The New York herald., 1922-11-12
THE City Symphony Orchestra,
New York's newest major SYM


New York's newest major SYM
phonic organization, will give
the first subscription concert of it's
first season on Saturday evening in
Carnegie Hall. Founded by Senator
Coleman du Pont. Bartlett Arkell, Man
ton b. Metcalf. Herbert l.. Satteree,
Lewis l.. Clarke and a group of other
prominent New York business men for
the purpose Of giving orchestral con-
certs of the highest standard at prices
lower than those of other similar or
chestras, the City Symphony will give
forty-two concerts in this city during
It's first season-twelve In Carnegie
Hall, twelve in Town Hall, thirteen at
the Manhattan Opera House and five
at Cooper Union.
For tho opening program Dirk Foch,
conductor, has selected Cesar Francks
symphony in d minor, Scriabin's lie
Poem de pExtaso" and Wagner's Tam
haeuser" overture. The personnel of the
orchestra consists OF eighty-three men,
with few from the great orchestras of
Europe, but most OF them former MEM
bers OF leading American symphonic and
operatic orchestras. The concert mas
ter is Jascha Fishberg. who served In a
similar capacity under William Mengel-
berg. Safanov Glazounov and other ia
nous conductors abroad.
One of the features of the City SYM
phony season will be a series Of pop"
concerts at the Manhattan Opera House.
These will be held on Sunday after
moons, November 26, December 3. 10, II
and 81. January IA, 81 and 2S February
and 25 and March and IL.
The New York Symphony Orchestra,
with Alfred Cortot. soloist. will give a
program at Aeolian Hall this afternoon
as follows: Suite for string quartet and
string orchestra, Scalero symphony No.
3, Glazounov; concerto In g minor, for
plano, Saint-Saens. In memoriam, Oc-
tober 8, 1896: December 16. 1921. Ia
Ealse" Ravel.
The society's symphony concerts for
children will begin their sixth season In
Aeolian Hall on Saturday morning. Mr..
Damrosch will demonstrate and explain
to the children a program consisting OF
Rosslni's William Tell overture the
"Pizzlcati," from Sylvia" by Delibes
Bach's suite. Il minor. for flute and or
chestra, George Barrere. soloist, and
The Carnival OF the Animals" by
Saint-Saens. In THE Carnival Mr.
Damrosch will play the first plano part,
turning the baton over TO Rene Pollain.
The second plano part will be played by
Mr.. Damrosch's nephew, Leopold Dam
rosch Names
Mr.. Damrosch has arranged to give in
Montclair three symphony concerts for
young people. on December 10, February
81 and March 20. with the New York
Arxsrr r4rt.s
Albert Coates. guest conductor OF the
New York Symphony Orchestra. who
Will direct concerts in New York during
January and February, opened the sea-
son Of the London symphony Orchestra
Monday evening series in Queens Hall.
London, on October 23. Mr.. Coates in
oluded in tho program Brahms varia-
tions on theme by Haydn, Beethoven's
"Eroica" symphony and Tschalkowsky' 8
overture, "Romeo and Juliet
Josef Holman will give his frst New
York recital of the season in Carnegie
Hall on Saturday afternoon. lie Will
play the following program Prelude and
Fugue. Il minor; Three Songs Without
Words Variation Seriousos. Mendels-
sohn Eight lctudes. Chopin; Consola-
tion. Spanish Rhapsody. Liszt. Mr.. Hof-
grams for his four New York recitals.
A copy may be had on application 10
his managers. the Wolfsohn Musical
Bureau. East Thirty fourth street.
The program for the first OF the
Metropolitan Opera House series OF con-
certs by the Philharmonic Orchestra on
Tuesday evening. Josef Stransky leader,
will comprise Aberts arrangement OF
Bach's Prelude, Choral and Fugue.
DvoraI's New World" Symphony,
Tschaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini.'
Debussy's Afternoon OF a Faun' and
Salomes dance from Strauss "Sa-
lone" Alexander Savlne's symphonic
poem. "Golgotha." will have its first
American performances at the Phil
harmonic concerts In Carnegie Hall on
Thursday evening and Friday after
noon. The program further contains
Brahms's Tragic" overture. Reger's
\ arlations and Tugue on a theme By
Mozart and TschalkovslSy's symphony
No 3.
With Mr.. Stransky leader the orches-
ira will give the first of its Brooklyn
concerts this afternoon, when Arthur