The New York herald., 1922-10-22

business men. TO give concerts OF the
highest type at moderate prices. Mr..
Fischberg only arrived recently in this
country from Petrograd, where he has
been we'll known both as concert master
and soloist for more than ten years.
He vas selected by Dirk Foch, the City
Symptoms conductor. In competition
with many other violinsts OF this coun-
try and Europe. For its concerts in
Carnegie Hall and Town Hall. twelve
each. the City Symphony Orchestra has
engaged only soloists who will not ap-
pear with any other important SYM
phony society in New York this season.
No sololst has been engaged for the
opening concert in Carnegie Hall on No
vember Is. Elena Gerhardt will sing
at the second concert. which will be
given In Carnegie Hall November %.
and two days later at Town Hall.
Reinald Werrenrath, who on account
OF Illness was forced to cancel his spring
concert last season, will give his first
New York recital of the year In Car
negie Hall this afternoon. He will in
clude In his program the aria Vision
Fugitive" from Massenet's opera Her
odIade" Four new Danish songs will
be the novelty of the occasion. while a
group OF four Of his most popular num-
bers. such as "Tn the Foggy Dew" The
Wreck OF the Julia Plante." 'Duba" and
"On the Road to Mandalay." will also
have a place in his list.
John Powell. at his first piano recital
OF the season in Aeolian Hall this af-
ternoon will play program as follows:
Sonata opus 81, a. Beethoven sonata.
II sharp minor, Schumann: nocturne
20 4 ah mir mi
tn G flat. fantaisie. + minor. Chopin;
Don Giovanni Fantasia, Lizt.
At the Town Hall this afternoon, Mile.
Oda Slobodskaja, Russian operate sing
er, will give her first American recital.
Mile. Slobodskaja is appearing In this
country In conjunction with the Ukrai-
nlan National Chorus. She Will sing a
varied program of Russian music.
Ignace Paderewski will give his first
New York recital in Carnegie Hall. No
vember o. He treasures among his pos
sessions n piano pedal. now plated with
gold and inscribed with the names of
Captain Patton and the officers OF H.
y. :. Concord, the cruiser on which
Paderewski went from England 70 Dam
zig in December, l9ls oil his way to
Warsaw. The cruiser was fog-bound in
Copenhagen for two or three days and
one evening the wardroom officers
asked the future Prime Minister of Po-
land to play for them.
In the wardrooIn was little up
right piano. cottage" piano as Il II
called In England. One pedal was miss
ing. and several keys did not speak
while the plano. generally. was chiefly
notable for the manner in which II was
out Of tune. That made no difference.
In the little wardroom. thick with to-
bacco smoke and crowded with young
officers. Paderewski played for over an
hour. The last piece he played was
tho familiar "Polanaise Militaire' OF
Chopin. Forgetting for the moment
that he was not before a concert grand.
he brought his foot down with such
force on the loud" pedal that II
concert. The officers, however. kept the
pedal. had II plated with gold and suit
ably engraved and sent Il to Paderew-
ski as a souvenir of the evening, and
now II rests with the scores OF other
Riond Bossen, his home in Switzerland.
Nine. Gall-Curci. who will make her
first New York appearance OF the sea-
son In concert Mt the Hlppodrome to-
night. will give only two New York con-
certs during the present season. an ex-
tensive tour through the middle West
ern and Southern sections OF this coun-
meager portlon Of her time for appear
enth consecutive season IN this country