February 23, 1922
MUSICAL COURIER
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NEW YORK CONCERTS
Thursday, February 23
Philharmonic Orchestra, evening.............Carnegie Hall
Amy Grant, opera recital, morning...........Aeolian Hall
Ethel Leginska and Hans Kindler, evening... .Aeolian Hall
Marie Novello, piano recital, evening..........Town Hall
Friday, February 24
Philharmonic Orchestra, afternoon...........Carnegie Hall
Marguerite White, song recital, evening.....Carnegie Hall
Symphonic Ensemble of New York, afternoon. .Aeolian Hall Saturday, February 25
Henri Duval, violin recital, evening........Carnegie Hall
Students of the Institute of Musical Art, eve..Aeolian Hall
Guy Maier and Lee Pattison, afternoon..........Town Hall
Gregory Matusewitz, concertina recital, evening. .Town Hall Sunday, February 26
Philharmonic Orchestra, afternoon...........Carnegie Hall
Symphony Society of New York, afternoon. .Aeolian Hall Society of the Friends of Music, afternoon... .Town Hall
Elena Gerhardt, song recital, evening..........Town Hall
Monday, February 27
Miron Poliakin, violin recital, afternoon......Town Hall
Tuesday, February 28
Philadelphia Orchestra, evening.............Carnegie Hall
Lucy Gates, song recital, afternoon.........Aeolian Hall
Mercedes Farry, song recital, evening.......Aeolian Hall
Philharmonic Orchestra, evening. Metropolitan Opera House
Chorus and Orchestra Remember Muratore
Among the many floral tributes which were sent Lucien Muratoie during his recent illness none pleased him more than those received from the chorus and orchestra of the Chicago Opera Association. The chorus sent him with the flowers a card on which was written, “Dearest Friend: The chorus of the Chicago Opera Association sends you its love and its most sincere wishes for a speedy recovery. Get well soon and come back to us!” The orchestra, under the name of his manager, T. I. Raffaelli, sent him some beautiful flowers, with a card on which was written, “With the best wishes for a speedy recovery and the pleasure to see you back again with us. (Signed), The Chicago Opera Orchestra.”
Mr. Muratore, according to the latest report, is doing so well that it will not be surprising at all if he would be heard at the Manhattan before the close of the Chicago Opera Association season at that house on Saturday, February 25.
Crosby Recital Postponed
Owing to concert engagements, Phoebe Crosby’s recital booked for March 7 at Aeolian Hall has been changed to Wednesday afternoon, April 5.
Obituary
Dr. Owen Hugh Evans
Dr. Owen Hugh Evans, of Marysville, Ohio, passed away there quietly on February 15, after a lingering illness succeeding stroke of apoplexy which overcame him last October. Had he lived until February 20, he would have reached his seventy-fourth birthday. Born in Anglesley, North Wales, in 1848, he came to this country when twenty-one years of age and remained here ever since. He was one of the large colonv of Welshmen who have become prominent in music in America. He studied at Radnor and Warren, Ohio, and later in London and in Leipsic; was a fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, London, and also had doctor’s degrees from American institutions. He was widely known as a teacher and still more widely as a choral conductor. Living in Marysville for nearly forty years past, he founded and conducted the Marysville Choral Union and also directed choruses in Akron, Chilli-cothe, Bellefontaine and several other cities. Dr. Evans is survived by his wife and two children, a son and a daughter.
Ada Hughes Kennedy Foster
Mrs. Kingsbury Foster (Ada Hughes Kennedy Foster) passed away last Friday at her home, 66 West Thirty-eighth street, after a long illness which she endured to the last with the utmost fortitude and cheerfulness. Mrs. Foster, a woman of unusual qualities, was popular to the highest degree among a very large circle of friends and club associates, among whom her delightful social graces and her vivacious spirits made her an outstanding figure. Her home always was the gathering place for persons prominent in society and in artistic fields and her receptions had an interest and individuality all their own. She will be missed sorely by her friends and acquaintances and they join sincerely in deep mourning with Kingsbury Foster, the well known manager, and with their daughter.
this, Mme. Georghette Le Blanc Maeterlinck had the floor during the rest of the afternoon, devoting the first part of her program to the reading of poems, and closing with a group of vocal number. Mme. Maeterlinck possesses unusual charm and personality. Her readings and vocal work revealed her as a sincere artist and one whose aesthetic and finished work is of an appealing nature, materially enhanced in the intimate and refined surroundings of Mrs. Hirst’s home.
An elaborate luncheon was served after the musicale. The afternoon was made so unusually pleasant by the charming hostess that the guests showed reluctance to depart.
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GIVES BRILLIANT CONCERT
Bruce Simonds, Pianist, the Soloist—Heifetz Plays to Capacity I louse—Garrison and Werrenrath in Joint Concert—Grace Walker Nichols and Arthur Whiting Delight
New Haven, Conn., January 29, 1922.—The choicest event in musical circles occurred at Woolsey Hall on January 24, when the New Haven Symphony Orchestra gave the second concert of its twenty-eighth season. This body of seventy-two skilled musicians has the distinction of being the only professional orchestra in this country that is supported by a university, Yale paying all the deficit at the end of each year. David Stanley Smith, conductor, gave a brilliant reading of the various selections. The Saint-Saëns symphony in C minor was superbly read, its beauty being enhanced by the Newberry organ, with Harry B. Jepson at the console and Hope L. )Baumgartner and H. Frank Boy-zan at the piano.
Bruce Simonds played the Beethoven G major concerto. His technic is brilliant, clear and delicate. The accompaniment given by the orchestra was splendid.
Heifetz Plays to a Capacity House.
The second concert of the Woolsey Hall series, under the auspices of the Yale School of Music, was given by Jascha Heifetz, on January 3, in Woolsey Hall. It was his second appearance in New Haven and his wonderfully artistic playing held the large audience spell-bound, obliging him to respond to many recalls. He was ably supported at the piano by Samuel Chotzinoff, who played without manuscript, thus adding a certain freedom to the finished performance.
Garrison and Werrenrath in Joint Concert.
Mabel Garrison and Reinald Werrenrath offered the third concert of the Woolsey Hall series on January 13, when they were greeted by a large and representative audience. The coloratura singing of Mabel Garrison was exceptionally fine, all her songs being imbued with delicacy and purity of tone. Mr. Werrenrath showed excellent command of his remarkable voice by singing above the cold with which he was afflicted. Few vocalists could have accomplished the finished results under similar conditions. He was encored frequently and responded several times despite his handicap. New Haveners were proud to greet him for the fact that his maternal forbears were the founders and residents of Milford, Conn.
Arthur Whiting’s Concert.
Arthur Whiting give a program of piano music at Sprague Hall on January 16. His playing was finished and artistic and he particularly excelled in the Debussy numbers.
St. Ambrose Music Club Offers Fine “Reciprocity Day” Program.
On January 11, at Hotel Taft, the St. Ambrose Music Club gave a “Reciprocity Day” program, presented by Emily Rosevelt Chadderton, soprano; Minnie Castle Scofield, contralto: Edith Barton Atkin, at the piano—all from the Schubert Study Club of Stamford, Conn. The artists rendered their varied numbers in a finished and artistic manner and were accorded frequent and hearty applause. They were very gracious in giving encores. Miss Atkin gave fine support with her accompaniments.
Harry B. Jepson Begins Free Organ Recitals.
On Sunday, January 22, Prof. Harry B. Jepson gave his first free recital on the Newberry organ in Woolsey Hall before an interested audience. These will continue on successive Sunday afternoons, and they bid fair to be the musical attraction for the day.
Recitals Given by Grace Walker Nichols.
New Haven’s well known contralto, Grace Walker Nichols, recently gave two recitals—one before the Schubert Study Club in Stamford and another before the Woman’s Club of Washington, Conn. Her programs consisted of groups of Italian, French and English songs, besides a group of old Christmas carols which she prefaced with a few explanatory remarks. Antoinette Brett Farnham, pianisf and composer of New Plaven, was at the piano, playing without manuscript, thus adding much to the artistic ensemble. The Stamford Advocate spoke of this recital as “one of the most artistic of the season,” stating that “Grace Walker Nichols disclosed the warmth and beauty of her voice, even throughout its entire range, and the artistic finesse of her singing.”	G. S. B.
Tiffany, by way of a delightful novelty, rendered in her sweet voice and finished style “En Drome,” by Grieg, in Norwegian; also “Oh, quand je dors,” Liszt. “The Love Song,” from “Die Walkure” was Mr. Sembach’s selection and a happy one; he was in good voice and came in for his share of the evening’s honors—and- encores.
Miss Bori was especially delightful in “In quelle trine morbide,” from Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut,” which revealed her sympathetic voice to marked advantage. She was obliged to give two encores after this, and later on sang an aria in place of Mario Chamlee who was unable to appear owing to illness.
The finale of Act 1 of “Samson et Delila,” Saint-Saëns, was sung excellently by Marion Telva, Mr. Sembach and Mr. Gustafson.
Caruso Foundation Concert.
It was a bargain matinee at the Metropolitan on Sunday afternoon, February 19, when the great opera house gave the first concert in aid of the foundation which is appropriately to commemorate the famous artist who was its mainstay for so many years. There was a crowded house to hear the long list of stars, those on the program being Mmes. Alda, Galli-Curci, Farrar, Ponselle, Gordon, Mat-zenauer, and Messrs. Gigli, Harrold, Martinelli, Danise, DeLuca, Didur, Mardones, Rothier, with conductors Bam-boschek, Hasselmans, Moranzoni and Setti—Papi being ill— and the entire orchestra. George Gordon Battle made a speech, explaining the objects of the Caruso Memorial Foundation, and a collection was taken.
Sir Paul Dukes Lectures Here
Sir Paul Dukes, the well known English musician and publicist, who is at present lecturing throughout the country on his experiences in Russia, was the center of an evening of unusual interest at the Seymour School of Musical Re-education, on Tuesday, February 14, when the spacious studio and reception room on the main floor, thrown together, were crowded to capacity with an unusually large group of art and music-lovers.
Sir Paul spoke on “Russian Art and Music Since the Revolution,” throwing many new sidelights on his subject and emphasizing the regrettable exodus from Russia during this critical period of many of Russia’s best artists and musicians. He spoke at length of the evil effect, not only upon art but also upon social welfare.generally, where betterment is attempted through substituting one form of tyranny for another.
Marshall Bartholomew sang a group of Russian songs in Russian with verve and fine execution, including a particularly beautiful interpretation of Tschaikowsky’s “Nun wer di Sehnsucht kennt.”
Among the announcements of coming events at the School was mentioned a Grieg evening to take place on March 7 in the school headquarters at 57 West 48th street. Soloists will be John Groller, violinist; France Woodmansee, pianist, and Marshall Bartholomew, tenor, all members of the faculty of. the school.
Peterson Surpasses Previous Record
Wilmington, N. C., January 23, 1922.—May Peterson, lyric soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Company, made her appearance at the Academy of Music in this city on the evening of January 9. According to the Wilmington Morning Star: “May Peterson even surpassed the wonderful record which she made at her appearance here last season. Miss Peterson’s voice comes with an easy flow this is truly delightful and at no time during the evening was there a note, high or low, that she did not reach with the utmost ease.”
Stuart Ross furnished the accompaniments for the singer.
S. K.
Minette Hirst Musicale
M.inette Hirst, American composer and art patroness, entertained a large number of professional friends with a musicale and reception at her home, 375 Park avenue, on Saturday afternoon, February 18. The spacious reception room was filled to capacity.
Oscar Nicastro, cellist, opened the program with a group of three solos comprising:	“Orientale,” Cui; “Le Cygne,”
Saint-Saëns, and “Spinning Wheel,” by Popper. Following
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