lies near to Killarney. Some hoarse-
ness had crept into Mr.. Rogers,s voice
in HE last group. half French and half
EnGfiSh: but ne put spirit into the final
Irish melody. ION to Philadelphia" of
the regular programme, and into an
added number. "A health to King
ChaRlesf'
The sinsheimer Quartet gave Its Sec
ond concert Of tho season last night at
Rumford Hall to the pleasure of
friendly cadence. The programme be-
gan with Mozarts quartet in d major,
No. q, and ended with Dvorak's quartet
In e fiat major. Between these two
uumbers Betty Askenasy, pianist, and
Jacques Renard, 'cellist. played Saint
0asns's sonata in G minor.
The sale Of season tickets for the
forthcoming afternoon cyGe OF tho
Ntbelungen Ring at the NJ tropolitan
Opera House began yesterday morning.
For several hours there were four rows
OF applicants in line. the bog office re-
ports.
Allne Won Baerentzen, an American
girl of sixteen. who has taken first
prize for plano ut the Paris Conserva-
tory, Is to make her New York debut at
the Metropolitan opera House concert
next Sunday night. She is not to be
presented as prodigy" the manage
ment is careful to announce.