Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-10

One or the most popular and melodlouS
Of modern symphonies will he the chief in
strumental feature OF the Philadelphia Or
chestras concert to be given In the Acade-
my of Music on Friday afternoon and Sat
urday evening of next week The work Is
Goldmark's sentimental and gracefully writ
ten Rustic Wedding" which Mr.. Stolowsld
has always led with sympathetic appreCia-
tion NicolaIs Merry Wives of Windsor"
with its familiar and rather typically Teu-
tonic waltz. and Chabrier's Spanish Rhap-
sody." work in which a French composer
has brilliantly caught the zest and rhythm
Of Peninsular dances, will also be the
program. The soloist will be Mischa FL
man. the exceedingly popular young Rus
sian violnist. He will play the Saint-Saens
concerto in u minor.
As is well known. the Goldmark SYM
phony is the tonal picture Of rural nuptials.
The various titles Of the work tell their
own stories. The wedding march comes
first, then the bridal song the serenade, tn"
tender andante, "In the Garden" and the
spirited and festive final dance.
Another excellent Russian viuinist will
also be heard In Philadelphia next week.
He is Sascha Jacobinoff. who will give a
recital In Witherspoon Hall on Wednesday
evening. His program consists of Vitalis
| chaconne in g minor. Francoeur-Kreislers
"Sicilenne and Rigaudon." Faures "Apres
un Reve," Zeckwers Chant du Noyaguer,"
Saint-Saenss concerto In minor, Tchai-
kowsky's "Serenade Melancholique,' Dit
tersdorf- kreisler's scherZo and Paganni-
.Iacobinoffs caprice. Clifford Vaughan will
play the piano Accomplishments.
The first piano recital Of the season will
be given by Soanda Nero on Thursday
afternoon, November 10, at Witherspoon
Hall. Nine. Nero, a Hungarian by birth,
| but now married to prominent American
resident In New York, is one of the younger
| Of the concert pianists before the public
| today, and an artist whose work is char
acterized by musicianship, temperament
| and originality. She has arranged a
program of diversified interest for her re-
| cital. including the piano arrangement of
Bachs Concerto for the Organ, the
| "Funerailles" of Liszt. miscellaneous num-
| bers by Mendelssohn, Debussy Schubert,
| Berkler and Agghazy, and group of
| Chopin pieces.
The Maquarre Ensemble, assisted 10y
Carlos Salzedo, harpist: Hans Kinder,
| celist: Emil +. Schmidt, violinist, and AL
| fred Lorenz, viola player, will give its
| opening concert Of the musical year in
Witherspoon Hall on next Thursday even
| ing The program numbers will be Caplet S
suite Persane," Rogers trio for flute,
| violin and viola. Salzedo's "Pentarythme "
| Juon's "Divertimento" Stokowskis "Dithy-
rambe." and Dvorak's "Serenade."
| Nicholas Douty, the admirable Philadei
| phia tenor, will be heard in the first of a
| series of lecture recitas under the aus
| pces of the University Extension Society
in Witherspoon Hall on Tuesday night OF
| next week. He will offer exceedingly
| varied program, including numbers by Beet.
hoven. Lulli. Monteverde, Bach, Handel
! Gretry, Hadyn and Mozart.
The first of a series of free Sunday after
noon concerts at the Academy of the Fine
Arts will be given tomorrow at o'clock
The Hahn String Quartet will play q
quartet by Haydn In b fiat, Tschaikowsky's
Andante Cantabie and Humoresque. Gla
| zounow's "Modo Antico" and Percy Grain.
| gers molly on the Shore" Mrs. w. Bur
ton Piersol soprano. will sing II Re Pas.
| tore" by Mozart. Mr.. w. Piersol will sins
Schumann's 1.-TWO Grenadiers." Mr.. ant
Mrs. Piersol will sing Thou and l." b,
Cornelius, and ''The Nightingale" b,
| Henschel
III sufficient popular and financial aid q
Forthcoming. 1t is hoped to give eight o.
nine of these concerts
concert for the benefit of the Frencl
| Relief Fund will be given b. Mrs William
| Goodman, soprano; Mrs. Frances II. Ke
iogs. contralto; Charles Aiken. tenor. an,
Charles ]. Shuttieworth, bass. at the Ger
, msntown Cricket Club. on wednesday, No
w~u,ber II. At l:oo p. =.