New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
NEWS AND COMMENT OF CONCERT AND OPERA


For its tenth week Of matinee con-
certs the Strand Symphony Orchestra,
Adriano Ariani conductor, will play
programme Of Beethoven. Mendelssohn
and Puccini, with John Phillips, tenor;
Merry Zentay and Mischa Violin. violin
lists, as soloists. The Star-Spsngled
Banner by the orchestra, will open the
programme, followed by the first and
second movements Of Beethoven's Sym
phony No. 1, in c. Mendelssohn's
schsrzo from Midsummer Nights
Dream" Is the second number. After
an intermis.ion the orchestra will play
selections from Puccini's LA Boheme."
John Phillips, tenor. will sing two solos,
"A Dream" by Bartlett, and Design"
by yanderpool. Miss Merry Zentay and
Mischa Violin will play Alard's Second
Symphony as a duet, with William Low
itz at the piano. The art exhibit illus
trative of music, loaned by the Enrich
Galleries, will remain as an adjunct 70
the symphony concerts.
A rapidly growing interest In the
Saturday morning musicals which Mr.
Rothspfel is offering to the public was
demonstrated at the third concert of
the series at the Rialto yesterday morn
ing. The Rialto orchestra, with Hugo
Riesenfeld conducting, played this pro-
gramme:
Battle Hymn o; the Hepuole
Overture R,y Bias -. Mendessohn- Bsr-hoidy
Andsnt1 from D Minor Symphony ......... hsyda
CASTOR Dubois
Carnival March Of the Gnoues. .schros'ter
Mnuet ' H
TvO d.aS.. Pom, .nd Fan.nl rom M
Tbs Star spannSd Banner
Mr.. Sigmund Spasth, the music critic
Of "The Evening Mail" introduced each
number with few explanatory re-
marks.
The first subscription concert Of the
Sunday afternoon series OF the So
ciety of Friends Of Music is announced
for December 2, at the RitZ-Carlton.
An orchestra OF fifty players, Ernest
Bloch conducting, will perform q pro-
gramme comprising two works by Mr.
Bloch-"Hivsr-Printemps" and "Posme
gramme, comprising two works By Mr..
Bloeh-"Hiver-Printemps' and "Poeme
d'Automns"; the introduction TO Nous
sorgsky's opera "Khowantchina,' and
the "Danses Persanes" from the same,
and Lisdow's Eight Russian Popular
Songs OF Mr.. Blochs compositions
the "Poeme d'Automne" is to have its
! first performance ct this concert. II
is written for orchestra and soprano
solo, and is in four parts, being an
sllegory, depicting the four phases Of
. womsn's life. Nine. Povla Frijsh will
be the soloist, singing the solo part
in Mr.. Bloch's "Posme d'Automne" and
also in Moussorgsky's "Hopak"
Cecil J. Sharp on Friday evening, at
the Russell Sage Foundation Building,
1870 East Twenty-second Street, will
give an account of the folk-ballads
songs and dances which he has recently
collected in the Appalachian Noun
tains. Ballads and songs will be sung
and an old dance. discovered in Ken
lucky, will be performed.
The Miniature Philharmonic, q newly
organized symphony orchestra Of thirty
musicians, with Jacques Grunberg con-
ductor, will give it's first concert Of the
season at Aeolian Hall Monday evening.
December 10, with Marie Narelle. so
prano, and 0lshansky. BARITONE. as solo
artists.
A feature OF the Fronzaley Quartet's
first subscription concert in Aeolian
Hall, Tuesday evening, November 81,
will be the Dohnanyi Quartet in D fat
major, Op. 10. Other numbers on the
quartet's initial programme are the
Mozart Quartet in A major and the
Haydn Quartet in D major. OPP. 20,
/ No. 4.
The first concert Of the season Of
the Societe des Instruments Anciens,
which was heard here for the first time
last season, will be given in Aeolian
Hall Saturday afternoon, November "a.
Henri Cassdesus and his associates are
expected TO arrive in New York this
week. Under the auspices Of the
French-American Association for Mu-
steal Art they will make an extended
tour.
Christine Langenhan, dramatic So
prano, recently heard at Aeolian Hall
will be the soloist at the benefit con-
cert for the charitable organization.
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