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from the Bach B Minor Mass and four unaccompanied chorals.
Dr. Wolle was fortunate in his selection of soloists. Dependable Mabelle Addison again showed her worth as an artist of the first rank. She was called upon at the last moment to replace Grace Harden as contralto soloist, and so well did she acquit herself, that she may be assured Bethlehem will give her a warm welcome at any future appearances. Not only was Bethlehem pleased with Miss Addison, but one might say Pennsylvania■, for the audience was made up of prominent people from all parts of the State who had come to attend the convention. The major portion of the solo work was done by Miss Addison, her rich contralto voice and fine artistry giving great pleasure in Laudamus te and Qui sedes.
Mildred Faas, soprano, also contributed her share׳ toward making the concert the success it was. Her work as soloist with the Bach Choir is well known in Bethlehem, and on this occasion she strengthened the fine impression she had made previously. Enjoyed to the utmost was Miss Faas’ duet with Miss Addison, Christe eleison. Nicholas Douty, the third soloist, also is a favorite in Bethlehem. His duet with Miss Faas was especially well liked. Ruth Becker furnished the piano accompaniments and T. Edgar Shields presided at the organ.
An informal reception in the gymnasium was held at the close of the concert, a feature of which was the showing of a motion picture of the choir at last year’s festival at Lehigh University.
Otakar Sevcik at Bush Conservatory in March
Delayed in his native country by the death of Franz Ondricek, which made it necessary for him to take charge of the Violin Master School at Prague, Prof. Otakar Sevcik, the world famous violinist and teacher of Jan Kubelik,
OTAKAR SEVCIK
Erika Morini and others, will arrive in Chicago about March 1 to teach at Bush Conservatory.
The coming of this great artist to America is an event of״the first importance. Prof. Sevcik, as he prefers to be called, has long been recognized as one of the leading violin teachers of the present generation. Hundreds of pupils from all. parts of the world have sought his instruction, and the brilliant successes recently scored by Erika Morini only serve to emphasize the greatness of his art.
To be a ^ Sevcik pupil has been for years the goal of many ambitious violinists, and the splendid achievements of these pupils have become a byword in musical circles throughout the world.	5
That American violinists are not slow to recognize th opportunity of studying with Prof. Sevcik is shown by th tlood of applications for time which have been received b the management. In addition to his class Prof. Sevcik wil otter a tree scholarship for private lessons during the si: months of his season at Bush Conservatory, to the mos talented and descrying pupil selected in open competitior Applications for tuition and for the free scholarship shout ue made at once.
President Kenneth M. Bradley of Bush Conservatory ha made very favorable arrangements as to tuition rates witl bevcik It has long been his opinion that just, but no exorbitant, prices should be charged for great artists o else the average talented student is unable to study. An. the co-operation of Prof. Sevcik in this matter has bee! most fortunate in keeping rates to a reasonable level.
rof. Sevcik will remain at Bush Conservatory through out the summer months, until September 1. This will enabl many teachers and busy professionals to study with hit!
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entire period of his American season.
Mrs. Theodore Hahn Dead
Minnie Hahn, wife of Theodore Hahn, Sr., music teache of Cincinnati, Ohio, is dead. Mrs. Hahn was th mother of Theodore Hahn, Jr., conductor of the Capite Theater Orchestra, Cincinnati ; Adolf Hahn, director o the College of Music Orchestra, Cincinnati; Carl Haht orchestra director of New York; Louis Hahn, bandmastei and Tilhe Hahn, music teacher.
M. H. Hanson Off for Europe
M. H. Hanson, the New York concert manager, sail! Tuesday of this week on the Berengaria for Southampto He was called abroad at short notice on business affairs ar wi 1 visit England and France, returning some time
Melville-Liszniewska’s Recital.
Marperite Melville-Liszniewska, pianist, will give her Januar/^Y°rk redtal 31 Aeolian Ha״ on Friday evening,
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BOSTON HEARS INTERESTING ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS
Albert Spalding Is Soloist with Boston Symphony and Harrison Potter with People’s Symphony—Fabrizio to Play Zandonai
Concerto for First Time—Hubbard Pupil in Opera
effective if heard as an accompaniment to the ballet for which it was written. The music was well played and well received.
Hubbard Pupil Successful in Opera.
Primo Montanari, a tenor educated from the beginning at the Hubbard Studios, is making a fine career in his native Itajy• His voice is a strong, lyric organ, beautiful in quality and of ^ an extraordinary range. His extreme high notes are exceptional. He sings, for example, the tenor role in Donizetti’s Puritan¡ with ease and fine effect.
At present he is singing at the Teatro Regio at Turin, under Maestro G. Marinuzzi, who was formerly at the head of the Chicago^ Opera and who chose Montanari for this engagement. Sig. Marinuzzi is enthusiastic in his appreciation of the voice and artistic ability of this young tenor.
Stuart Mason Honored by France.
Stuart Mason, of the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music and the Longy School, has received from the French government through the office of the French consul ^ at Boston the decoration, Palmes Academiques, in recognition of his attainments as composer and in especial as interpreter of old and modern French music. After graduation from_ the conservatory, in 1907. Mr. Mason continued his studies in pianoforte, composition and other musical studies at Paris. Returning to Boston he joined the conservatory pianoforte faculty. Since the death of Louis C. Elson he ■has also given the course in the history of music and courses in harmony and harmonic analysis, several of his compositions have been produced by musical organizations of Greater Boston and his occasional programs interpretative of old French music, of which he has made a special study, have proved popular and instructive.
Fabrizio to Give Concerto at First Boston Performance.
Carmine_ Fabrizio, the Italian violinist, has included several novelties in his Boston program, to be heard Wednesday evening, January 10, in Jordan Hall. These comprise a concerto romantico by Zandonai, to be heard for the first time in Boston, and pieces by the American composers, Bainbridge Crist and Charles Repper. The balance of Mr. Fabrizio’s unusually interesting program will be Beethoven’s sonata m D major and pieces from Saint-Saëns, Dvorak-Kreisler and Vieuxtemps.	t q
Another Triumph for the Bach Choir
One of the important events of the Convention of the Pennsylvania State Education Association, held in Bethlehem last week, was the concert given bv the Bach Choir on Wednesday evening under the inspired baton of Dr. J. Fred Wolle, the founder and director of the choir. The Liberty High School auditorium was filled to capacity, and so enthusiastic was the audience that, despite the program note to the effect that there should be no applause there were several spontaneous outbursts of hand-clapping’. Dr. Wolle has been an ardent devotee of Bach for years, and his love for the great master and his works is reflected in the singing of the choir. He has worked indefatigably to make the organization put the proper spirit of reverence into the works of Bach, and that he has succeeded is evidenced by the fact that at every concert by .this choir which the writer has attended he has heard competent musical authorities make complimentary references to the singers and their director on this very thing. There is no question but that the choir sings Bach music with a finish and a reverence which is highly commendable.
The program was opened with a prelude by the Moravian 1 rombone Choir, following which there were several choruses
Boston, Mass., January 1.—Harrison Potter was the soloist at the ninth concert of the People’s Symphony Orchestra, Emil Mollenhauer conductor, Sunday afternoon, December 24, at the St. James Theater. Mr. Potter played the songful concerto in G minor of Saint-Saëns, giving it as beautiful an interpretation as it has received here in a long time. A pupil of Felix Fox, and fresh from a summer of coaching with Isidor Philipp in Paris, Mr. Potter’s playing discloses qualities which will carry him far towards pianistic fame. To begin with, he is musical and uses his chosen 'instrument to recreate beautiful music. He has already achieved a praiseworthy command of tone and technic and he has an unerring instinct for the melodic line—witness his artistic performance of the lovely slow movement. Add a solid musicianship and his freedom from affectation and mannerisms of any description, and it is not difficult to understand the brilliant success that, was his on this occasion. A half dozen recalls were his reward. The purely orchestral numbers were Bazzini’s overture, Saul, and d’Harcourt’s symphony, Neo Classique.
Spalding Wins Success as Symphony Soloist.
Novelties abounded in the ninth program of the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the concerts of Friday afternoon and Saturday evening, December 22 and 23, in Symphony Hall. Thus, Spontini’s overture to the opera La Vestale, was played for the first time at these concerts; Dohnanyi’s violin concerto for the first time in Boston, and Stravinsky’s suite from_ the ballet, Pulcinella, after Pergolesi, for the first time in America. Relatively familiar here were the other pieces, Smetana’s delightfully simple and songful symphonic poem, The Moldau, from the tribute to his native land, My Country, and the ever-welcome prelude and Love-Death from Wagner’s Tristan.
Dohnanyi’s concerto is symphonic in structure and brilliantly orchestrated. It afforded Albert Spalding, the soloist, an excellent vehicle for his particular talent—clean-cut violin playing, characterized by faultless technic, pure intonation and a high order of musicianship. The concerto bristles with difficulties for soloist and orchestra, and the performance of both deserves the highest commendation. Mr. Spalding was repeatedly recalled.
In his treatment of Pergolesi’s music, Stravinsky has been unusually modest and considerate. Generally speaking, it is free _ from extravagant instrumentation, and is not too modernized. Its witty and farcical moments might be more
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