26 April 6, 19 22 Spring Music Festivals Hopkinsville, Ky. Under the direction of A. L. Boatright, a music festival will be given in Hopkinsville, Ky., some time m May. The program will include “The Rose Maiden.” Northfield, Minn. St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., is preparing for its annual May Music Festival, when the famous ot. Olaf Choir, the band, a male chorus and an en-larged choir of 125 voices celebrate in concerts for two days, May 20 and 21. Upon the occasion of the enlarged choir concert a new anthem by F. Melius Christiansen, the director, will be rendered for the first time. The song is in three parts, the text that of the Fiftieth psalm, and is dedicated to the St Olaf A Capella Choir. Mt. Vernon, Iowa The twenty-fourth annual Cornell Music Festival will take place at Mt. Vernon, la., May 11 12 and 13, under the direction of Frank H. Shaw. A special teature this year is the twentieth annual appearance of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Frederick Stock. The festival will be opened with a song recital by Marie Sundelius, l'hurs-day evening, May 11. The following afternoon Arthur Middleton will give a song recital, and in the evening there will be a symphony concert with Mario Chamlee as soloist. Saturday afternoon the orchestra will again present the program with Jacques Cordon, violinist, as soloist.- That evening the Cornell Oratorio Society will give Bruch’s “Cross of fir?׳ the soloists being Mme. Sundelius and Mr. i -iddleton. There also will be a popular program by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Oberlin, Ohio . Thi? year’s ™״sic festival in Oberlin, Ohio, will consist of two concerts. On Thursday evening, May 18 a symphony concert will be given by the Cleveland iQ™inn3r'i?,r,cheS,tr^. TIle fo״°wing evening, May 19, The Chi dren s Crusade,” by Gabriel Pierne, will be sung by the Oberlin Musical Union, supported by the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra; this concert will be under the direction of Dr. George W. Andrews. I he officers of the Oberlin Musical Union for the present season are, president, C. W. Savage; vice-president, R. P. Jameson; treasurer, George M. Close MUSICAL COURIER BOSTON LIKES EIGHHEIM’S “IMPRESSIONS” Symphony Orchestra, Under Monteux, Gives Work a Fine Reading-Warren S. Smith Joins Boston Conservatory of Music Faculty-People’s Symphony Gives Program-Other Concerts and Notes of Interest Boston, Mass., April 1, 1922.—Warren Storey Smith, assistant music critic of the Boston Transcript, has become a member of the faculty of the Boston Conservatory of Music. Mr. Smith will give instruction in theory and "harmony at that school, beginning with the forthcoming summer session, which opens June 19. Mr. Jacchia, director of the Conservatory, is to be congratulated on having obtained the services of a musician so well equipped as Mr. Smith for this department. Hans Ebell at Boston Conservatory. Hans Ebell, director of the piano department of the Boston Conservatory of Music, gave a recital Sunday afternoon, March 26, in the auditorium of that school. Mr. Ebell gave abundant proof of his attainments as a virtuoso in the following program: fifth sonata, Beethoven; “Venetian Boat Song,” Mendelssohn; polonaise, F sharp minor, Chopin; notturno, “Norwegian Dance,” Grieg; concert etude in A flat major, Liszt; waltz, “Wine, Women and Song,” Strauss-Godowsky. A large audience gave him an extremely cordial reception. Gebhard Pupils Win Praise. Artist pupils of Heinrich Gebhard, pianist and coach, have excited no little praise both from critics and public during the current season. Thus, Ethel Hutchinson was highly commended after her recent debut recital in Jordan Half, where she exhibited her talents in an exacting and well varied program, comprising MacDowell’s Keltic sonata, Saint-Saëns’ transcription of Bach’s gavotte in B minor, and pieces from Debussy, Scott, Arensky, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Schumann, Gounod and Liszt’s ornate arrangement of Gounod’s waltz from “Faust.” Other talented pupils of Mr. Gebhard who have been heard with pleasure lately are Jeannette Rudin, who gave an enjoyable recital at Mr. Gebhard’s home in Brookline, March 26, and Henry Levine, who has proven himself on various occasions to be an accompanist of exceptional merit. Claudia Rhea Fournier Having Active Season. Mme. Claudia Rhea Fournier, admirable contralto from the^ studio of Harriot Eudora Barrows, is having the most active season since beginning her professional career. Recent engagements include appearances at the Monday Morning Music Club, Chopin Club, and the Providence Plantations Club of Providence; the Brookline Choral Society, and concerts in Pawtucket, Worcester, Concord, Newton, Laconia, N. H., and numerous return engagements. This contralto’s annual recital in Providence has become one of the musical events of that city, and the Providence press has praised her with one accord, both for her natural equipment of voice and charm, as well as for her skill and musicianship. Dai Buell at Music Lovers’ Club. At a recent concert under the auspices of the Music Lovers’ Club, Dai Buell, the charming pianist, displayed her familiar abilities in a program of pieces drawn from Stojow-ski, Chopin, Reinecke, and Saint-Saëns, the music by the latter being performed as a memorial. Ellen Neilson Pleases at N. E. Conservatory. A piano recital by Ellen Neilson, of Logan, Utah, president of the senior class at the New England Conservatory of Music, was given Monday evening, March 27, in Recital Hall. Miss Neilson, a graduate of Brigham Young College and during the past two seasons a pupil of Alfred De Voto at the Conservatory, gave an interesting program which included the Brahms rhapsody in G minor, Schumann’s Kreisleriana’ (op. 16), five Debussy pieces, a Chopin nocturne, the Liszt "Gnomenreigen” and Griffes’s scherzo in L flat minor. Eichheim Music Stirs Admiration at Boston Symphony Concert. Last week’s program at the Friday afternoon and Saturday evening concerts of the Boston Symphony Orchestra was one of extraordinary interest, due largely to the fact that it included the first performance of “Four Oriental Impressions,” by Henry Eichheim, conducted by the composer. Mr. Eichheim, who has traveled and lived in the Far East, was asked by Mrs. Coolidge to write music for last summer’s festival at Pittsfield. He prepared sketches based on material that he had collected in the Orient, and they were played with remarkable success by a small orchestra at Mrs. Coolidge’s festival. This winter, Mr. Eichheim elaborated the orchestration of four of these sketches for performance by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. They include a Korean sketch, a Siamese sketch, a Japanese nocturne and a Chinese sketch. Mr. Eichheim aims to reproduce musically the atmosphere of temples, theaters, teahouses and streets of the Orient as they have impressed him. The results are interesting—indeed, fascinating. His effects are enhanced by the skillful use of Oriental instruments which he brought with him, and the music is generally of a haunting beauty. The composer’s striking use of percussion instruments suggests interesting possibilities. Possessing a profound knowledge of -- the Boston Symphony. By reason of his experience in the pera house Mr. Monteux is admirably equipped for the hhnself6 plr/orma".ce of Wagnerian music, and he excelled nimselt. The audience rose to conductor, orchestra and soloists, and recalls were numerous. Howard Goding Repeats Success. Howard Goding, pianist, repeated the successes which he has won on former occasions, at his annual Boston recital Saturday afternoon, March 25, in Jordan Hall. Mr. Goding s program was, as usual, agreeably short and unusuallv interesting. In detail, it listed the following pieces • Pre-ffide from First Partita, Bach; “La Tendfe Nanette” Couperin; Lisle Joyeuse,” Debussy; “On Wings of Sono-’” Sco"f “THana1 ” ‘ ’a ״“w.ater״ Nymphs,” Bridge; “Dawn/’ Schumaim ׳ A benlz; Fashingsschwank aus Wien,” Mn Coding's playing is characterized principally by noteworthy technical skill and fine taste. Technic wffh ?his ftself ׳ ^WeVer’ SerV!f a? a mea״s rather than as an end in itself His command of nuance and sense of rhythm are ®6S i commendable. Mr, Coding’s interpretation? are invariably poetic and convincing. He was warmly received by an enthusiastic audience. People’s Symphony Orchestra. Sunday afternoon, March 26, at the St. James Theater the People s Symphony Orchestra, Emil Mollenhauer con-ductor, played Brahms relatively tuneful second symphony f D major Beethovens dramatic third “Leonora” P0ver-rarei l״dnRaff f out־m°ded concerto for piano, in C minor Carl Faelten played the solo part in the concerto, winning a generous response from his hearers. g Bolm Dances “Krazy Kat.” ,AIle?ltert.ain,me?t 111 ?id of the Municipal School of Music at Rheims took place Monday afternoon, March 27, in the Shubert Theater, under the auspices of the American Friends of Musicians in France, Boston branch, and ?h? his Railed TMFS1C’ ?arVa[d U״iversi‘y• Adolph Bolm and T'?BAal,et Intime danced numerous pieces, among them «/S gk’S1״ Kra,y K‘1״*“ •'׳ Seymour School Announces April Programs -״-Pi6 f'°llowmg,Tuesday evening programs during April a e announced by the Seymour School of Musical Re- ־ Education 57 West Forty-eighth street: 4, “The Growth of Modern Music, lecture-recital by Henry Cowell the composer at the piano, and songs by Cowell sung ’by Louise !10???־־p1?(-11’ and We Dream>” lecture by Grace Potter, with harp music by Mildred Dilling• 18 “An ?J.enTLg ?r Go°rW,^P ChAildren/׳ Remo ,Bufano’s’ Marionette Theater, -5, The Art of Bel Canto,” program of seventeenth and eighteenth century music, sung by Georrn Meader, of the Metropolitan Opera. 8 Anne Roselle With Scotti Again Anne Roselle has been re-engaged as one of the leading sopranos tor the spring tour of the Scotti Opera Company when she will sing leading soprano roles. At the close of the tour she will leave for Italy where she will have some guest performances. Miss Roselle will return to this coun-try to fiH many concert engagements which are now being hooked for her for the fall by her managers, the Universal Concert Bureau, before returning to the Metropolitan Opera. a. uiuumt JAilU W ICUgC Ui 111־ strumentation, it was to be expected that Mr. Eich-heim’s music would be masterfully orchestrated. Not since “The Pleasure Domes of Kubla Khan,” of the lamented Griffes, has music by an American composer shown more merit for individuality and intrinsic beauty. It was received with extraordinary enthusiasm, and the composer, who conducted with notable skill, was recalled many times. The other orchestral numbers on this program were D’lndy’s “Wallenstein” trilogy, inspired by the dramatic poem of Schiller—impassioned, noble and generally stirring music, reminiscent now and then of Wagner and Franck, and far less cerebral than the later music of the intellectual M. D’lndy; and Goldmark’s vivid overture “In the Spring.” As thrice welcome soloist, Emilio De Gogorza sang Handel’s exquisite air, “Where’er You Walk,” from “Se-mele,” and “Canto del Presidario,” by Alvarez. Mr. De Gogorza sang with his accustomed ease, elegance and dramatic fervor, and was warmly applauded. He is heard all too seldom in this city of late. Anna Case Makes Debut in Boston. Anna Case, soprano, was heard for the first time in this city March 28, in Symphony Hall. Admirably assisted by Francesco Longo, accompanist, Miss Case was heard in the following program, long and not too well diversified: “No Longer Let Me Languish,” from “Ariana,” Monteverde; “Toglietemi la Vita ancor,” Scarlatti; “Di Jole,” from “Ercole in Tebe,” Boretti; "Patron das macht der Wind,” Bach; Swedish folksong, fifteenth century; “Cosi amor mi Fai Languir,” Alessandro Stradella; “Nuit d’Etoiles,” Debussy; “Chantons les Amours de Jean,” Weckerlin; “Noel” and “L’lnsect Aile,” Nerini; “La Beau Reve,” Flegier; “La Girometta,” Sibella; “Prinsessen,” Söderman; "Die Nacht,” Strauss; “Roselein! Roselein!” Schumann; "Nacht” and “Traume,” Schubert; old Swedish folk dance, fifteenth century; “The Sacred Fire,” Russell; “The Night Wind,” Farley; “Rain,” Curran; “Synnove’s Song,” Kjerulf; “An-helo,” Anna Case. Delightful to look at and well versed in platform graces, Miss Case won her audience from the start. Her voice is smooth and agreeable, excepting occasionally in the upper register. She uses it skillfully. As an interpreter, Miss Case is most effective in expressing archness and light sentiments generally. Miss Case’s audience applauded her generously and she was obliged to repeat a number of the programmed pieces as well as to add encores. Wagner Program Attracts Throng. The Pension Fund concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra was materially enriched Sunday afternon, March 26, when Mr. Monteux attracted a very large audience to hear his splendid band in an all-Wagner program. The first part consisted of the overture to “The Flying Dutchman,” the “Cathedral Procession” and introduction to the third act from “Lohengrin,” and portions of the third act of “Die Meistersinger.” The second part comprised selections from the “Ring.” These were made up of the “Ride of the Walküre” from “Die Walküre,” the “Waldweben” from “Siegfried,” the funeral music from “Götterdämmerung,” and the introduction, entire first scene, and the principal portions of the closing scene of “Das Rheingold.” In this latter number the orchestra was assisted by Laura Littlefield, Gertrude Tingley and Esther Ferrabini, who sang the parts of the Rhine maidens with skill and taste; Charles Bennett, who sang the part of Alberich admirably, and Raymond Simonds, who sang with his customary excellence the parts of Loge and Froh. Not since Mr. Monteux reconstituted the orchestra has it played more brilliantly. 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