New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-25
SUNDAY SYMPTOMS
A TREAT In music
Large Audiences at Opera
House, Carnegie and
AeOlian Halls.
BUSONI ATTRACTS
AT METROPOLITAN
Miss Florence Hinkle and Bese-
kersky and GOrgorza Sing
at Concerts.

With practically all foreign instru-
mental virtuosi either in America or
trying 10 get here, there is happy
meeting of the policy Of the managers
Of the Metropolitan Opera House TO
utilize them at their popular concerts
and the willingness of artists and their
managers TO appear at them the pat
rons Of the Metropolitan Sunday
Pops" are revealing in high class
things this season.
Last NIGHT Ferruccio Busoni, whose
arrival on our shores had been delayed,
though he is an Italian, was a potent
attraction at the eilded lyric theatre
in upper Broadway. The audience that
gathered to hear him filed the ire
mendous room and large enthusiasm
filed the audience. Mr. Busoni's prin-
cipal number provided something Of a
surprise; IL was Weber's Concert
stuck" show piece Of the early List
and Thalberg period, which is called
back TO life once or twice in a decade
to the delight Of old-fashioned lovers
Of pianoforte music, and possibly also
10 the edifcation OF those of younger
generation who are inclined as A rule
20 think that il belongs in the limbo
Of things forgotten.
Mr.. Busoni can scarcely be said 10
have approached his task with com
plete devotion last night. lie may
have thought the occasion not quite
worthy of his great renown; at any
rate he was a considerable debtor to
the composer as well as the audience
when he quit playing, though his
hearers, with characteristic delight in
all the solo offerings of the evening
insisted on and got solo piece after
il. There was more dash and brill
fancy in the transcription of Schu
bert's "Erlking' and the scintillant
"Rigoletto" fantasia which came later
But the pianoforte, like the violin, is
at a disadvantage in the vast space:
of the opera house.
Visiting singers are not necessary a
the Metropolitan. Even the artists wh'
have few opportunities in the opera
are eminently satisfactory at the sun
day night concerts, where, indeed
some Of them, like Miss Anna Case
appear under peculiarly favorable con
ditions. Miss Case aroused much en-
thusiasm with the scena and aria
"Ah fors lui" from "Traviata
(sung instead Of the air from Louise
which was announced on the house
BILL, and some songs, as did alsC
Signor Botta and Nine. Delaunois.
Both of the chief local SYMPHONY
orchestras gave concerts during th'
afternoon, and both were attended BY
very nearly capacity audiences -th'
Symphony Society at Aolian Hall an'
the Philharmonic at Carnegie.
The assisting artist at the Symptom
i h sa.l rfflf
with the same orchestra only thu
"Don Giovanni" serenade. which he ha'
given the day before, and added thu
serenade from Berlioz's LA Damna
tion de Faust and Massenets PRO
messe de mon avenir." When Mr.. d
GorgoZa is in good voice there are few
barytones OF the concert stage that ar
his equal. He was in good voice an,
good style yesterday. Mr.. Damroscl
gave a sympathetic reading OF tn
Berlioz Symphonic Fantastique" AM
Franck's prelude. Choral and Fugue,
orchestrated by Pierne.
The Philharmonic presented two as
sisting artists-one, Miss Florence
Hinkle. an old and valued friend; the
ether VASTLY Besekirsky, a recent
arrival from the land of the Car.
Miss Hinkle sang "Voi che sapete'
with a style and purity of tone from
which most of our operate Mozar
singers could learn much needed
lesson.
Mr.. Besekirsky proved in the Men
delssohn violin concerto that he is ar
artist of artistic sincerity and pos
sessed of much poise. His style, es
pecially in the last movement, was fin
ished and his intonation usually i'm
peccable. His tone lacked at times
somewhat in purity, but was of ample
volume. Mr. Stransky gave really
brilliant reading Of Schumann's FRS
symphony.
The orchestra also presented for th'
first time in New York four "charac
ter pieces" by Arthur Foote, after th'
"Rubaiyat." They were all exceeding
~ interesting. being informed witt
Oriental color and charged witt
rhythm. They were we'll worth the at
tention paid to them by Mr.. Stransky
The programme closed with Liszt'
uuroariap Rhansody No /