New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

"A beethoven programme will be the
feature of this afternoons Philhar-
monic concert in Carnegie Hall. Har-
old Bauer, pianist, will be the soloist
and will play Beethovcn's emperor"
piano concerto. The remaining Bee
thoven numbers, selected by Conductor
Stransky as the purely orchestral part
of the programme, are the composers
Overture, "King Stephen" and, as the
second half of the performance, the
Fifth Symphony.
Mr.. Stransky has invited Ernest
Bloch, the Swiss composer, to conduct
the first performance of the latter's c.
sharp minor symphony at the Philhar-
monic concert Of Friday afternoon,
March s. The soloist Of this perform
ance will be the Russian violinist,
Sascha Jacobinoff, who will play the
Brahms violin concerto The final
number of the programme will be
Chabrier's "Espana."
On Saturday evening, March 9. in
Carnegie Hall, the Philharmonic pro-
gramme will be devoted to the COM
positions of Beethoven, Wagner and
List. Beethoven's Eighth Symphony
/ and his overture "Lconore," No 5,
make up the first half of the concert
The remainder of the programme in
cludes Wagner's prelude to the third
act Of "Meistersinger," the prelude
and love-death from "Tristan.' and
LISTS LES Preludes" and his first
Hungarian RhaI sody.
On Sunday. March 10, the Philhar-
monic will play at the Academy Of
Music in Brooklyn, where Pablo Casals,
the Spanish vionocellist, will appear
as the solost.
After its concert in Columbus. Ohio.
on March 3, the last Of the present
tour, the Symphony Society Of New
York, Walter Damrosch conductor, will
return TO New York to give the sec
ond performance of the "Mcdca" Of
Euripides in Carnegie Hall on Thurs
day afternoon, March T. in conjunction
with Margaret Angln and her COM
pany. A special evening performance
of the Electra" of Sophocles is
scheduled for Friday evening, March
8, in Carnegie Hall, to afford those
who could not attend the afternoon
performances an opportunity of see
ing the Greek play.
The New York Symphony Orchcs-
tro, under the baton Of Victor Kolar.
the assistant conductor of the Svm-
phony Society, will give a concert in
Carnegie Hall on Saturday afternoon,
March 9. with Roshanara and her dam
GERS. This is the sixth and last in
the seasons series Of symphony CON
ccrts tor. young people. Roshanara's
numbers are Burmese Court Dance Of
Grcetng,' "a Burmese Boat" "Thc
Moon Flower Ga fantasy by the dan
GER, with music by Alexander Maloof).
Classic East Indian Nautch" (melcdv
from Indian songs by Rattan Dcvi). and
Harvest Dance" MIR. Kolar will CON
duct the orchestra in the scherzo and
finale from Kalnnikow's Symphony
No. ], Won Blon's "Whispering of the
Flowers; waltz, "Voiccs of Spring" }"
and polka, Thunder and Lightning.n
by Strauss, and the scherzo from
Raff's symphony, "In the Forest"
For the last Sunday afternoon con-
cert but one in Aeolian Hall on March
10, George Barrerc will be the soloist,
Mr.. Barrere will play with the Or
chestra Widor's romance and scherzo
Another feature of the programme
which contains Beethoven's Symphony
No. , and Wagner's "Proccssion of the
knights of the Holy Grail" Act |. "par-
sifal," Love Music" and "Branpane's
Warming Act II, "Tristan," Dance of
the Apprentices" Act III, "Meistersin-
ger," and "Brunnhildc's Awakening"
and Finale, Act III, "Siegfried," is a new
work, an overture, Comes Autumn
time by Leo Sowerby. Mr.. Sowerbv
IS twenty-threc and has lived in Chi.
cago since 1909. He is now a member
OF the 332d Field Artillery at Camp
Grant, Ill. He writes from camp: 81
am playing the clarinet in a band
that is, when they can't find sometime
else for the band to do, such as haul |
ing cndcrs. grooming horses, digging
bitches, etc" A violin concerto of Sow
efpy's was played Mt Il concert of Amer
'c"n compositions given by Glenn Dill |
lard Gum in Chicago in 1913. and ,