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Paris witnessed the first presentation of
"Lola," a dramatic scene by Stephen Bor-
desc, set to music by Saint-Saens. An out-
line of the sketch is given by Le Monde Mu-
sical as follows: Lola is a liberty-loving
young gypsy who has escaped from the se-
verities of masters and after having spent
a night under the canopy of the stars, she
finds herself in the presence of the Lord
Benitcs, who attempts to win her from her
wandering life. Falling victim to her
charms, he longs for her and in turn pleads
and menaces. To ransom herself she sings
and dances for him, but when he talks to her
of love she repulses him and escapes after
having stabbed him in the arm. He con-
soles himself with apparent carelessness by
saying, "One is often wounded in touching
a rose." At the same concert, under direc-
tion of M. Colonne, Mile. Jeanne Blancard,
a distinguished pupil of Raoul Pugno, played
the Weber Concertstiick, and Mile. Chami-
nade participated in the presentation of her
second trio, assisted by Messrs. Hayot and
Schidenhelm.
The Colonne concert of March 10, which
was devoted exclusively to works of Masse-
net, was a series of ovations for the great
composer. Lassalle, who created the role of
Scindia in "Roi de Lahore," sang the great
arioso from the fourth act and the Chant
Provencal "Mireille ne sait pas." Mme.
Auguez de Montalant sang two selections
from "Eve"—"O Nuit! Douce Nuit!" and
"L'Extase de la Vierge." Valerio Oliveiro
played "La Meditation de Thais" for violin,
and the orchestral numbers given were the
overtures to "Brumaire" and "Phedre," as
also the Esclarmonde suite.
M. Chevillard, conductor of the Lamou-
reux concerts, gave as novelty the third act
of "Siegfried" in concert form. Imbart de
la Tour sang Siegfried; M. Challet sang the
Voyager's recitatives; Mmes. Chretien-
Vaguet and Gerville-Reache sang Brunn-
hilde and Erda. At the same concert Clo-
thilde Kleeberg gave the Second Piano Con-
certo, by Th. Dubois, which is dedicated to
her. Chevillard is not only a skilled con-
ductor, but he is also an excellent pianist and
musician of the first rank. He appeared in
chamber music at the Salle Pleyel with
Hayot, Touche, Bailly, Monteux and Sal-
mon.
A notable concert was given at the Salle
Erard by Gorski, the violinist (former hus-
band of Mme. Paderewski), in which he had
the assistance of Mile. Delna, Stojowski,
Rose Relda and Mile. Duchemin.
Isidore Philipp had remarkable success at
Lully, where he played with orchestra the
great piano concerto of Rimsky-Korsakoff,
and a suite for piano and orchestra by Paul
Lacombe, as well as some of his own splen-
did compositions.
At Marseilles a great festival was ten-
dered Faure, at which occasion he directed
a program of his own compositions, among
which were portions of "Caligula," "Requi-
em" and "Naissance de Venus." This oc-
curred March 3, and the next day the Lau-
tier Quartet Club gave a program devoted
to his works. Faure assisted at the piano.
Richard Strauss conducted the orchestra
at a concert given in Barcelona, at which
time the program presented the Beethoven
eighth symphony, "Till Eulenspiegel," "Hel-
denleben" and a choral work, "JS r ach Abend,"
by Strauss. The Orfeo Catala, a renowned
choral society, gave this number, which is of
rare beauty.
Mme. D'Albert, who is a well-known
singer, gave an evening of songs by her hus-
band, the renowned Eugen D'Albert, in Ber-
lin.
Vladimir de Pachmann and Raoul Pugno
are both delighting Berlin audiences. Pugno
has given four recitals.
Budapesth has enjoyed appearances of
D'Albert, Rosenthal, Sauer, Clothilde Klee-
berg, pianists, and Kubelik and Willy Bur-
mester, violinists.
In April the renowned Joachim Quartet
will appear in London. The notable person-
nel of this quartet is Joachim, Halir, Wirth
and Hausman.
Joseph Wieniawski, the great pianist, gave
two recitals in Brussels with enormous suc-
cess. He is a pianist of rare attainments.
Franz Ondricek, the Austrian violinist,
who made a tour in America, appeared in
concert in Brussels with Van Dooren. On-
dricek, who is violinist to the King of Aus-
tria, had an ovation.
M. L PINKH AM
Musical Bureau
87-88 Decker Bldg., 33 Union Square
NEW YORK
Ihe Pianists of the M. L. c Pinkham Musical 'Bureau play the
Steinivay 'Piano exclusively.
Mark Hambourg has been startling his
hearers in Liege by his wonderful technical
feats. He played Saint-Saens fourth piano
concerto, with orchestra, as also some solo
numbers.
The first presentation of Siegfried Wag-
ner's new opera, entitled "The Giddy Little
Duke," was slated for March 19 at Munich.
The Royal Opera of Berlin has just given
its three hundredth presentation of "Faust."
Peter Benoit, the distinguished Flemish
composer, who died recently, was a prolific
writer in both the secular and religious
fields of music, but his fame was won in the
latter form. His "Messe Solennelle" has
become a classic. For the past quarter of a
century he had been at the head of the Ant-
werp Academy of Music. His memory will
live as one of the musicians who aimed at
preserving and perpetuating nationalism in
music.
Mascagni's "Le Maschere" has turned out
a complete failure, in spite of the extraordin-
ary efforts of his publishers and press agent,
Sonzogno, to force the opera on the public.
It seems to be generally agreed that there are
good things in the opera but the libretto is
very stupid, much of the music is dreary
and the composer repeats himself and others.
Horatio Parker's setting of the Rhythm
of Bernard of Morlaix, "Hora Novissima,"
which was sung in place of the usual Gou-
nod's "Redemption" at the Albert Hall on
Ash Wednesday, was the first American
work ever performed in that home of Brit-
ish musical taste.
There is considerable curiosity as to how
much of the music of "The Emerald Isle,"
the new Savoy opera, which is to be pro-
duced soon in London, was left unfinished by
Sir Arthur Sullivan. It is said that three
songs in the first act and five in the second
act, were not composed by Sir Arthur. Ed-
ward German contributes these numbers to
the score, and has also "orchestrated" the
whole work, with the exception of three
numbers, which were the only ones Sir Ar-
thur had scored.
Victor Maurel has made his debut as an
actor in Paris at the theatre des Capucines
in a three-act comedy by Francois de
Croisset.
Ysaye played the Max Bruch Scotch Fan-
tasia with orchestra under Robert Newman,
in London early in March.
My list of artists for the season
of 1 go 1-2 is now being prepared, and
will soon be completed.
Musical organizations everywhere
are requested to communicate
with
me respecting soloists for their next
season s work,
M. L. PINKHAM.