New Britain herald., 1926-10-29
FOREIGN NOVELTY
 IS BROUGHT HERE
New Opera and Orchestra Works
 Scheduled

New York, Oct. 29 -Colorful in- terpretations will flash through the programs, both operatic and orches- tral, which await music lovers this season. Novelties have been garner ed at home and abroad by New York masters, who have arranged an elaborate list Of premieres.
 American, as well as French, German and Italian composers, have contributed to the array. with many Of the compositions coming from the younger talent of this and oth- CT countries.
 A notable program will be that of the New York symphony orchestra on Modern Music. Pleasant and Unpleasant" in which Walter Dam rosch will air his views on the works of the new school.
 Two New Operas
 The American opera, The Kings Henchman," by Deems Taylor, and Giacomo Puccinl's posthumous op- era, 'Turandot," are the new works to be presented by the Metropoli- tan Opera company. "Turandot' will have its premiere November Is and the American opera in Febru- nry.
 Rev!vals on the Metropolitan pro- xram inclued Mozart's The Magic Flute;" Beethoven's "Ffdelio;" Am broise Thomas "Nignon;" Verdi's 'La Forza del Destino," and Mon- temezzi's 'I'Amore Dei Ire Re"
 Orchestras Import New Works
 Pan and the Priest" by Howard Hanson, is the foremost new work to be presented by the Philharmon- ic orchestra, under the direction of William Mengelberg. Another new offering is "A Poem for Violin and Orchestra" by Templeton Strong. Both composers are Americans, al though Strong lives in Geneva.
 Arturo Toscanini will open his oonduction of the Philharmonic or chestra in January with Beethoven's ninth symphony, and will introduce some of the newer works of young Italy. BraunfeTs romantic contem- porary German music also will be tried out
 The novelties of the Philharmonic tnclued an unfamiliar Stravlnsky work, the Scriabin piano concert; a Fantasy for piano and orchestra by Darius Milhaud; the third sym phony by Szymanowski, Blacks 'Israel." Pfitzner's three preludes from his opera "Palestrina," :" Arthur Honegger's Tempest" overture and , de Falla work for piano and or chestra.
 Symphony Offers Variety
 From the New York Symphony comes a similar list of innovations. Heading it is a symphonic poem' "Tapiola," by Jean Sibelius, the I'm nish composer.
 "scarlatiana," the second major novelty, is by Alfred Casella' the Italian pianist, who him. self will play the piano part at the premiere performance.
 The early part Of the season. which will be presided over by Dan- rosch, dean of American conductors promises to be punctuated with nu- merous other new works. There will be a performance of Honeggers "Phaedre," based on D'Annunzlos work of the same name.
 New Talent Found Abroad
 While abroad this summer Dam rosch picked up a new Spanlsh work "Deux Esquisses Symphonl- ques" by Ernst Hallfter, whom ne considers the most talented of the younger Spanish composers. lie also will present a number of new works by the younger French com posers. Among these will be La Mutt Ensorcele" by Louis Aunert' .I,es Rencontres" by Jacques lhert and a ballet for piano with or chestra by Milhaud. Mllhaud hlm- self will come to this country to perform the piano part of his work.
 A complete Wagner program ln- cluding the first act of Walkeure' with eminent soloists, also IS planned.