Connecticut western news., 1918-12-26

indeed fortunate in securing his musical guidance for another year In accepting the proposal, MT. Mees writes, ''1t vii lgive me great pleas ure to again place myself at your dis posal, not only because you have created conditions under which it is possible to work with the hope of ac- complaining something artistic, but also because I feel that I am helping in measure to fulfill the lofty mis- sion which you have so unselfishly undertaken"
 Mir. Kasschau will again be our assistant conductor and under his able direction the same fine results may be expected as in past years.
 New and Old Orchestral Works
 Of the works written for the fes- tival of 1918 the American Sym phony by David Stanley Smith has already had six performances; one in New York, one in Brooklyn, tive in Chicago and two in Minneapolis. "Verdun" by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford has also had six perform ances and on account of ;t5 patrio- tic character and the splendid or chestration of the National Hymn of France, has been received with great enthusiasm. "Land of Our Hearts" by Chadwick is literally going like a prairie fire, and is to be given twice this week in Texas and Mexico. Hen ri Rabaud, the composer of Ma rouf" and several symphonies, who swn ,@,-,y to become the permanent conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has chosen "Land of Our Hearts" as the choral composition to be pro- duced at the Peace Concert to be given by the Symphony Society at Boston in Symphony Hall on Decem- Der 27th and 18th. For this concert a specially selected chorus of the best singers of Boston has been re- hearsing for the choral portion of the work.
 "The Dream of Nary, by Horatio Parker, the exquisite rendition of which will not soon be forgotten by those who were so fortunate as to hear it last June, is work which re- quires such unusual forces both mus ical and dramatic that the composer is arranging it in a somewhat simpler form so that it may be given by smaller forces.
 Most of our older works have found permanent places in the reper- tory of the principal orchestras of the world. Hadley's American Sym phony, Edgar Stillman Kelley's New England Symphony, Chadwick's s "Aphrodite" and "Tam O'Shanter" have had numerous performances which are growing each year. Our honorary member, George w. Chad wick, has been chosen as the repre- sentative composer and conductor to conduct some of his own compost tions at concert to be given in Chi cago by the Chicago Symphony Or chestra, in honor of the late Theo- dore Thomas. The "Bamboula" by Coleridge Taylor has become so popular that it is no longer possible to keep a record of, the number of performances. The last one, how ever, was about two weeks ago when it was given by the orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House at an opera concert. @.c.-.E
 As to new works we can definitely state that two are ready by Ameri- can composers, two more partially completed and one foreign compo- ser has agreed to write for us. We may also consider the possibility of the visit of some foreign composer in case ocean travel will be safe by next June. ...t
 Festival of the Allies SEASON OF 1919.
 The blessed dove of Peace has again descended on the earth and we could not better celebrate it's ad- vent than by giving a festival made up of music composed by natives of the Allied countries :-Great Bri- tain, France, Belgium, Italy and America. Regarding the works for such festival the committee sug- gests the following:7-
 "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast"
 "The Death of Minnehaha"
 "A Tale of Old Japan"
 by Coleridge Taylor.
 1ne OWan ana the OkylarK
 by Goring Thomas.
 "The Dream of Gerontius',
 .Is by Edward Elgar.
 '"The Golden Legend",
 by Sullivan For France:
 'Faust", by Hector Berlioz.
 Samson and Dalila."
 "The Redemption, by Charles
 Gounod.
 "The Blessed Damozel", by De-
 pussy.
 For Belgium:
 "The Beatitudes", by Caesar
 Franck.
 For Italy:
 "Vita Nuova", by Ferrari.
 "The Te Deum", by Verdi.
 "Stabat Mater", by Rossini.