The Washington times., 1914-11-22
NINE. GADSK| WILL
! Be HEARD TUESDAY
Philharmonic Season Program
includes GabriIoWitsch and
Elena Gerhardt.

Eittld 0cItidiut.
The philharmonic season this year
promises to be unusually interesting.
Nine. Johanna Gadski is to be the SOLO
ist at the opening concert at the New
National Theater on Tuesday afternoon.
The soloists for the other two concerts
OF the series are also in the foremost rank
Elena Gerhardt, whose success par
ticularly as Liedersinger last season
was phenomenal, and Ossip Gabrilow-
itsch. the famous Russian pianist,
whose wife is the daughter of one Of
Americas best loved citizens, Mark
Twain"
Nine. Gadski will sing at Tuesdays
concert the principal aria from an opera
written to an English text by Wagners s
great prototype, Weber, and one of the
ner himself. The symphony is Tschai-
kowsky's "Pathetique.'' which is poign-
ant in its expression OF tragic grief.
The concluding number will be the pre-
lude- to- Wagner's wonderful comedy,
The Mastersingers," which is an opit-
ONE Of the play itself-containing
comedy, romance, and is not without a
touch of pathos. The program in full
10 as follows: IS,
"Pathetique" ..:........ .Tschaikowsky
Aria Ocean Thou Mighty Mon
ster," from ''Oberon" Weber
E'5. Nine Gadski.
Siegfried's Rhine Journey" Wagner
Prelude and "Love-Death." from
Tristan and Isolde" Wagner
Mime. Gadski.
Prelude. die Meistersinger' -. Wagner
a. Anna Pavlowa will appear at the Ma
Z tional Theater on the afternoon % FRI
day November q, at 3:15 o'clock. New
- Bailets and advertisements VII We Of
fered. The usal symphony C~"hcstra
viii furnish Accomplishments.
The Flonzaley Quartet will make its |
first appearance in Washington this |
- season on Saturday afternoon.
Only few years ago the quartet was
privte organization, but ia Its brief |
eareer it has come to occupy unusual
position and easily ranks first among |
organizations of it's kind. being accept |
led as the standard Of artistic excel |
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Il. Organized originally by a wealthy |
= New York patron Of music to play
for himself and friends, the quartet |
takes its name from his villa on Lake |
Geneva, "Flonzaley.' One of the ex-
wonderful success is the fact that they |
devote all of their attention to the
cultivation of chamber music.
The personnel Of the quartet is as |
fred Pochon. second violin: Ugo Ara. |
VIOLA and IVAN D'Archambreau. violin |
cello. The, Instruments used are q |
Stradivarius. two Guadagninis and q |
Testori, all of great value.
The -lT'onzaley Washington season |
Consists OF two recital3.
With Leopold Stkowski as conductor
and Nine. Schumann- Heinke as the as
sisting artist. the initial concerts of
the season by the Philadelphia Orches-
ira at the New National Theater, on
tuesday afternoon, December 10, will
be given. ~ -.Fs7 ,F-
Three concerts make up the series for
tbis famous organization.
For the other two concerts the as
sistfng artists will be Alma Gluck and
Olga Samarof.
Harry Patterson Hopkins. pianist,
gave three Liszt numbers at an in
formal tea, given last Friday at the
Washington College, The presentation
of the Liszt etude in minor calls
for a fully developed technique. Mr.
Hopkins gave 1t with ability, and in
addition played the Liszt ''Tarantella"
In G minor. and My Joys
Mrs. Huron w. Lawson returned to
Washington last Wednesday from q
, weeks concert tour in Virginia, Mrs
Lawson gave song recitals in staunton,
WOODSTOCK. Roanoke, DaIeviIle, and
Hollins College.
The Friday Morning Music Club was
treated to most satisfactory recital by
Nicholas Douty on Friday morning !
Mr. Douty's pleasing tenor voice was at
its oest IN rendering varied program. |
A group of Washington artists yrfII
give costume concert for the benefit
OF the war sufferers IN Belgium and
France at Rauschers on December 3.
under the mana cement OF Mr. and Mrs. :
Charles Stuart Alden. The artists who
nave given their services are Helen
kiTkman Wentz., messo- soprano; Mime. !
DeGuerrin- ktttredge, violinst; Mar
Kuerite OTooie, harpist; Richard
Backing, tenor and Felix GarzirIia
pianist. Mrs. Alden is chairman of the
committee tickets. and Mrs Morton,
wife Of Gen. Charles Morton T. S. A.,
is treasurer.
he Fuller sisters. of Dorset Eng
land, when they make their first ap-
pearance under the auspices of Friend J
ship House Association at the Columbia
Theater. on December 2 in a folksong
recital. Will appear in the quaint CO.'S
tunes Of early Victorian days, and ac-
companying themselves on real IRISH !
harp, viii render a varied selection Of |
The peasant songs of Old England, Scot
land. and Ireland. -.
These three English girls With their
sweet simplicity and charming Gemure-
ness, have delighted many audiences in
America as we'll as abroad. The pro-
gram to be rendered a week from next
Wednesday. includes Irish cradle SONGS, {
English children's songs; English.~Ls
irish. and Scotch love songs: Scotch [
ana English mothers songs, English G
ana Scotch songs of occupation, and &
scotch and English sings Of death r
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Proceeds of Concert t