The Washington times., 1914-03-07
Much Music
Is In Store
For Us

She Philharmonic Society of New
York will appear in its final concert
of the season here next Tuesday af-
ternoon ut the National Theater.
Nine Alma Gluck will be the soloist.
The popularity of the young Ameri-
can soprano of the lark-like voice
makes her appearance with so dis
tinguished an orchestra as the Phil
harmonic most noteworthy per-
formance.
For this final Washington appearance.
Stransky has planned a program with
more than his usual good taste and
skill. 1t includes: Gretry- -Moctl, Ballet
Suite; Charpentier, aria, 'Depuis lie
Jour- Louise" Nine. Alma Gluck; De-
busy, prelude to "L'Apres Midi dun
Faune;" Berlioz, overture. LIE CarniNa al
Romain,' Op. 9; Strauss, tone poem,
Death and TRANSPORTATION" Cp. a;
Rachmaninoff, Peasant Song; Rimsky-
Korsakoff, Chanson Indoue AMI Shep-
herd Lehl, Nine Alma Gluck: List.
Hungarian Rhapsody No. /, in L.
The concert will come as the climax
of an unusually Interesting musical
season, and this reappearaIce OF the
skilled musicians OF the PhIlh lrnlonfc.
under the magic baton Of Stranshy, af-
fords a most charming musical q ter
noon. Both the Philharmonic and its
magnetic director have won tie un-
qualified admiration of Washington au-
diences, and a distinguished social and
musical gathering will greet tie oTgani-
zation on this occasion.
Teresa Carreno will be heard in con-
cert at the New National Theater next
Friday afternoon. If Teresa Carreno
had not achieved fame as a pianist.
she would have become celebrated as
a beauty who discovered the fountain
of eternal youth. In the musical
world, she has long ranked with the
foremost players of both sexes. The
psychology of success when studied
in relation to a woman like Teresa
Carreno, leads to the conclusion that
a career like hers was predestined;
1t never came by chance.
Madame Carreno is descended from
an old family that settled in South
America when that region of romance
was young. She was born in Caracas,
Venezuela, where her father. a fine
musician, was for time minister of
state; her grand uncle Simon Bolivar,
helped to free the country from Span
fish tyranny.
Much has been said against the evil
OF allowing children to play in public,
but the experience never harmed Teresa
Carreno. for she astonished the people
of her native city by playing difficult
compositions before she was nine Her
fether was her first teacher. After
that she fell into the wise hands of
Julius Hoheni. a serious-minded Ger
man pedagogue, whose careful drill in
technique prepared her for subsequent
study with Louis Gottschalk; under
Gottschalk her development was rapid.
Like other young pianists of the
time, Carreno heard Anton Rubinstein,
and perhaps nothing during the i'm
pressionable period inspired her more.
Then as turn about is fair play. Rubin
stein heard Teresa Carreno and he was
20 fascinated that he offered TO accept
her as a pupil: but all that he was
obliged to do with her was advise her
concerning the Interpretation of the
works they reviewed together. 1t was
not long after RubinsIein coached Car
reno when musicians declared that her
octave playing had all the fire and
sweep of the great Anton himself
In Carreno's playing one behOlds a
marvellous blending of the intellectual
with the emotional, and in woman
artist that is an extraordinary COM
bination.