The New York herald., 1921-04-03
Socey Festival the Present State of Musical Taste


ine the dates of the concerts in the
various series and a list Of soloists who
will appear with the orchestra during
the season. Copies OF this pamphlet
may be obtained upon application 70 the
philharmonic Offices AZ Carnegie Hall
To-day marks the end o. The first
week in the coast to coast tour or the
Philharmonic Orchestra. The Saturday
evening concert at Louisville, KY, was
a Philharmonic birthday performance,
the society having been born on Anrll
o 1892 Mr.. Stransky chose the Fifth
Symphony of Beethoven as appropriate
for the occasion. owing TO the fact that
it was the symphony given at the first
| Philharmonic concert in December, ls42.
The management OF the Symphony So
ciety of New York announces that there
will be no increase in the number of
concerts to be given in New York by the
New York symphony Orchestra during
the coming season. This is in line with
the judgment of the conductor and the
directors that the socety's chief aim
should continue to be the giving of the
most finished performances Of symphonic
music and that this end may best be
attained by ample rehearsals and linn
tied number Of public performances. As
heretofore, its concerts will be given in
Carnegie Hall and Aeolian Hall and will
consist OF twelve Thursday afternoons.
twelve Friday evenings ut Carnegie Hall
! and sixteen Sunday afternoons at AGO.
ian Hall. There will also be the usual
six Saturday afternoon young peoples
concerts at Carnegie Hall and four Sat
urday mornings for children at Aeolian
Hall.
Tho orchestra vii be under the direc-
tion OF Walter Damroscll. who will enter
upon his thirty -sel cath season as con-
d,'ctor OF the Symphony Society Mr..
Damrosch will direct all the concerts
from October 20 to December Is, inclu-
sive. and from March to March 26, in
elusive. Albert Coates. conductor of the
London Symphony Orchestra. who dur
ing his short stay as guest conductor of
the Symphony Society made so pro-
nounced a success with the New York
public. will return In December. 1921, as
guest conductor and will direct all the
concerts from December 20 to February
26 inclusive.
Among the sooists engaged for next
season are Josef Hofmann. who will
make his first appearances New York
with orchestra in three years: Fritz
Kreisler. Paul Kochanski. Serge Rach-
maninov. Jascha Heifetz, Nine. Florence
Easton. Harold Bauer Nine. uulda
Iashansha and Miss Lucrezia Bori. All
present symphony subscribers who have
not already sent in their renewals have
this privilege until MAY a. After that
GATE all seats for which application for
renewal has not been received will be
considered available for allotment to
new subscribers
Artur Bodanzl>y will give his first
Z t,a
phony Orchestra tonight in Carnegie
Hall The programme will comprise
Wagner's prelude to "Lohengrin." the
siegfried Idyll and the funeral music
from Dusk OF the Gods The SYM
phony will be Tschaikovsky's PA
thetique." Next Wednesday evening,
with Rudolph CAM again as soloist the
orchestra viii repeat the programme
played last Friday afternoon. namely,
Alozarts THE Marriage OF Figaro" the
Eighth Symphony Of Beethoven. Tschai-
kovsky's piano concert in y fiat minor
and the overture to Smetana's .'The Bar
tered Bride"
The Philadelphia Orchestra will give
the last concert OF its series at Carnegie
Hall on Tuesday evening The pro-
gramme. made up exclusively OF works
py Ischaikovsky, comprises the SYM
phony "Pathetique," the suite from the
ballet "Casse-Noisette" and the 1872"
overture. The association announces a
series of ten concerts for the season
lS2l-22, on Tuesday evenings October
IL. November !. November 20, Decem-
Der 20. January 3. February 7. Febru-
airy 2S. March II. March 2s. April Is,
at Carnegie Hall.
Albert Spaldng at his second and last
violin recital in Carnegie Hall to-day
viii play this programme: La Folia.
Spalding edition, Corelli; adagio from
sonata in minor. Bach variations
Tartini: Kreutzer sonata, Beethoven,
for piano and violin: Slavonic dance.
Dvorak-Kreisler Evening Song" Schu-
mann; Hungarian dance. No. Z. Brahms
Joachim; Romance Andaluza." "Zapa-
teado, Sarasate, Andre Benoist will be
at the piano Next season Mr.. Spalding
: will concertize in Europe.
, The Friends Of Music will give their
fnal concert this afternoon in Aeolian
Hall with Bach programme for or
chestra, soloists and chorus under the
direction Of Artur Bodansky. The list
In full IS: Brandenburg concerto, No. S,
IN +, for orchestra: cantata, No. 55
"Ah, Hapless Man" ('Tch armer
Mensch'), with tenor solo sung by
George Meader. and chorus. Church
cantata, No. 106, the Actus Tragicus.
Gods Time Is the Best" to be sung by
Miss Marion Telva, alto: George
Meader. tenor: William Gustafson. bass.
and chorus. with orchestra. harpschord
and organ. The chorus of the society
Will take part in the two cantatas.
At to-night's opera concert at the
Metropolitan Fritz Kreisler. violinist
viii play Viotti's concerto In A minor
and several solo selections by Debussy.
Brahms. Rimsky- -Korsakov and himself
Nine. Kathleen Howard will sing the
card song from Carmen" and songs oy
Del Riego. Tschailxovsky and Homer.
Orville Harold win sing the Rdcconto
from La Boheme' and songs by
Polack, Critics and Hageman Pas
quale Amato will sing Zdsd. piccola
zingara. from "zaza." and Rossinfs
"Danza." The orchestra under the d.
rection of Richard Hageman. will PLAY
Hadley's "Othello" overture, the Kreis-
ler-Stock 'Liebesfreud." the Schubert
Stock Moment Musical and 1.-THE Bee"
and the bacchanal from Samson ct
Dalila'
Joseph liislop, a Scottish tenor Of the
Chicago Opera Company, will give a
song recital in the Hippodrome this eve
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