New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Happenings of Interest
In the Concert World

The first appearance Of the American
vlolinist, Eddy Brown, with the Phil
harmonic Orchestra and Schubert's
"Untinished' Symphony will be the
features Of the society's concert this
afternoon in Carnegie Hail. The vio-
llnist will play Mendelssohns violin
concerto in E minor, Op. 64. A manu-
script performance of Albert Chiaf-
tarelli's prelude and fugue will also be
given at this performance. Mr.. Chat
fareli is the solo clarinctist Of the
Philharmonic Orchestra. For the re-
naming orchestral numbers Conductor
Stransky has selected Gretry's ballet
music from "Cephale ct Procrs," De-
bussy's afternoon of Faun" and the
RimskyKorsakoff overture, Russian
Easter"
Josef Hofmann will play the Schu-
mann piano concerto in A minor, Or. 54.
at the Philharmonic concerts on TiMrs-
day evening, February 81, and Friday
afternoon, February %. The symphony
at these concerts will be Brahms's
Fourth in L minor. The purely or
chestral numbers selected by Conductor
Stransky include Beethoven's overture
"Coriolan" and Dvoraks overture Gear
neval," as we'll as first performance
at the Philharmonic's Thursday Friday
series of Cesar Franck's Les Eolides."
On Sunday, February "a, the Ameri-
can soprano Anna Case will be the So
loist at the society's concert in Car
negie Hall.
The soloist for the fifth concert in
the series of symphony concerts for
young people given by the orchestra of
the Symphony Society of New York,
Walter Damrosch, conductor, on Sat
urday afternoon is Guiomar Novaes
Miss Novaes will play Chopn's con-
certo for piano with orchestra in F
minor. For the other numbers on the
programme Mr.. Damrosch has selected
Haydn's symphony in D minor ("The
Clock'D and two movements from the
Sylvia" suite by Delbes, "Valse Lente"
and "Pizzicati."
The Musical Art Society's programme
for the second concert of it's twenty
fifth anniversary season, on March 10
next, now in rehearsal, has been
planned with the view Of giving timely
interest and variety to three main d~
visions. beginning and ending with
choral songs ancient and modern, re-
ligious and secular, while for the first
time the society will introduce between
these two groups some novelties in
spired by the present war
Palcstrina's name leads all the rest,
with his "Stabat Mater" given at the
first concert Of the Musical Art So
ciety in 1894, written for double chorus
of eight voices" which has long been
annually sung in the Sistine Chapel, at
Rome, on Thursday in Holy Week.
Lotti's "Crucifxus," for ten-part cho-
rus, is an expression of poignant grief
by means Of sharp dissonances and
stirring climax, strikingly novel even
to modern hearers. Bruckner's "Avc
Maria,' for seven voice parts, is one
of the society's more recent produc-
tons, first sung here in December.
1913. Bach's motet, "Sing Yc," an ex-
ample Of contrapuntal writing with
which Part ] closes, was the first piece
sung by the Musical Art Society twen-
ty-hve years ago.
Part II is to contain three novelties
in the shape of choruses written bv
modern French composers while serv-
ing in the ranks of their tountry's de
tenders i'll the year 1915. Only one of
these treats Of war. the others being
set TO poems OF love and bits of folk
lore, as if the composers had souch.
solacc from the horrors of war bv
turning their minds in a far different
direction. Carlo Salzedo's four songs
IN the form of sonata, based on
poems by Duke Charles of Orleans
1891 -ld65l. and Florent Schmitt's
"Chant de Guerre" were performed by
a chorus Of French soldiers at the
front, Charles Dalmores singing the
tenor solo in the war song. The "Trois
Chansons," by Maurice Ravcl, has
been heard in New York in an arrange
mcnt for solo soprano with piano ac-
compartment, but has not hitherto
been performed in the original choral
setting.
concluding the concert are old ia
vorites by composers of recent times.
such as Bharm's part-song. "Where'cr
TO- Elear's "The Shower" and "Sere-
made, and old Netherland "Hymn of
lhanks, and a brilliant chorus Fare
we'll Carnival from Rimsky- korsa-
kott's opera "Snyegourotch."