The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-02

message that was hers to repeat When the last note sounded, and she saw aeain-a great orchestra was applauding. The great BodanzIey stepped down from his stand took her by the hand and faced the Cr-
 chestra. "entlemen,' he sald, there are those among the greatest III tne land who could take lessons rom this child'
 Ignaz Friedman, pianist. has met with such tremendous success aDroSu the Music Study club had Attle nope of ever being able to present hlm Tn their regular course
 Tn selecting the artist for the sea son 1923-24. the Music Study clup has kept in mind their high standard of the past Ito give the music low ing public opportunity tC hear the best artist available, and at moa- crate prices. The confidence or the public in the Music Study cluo IS evl- denced by the many requests TOT membership long before the artists were decided upon.
 Local musicians comment on 1925 24 artist courses.
 It was almost impossible to get a word with Mrs. Gussen, s she IS so busy getting ready for her master classes. but as she is chairman Of the artist course, l felt l must get some expression from her, so after many. many visits to her studio, l managed to get a few minutes or her time Of the course she spoke as follows:
 talked with a number of local man aEers about the concert courses or fered in such cities as Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburg and Baltimore.
 They were all amazed when they heard about the wonderful privileges l nfF
 loving public of Birmingham ana
 it may be a matter of surprise to some of our own people when they 1 hear that the concert course offered 1 by the Music Study club of Birmlng- ham is considered by all of them to be the most remarkable one for the
 price that any town in the country has ever put on.
 Most cities charge quite bit more 1 for fewer concerts. Our concerts thls winter are of such splendid variety
 First of all we have Salvi, who is known as the worlds greatest harp l ist He would be by himself a won derful treat in the way of musical evening but when one considers that the Duncan Dancers appear with nm, it seems too good to be true. Tn De- cember we have the St. Louis sym phonY orchestra. No better orcnes- tra travels in the south than this one and every one knows and ad- mires Rudolph Gang, the conductor Of course, we all know MT. Gang as a pianist even better than we do as doubly interesting to hear nm Tn A conductor, therefore it will be a concerto for piano this season. The reports that we are hearing on all sides of Onegin, the new contralto, have stirred us up to the point
 of curiosity. Not many singers in the last 20 years have made such a sen tFty critics as this singer has done. Fran ces MacMillen, who pleased his aud-
 fence so very much here last season had only the highest praise for
 Erika Morini, the young woman
 violinist who will appear on the series this year. and that is going some, you know, when one violinist has such a high opinion of another one. Our fifth and last concert wilt be given by Ignaz Friedman. He is internationally known as a wonder ful interpreter of Chopin. It will be interesting to compare his work with that of de Pachman, who has held the title of being the greatest in- terpreter of Chopin's music for many years and who played Chopin pro- grams all over the country about 20 years ago. And to think that we are to hear all of these wonderful con l certs for only $7.50, while many will
 be enabled 10 hear them for only so. | There are no bad seats in the Phil l lips High school auditorium, sb even
 those whose pocletbooks will per | init only of the $5 seats will be able
 to see, hear and be comfortable. | Many a time we have had to pay that
 much for one single seat at one
 single concert, so I might be per
 mitted to say that we are getting five
 times as much for our money this season as we ever have before. Mrs. Laurens Block, who has served several times as artist chairman,
 when asked what she thought of the
 course for this season, replied: Stun ming, Stunning! Friedman is one of the leading musical figures in the
 world today. Born in Poland. the
 birthplace of so many distinguished pianists. Friedman Is recognized by music critics of this country and Eu-
 rope as belonging to that noble cycle of Polish pianists now living-Pade-
 rewski, de Pachmap and Hofmann. He is a great virtuoso in every sense
 of the word, and ranks. with the worlds chosen in the realm of key
 board artists. Morini the phenomenal young violinist, has been called the
 female" Kriesler She plays with a maturity and finish that many older
 violinists might envy. Her technique
 Is so nearly perfect. she gives her self freely to interpretations and
 
 abandon and dash-great breadth and power of tone. She has an abundance
 of temperament well under control, and plays with the freshness and joy ful enthusiasm of youth. Onegfn, the
 Swedish contralto, who captured New
 York last winter, has superb voice, rich and warm, filled with tumultu- ous, exultant, dramatic feeling. It is
 a contralto of exquisite quality and tremendous power. completely under
 the control of the singer, whose in tuitions and training are equally good. and whose emotional warmth
 gives her tones the colors of gor- geous sunset"
 Mrs. Oliver Chalifoux, in speaking
 of Salvi. said: "Oh, I'm so glad the
 club is bringing him again. He met
 the greatest of all tests last winter;
 he completely won over the doubting ones who came to scoff and remained
 to pray; who came to be bored and
 remained to beg (for another and an other encore) Oh, yes, l remember how many of them sat in the rear so they could slip out quietly, but when
 the concert was over I found them