The Washington herald., 1913-11-09

PADEREwsKI.
Who will give a recital at New National
/ Theater next Tuesday at 4:30 p. m.
him that in the majority of cities where
he plays, pianoforte recitals are the ex-
ception rather than the rule, and that
the greater part of the public wants
programs showing the greatest catholicity
tof taste, and containing, at the same
time, q majority of works that are more
or less familiar TO them. When Paderew-
ski plays in a city a great throng of
/ teachers and students want to hear his
Interpretation of the great classics, and
while a SAVIOUR of novelty Is not unwel-
come, a little of this will go long way.
| These programs, therefore, usually be-
gin with one of the great Bach organ
fugues, transcribed for the piano. Then
will come one of the great Beethoven
sonatas, a group of Chopin, and the last
work is usually one of Liszt's brilliant
compositions. The interstices are filled
with various works, large and small.
so that the program will play about an
hour and three-quarters.
Simple as this sounds, II is anything
but a simple matter to make such a
program. A series Of works to be played
by a pianist at one sitting in order TO
retain the interest of the audience must
show pleasing contracts in color and
style and in dramatic values. The pro-
gram must rise to a climax of interest,
and there must be no anti-climax- There
must be in il points of rest where the
intellectual activity of the hearer is SUBJ
ordinate to the purely emotional. Pi-
anists there have been, specialists" and
will be, who will infiict five Beethoven
sonatas on an audience at one sitting,
: and there have been persons, and are,
who assert that they like them thus all
| in a row, but fortunately such pianists
and such persons are very. very few. It
| is the so-called conventional" program
which appeals to the greatest number of
those who would hear him.
| For the largest cities where piano re-
citals are a drug on the market and
every pianist plays "PaderewskP' pro-
gram, he makes special program. On
| these he puts more unusual works, in
teresting because OF their novelty or
because they are less often heard But
even in New York, Boston, Chicago, and
Philadelphia they are less often heard.
But of program which is the favorite.
| Paderewsd rarely plays a 'one-man"
program and when he does it is by
| Chopin. Then the public more than
ever fights to heard him but he him
self asks for more variety.
The double sextet of the choir of the
| Church Of the Covenant under the d.
rection of Mr.. Sidney Lloyd wrightson,
with Mr.. Harvey Murray at the organ.
will give its fourth special monthly musi-
cal service at the $3.50 o'clock service this
afternoon, rendering the sacred cantata,
God. Thou Art Great" by Spohr. Mrs.
Gawler will also sing These Are They
Which Came (Holy City,, by GauL
| The program Is as follows: Organ pre-
lude, Marcia Religioso'' (Horatio Par
ker). hymn, invocation, sacred cantata,
| God, Thou Art Great (Spohr, op. $50;
quartet God. Thou Art Great" solo
and trio, Thou Earth, Watt Sweet In
cense;" soprano solo, Mrs. Gawler;
recitative, BE Dumb. Ye Sinners" Mr..
Humphrey; duet Children, Pray This
Love to Cherish" Miss Harper and Mr..
Backing; quartet, walk Ye, Hundred
Thousands" quartet God, Thou Art
Great" Scripture reading, hymn. prayer,
offertory solo, These Are They Which
Came" Holy City (GauD, Mrs. Gawler;
conservation of the offering, sermon, by
the pastor; anthem, The Souls Of the
organ postlude, Grand Choeur ALA Han
| del' (Faulkes).
The following musical program was |
rendered at the reception given in |
honor of Mr.. Sydney Lloyd wrightson |
on Friday evening, October 81: "Dich |
Theure Halle (wagner), Miss Mary
Isobel Hall: "verborgenheit" (wolf), |
Miss Beulah Lucille Harper; 'Liebs- |
! straum No. 8" Oiszt), Mr.. Frank Nor |
ris Jones; ITO Be Near You" (Coote), |
Mr.. Richard P. Backing; "A Birthday" |
CWoodman). Mrs. Ethel Holtzclaw |
Gawler; March Militaire" (Schubert-
Tausig). Mr.. Jones; The Ringers"
CLohr), Mr.. ]. Walter Humphrey; |
''Vanne Colei" (Costa), Mrs. Gaw-
Ter. Miss Harper, and Mr.. Backing;
Mrs. John L. Downs, accompanist.
Mr.. Henry Kaspar. son OF Mr.. ana
Mrs. Joseph Kaspar and brother of
Mrs. Lawson. has been engaged to fill |
the position in the piano department 1
Of National Park Seminary made va
cant by the death of Mr.. John Porter
Lawrence. for nineteen years connected
with that institution.
Mr. kaspar is pupil of Breithaupt
and stepanoI. of Berlin, ana Tobias
Matthay. of London.
Nine Susanne Oldberg will give a
farewell reception In honor of Mr.. Rob- /
ert Carey Stearns, washington's we'll /
known and talented composer and violin
list, in her studio in the Belasco Theater
on Sunday, November 16, at 4 O'Clock A |
program has been arranged by Nine
Oldberg of Mr.. Stearns' compositions:
compositions of artistic value. and from
the brain Of man of whom Ysaye said:
HE is an artist estimable in all points"
Mr.. Stearns' orchestral compositions
have been played in this country by the
Boston Symphony Orchestra. the Pitts
burgh Orchestra! the Washington SYM
phony Orchestra, the Georgetown Or
chestra. and the Philadelphia Fairmont
Park Band, and In Europe by the .sCircle
Symphonique cresende" Of Brussels.
Miss Leis Reside, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank P. Reeside. win be the ac-