The New York herald., 1922-04-30

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politan Opera House with repetition
Of Beethoven's first and ninth sym
phonies-given at tho society's first
anniversary concert in Carnegie Hall
last Wednesday highland willem
Mengelberg making his last appear
ance here this season. The assisting
forces in the ninth. as before. will be
the Oratorio Society. Inez Barbour.
Merle Alcock. Lambert Murphy and
Royal Dadmun. This concert will not
only close the society's eightieth sea-
son but it will serve to usher In New
York's music week Of 1922.
During its eightieth season the Phil
harmonic win. with this performance.
have given sixty-eight subscription con-
certs in Greater New York. Stransky
conducted thirty Of these. Hadley one.
Mengelberg thirty and Bodanziy FIVE,
and ono other concert was divided in
direction between Mengelberg and Bod
anzly. Hadley also conducted hr5 own
compositions at several Of tho Stransky
concerts. Stransky also cond icted Phil
| harmonic concerts at Princeton, Yale,
Smith College and In Worcester, Holy
oke. Springfield and New Londpn, while
Mengelberg directed performances In
Boston and at Yale. Four concerts were
given under Stransky and Harley In
| Brooklyn at the Commercial High
| School. under the auspices Of the
Peoples Institute. In addition to these
| Philharmonic concerts the orchestra
| played three times In New York under
Richard Strauss and twice under Van
| Hoogstraten. once for Mime. Du Carp
under Stransky. and forty men Of the
orchestra played at Father Finn'a con-
cert in Carnegie Hall.
Bruno Walter, conductor Of the
Munich Opera, has accepted an invita-
ton from, Walter Damrosch to conduct
| three concerts Of the New York Sym
phony Orchestra next season. Mr. WAL
| ter. who Is one Of the most distin-
| guished OF European conductors. was
born in Berlin In 1875. He was the
pupil Of Ehrlich, Bussler and Radecke
and served as conductor at Cologne.
| Hamburg. Breslau. Presburg. Riga and
| Berlin. In 1901 he became director Of
| the court opera in Vienna. at which
post he remaired for twelve years and in
l1s14 he succeeded the late Felix Mottl
| as conductor and general music director
In Munich. Mr.. Walter has gained spe-
| cial distinction by his conducting OF the
classics. The Mozart Cycle. hics. was
given under his direction in Munich
every year before <he war. always at
| tracted great crowds Of music lovers
| from France, England and America.
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| Tho Peoples Choral Union Of New
| York will give concert at Ellis Island
this afternoon. The chorus will be con-
| Quoted by Edward Shirpen Barnes, with
Frederick 9. Shattuck at the organ
The soloists viii be Miss Kathleen Law
Ter, William Fanner and Charles Sattis.
The Alexis Kudisch Ensemble will!
| give fits first concert tonight at the
| Town Hall. The members OF the new
Quartet are Alexis Kudisch. hrst violin !.
| Maurice Anik, second violin; r. Simono-
WITT. cello; p. Fl. Warner. piano. Mr
Kudisch, founder of the body, is q
graduate Of the Petrograd Conservatory
-Auer's class. He studied composition
with Rimsky-Korsokov and Liadov. He
has played under Mailer. Nikisch.
strauss, safonov ana Mengeiberg. The
program comprises Hadley's plano quin-
tet, opus SO; Carpenters sonata for
violin and piano and several works by
Kudisch.
The National Association OF Organists
has announced that the Wanamaker
Auditorium with its new concert organ
has been placed at its disposal by tho
concert direction OF John Wanamakcr
for the purpose Of presenting festival
of organ music during Music Week.
This festival viii be of unusual signih-
cance in the history of the king OF In
struments and Of tho organization. The
hearty cooperation OF the Catholic Guild
OF Organists and tho Society Of Theater
Organists has been secured. different
program win bo given every afternoon,
which will present the organ IN every
possible phase of its activity In associa-
ton with tho churchly atmosphere. with
the home as concert instrument, In
the theater and as an ensemble instru-
ment. A number OF prominent organlsts
will appear during the week, including
Charles S. Courboin. Richard Keys
Biggs and John Cushing. Well known
musical authorities are expected to fe-
liver brief addresses In tribute to the
organ. A number of prominent assist
ing singers. instrumentalists and chor-
uses are also to take part Admission
IA free and q general invitation Is ex-
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of organ concerts.
The Parnasyis Club chorus. Grace
chalmers Thomson director. viii give
its flrst concert tomorrow night In Car
nerie Chamber Music Hall. Tho choir
| assisted here recently In a concert OF the
oratorio Society. Tho program will In
cIude selections from tho Russian Li-
turrfcal music and works by tho Ameri-
can composers Clarence Dickinson, Eliz-
abeth Cook. Charles Haubiel. Walter
Kramer. Tertius Noble and Frederick
schIieder. Tho soloists: Florence
white, soprano; Katharine Metcalf,
mezzo-soprano Marion O'Neail, violin
list, and Callow. harpist
Miss Alice Nielsen, prima donna So
prano, who during tho past few seasons
has been devotirz her time to concert
| work. win give song recital to-mor-
row evening Mt Aeolian Hall. Hcr pro-
gram will comprise numbers from Ger
nan. italian, French. Scandinavian,
Russian and American composers.
Beniamino GfgIi, tenor OF the Metro
politan Grand Opera Company, will make
his frat public concert appearance In
New York at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday
| evening He viii be assisted by Miss
Bessyo Rosenthai. colorature soprano.
The program will consist OF operatic Sc
lections and groups OF English and
italian songs.
Leopold Godowslxy, now completing
hts coast to coast tour. will give his
farewell concert at Carnegie Hall on
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