New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

The Philharmonic Society OF Ne"
York begins its regular series OF sun
day afternoon concerts at Carnegie
Hall to-day. The principal number OF
the opening concert is Brahms's Second
symphony. As novelty Conductor
Stransky offers Gilbert's "Riders to
the Sea" Mr. Gilbert is the American
composer whose ballet has been &C
cepted by the Metropolitan Opera
Company for performance this season.
The remaining orchestral number will
be Tschaikowsky's Nut Cracker
Suite" Guiomar Novaes, the Brazilian
pianist, who has been selected as the
soloist for this performance, Will play
the Chopin Concerto in + Minor, op.
u. for piano and orchestra. This will
he Miss Novaes's first New York per-
Torrance of the concerto
The feature Of the Philharmonic's
concerts on Thursday evening and
Friday afternoon is the "Dante" sym
phony of List. For the performance
of the symphony a chorus Of womens
voices is required. For this purpose
The Philharmonic has secured the CO.
operation Of the Beethoven Society OF
New York. Louis Koemmenich, conduc-
tor. The other orchestral numbers
are Weber's Overture, "Euryanthe,'
and Cigars variations on an Original
Theme" op. sc. Helen Stanley, So
orano. will be the assisting artist. She
will sing Mcndelssohn's aria, "lnfe-
ice" and he soprano aria in the
Dante" symphony.
Giulio Gatti-Casazza, general mana
ger of the Metropolitan Opera Com
panv. it is announced, has headed the
patrons committee of the Strand
symphony Orchestra, Adriano Ariani,
conductor, in order to show in some
definite way his sympathy with and
approval of the endeavors Of the
Strand management to give good music
at popular prices-20 and 80 cents in
this case. Otto II. Kahn, who was in
terested in the Civic Orchestra last
summer, has written a letter to the
management expressing his. sympathy
with these same aims.
The new symphonic organization
will give a programme Of orchestral
music every afternoon this week, ex-
cept Saturday and Sunday, with Mischa
Violin. violinist, and Grace Hoffman,
coloratura soprano.
Since the Wagner music dramas
have been discontinued at the Metro
politan Opera House, and that COM
poser will be heard only in concert
halls. there will be few Of the sea-
sons musical novelties 10 rival in in
terest the production at the Easter
concert of the Musical Art Society
on March 10 of Wagncr's Love
Feast OF the Apostles" This work
was written for male choirs and or
chcstra at Dresden, where Wagner was
conductor from 1915 to 1919, yd is
associated in its theme with the early
origins Of "Parsifal," as well As more
directly with an opera that he planned
for Paris, having Tor its central figure
Jesus Of Nazareth. OF the latter New
Testament drama only a posthumous
fragment remains.
The first of the five Explanatory
Talks" at the piano given By Walter
Damrosch TO the Music Lovers Club,
an auxiliary Of the symphony Society
Of New York, will take place to-mor-
row afternoon in the Lenox Theatre,
81 East Seventy-eighth Street. The ini-
tial lecture, preparing for the concert
BY the symphony Society in Carnegie
Hall. on Thursday afternoon, Noyem-
Der 10. will take up the symphonic
FRANCHISE" by Dubois, and Schumann's
variations and Double Fugue on a
Merry Theme"
Miss Frieda Hempel, who will sing
the leading role in "L'Elisir d'Amore"
and in LA Traviata" the opening week
of the opera, has just returned from
her first trip in the Southwest. The
revival of "The Daughter OF the Regi-
ment" will give New York operagoers
their first opportunity to see Miss Hem
pei in this work.
The second series OF Friday evening
chamber music concerts of the Peoples