Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-04
MUSIC SEASON
PROMISES MUCH
Regular Orchestral Engage
ments and New Concert
Plans Announced

Announcements have come, almost stimuli
taneously, from various sources, concern
ing plans for the approaching musical
season in Philadelphia. The season
actually begins next Monday evening
with the performance of Princess Pat,
n musical comedy by Victor Herbert.
From that time until the middle of Octo-
Der II is likely that musical comedy
will be the only food of the gods avail
able in this city. Amateur productions
of opera which usually usher in the
season have so far not been announced.
Neither are the detailed plans for grand
opera made clear.
On the 18th of October, a Friday after
noon. and undoubtedly at 3 o'clock, the
official opening of the season will be reg
istered by the uplifted baton OF Leopold
Stokowski. facing the Philadelphia Or
chestra. This year the difficulties of as
sembling the players will not be so great,
nor so available for publicity, as those of
last year. when number of the men
were abroad when the war broke out.
The soloists chosen for this years con-
certs are many. and many of them are of
the greatest. The popularity of separate
concerts. II is well known, depends much
on the soloists; the true value of the or
chestra is, of course. a separate thing.
The list, still incomplete, because II makes
no mention of the sololsts for Mahler's
Eighth Symphony, is:
Marcella sembrich Albert spslding
Mischa Elman YOlanda Nero
Josef Hofmann Thaddeus Rich
Julia Culp Ernest Schelling
Harold Bauer Henri Scott
Emilio de Gogorza Herman Sandby
Percy Granger Wassily Besekirsky
Kathleen Parlow Hans Kinder
Ossip Gabrilowitsch Moriz Rosenthal
Nine Charles Cahier Nicholas Douty
Leopold GOdowsky
The Mailer Symphony mentioned above
hn- haa MIA a.,
It's performance under Mahler's own d.
rection In Vienna was an astounding
musical event, at which, as a promise of
| sympathetic reading, It may be said that
Mr.. Stokowski was present. The gigantic
lines of the whole work, the employ
ment of chorus throughout the SYM
phony, and the numbers employed in the
mere projection OF the music to the
auditor. will make this achievement of
Mr.. Stokowsk a real triumph. There
Will be three performances of the work,
two in the regular series and one extra.
| There will be the inevitable two Wag-
ner concerts and the first and last con-
certs Of the season will be without SOLO
ist. 1t is to be noted that third sololst
from the orchestra will take his place
| this year with NM. Sandby and Rich.
namely, Mr.. Hans Kinder. The novelties
| promised for the season are, by COM
parisone with those produced last year.
highly interesting. They are "a Dance
| Rhapsody" by Delius, the famous Kam-
mer-symphonie OF Arnold schoenberg,
D'lndy's "Istar," Scriabine's "Poeme
Divin" and Stravinskys Fireworks"
| from the works of foreign composers.
and the symphony In C minor Of
Daniel Gregory Mason, the eminent
American composer and teacher
OTHER SYMPHONIES AND CON-
CERTs.
The Boston Symphony will make it's
regular trips TO this city, playing five
programs and bringing at least three So
loists II memory OF last years announce
ment Is correct. the soloists will be Mines.
Meiba and Farrar and Fritz Kreisler
From an unofficial source II is also given
out that Henry MallSin will be one OF the
soloists. The eminent personnel OF the
orchestra remains virtually the same: the
leader Is still DR.. Karl Muck.
Walter Damrosch and the New York
symphony will play in this city three
times. On one occasion Josef Holman
VIII be the soloist, In one OF the concerts
OF the grand tour which he Is making
with Mr.. Damrosch's organization. Pablo
Casals will also play with this orchestra
I and third. soloist. probably Mr.. Elman,
Will appear. OF the orchestral plans
nothing has been said.
The most gratifying OF announcements
pfesarial genius OF Boston, who has. BY
the way, undertaken 10 manage the
Metropolitan Opera IN that city, Mr.. Ellis
proposes 70 send 10 this city four great
artists In afternoon concerts. Last year
the list Of individual concerts In Phila-
delphia was deplorably slight One re-
calls MT kreisler. Nine. Homer Mime.
0luek and few lesser artists. OF these
bar. kIeisier alone played IN the after
noon In comparison with the activity OF
Boston, Philadelphia was musically dead
before . p. m, except on Fridays Mr..
ellis efforts In reyivihcation will be
watched with much interest On the zsd
OF October Saturday afternoon, Mime.
Melba VIII be heard IN concert. In assoc.
claton with Miss Beatrice Harrison. me
English cellist, heard with the Boston
symphony last year. and Robert Parker.
an American baritone. Some weeks Later
Miss Geraldine Farrar, assisted by Ada
easspli' an Italian harplst, and Reinald
Werrenrath. the great American baritone
tWhos by the way. Il announced Tor fhe
MAILER symphony), will sing. Ia the nid-
Ole Of December PadereWakl will plav
again IN thia city. after an ahaence a.
some time. Epdins Mr.. Ellis announce
ment Il the name or ErIi1 Kre|.lar. VINO
VII play on the elh Of January. scco..d
fIH|te from these arl|12 are nol ouI nI
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