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was very enthusiastic in its reception of the artist. Wilfred Pelletier played most artistic accompaniments.
Mrs. Terry spoke briefly of her experiences in South America and of the musical conditions there, particularly in Rio de Janeiro, when she was there with her husband, General Terry.
The guests of honor were presidents of clubs, numbering about 125. Among them were Jane Cath-cart (Washington Heights Musi-cale), Laura S. Collins (chairman), Mrs. Haryot Holt Day (ex-president press), Mrs. H. G. Friedman (Southland Singers), Mrs. Harry Emerson Fosdick, Mrs. Edwin B. Garrigues (Matinee Musicale), Miss Mary Garrett Hay (Women’s City Club), Mrs. Theodore M. Hardy (Chaminade), Mrs. E. H. Harriman (American Orchestra), Baroness Von Klenner (National Opera Club), Mrs. Nathan L. Miller, Mrs. Bedell Parker (Kentucky), Mrs. E. M. Raynor (Haarlem Philharmonic), Mrs. Henrietta Speke Seeley (Illinois), Mrs. Louis D. Strong (Mundell Choral), Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Wallis (Kentucky), Mrs. Kate Douglas Wiggin (Authors’), Mrs. Charles S. Whitman, and Florence Foster Jenkins (The Verdi Club).
The next card party for the benefit of the Sunshine branch of the club work will be given on Tuesday afternoon, May 1. The twentieth annual white breakfast will be given Saturday noon, May 12, at the Waldorf-Astoria.
Mischa Mischakoff, Violinist
Photo by George Maillard Kesslere.
MARIA CARRERAS,
the brilliant Italian pianist, who gave her third recital in New York this season at the Town Ball on Tuesday, April 2J, again scoring an easily earned success with the large audience and the gentlemen of the press. Mme. Carreras’ first season has indeed been only in accord with her triumphs in other countries.
and Delilah to be given in that city on May 1. It is a long call from the Pacific Coast to the Atlantic, and for that reason the significance of this engagement is obvious. His forthcoming appearance will mark the second visit of Mr. Hackett on the Pacific Coast. •He appeared (here two seasons ago, and the favorable impression he made at that time determined his choice as tenor soloist for this performance.
On his return East, Mr. Hackett will make two appearances in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, at the festival, and two in Mankato, Minn., with the Music Club. He will also be heard in Northfield, Minn., under the auspices of Carleton College,
Arthur Newstead to Teach in New York This Summer
Among the musicians who will remain in New York during the summer to teach is Arthur Newstead, who for the last seven years has been a member of the piano faculty of the Institute of Musical Art, and formerly occupied a similar position at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore.
Mr. Newstead came to America to fill these positions on the recommendation of Harold Bauer with whom he had studied in Paris. Prior to this, his concert tours had taken him to most of the European countries, and on three separate occasions to South America. He has been the teacher of the well known pianist, Katherine Bacon, since the age of eleven, as well as many other established pianists now holding responsible positions in all parts of the country.
Mendelssohn Glee Club in Private Concert
The third private concert of the Mendelssohn Glee Club was held at the Waldorf-Astoria on the evening of April 17, with Harry M. Gilbert as conductor in the place of Nelson P. Coffin, whose untimely death occurred on March 16. ' In memory of Mr. Coffin the club sang The Autumn Sea, Ger-icke; Would That Life Were Endless Sailing, Storch, and The Lamp, in the West, Parker. Mr. Coffin had been conductor of the Mendelssohn Glee Club from 1919 up to the time of his death. Wesley Howard, tenor, and Charles E. Galagher, bass, with Francis Moore, accompanist, assisted the club at this concert.
Hugo Riesenfeld Leaves for Europe
Hugo. Riesenfeld, general director of the Rivoli, Rialto and Criterion theaters, will sail for Europe on Saturday for a vacation of two months. It is a much needed vacation, as Mr. Riesenfeld has not lost a day from his duties in seven years. He has had invitations from both Paris and London to do some directing while he is there. In Mr. Riesenfeld’s absence Josiah Zuro will have entire charge of the three theaters, directing the various orchestras at intervals during the week.
Piano and Cello Recital at Harcum School
On Saturday evening, April 21, in the Chamber of Music, Carnegie Hall, Mischa Mischakoff, the Russian violinist, appeared in recital before a large gathering of his own countrymen, accompanied at the piano by Max Rabinowich. His program was an unusually interesting one, including, as it did, Handel’s Sonata in E major and Saint-Saëns’ B minor Concerto. His third and final group proved most popular, consisting of the well known Rimsky-Korsakoff Hymn to the Sun, and the even more familiar Schubert Ave Maria. Dvorak’s Slavonic Fantasie, César Cui’s Oriéntale, and Bazzini’s La Ronde Des Lutins, brought his brilliant performance to a satisfactory conclusion.
A product of his nationality, Mr. Mischakoff plays with characteristic abandon, fire and verve, proving himself an artist of high rank. Technically he is excellent, and the quality of his tone is marked by its clearness and rich coloring. The audience was most enthusiastic in its reception of him, applauding his return for further renditions at the conclusion of the program.
While Mr. Mischakoff is a new-comer to this country, he is a violinist of exceptional standing abroad. Born in Proskuroff, Padol, his first public appearance was made at the age of seven; at thirteen he appeared as soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic. His tour through Russia, Poland and Germany proved an endless triumph, and Leopold Auer is said to have commended his work highly.
New York Symphony Plans for Public School Children
At the meeting of the Directors of the Symphony Society of New York held April 20, it was resolved to extend and enlarge still further the educational activities of the New York Symphony Orchestra in the Public Schools of New York. This movement had its beginning thirty years ago in Walter Damrosch’s Symphony Concerts for Young People.
The directors decided that next winter the four Saturday morning concerts for little children, hitherto presented in Aeolian Hall, will be given in Carnegie Hall.
The Directors subscribed to a special fund to set aside and reserve the entire Carnegie Hall balcony of 800 seats for Public School children between the ages of ten and fourteen. The tickets will be distributed, free, to the best musical students of the Public Schools of the five boroughs.
It was also decided that in order to support and further the aims of the Board of Education and Mr. Gartlan, the musical supervisor, in encouraging the pupils of the High School orchestras toward a higher efficiency and a better understanding of their respective instruments, the New York Symphony Orchestra will contribute eight of its best first instrument players as instructors. These instructors will include teachers of violin, viola, ’cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, and horn. They will hold classes once a week. Each class will consist of five of the best high school students on these instruments. The entire expense of this project will be borne by the Directors of the Symphony Society.
Arthur Hackett to Sing Samson
The Oratorio Society of Los Angeles has engaged Arthur Hackett as tenor soloist for the performance of Samson
The Palestrina Choir Gives Concert
The Palestrina Choir, a unique organization of its kind, gave a splendid concert at the Academy of Music on April 4, in Philadelphia. This choir devotes its entire efforts to sacred music, particuliarly that of the classics. The concert was a benefit for the House of the Good Shepherd. Nicola A. Montani, the director of the choir, is particularly gifted in his line of work and has long since been recognized as an authority on polyphonic works and particularly old Gregorian chants. The feature of Mr. Montani’s art is, that he can compile such an interesting group of sacred music and at the same time hold his audience. From the reports of the daily papers of Philadelphia, nothing but praise was accorded the singing of the choir, and much favorable comment was given to the director for his painstaking; efforts and the high artistic standard he maintains.
Besides several numbers of Palestrina, there were many excellent specimens of the Gregorian Chant. The number that perhaps attracted the most attention was the Hymn to Raphael the Divine, by Enrico Bossi, a modern Italian composer, a work published in America by John Church Company.
The Philadelphia papers gave this composition special notice.
Perhaps the most interesting number on last evening’s program was a short cantata by Enrico Bossi, entitled Hymn to Raphael the Divine. Signor Bossi is a composer of the modern Italian school, but one of the comparatively few who allow musical feeling to retain the ascend, ency over the search for novelty. The work is exceedingly well written and there are many very effective portions. The performance of last evening was the first to be given in the United States of this work. —Evening Ledger.
The outstanding novelty of last night’s concert was a: composition representing the modern Italian school. The cantata, Raffaelo Divino (Hymn to Raphael the Divine) by M. Enrico Bossi, director of the Royal Academy of St. Cecilia in Rome (the poem by Fausto Salva-tori), which was given its first performance in this country. The work is one of great beauty, not merely “melodious” in the lighter sense, nor yet “modern” in the current acceptance of that term, but of marked originality in its use of the mixed voices in an eight part chorus, unaccompanied, its solemnity heightened with an effect of the dramatic. It was very well done, Mr. Montani evidently having given it deep study and having been persistently thorough in drilling the chorus for its interpretation.—The Evening Bulletin, April 5.
Rubinstein Club Hears Marie Sundelius
The Rubinstein Club, Mrs. William Rogers Chapman president, had the pleasure of hearing Marie Sundelius, Metropolitan Opera soprano, in a song recital at its Presidents’ Day meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria, Saturday afternoon, April 21. Mme. Sundelius’ program was interesting-in its variety and choice of unhackneyed numbers. Although she began her first group with two old Italian songs she included modern numbers: Pastorale, by Stravinsky, and two Debussy songs, Voici des fruits and Fantoches. Then came the Romanza from Meyerbeer’s L’Africana, a group of Grieg songs and a concluding group of interesting songs by Lang, Troyer, Pelletier (her accompanist) and Watts, ending with Will-o’-the-Wisp by Spross. Mme. Sundelius has that rare bell-like quality of voice, clear and pure, combined with a warmth of feeling that makes her singing a distinct and satisfying treat. Her voice is under superb control, her technic allowing her to convey her interpretations exactly, with beautiful nuances. The aria from L’Africana was particularly exquisite both for beautiful tonal work and expression, and bronght as an encore Musetta’s song from La Boheme. Mme. Sundelius’ sincerity and charm of personality help to make her a favorite. The large audience
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