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MUSICAL COURIER
March 29, 192 3
People's Symphony Concert.
The twentieth concert of the People’s Symphony Orchestra, Emil Mollenhauer conductor, took place Sunday afternoon, March 18, at the St. James Theater. The program included the dramatic overture to Lalo’s opera, Le Roi d’Ys; Dukas’ imaginative tone poem, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice; The cavatina of the Tsar from Rimsky-Korsakoff’s opera, Sniegourotchka, and Liszt’s melodious second Hungarian Rhapsody. The soloist was Carl Faelten who, notwithstanding his seventy-six years, gave an admirable performance of Schumann’s concerto, winning many recalls from one of the largest audiences of the season.
Josy Kryl and Paul White.
Josy Kryl and Paul White, violinists, with the able assistance of Alfred De Voto, pianist, gave a concert Thursday evening, March IS, in Jordan Hall. Miss Kryl played Vieux-temps’ concerto in E major. Mr. White played Chausson’s Poeme. Together they played the prelude by Juon, Bach’s concerto in D minor and a suite by Godard. Individually and collectively Miss Kryl and Mr. White exhibited commendable abilities. Their ensemble is praiseworthy and their performance of music for two violins is stamped by a fine degree of mutual understanding and agreement. They were warmly received by a friendly audience.
Strong-Boardman Concert.
William D. Strong and Herbert R. Boardman gave a program of music for two pianos on Tuesday evening, March 20, in Steinert Hall. The program included these pieces:	Impromptu-Rococo, Schuett; nocturne, op. SI, E.
Bernard; scherzo, op. 87, Saint-Saëns; Risoluto, F minor, op. S, H. R. Boardman; Berceuse and Air de Ballet, L. Aubert; Rhapsody España, Chabrier; Two Poems, Night and Day, F. S. Converse.
Endicott Prizes in Composition.
Announcement has been made that the second competition for the H. Wendell Endicott prizes for composition at the New England Conservatory of Music will close next Sunday, April 1. Many of the advanced students of the New England Conservatory have for some time past been at work on the manuscripts which they will submit in accordance with the specifications laid down for contestants.
J. C.
Annual Festival
BACH CHOIR
Dr. J. FRED WOLLE, Director
At
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, Pa.
Friday, May 25, 1923
4.00	p. m.—St. John Passion—Part I.
8.00	p. m.-—St. John Passion—Part II
Saturday, May 26
1.30 p. m.—Mass in B Minor—Kyrie and Gloria.
4.00 p. m.—Mass in B Minor—Credo to end.
Course tickets: $12, $8 and $6 (tax exempt). Single tickets: $3, $2 and $1,50 (tax exempt).
For tickets and information
Huff Music Store, Bethlehem, Pa.
BOSTON ANTICIPATES SUCCESSFUL
SEASON OF GERMAN OPERA
Louis H. Mudgett Responsible for Two Weeks’ Engagement—Casella in First Recital—Ukrainian Chorus Again Makes Fine Impression—Bachaus in C Sharp Minor Program—Peralta Delights Boston Athletic Association—
Ethel Hutchinson Wins Piano Contest of Massachusetts Federation of Music Clubs—
Chigrinsky Heard-—Other Notes
some as it threatened. He disclosed again his technical mastery of the resources of the piano, and his fine conception of musical structure and values. The audience seemingly enjoyed both the program and the pianist, recalling the latter many times.
Marion Carley Pleases.
Marion Carley, pianist, gave a recital Thursday evening, March 22, in Jordan Hall. She set herself a well-varied and exacting program, comprising these pieces : Theme and variations, Faure; Partita in B flat, Bach; Nocturne and Fileuse, Grovlez; España, Chabrier; sonata, op. 57, Beethoven ; etudes, C major, E flat minor and A flat major, Chopin; Scherzo, Mendelssohn; Sposalizio and Rhapsodie No. 11, Liszt.
Miss Carley made an unusually favorable impression, both for the discrimination with which she selected her pieces and for the manner in which she played—let alone her charming presence. She has already achieved a command of tone and technic and a degree of musicianship which give her playing a solid musical foundation and which ought to carry her far on the road towards artistic success. Although it cannot fairly be said that she scales the heights and plumbs the depths of musical expression, her interpretations are nevertheless uncommonly spirited for a beginner, and always pleasurable. She enjoyed a splendid success, and was vigorously applauded by a warmly appreciative audience.
Frances Peralta at B. A. A.
Frances Peralta, dramatic soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Company, was the assisting artist at the last concert of the Boston Symphony Ensemble, Augusto Vannini, conductor, Sunday afternoon, March 18, in the gymnasium of the Boston Athletic Association. Miss Peralta gave a pleasurable exhibition of her vocal and interpretative abilities in the arias Madre pietosa from La Forza del Destino, Verdi; In quelle trine morbide, from Manon Lescaut, Puccini, and Tu che Le Vanita, from Don Carlos, Verdi. Miss Peralta’s charming aspect and musical gifts won her audience from the start and she was obliged to add extra pieces. The purely orchestral numbers of the program included pieces from Gomez, Rimsky-Korsakoff, Grainger, Chopin, Popper, Cyril Scott, Coleridge-Taylor.
Wins Music Clubs’ Contest.
Ethel Hutchinson, of Watertown, won the piano contest held Friday morning, March 23, in Steinert Hall by the Massachusetts Federation of Music Clubs to determine which of five young professionals should represent the State at the district contest to be held here in the first week in May. The other entrants were Frances P. Boleman, of Roxbury; Susanne Williams, of Boston; Helen Grace Coates, of Wellesley, and Joseph Boudreau, of Framingham. The winner of the district contest, representing five New England States, will go to Asheville, N. C., to compete in the national contest to be held June 9 to 17, which will be the fifth of a series of national competitions held every two years.
The same afternoon Marjorie Posselt, of Medford, violinist, was heard. She is a sister of Ruth Posselt, eleven year old violinist, who will play in April at Symphony Hall. Voice competitors were as follows : Effie Lundin, of Medford; Esther J. Stevens, of Holden; Miriam Southwick, of Boston; Merial Blanchard, of Holbrook; Susanna Thompson, of Boston, and Ernest Lamoureaux, of Worcester. The chairman of the State contest, Mary G. Read, is chairman of the national contest judges. The president of the Massachusetts Federation of Music Clubs is Mrs. D. S. Whittemore, of Brockton, and the district president is Mrs. Frederick S. Milliken, of Milton.
Chigrinsky in Piano Recital.
Alexander Chigrinsky, Russian pianist, gave a recital Wednesday evening, March 21, in Jordan Hall. Mr. Chigrinsky was heard in an arduous program both as to length and content. In detail it included these numbers : Variations in F minor, No. 20, Haydn; Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, Bach; sonata (Pathétique), op. 13, Beethoven; sonata, op. 7, Grieg ; Etude, op. 2, Scriabin : Gavotte, op. 49, No.3, and Valse in D major, Glazounoff ; Minuet in E minor, Chigrinsky; Fantasie-Impromptu, prelude, D flat major, and Ccherzo, B minor, op. 20, Chopin; Etude in D major and Venezia e Napoli (No. 3 Tarantella), Liszt. Mr. Chigrinsky was heard and applauded by a friendly audience.
Boston, March 25.—Thanks to the initiative and enterprise of Louis H. Mudgett, manager of the Boston Opera House, this city is to have still another fortnight of opera during the current season, this time to be provided by the German company, which has been having such splendid success in New York. The company will be seen and heard at the Opera House for two weeks beginning Monday, April 2, with practically the same vocal and orchestral forces which have won such eloquent praise from the critics of the New York press. Their relatively simple settings and lighting will also be used here, while Messrs. Moericke and Knoch will serve as conductors.
The repertory will be drawn largely from Wagner, and The Ring will be performed for the first time in over thirty years in this city: Das Rheingold, on Wednesday afternoon, April 4; Die Walkure, on Saturday afternoon, April 7; Siegfried, on Wednesday afternoon, April 11, and Gotter-dammerung on Saturday afternoon, April 14. Die Meister-singer will open the season on April 2. Tannhäuser will follow on April 3; Lohengrin, April 4; Tristan, April 5, and The Flying Dutchman, April 6. Other operas to be heard are Lohengrin, Beethoven’s Fidelio, Weber’s Der Freischiitz, Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, and Johann Strauss’ Der Fledermaus.
In his own quiet, unpretentious way, Mr. Mudgett thus proves anew his eminent fitness for the task of bringing opera back to Boston. Soon after he undertook the management of the Opera House he opened negotiations with the Chicago and San Carlo companies—and we enjoyed a two weeks’ season from each. Then he gave us a fortnight of Russian opera, via the wandering Slavs, and now he announces two weeks of German opera. Boston and the Shuberts are greatly indebted to Mr. Mudgett for his vision, his initiative, his courage—and it is to tie hoped that the thousands of music lovers in this community will take advantage of this opportunity to support opera and ensure its annual return.
The repertory and casts for the first week of the German season follow:
Monday, April 2—Die Meistersinger, with Messrs. Schorr, Kipnis, Zador, Schwarz; Mmes. Fleischer and Bassth. Conductor:	Mr.
Moericke.
Tuesday, April 3—Tannhäuser, with Messrs. Knote, Ziegler, Kipnis; Mmes. Seinemeyer and Lorentz-Höllischer.	Conductor: Mr.
Knoch.
Wednesday afternoon, April 4—Das Rheingold, with Messrs. Lat-termann, Schwarz, Zador; Mmes. Metzger and Bassth. Conductor: Mr. Moericke.
Wednesday evening, April 4—Lohengrin, with Messrs. Hutt, Schorr, Kipnis; Mmes. Wühler and Lorentz-Höllischer.	Conductor: Mr.
Thursday, April 5—Tristan and Isolde, with Mmes. Alsen and Metzger; Messrs. Knote, Lattermann, Kipnis. Conductor:	Mr.
Friday j April 6—The Flying Dutchman, with Messrs. Schorr, Kipnis, Hutt; Mmes. Seinemeyer and Bassth. Conductor: Mr. Knoch.
Saturday afternoon, April 7—Die Walküre, with Mmes. Alsen, Roeseler, Metzger; Messrs. Knote, Lattermann, Schubert. Conductor: Mr. Moericke.
Saturday evening, April 7—Johann Strauss’ operetta, Die Fledermaus, with Messrs. Schwarz, Zador, Ziegler; Mmes. Seinemeyer, Fleischer, Bassth. Conductor: Mr. Knoch.
Casella in First Boston Recital.
Alfredo Casella, the distinguished Italian composer, conductor and pianist, gave his first Boston recital last Saturday afternoon, March 17, in Jordan Hall. Mr. Casella played these pieces: Four sonatas, Scarlatti; sonata, op. 31, No. 2, in D minor, Beethoven; prelude, choral an¿ fugue, Cesar Franck; The Cypress Grove, Castelnuovo-Tedesco; Onze Pieces Enfantines (1920), Casella; Evocation, El Puerto and Triana from the suite, Iberia, Albeniz; Jeux d’eau, Ravel; La Cathedral Engloutie and prelude, Sarabande and Toccata, Debussy.	.
Mr. Casella proved as interesting a pianist as he did in the role of composer and conductor at the symphony concerts of the previous week. His playing is characterized by a discerning musicianship, technical surety and by a subtle divination and effective reproduction of the composer’s meaning. His eleven pieces for children abound in wit, fantasy and invention, winning an immediate and enthusiastic response from the audience. Self-effacing and always musical, Mr. Casella offered proof that he was a serious artist and a great one. The more the pity then that Jordan Hall should not have been filled to overflowing. But we keep forgetting that Boston A. D. 1923 is not. the Hub of a generation ago.
Ukrainian Chorus Scores Again.
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That extraordinary choral aggregation, the Ukrainian National Chorus, Alexander Koshetz, conductor, gave its second and last concert of the season in this city Monday evening, March 12, in Symphony Hall. The chorus was assisted by Oda Slobodskaja, soprano of the Petrograd Opera, who sang arias from Tschaikowsky, Gluck, Beethoven, Puccini and Massenet; and by Nina Koshetz, soprano of the Moscow Opera Company, who sang a group of Russian songs by Gretchaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakoff and Rachmaninoff. The choral part of the program included numbers by Stupnitzky, Leontovich, Stetzenko, Koshetz, Kolessa and Lyssenko.
The vivid and colorful singing of this chorus, under the expert leadership of Mr. Koshetz again stirred a Boston audience to tremendous enthusiasm. Miss Slobodskaja’s ample voice and dramatic fervor gave evident pleasure to her hearers. Mme. Koshetz was no less successful, her lovely voice and interpretative skill proving very enjoyable. Both singers were repeatedly recalled.
Bachaus in C Sharp Minor.
Sunday afternoon, March 18, in Symphony Hall, William Bachaus, pianist, made his only appearance in Boston this season, giving his Program in C Sharp Minor. His unusual list comprised these pieces:	Prelude, Rachmaninoff; sonata
־:nasi una fantasia (Moonlight), Beethoven; etudes sym-phoniques, Schumann; prelude, nocturne, two studies, mazurka, fantasie impromptu, scherzo, Chopin; Twelfth Hungarian Rhapsody, Liszt.
Mr. Bachaus’ single keyed program did not prove as tire-