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be brilliant when brilliance is required. He has a׳ fine sense of rhythm and a feeling for the melodic line, qualities which contribute to his pleasurably musical interpretations. He was warmly applauded by a keenly appreciative audience.
Gabrilowitsch Gives Great Pleasure in Chopin Recital.
Ossip Gabrilowitsch, pianist, gave one of the most delightful recitals of the season Sunday afternoon, April 8, in Symphony Hall. Mr.. Gabrilowitsch devoted his whole program to Chopin, playing these pieces: etude, E major; valse, A minor; valse, A flat major; sonata, B flat minor; twelve preludes, op. 28; mazurka, B■ minor; nocturnes B flat major, and scherzo, op. 20.
Happily Mr. Gabrilowitsch’s duties as conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra have not impaired his uncommon qualities as pianist, musician, ־ artist. _ He remains for us one of the very greatest pianists—an interpreter of unlimited technical resource^ of surpassing musical sensitiveness, of refined style and poetic eloquence. Not even the ex-Premier of Poland could have yielded more unalloyed pleasure in an all-Chopin program as' Mr. Gabrilowitsch gave his highly enthusiastic audience at last Sunday’s concert. Indeed, it was easily one of the memorable events of this musical season.	J. C.
De Pachmann’s First Appearances
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versity Trio, composed of Dana Strothers, violin; W. M. Wells, cello, and Lelia Brown Glenn, piano.
Chiapusso Recital.
What the audience lacked in numbers at the Chiapusso recital, Thursday evening at the •high school auditorium, it made up in enthusiasm. Despite the generous distribution of tickets by the Matinee Music Club, through Mrs. Lane, the audience was one of the smallest of the season. The greater number of musicians, who were here for the convention left for their homes late Thursday afternoon. Chiapusso’s program was all-embracing inasmuch as ii included the classical, technical, dynamic, poetical and romantic selections of pianoforte literature. The symphonic etudes of Schumann opened the concert. With Chiapusso the composer is first, and the artist the medium through which the exact message of the writer is given. The etudes were played with broad tonal variety and rare style. The Invitation to the Dance, Weber-Tausig, was played charmingly. Chopin, as expressed through Chiapusso, is romantic and dramatic, but not sentimental. The Chopin etudes were given with sweeping dexterity. As for the moderns, there were Ravel, Albeniz, Reynaldo Hahn and MacDowell. It would be difficult to imagine any symphony orchestra reaching a greater height in dynamics than Chiapusso did in his closing number, the Tannhäuser overture, Wagner-Liszt. The Chiapusso concert was the closing number of entertainments put on for the convention.	B. G.
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this city are the retiring president and first vice-president. Directors were named as follows:	E. H. F. Weis, Clara
Turpin Grimes of Dayton and Ella May Smith of Columbus. The Federation of Music Clubs elects biennially, and this will take place at the Toledo meeting. The holdover officers are:	President, Mrs. Edgar Stillman Kelley; vice-presi-
dents, Mrs. C. B. Klingensmith, Mrs. Harry L. Goodbread and Mrs. Andrew Timberman; recording secretary, Mrs. D. W. Evans; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Wade McMillan; treasurer, Alice Sage.
The resolution committee . in its report extended thanks to the Chamber of Commerce for the hospitality of the city, to the Thursday Matinee Music Club for the splendid concerts given and to the Central Presbyterian Church for social features provided.
By motion, Nelle I. Sharpe, State supervisor of music, was endorsed and the support of the organization pledged.
The advisability of extending the convention from three days to five days was discussed, with the preponderance of opinion in favor of the extension, thereby giving two whole days to the Federation, one day to the contests and two days to the music teachers. It was recommended that the banquet and a reception be planned for the evening of Contest Day.
The nominating committee was composed of Harry Wilson Pro-ctor, Dayton; Mrs. Zula Burkholter, Toledo, and Prof. Upton, of Oberlin.
An interesting feature of the afternoon was the presentation of a program of chamber music by the Capital Uni-
Booking for the farewell tour of Vladimir De Pachmann are in tremendous demand and many cities are planning to feature this great artist on their courses. De Pachmann’s first New York recital will be at Carnegie Hall, October 10. He appears at the Auditorium Theater, Chicago, October 14; Symphony Hall, Boston, October 21, and Academy of Music, Philadelphia, October 24.
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OF GERMAN OPERA SEASON IN BOSTON
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East ol the Mississippi, ALEXANDER RUSSELL Wanamaker Auditorium, New York City and
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gram last Sunday evening, in Symphony Hall. Mr. Thomas sang these numbers : Aria from Zaza, Leoncavallo ; Eri tu, from The Masked Ball, Verdi; L’Heure Silencieuse, Victor Staub; Mignonne, Pierne; Me suis mise en danse (old French melody), arranged by Bax; Requiem du Cœur, Pessard; The Crying of Waters, Campbell-Tipton; Trees, Frank Tours; Uncle Rome, Homer; Nocturne, Pearl Curran, and Nichavo (Nothing Matters), Mana-Zucca. Mr. Nyiregyhazi played these pieces: Fantasia and Fugue, Liszt; A. D. 1620, MacDowell ; Erlking, Schubert-Liszt ; rondo in A minor, Mozart; Viennoise, Godowsky; Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, Liszt.
The rich, warm voice of Mr. Thomas, together with his skill and taste as a singer, again gave pleasure. He sang the familiar aria from The Masked Ball with commendable sense of its dramatic import and without any sacrifice of musical values. The charming old French melody arranged by Bax proved an effective number, as did a delightful folk song, presumably of Neapolitan origin, which he added as an encore (the name of ׳this last piece would interest us). Mr. Nyiregyhazi plays with tremendous energy and abounding vitality. His technic is of the virtuoso nature, and he is most interesting in music of broad sweep and rhapsodic character. Both artists were cordially received by an audience of fair size, and encores were numerous.
Ashley Pettis Repeats Success.
Ashley Pettis returned to Boston for a piano recital Friday evening, April 6, in Steinert Hall. Mr. Pettis played these pieces: rhapsodie, op. 79, No. 1, Brahms; Davidsbundlertanze, Schumann; nocturne, op. 48, No. 1, Scherzo, op. 31, Chopin; Mirror, Ashley Pettis; Barcarolle, Mary Carr Moore and Prelude Chorale and Fugue, Franck.
Mr. Pettis renewed and strengthened the excellent impression that he made at his first appearance in this city last season. His technic is not only adequate ; it can also
Season 1923 24’־ OPERA RECITALS
BY
CHARLOTTE LUND
SOPRANO
N. VAL PEAVEY
Pianist and Baritone (.Assisting Artist)
A Musical Offering of Rare Educational and Artistic Value
with running comments on composer, librettist, themes, etc.
Madama Butterfly I Pagliacci Cavalleria Rusticana Aida
L’amore de Tre Re
LIST OF OPERAS ;
Lohengrin Tannhäuser La Boheme Anima L’Allegra Tosca
Mona Lisa
Louise
Manon
Faust
Carmen
PARSIFAL
The Ring of the Nibelungen, and others
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New England Representative:
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Copley Sq., Boston, Mass.
Boston, April 15—The second and last week of the German opera season at the. Boston Opera House witnessed the customary increase in numbers and enthusiasm of audiences that always attends an operatic season in this city. For this final week the performance of Siegfried on Wednesday afternoon and Götterdämmerung on Saturday afternoon completed the Ring cycle, maintaining the high standards—vocal, histrionic, orchestral and scenic—so well established with Rheingold and Die Walküre the previous week. These last named operas were repeated during the week, Rheingold being given on Wednesday evening, and Die Walküre on Thursday evening. Other repetitions were Tannhäuser for Monday evening, _ the Meistersinger for Tuesday, and Lohengrin for Friday. The week was brought to a close on Saturday evening by Beethoven’s operatic masterpiece, Fidelio, heard and seen for the first time in a generation in this city. The leading singers and conductors were recipients of ovations throughout the week, the enthusiasm auguring well for a return of the company next year. The operas and casts for the week were as follows:
Monday, April . 9 (at 7:30)—Tannhäuser, with Messrs. Knote, Schorr, Kipnis, Mnies. Seinemeyer and Lorentz-Höllischer. Conductor: Mr. Knoch.	....
Tuesday, April 10—Die Meistersinger, with Messrs. Lattermann, Hutt, Schwarz, Kipnis, Zador, Ziegler; Mmes. Röseler and Bassth. Conductor: Mr. Moericke. .
Wednesday afternoon, April 11 — Siegfried, with Messrs. Knote, Steier, Schorr, Zador; Mmes. Alsen and Metzger. Conductor: Mr. Mocrickc.
Wednesday evening, April 11—Das Rheingold, with Messrs. Schorr, Schwarz, Zador; Mmes. Bassth and Metzger. Conductor: Mr. Moe-
Thursday, April 12—Die Walküre, with Messrs. Knote, Schorr; Mmes. Alsen, Röseler, Metzger. Conductor: Mr. Moericke.
Friday, April 13—Lohengrin, with Messrs. Hutt, Lattermann, Kipnis; Mmes. Seinemeyer and Lorentz-Höllischer. Conductor:	Mr.
Saturday afternoon, April 14—Götterdämmerung, with Messrs. Knote Kipnis Ziegler, Zador; Mmes. Lorentz-Höllischer, Metzger and Wühler. Conductor: Mr. Moericke.	״
Saturday evening, April 14—Beethoven’s Fidelio, with Messrs. Hutt, Lattermann, Kipnis; Mmes. Alsen and Appel. Conductor: Mr. Moe-ricke.
Jacchia Re-engaged as Boston Symphony “Pops” Conductor.
Agide Jacchia, the admirable Italian conductor, has been re-engaged for an additional two years as conductor of the “Pops,” the celebrated series of spring and summer concerts
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given by eighty members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall annually. Mr. Jacchia has directed these concerts for the past five years, his qualities as conductor and program-maker winning him extraordinary critical praise and widespread popularity. This year’s concerts will begin Monday evening, May 7, and a banner season is predicted. Thomas and Nyiregyhazi Please in Joint Concert. John Charles Thomas, the popular baritone, and Erwin Nyiregyhazi, the brilliant Hungarian pianist, divided a pro-