New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
NJ usic Notes
Russell Hammill. Southern soprano,
Will make her debut on Monday, eve
ming, April 26, in Aeolian Hall.

Russell Hammill, a Southern soprano,
ming, April 26, in Aeolian Hall.
John Mccormack will give his, fare
we'll recital at the Newark Armory next
Tuesday evening. This will be the last
concert Of the World Famous Artists
series. -i-
Lavish preparations in the way Of
soloists have been made for next sea-
son by the National Symphony Or
chestra, as the New Symphony Or
ira Society will be known. after its
final pair of concerts for 1919-1920, CIV
en- this week. Among the soloists will
be Fritz Kreisler, Serge Rachmaninof
and Pablo Casals, who will appear dur
ing the season. The great novelty of
the season, of course, Will be the ap-
pearance of Willem Mengelberg, the
Dutch conductor, who is coming from
Amsterdam, Holland, to act as guest
conductor with Artur Bodanzky. Among
other soloists who have been engaged
brilowitsch and Mischa Levitzki.
Plans are rapidly taking form for the
ten weeks of summer concerts, which
the National Symphony will play at
the Lewisohn Stadium of the College
of the City of New York under the
auspices of the Music League of the
Peoples institute land an associate
committee of public spirited men and
women. Walter Henry Rothwell,
conductor of the Los Angeles (Calif.)
Philharmonic Orchestra, who will di-
York May Is and Immediately begin
rehearsals of the programs which he
is now preparing. The season will open
about June Is.
Sasha Votichenko, exponent Of the
tympanon, will give programl iof
French and Russian music on Tuesday
evening, May q, at Aeolian Hall, as
sisted by Maria Winetzkaya, Baroness
Alexandra de Markof and the Rus
sian Cathedral Quartet The quartet.
the Russian church, will sing ortho-
dox chants and repeat Votichenko's
Song of the Chain" accompanied by
Baroness de Markoff, who will also
contribute piano solos. Nine.
Winetzkaya will sing group of Rus
sian songs. Mr.. Votichenko's program
will contain selections of old and
modern music and some of his COM
positions recently, featured by the
Russian Symphony Orchestra.
The st. Olaf Lutheran choir from St.
Olaf College, Northfield, Mimi, will
give a concert at Carnegie Hall ON
Tuesday evening, April 27.
Dirk Foch, son of the President of
the Dutch Second Chamber of Parlia-
ment, was born in Java in 1886. After
studying at the Polytechnic School in
Rotterdam he went, at the age of eigh-
teen, to Berlin to study the violin
under Joachim, although his family
opposed his musical ambitions.
He studied there under the director
of the Philharmonic Orche estra, playing
in the orchestra for three years under
the great conductors Mottl, Mailer
and Niklsch. Under the guidance of
the latter and Of Busoni he finished
his musical studies and became a con-
ductor.
The opportunity to conduct presented
itself In 1907, when he directed the
Bldthner Orchestra in Berlin. This
appearance led to engagements as con-
ductor Of choral societies and of the
private opera of Countess Hoyos (irst
performance in Germany Of Puccini's
"Willis"). and in 1911 was en-
gagged as first conductor Of the Kurftr-
stem Opera in Berlin, where he had
series Of gratifying triumphs.
After year at the Kurftirsten Opera
he went to M0hlhausen, Alsace, as flrst
conductor OF the opera there and the
following year he was called to Sweden
to conduct the great musical festival
in Gothenburg. After his success there
he was engaged as conductor for the
Symphony Orchestra and Choral So
ciety Of Gothenburx, post which he
held for three years.
In 1915 Mengelberg asked him to
come to Amsterdam to conduct the
Konzertgebouw Symphony Orchestra,
which was a particularly great honor
to be bestowed on any artist.
During the war Dirk Foch remained
in Holland as a guest conductor and
working as a composer.
In 1919 he came to America and last
summer conducted for the. first. time in
New York at one Of the Lewisohn
Stadium concerts. His former engage
ments include:
1907-Guest conductor Of the Bl1th-
ner Orchestra, Berlin.
1908 10-Leader of two choral soci-
cites, Berlin. Conductor of private