The New York herald., 1921-04-24
Final Concerts of
National Symphony
Weeks Programme includes
Recitals by Several Singers
and ViOlinists.

The National symphony Orchestra.
Artur Bodanzky conductor. will give Its
last popular concert tonight in Carnegie
Hall with a Tschaikovsky-Wagn pro-
gramme. Max Rosen will be the soloist.
The list comprises. by the Russian
writer. the Romeo and Juliet" fantasy
and violin concerto. and, by the German,
the "Mastersingers' prelude, "Siegfried
in the Forest" and "Siegfried's Rhine
Journey from the Ring" and the
"Rienzi' overture. On Tuesday evening
the programme given yesterday after
noon will be repeated. Mr.. Dohnanyi will
again appear as conductor. piano soloist
and composer. the programme being
Haydn Mozart's piano concerto In G.
and .Dohnanyfs suite for orchestra.
opus 19.
The societys two final concerts will
be given next Friday afternoon and
Tuesday afternoon, May 3. The pro-
gramme for both concerts, with Mishei
Piastro as the sooist, will contain as a
novelty manuscript work by Fred
Jacoby of this city. namely. symphonic
prelude entitled ''The Eve of st. Agnes"
Mendelssohn violin concerto. the
"Iohengrin" prelude and the Tam
haeuser" overture.
At the Town Hall this evening a
benefit concert will be given under the
auspices of Tuskegee Institute, Hamp-
ton Institute and the campaign COM
mittee OF a national negro school OF
music. The programme comprises three
periods in negro music and drama.
namely, African, ante-bellum in Amer
| ica modern, with Charles Gilpen, Miss
Kathleen Easmon of Sierra Leone,
West Africa. and Kamba Simango
OF Portuguese East Africa, and the
Hampton Quartet.
Nine Luisa TetrazzinI and Titta
Ruffo. at their joint recital and last
appearance this season in the Hippo
drome tonight, will give this pro-
gramme: Aria from christopher Colum-
bus" Franchietti, Mr.. Ruffo: "Ah fors
lui" and ''Sempre libera," from Ira
viata," Verdi, Mime. Tetrazzini; duet
from Don Giovanni" Mozart. Nine.
Tetrazzini and Mr.. Ruffo; aria from
1.-The Demon" Rubinstein Mr.. Ruffo;
aria, BEL Raggio.' from "Semiramide. .
Rossini, Nine. Tetrazzini; Munasterio.
Costa Querida. Dado, Mr.. Ruffo duet
from Hamlet" Thomas. Nine. Tetraz-
Zfni and Mr.. Ruffo.
Mime. Vera Smirnova. singer Of Rus
sian and gypsy folksongs. and Miss
Galina Kopernak. musical comedy
singer OF Russia. assisted by d. Apolon.
a mandolin virtuoso: Nine. Orloff. So
prano: Mr.. Gelshtein. barytone Mr.
Bessarabof, tenor, and a group OF as
sisting artists from the Russian stage
and concert hall will introduce this
afternoon at the Belmont Theatre the
noted Theatre Bi Ba Bo Of Russia
which may best be described as a sort
OF glorif1ed ballad concert and vaude-
Vile. The programme includes musical
sketches, selections by strange and
unique musical instruments, operetta
selections and musical and comedy
novelties. The ultimate purpose OF Nine.
Smirnova and Miss Kopernak is to make
the Theatre Bi Ba Bo a distinctive
feature of New Yorks musical and dra-
matte season. The Theatre Ri Ba Bo,
besides being highly popular in Petro-
| grad and Moscow. has lately been in
troduced with equal success in Paris.
At to-nights opera concert, the last
Of the season, the following programme
will be given: Cielo Mar from La
| Gioconda." Rataelo Diaz: Depuis. lie
Jour. from Louise Miss Sue Harvard /:
Drinking Song from Hamlet" Pas
quale Amato o milo Babbino caro- from
"Gianni Schicchi." Miss Mary Ellis
| Amour viens alder" from Samson ct