59 MUSICAL COURIER May 17, 1923 MUSIC ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE Sherwood School of Music in Chicago, gave an exceedingly interesting program of piano numbers. Modern French and Russian pieces predominated and to these Miss Kober gave a vividness of interpretation that was both delightful and satisfying. A chorus of fifty voices with an accompaniment of string quartet and organ gave Bartlett’s cantata, From Death to Life, in the First Presbyterian Church.. It was by far the best Easter cantata given here in recent years and was thoroughly appreciated by a large and reverent audience. The soloists were all local musicians and the chorus was selected from local choirs. The entire ensemble was under the direction of Ruth May Friend. The Stanford Glee Club returned from a highly successful ten-day tour of southern California, having given concerts in twelve cities between Palo Alto and Los Angeles. They were everywhere greeted by capacity houses and firmly established a place for themselves. With the additional services of Richard Malaby, pianist, and Arnold Bay-ley, stunt man, the club has an organization that compares favorably with any similar organization in this section of the country. The third Peninsula concert was given by Alfred Cortot, pianist, and Jacques Thibaud, violinist, who appeared at the Stanford Assembly Hall in a joint recital. The huge audience that gathered to hear these artists had the rare privilege of hearing French compositions interpreted as their composers must have wished. C. W. B. LOS ANGELES NOTES Los Angeles, Cal., May 5.—Winifred Hooke played a program of piano music at the Ebell Club, April S. Miss Hooke is decidedly modern in her sympathies, but also plays the classics with scholarly understanding. She excels in interpreting Franck and Debussy. She is naturally interested in so new a voice in the piano world as Henry Cowell, whose Exultation she played on this program. The Los Angeles Chamber Music Society had as guests for the last concert of the season the London String Quartet, which played a program at the Gamut Club Theater, April 19, much to the delectation of the patrons of the club. The numbers were quartet, op. 127, in E flat, Beethoven; Fairy Suite, The Pixy Ring, op. 23, H. Waldo Warner; quartet in F, op. 96 (negro), Dvorak. The Fairy Suite was a new number of charm, composed by the viola player of the quartet, and was greatly enjoyed. The Los Angeles Trio gave its fifth concert April 12. The trio—May MacDonald Hope, pianist; Caiman Lu-boriski, violinist; Ilya Bronson, cellist—has had full houses all season, and the programs are marked by growing interest. Trio No. 1, G major, by Haydn, opened the program, and Brahms’ C minor, op. 108, trio, closed it. Both were excellent, but the interest centered in the sonata for piano and cello, op. 19, G minor, by Rachmaninoff, which was given with much beauty and grace by Miss Hope and Mr. Bronson. Guiomar Novaes, the brilliant South American pianist, was presented in recital by L. E. Behymer at Philharmonic Auditorium, April 7. Her program, with the exception of the Chopin sonata, which has been played by at least six pianists this season, was marked by a lack of hackneyed numbers that was grateful, and her playing was a joy. Charles Wakefield Cadman has returned to his home here, to remain until the opening of the season, next October. He was delighted with the success of this season’s tour. J. C. by that organization this season. The works given consideration were those from the pens of local composers ׳and interpreted by several of the foremost members of the society. A trio for women’s voices written by Mary Carr Moore was delightfully sung by Mrs. Alfred W. Hillbach, Mrs. Ward Dwight and Mrs. H. M. Olsen, with Mrs. Horatio F. Stoll at the piano; violin compositions by Domenico Brescia were played by Antonio de Grass¡; five charming songs by Dorothy Crawford were well rendered by Anna Young; Albert Elkus’ Concertino (Paraphrase of Ariosti’s sonata No. 3) was performed by Jascha Schwarzmann with the composer at the piano; five songs by Uda Waldrop were interpreted by his wife, Margaret Raas Waldrop, and the Menuetto All’Antico by Antonio de Grass¡ was rendered by the Berkeley String Quartet. The members of the Pacific Musical Society and their guests evidenced great pleasure and appreciation of this splendid program. Modesta Mortensen, violinist, appeared in recital in the Co-Related Arts Recital Hall, accompanied by Elsie Cook Hughes. Miss Mortensen is one of this city’s most gifted young instrumentalists who recently scored as soloist with the People’s Symphony Orchestra. Upon this occasion she duplicated this triumph by giving intelligent and musicianly readings of the concerto in D minor by Vieuxtemps; Tschai■ kowsky’s prelude and adagio religioso; Wieniawski’s Ober-tass and César Franck’s sonata in A minor. A large gathering heard this remarkable exhibition of violin artistry. Notes. Victor Lichtenstein, lecturer on history and appreciation of music for the extension division of the University of California, gave his eighth lecture before a large audience which found it intensely enlightening and interesting.’ His subject was The Jew in Music. Piano illustrations were supplied by Marian de Guerre Steward and vocal illustrations by Mrs. Victor Lichtenstein. Henrik Gjerdrum, pianist and teacher, recently gave two pupils’ recitals at his studio at which ten of his scholars appeared. Lillian Hoffmyer Heyer, mezzo-soprano, assisted with a group of modern songs beautifully sung. Rose Reída Cailleau presented a number of her advanced students in an Evening of Song in the Palace Hotel before a capacity audience. Madame Cailleau has several promising vocalists on her list. All the vocal aspirants reflected credit upon the tuition imparted by their superior instructress. C. H. A. MUSIC IN PALO ALTO Palo Alto, Cal., April 28.—The London String Quartet offered a delightful closing concert for the Peninsula Musical Season. A crowded house demonstrated its complete approval of the program frequently and at length and the quartet obligingly responded with three encores. This was its second visit to Palo Alto and was even more successful than that of last year. No finer ensemble playing has been heard here and the quartet is assured a warm welcome should it return to us again. The regular Sunday afternoon Community House concert enlisted the services of Maria Anderson, soprano; Meri-beth Cameron, violinist, and Marjorie McDonald, pianist, all students of Stanford University. Each displayed ability and the program was thoroughly enjoyed by a large audience. At a meeting of the League of American Pen Women at Stanford University, Georgia Kober, president of the SAN FRANCISCO ENJOYS NOVAES’ FINE OFFERINGS Local Talent Also Warmly Appreciated San Francisco, Cal., April 25.—•As the final attraction of the Alice Seckels Matinee Musicales, Guiomar Novaes, pianist, proved most satisfying. This was Madame Novaes’ first performance in this city and her large audience was made up of representative music lovers and musicians. She has much to offer and does it in a most original and interesting manner. Among the numbers that earned for her genuine admiration were Moskowski’s La Jongleuse, Debussy’s An Evening in Grenada, Schumann’s Carneval, Al-beniz’s Triana and a charming group of the works of Chopin into which she infused many individual touches. Benefit Concert for. Mills College Endowment Fund. Catherine Urner, soprano, and William F. Laraia, violinist, assisted at the piano by Elsie Cook Hughes, gave a recital in the ballroom of the Fairmont Hotel, April 23, for the benefit of the Mills College Endowment Fund. Miss Urner is at the head of the vocal department and Mr. Laraia of the violin department of the college and their appearance attracted a large audience from the surrounding bay regions. Among the numbers rendered were the Bruch violin concerto in G minor and shorter pieces by Hubay, Schubert and Kreisler. Miss Urner contributed a group of her own compositions and a group of classics in which her lovely voice and fine technical equipment were revealed. San Francisco Musical Club Elects New Officers. At the second April meeting of the San Francisco Musical Club Mrs. Horatio F. Stoll was unanimously elected president. Other officers chosen for the ensuing season are Mrs. James Pressley, first vice-president; Mrs. Charles Camm, second vice-president; Mrs. A. T. Fletcher, treasurer; Mrs. William B. Bosley, business secretary; Mrs. Daniel C. Deasy, recording secretary; Mrs. Glenn H. Woods, corresponding secretary, and Marian de Guerre Steward, librarian. At the same meeting the following program was rendered by members of the club: piano solos by Palmgren, Olson and Cyril Scott, Mrs. John McGaw; group of Russian songs, Mrs. Herbert M. Lee (with Maybel Sherburne West at the piano) ; operatic arias, Mrs. Arthur Hackett, and the Chopin ballade in G minor, Mrs. John McGaw. People’s Symphony Play All-Russian Program. For the tenth educational program given by the People’s Symphony Orchestra of San Francisco, Alexander Sas-lavsky chose an all-Russian program. Mr. Saslavsky is of that nationality and is particularly adapted to interpret works of Slavic origin. A fine reading of Tschaikowsky’s Pathetique showed the marked improvement of this body of players since its organization but several short months ago. The^ soloist of the evening was a young San Francisco pianist, Marian Frazer, who played the first movement of Tschaikowsky’s B flat concerto in a brilliant manner. The other programmed numbers were three Russian folksongs by Lyadoff, Kazak Dance, Seroff, and Intermezzo by Ippolitoff-Ivanoff. Pacific Musical Society Gives Works by Local Composers. Mrs. Frederick Crowe, president of the Pacific Musical Society, arranged one of the most enjoyable programs given PACIFIC NORTHWEST DIRECTORY A RMSTRONG, FRANCIS J. Violinist-Teacher-Conductor. The McKelvey, 1519 Third Ave., Seattle. 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