New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-08
Chorus Repeats WOlf-Fer-
rari's Vita NuOva" with
Fine Effect.
PHILADELPHIA MEN
IN ORCHESTRA PIT
Beethoven's Choral Fountains"
Shares Programme-Pierne's
Crusade" Sung.
BY II. T.. KREHBIFL.

Worcester Mas. Oct r. The frty-
u--.-
''S''" annual ee''"k ~ '"e
County Musical Association began mere
Wednesday evening under conditions
that looked materially favorable and
II. ...a;.t.. ...;-.;oo,r,. .,,s,i
''"' Gel ."'"i' "''e -
clous- with interest IN choral music az
a deplorably low ebb throughout tnls
country, the. continued vitality OF the
worcester festival Is something 20
be chronicled with considerable salts
l|cu"n. MUSICAL taste ana iashiohs arc
changing iapIdIy ana erratic4lIy, Du'
u SUI remains true that the De3e e'I,
ueHce OF anection ana appreciation OF
inc art 10 community Is the mah.h2 OF
music ana not the "ii'lh eness &" 'S1en
10 IL mace ny o,ntts. " o-c''''I mas
'i"."'.''" u u' 10 I'S 'i""-' O.' Y'e1
E"'I century "'" t'e '.'s'"s ~ -
',''~' e"D'' '' ~ sN, '''' ~ ''e
Fl'ilot rom NC" OK ""-h ne way
ana hiinls are iuII o. DC TO ''''"'" NIX
dusing the season.
~ years gone b! one OF me CASSIE
OF oiaior-o used 10 marx tne opening u
me IeStlEai. me INST night programme
contained TWO "o:ks, one qhlle ne"
ana one very OLD olner' Indeed, III
spirit man IN years. lhey were VOL
ferfafLs VITA Nuoya ana heethoVeh
'hofAl FOUNTAINS. ne FORMER hau
JOS hrst performance IN worcester last
year and was repeated because IL won
admiration. That admiration was
strengthened last night. and II the rapt
attention with which II was listened 10
ard the applause which u evoked are a
criterion 1t has grown INTO love.
No work OF genius ls more deserving
of affection. No work with which | am
acquainted is better calculated to keep
alive the interest IN form of ar,
when iS uIhloplIy Just now IN par
Ious state. Ny admiration Tor II mas
grown year D. year. mere Is some
thing almost ineuaDie IN the manner
ir which the music. with I,s sngul'c
blending of the archaic style and mod
efn means Of expression, exhales the
spirit of Dante's poem. IL must live,
an /. living. it must keep alive an in
tercst in choral .lusic wherein il Is
known.
10 wa, performed eXcellently here last
year. and again Wednesday. It's appeal
20 the emotions VS. soa strong that Il
seems almost churi,h 70 express the
wish mat there mad been niue more
attention 70 delcacy ana variety OF eN-
preston. But perhaps lts ecstatlc
mood can only be preserved under DIM
cult conditions, with smaller choirS
ana an orchestra IN when the wood
wind players, especially. are all vir-
tuosi OF the highest class.
80 long as the memory OF the pres
ent generation runs the festival or
ch"stra has been drawn from Boston.
MAJOR hlggihSon lniinl'aoie pane hOO
Delhg IN town, Dr. NILS ana the lesN-
Eal management enllsted siN'y men
from me fhilauelphla OrcheSltd' very
capable are these men, put tnelr IN
strumental voice Is not so euphonlous
as that OF their Boston colleagues A
newcomer IN the concert ne'd was Mr.
aosWoIth aIo roy. VINO sans INC
'A,ie emery u'",Tuit odry 'y"e So'oS seiy
wen lhdeed' lie ~ "elco"e acqu'S'-
ton.
Beethoven FANTASIA mas dropped
out OF the ken OF MODERN concert audi Hn,
ences. II was periormted M mere IN Looo
ana vas tSatuie oI ~ ~ W. I'm V'l.
rOsch oee'ho'eh Ies'''ai III we" ioth
rev years ago, on Whlch occasion II
acquired an historical significance by
being brought INTO JuXtaposltlon with
manner, ii was the inspiration. Except
for those in the audience VINO could
recognize in it the germs of the CO.
iossai composition to which 1t gave
rise iu Beethovens mind IT must have
seemed trite and old-tas hioned, de-
spite the excellence OF the perform
ancc. Mr.. Harold Bauer played the
pianoforte part and infused the open
inc with the exalted rhapsodlc SPIRIT
which we can fancy must have amazed
the hearers when the composer played
il for the first time at the great concert
in 1S0S az which the c minor and pas
toral svmnhonies had their frst per
formance The solo parts were sung
by Marie Sundelius. Mrs Elizabeth
plair Miller. Mrs Merle Alcock. John
CamnbeU George Sheffield and Lev
cot y Merrill whose voices blended
ocreeablv
The climax of artistic interest in the
festival was reached tonight in the
performance Of Schumann's pianoforte
loncerto i'm the aft.rnoo bv Harold
Panor and the first production here
-, "Cbildren,. Crusadep in the
W THO nonni,r c'imax will he
.aeni.oii ,o-norroy rjght when there
Iii bo ,bo usual narada Of the princi-
nal einge~s haunted on their battle
tI..cs Fiftv-eight years trimming. be
,,;,,i,,, With tho singing schools. in
sL:.L t,,,.cb .boris+ors Learned IN read
- o,J got tbe;r FIRST taste of ora
80 r,nsic have done much for the
800 $50 and cuitnre If the community.
h',t ~ not VET TAUGHT ali of il that
,horo IL more artistic good i'm a SYM
~, ~, an oratorio than in a song or
t,yo sung bv an artist who comes with
The elamor of an operate career. 50
artists night" holds its charm and 20
II artistic dignity and value must De
Or p. a. o.l ~. 4,