March 22, 1923
string accompaniment, in which Mary Izard, first violin; Miss Fisher, second violin; Mr. Bryson, viola and Leo Ross, cello, assisted.
Women’s Choir Sings For Charity.
The Elgar Women’s Choir of Montreal presented a concert under the distinguished patronage of their excellencies the Governor General and Lady Byng, in aid of the Hervey Institute. The choral singing was especially fine. The soloists of the evening were Florence Hood, violinists; Walter Clapperton, baritone, and George M. Brewer, pianist. Mrs. B. E. Chadwick, accompanied and Harold Eustacekey conducted.
Four members of the Canadian College of Organists offered a miscellaneous program in the Emmanuel Church, those taking part being A. E. Whitehead, George M. Brewer, J. E. F. Martin and Harold Eustacekey.
Modern Chamber Music Heard.
The first concert of the thirteenth season of Dubois’ String Quartet was recently held in the Windsor Hotel. The works given were quartet op. 18, No. 6, Beethoven; sonata in F sharp minor, Jean Hure, for piano (George Brewer) and cello (J. B. Dubois) and quartet by Darius Milhaud.
New Hotel Concert Room Initiated.
The first concert held in the beautiful hall of the new Mount Royal Hotel was that by Gwynevere Smith, pianist; assisted by Albert Chamberland, violinist; Raoul Duquette, cellist; Signor Manetta, tenor, and Signora Manetta, so-
Marcel Dupre will give a series of ten recitals in Montreal next year during which the entire volume of organ works by Bach will be played from memory. Montreal will be the second city in the world to hear such a series; last year Mr. Dupre performed the feat in Paris to the amazement of all.
The family of Albert Cornellier has received the certificate of his admission to the Conservatoire of Paris.
Virginia McLean, pianist, a Montrealer, has been awarded the Liszt scholarship prize at the Royal College of Music in London, England.
Catnile Courture, professor of violin, has received a cablegram from his former pupil Ruth Pryce, stating that she had won a prize of four thousand francs for playing in a string quartet at the Conservatoire of Brussels.
George M. Brewer is continuing his Friday afternoon organ concerts for young people with great success.
M. J. M.
Elsa Fischer Quartet to Go on Tour
The Elsa Fischer String Quartet is enjoying an unusually busy season. Since the early fall this organization has appeared in many public and private concerts in New York and neighboring cities, many of these being return engagements, which is evidence that the popularity of the Elsa Fischer String Quartet is continually increasing. Recent appearances were on February 12 with Dr. William C. Carl at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Washington Heights, New York; March 1, for the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Bridgeport, Conn.; March 2, at a concert in the high school, Scarsdale, N. Y., and March 11, at a concert in Carnegie Hall, New York, with the United Singers.
The Elsa Fischer String Quartet is now being booked for a western tour.	—----------
Pittsburgh Hears Beethoven Series
Gaylord Yost, violinist, and Dallmeyer Russell, pianist, are presenting the ten Beethoven sonatas for violin and piano in the recital hall of the Pittsburgh Musical Institute this spring. The first of the series was given on March 6 and the following sonatas were heard: op. 12, No. 1; op. 30, No. 1, and op. 30, No. 3.
sang the lovely L. Reinhold Herman number, Bubbling Spring. The University Band and Varsity Quartet offered lighter numbers. Frances M. Grant, who directs the string quartet (which played Tschaikowsky’s Andante Cantabile) offered an excellent group of piano solos by DeFalla, Glinka-Balakireff and Debussy.
At the Inauguration Ceremony, the University chorus and orchestra rendered a selection from Gounod’s Redemption and the orchestra gave a selection by Brahms. Two faculty members—Wellard Weihe, violinist, and G. G. McClellan, pianist—played numbers by Vieuxtemps and Mendelssohn.
The University of Utah Band and Glee Club, Thomas Giles director, were headline attractions on the Orpheum Circuit recently, giving both classical and popular numbers.
D. G. D.
MUSICAL COURIER
MONTREAL HEARS NEW
CANADIAN ORATORIO
Music and Text by Local Talent—Dupre, Cortot, Ruffo,
D’Arle and Flonzaleys Give of Their Best—Excellent Programs Offered by Local Musicians—Notes
Montreal, Canada, March S.—An important musical event was the first hearing of a Canadian oratorio, Jean le Pre-curseur, in three parts; music by the late Guillaume Couture, and text by the late Antonio Lebel, put into verse by Albert Lozeau, all three Montrealers. The performance was given in the St. Denis Theater, February 6, by L’Asso-ciation des Chanteurs de Montreal, under the direction of Jean Goulet, with the assistance of Leon Rothier, Cedia Brault, Mrs. Morin, Fabiola Poirier, Berthe Cabana, Germaine Lebel, Henri Prieur, Germaine Lefebvre, Armand Gauthier, J. M. Magman, Alfred Normandin and Paul Valade, soloists. Leon Rothier, as John The Baptist, and Henri Prieur, as the historian, received great praise from all the critics.
French Opera Season Closes.
A season of delightful French opera came to a close after a three weeks’ engagement at the St. Denis Theater, under the management of J. A. Gauvin. Among the operettas given were La Fille de Madame Angot, La Mascotte, Les Mousquetaires and Convent, Le Petit Due and La Fille du Tambour Major. The choruses and the orchestra were made up of local talent, local soloists appearing were Mme. Maybourg, Miss Lamdureux, Mr. Martini and Mr. Vaillan-court. The soloists from Paris were Mme. Bachelet, soprano; Mr. Delaguerriere, tenor, and Mr. Letertre, baritone. The conductors were Albert Roberval, of Montreal, and Maurice Jacquet, of Paris.
Dupre Gives Two Recitals.
Two recitals were given in Montreal by Marcel Dupre, one in the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul’s, and one in the Church of St. Viateur, Outremont. In the latter church, during an intermission, the choir sang Adeste Fideles under the leadership of W. A. Wayland with Marcel Dupre playing the accompaniment upon improvisation.
Distinguished Visitors Give Concerts.
A recital by Pablo Casals at His Majesty’s Theater, was attended by a large crowd of admirers who gave him a warm welcome. Edouard Gendron, the accompanist, was exceptionally good. Louis Bourdon was the manager.
Alfred Cortot gave a recital in the new Windsor Hall, under the management of Louis H. Bourdon. The program consisted of works by Vivaldi, Chopin, Debussy, Schumann and several encores which pleased his enraptured and grateful audience.
A concert by Titta Ruffo, assisted by Yvonne D’Arle, under the management of J. A. Gauvin, afforded a large audience an enjoyable evening.
The concert by the Flonzaley Quartet, also under the direction of J. A. Gauvin, was certainly one of the most enjoyable and appreciated concerts heard here. The program was all that could be desired, comprising works by Bax, Beethoven, Frank Bridge and Josef Speaight.
Canadian Band Concert Season Ends.
The fourth and last concert of the season was given by His Majesty’s Canadian Grenadier Guards Band, T. T. Gagnier, conductor. The soloist was Mary Fordan, contralto. Louis H. Bourdon was the manager.
Australian Musicians a Great Addition.
The concert by Florence Hood, violinist, and Una Bourne, at the Ritz Carlton, was a delightful affair. These young ladies from Australia have made their home in Montreal and will be a great addition to musical circles. They played numbers by Dohnanyi, Scriabin, Debussy and Palmgren, also a concerto for violin and piano by Chausson, with
Music a Factor at University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, March 1.—The University Musical Society plays a large part in the campus activities of the University of Utah. All the various student musical clubs unite in this one large organization which gives concerts and an opera during the college year.
An Inauguration Concert was given at the University Gymnasium as a_ feature of the ceremonies attending the inception of President Thomas. The University Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Giles conductor, played the last movement from Tschaikowsky’s fourth symphony and the prelude to Tristan and Isolde. The men’s glee club, also under Mr. Giles’ direction, sang Mendelssohn’s Hunter’s Farewell. The ladies’ quartet and double quartet offered several numbers and the ladies’ glee club, Edna Evans Johnson director,
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MAUD
LA CHARME
Lyric Coloratura Soprano
Kubey-Rembrandt Studios
Press Comments on Recital Given by Maud LaCharme at the Philadelphia Academy of Music Foyer, on Feb. 26
Mr. Lasaar in the Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger. —Madame La Charme, French coloratura soprano, appeared last evening in an attractive program in the Foyer of the Academy of Music before a good sized and enthusiastic audience, which insisted upon encores to a number of selections chosen by the soloist.
Mme. La Charme’s stage presence amply justifies her name. She chose a trying program, including as the principal numbers, the aria “Je marche sur tour les chemuis” from Manon, the exceedingly difficult “Una voce poco fa” from the Barber, one of the most difficult of coloratura arias, and Proch’s frightfully difficult Variations. Madame La Charme’s voice and style showed to excellent advantage and to absolute clearness.
Mr. Tubbs in the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.— Maud La Charme, a young French soprano, made her first appearance in this city last evening in a concert before an appreciative audience.
Mme. La Charme has a very attractive personality, a manner which ingratiates her with her audience and a rare vocal equipment that enables her to give a diversity of gongs and arias. Mme. La Charme is decidedly at her best in songs of lyric character, the best quality of her tones, which are sweet and pure, being revealed in such songs as “Les larmes,” by Tschaikowsky; “D’une Prison” by Reynaldo Hahn and a group of songs by American composers: “To a Violet,” F. La Forge, “In My Beloved’s Eyes,” by Chadwick, “Ashes of Roses” by Woodman.
But even better was her delivery as an encore of “Bonjour Suzon” and a charming little aria from Auber’s setting of “Manon Leseaut.”
In her coloratura numbers “Una voce poco fa” and the intricate “Variations” by Broch, Mme. La Charme displayed unusual range and wonderful flexibility of voice.
Mr. Dieck in the Philadelphia Record.—The song recital of Maud La Charme met with considerable indorsement from the audience last night. The program was devoted almost exclusively. to arias and songs of the French composers. Mme. La Charme’s voice is very high and clear and has an astonishing flexibility, her command of French adding interest to her interpretations.
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