New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Music Notes

Sergei Rachmaninoff will be the
soloist at the third concert for young
people to be given by the New York
Symphony Orchestra in Carnegie Hall
Saturday afternoon, January |, when
Walter Damrosch will explain Schu-
bert's "Unhnishcd' symphony and the
symphonic interiude. "Tne Search for
Cod from D'lr"v's opera est Chris
tophe:" Mr.. RachmaninoT will play
the Tschaikowsky concerto for piano
with orchestra
David Bispham, Rachel Morton Har-
rls, soprano, Myrtle Leonard, contralto,
and small women's chorus from the
Oratorio Society will participate with
the New York Symphony Orchestra at
the concert in Ae olan Hall next Sun
day afternoon. IN which Walter Dam
rosch will conduct an entire program
devoted to the "Midsummcr Nights
Dream" music of Mendelssohn. Shake
spcare's text will be read by Mr.. Bis
spham.
The symphonic interlude from
D'Indy's opera LA Queste de Dieu,"
which was given for the first time in
Paris last June, will be played for the
first time in America at the concert
by the New York Symphony Society
this afternoon at Aeolian Hall The
interlude follows rectative passage
at the opening of the second act, dur
ing which the giant Auferus is seek
ing the King of Heaven.
Albert Coates, conductor Of the Lon
don Symphony and the royal opera at
ductor of the New York Symphony
hoe CT Go
strings by Purcell, which he will in
clude in his program for the pair of
historical cycle concerts in Carnegie
Hall, Tecember 30 and 81. The other
numbers on the program will be
Cigars Enigma" symph. mic varia-
tons, and the London" symphony Of
Vaughan Williams, for the first time
in America.
Artur Bodanzky will conduct only
four more concerts of the National
Symphony Orchestra before giving way
for three months to Willcm Mcngcl-
berg. These will be the concerts next
Saturday afternoon and Sunday eve
ming, and those on Tuesday afternoon.
December 2S, and Sunday evening,
January g. At the last pair Fritz
K, eislcr will again be the soloist, play
ing Mcndclssohn's concerto. The
chief orchestral work will be the first
performance in several years of Rich
ard Strauss's symphonic poem, "A
Hero's Life"
Mr.. Mengclbcrg will sail ,or America
next Tuesday. At his final concerts
with the Concertgc bouw Orchestra and
the Tonekunst Chorus last Thursday.
FRIDAY and Saturday, he gave
Beethoven's "Missa Solcmnis" and ninth
symphony.
The famous Dutch conductor will
lead the National Symphony Orchestra
Tor the first time at one of it's con-
certs in Carnegie Hall in the second
week Of January. Among the works
ne Will present at this opening concert
are Bcrlioz's Fantastic" symphony
and Richard Strauss's tone poem Don
Juan.' His second and third programs.
complete announcement Of which will
be made later, include the Mailer
hfth and Brahms first symphonies.
Hlr Mcngclbcrg will be accompanied
to America by Mrs. Mcngclbcrg and
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bottcnheim. Mr.,
bottenhcim Icing his personal rep
resentative.
At his second recital in Carnccie
Hall on December 26. Hipolito Lazaro
the Spanish tenor, will have the as
slstance Of Marcedes Padrosa, pianist
and Hector Cabral, violinist.
j. Piastro Borissoff, Russian violin
ist, has been engaged for concert
at Madison Square Garden early in
January.
Nine. Frances Aldn, soprano; Ben
1amino Gigli, tenor, and Gutia Cassin]
tenor, will appear at the Bagby musicale
tomorrow morning.
Joseph schwarz, Russian barytone,
VIII appear Mt Carnegie Hall Mondav
afternoon, January 3.
Arrangements have now been COM
plctcd for the publication by the
Beethoven Association Of II. f. Trch-
bieFs edition of Thaycr's Life of Bee
tnoven, M announced in the prospcctus
OF the present season
Advance subscriptions, accompanied
Dy check pHyahle In tho ordo, ~ II l.