MUSIC.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1995, 28 February 1914, Page 9

MUSIC.

J'Br TnEBiE Ci.Er.l IV5r. page's Wagnerian Recital, Ail niusie-lovers . wo.rtlt tli.e name should attend tho first purely Wagnerian organ recital ever .given in Woliiiigtoii t which is to take place in -t'lio. Town Ho 11 this oveniug. Mr. litirnard I'age, an ardent Wagnerian, ha.s boon busy preparing for this recital for a moiitji past, ami, to those who appreciate that vVagn-or is the last iiWo. in. dr.a.nlatre iint&je, tho recital should be of absorbing is forest,

Among' the lessor-known Sorlcß (hit Wclliiigtoji) is "Tristan afid. Isolde," from which wo aro to liavo tho prelude. In this opera wo liafo Wagner's art s.vs* tela stretched ts its utmost limit, attd oven beyond. The .complexity of tho scare, technically considered.) is marvellous. , Yet, such is tlio skill o!' tlio. Waster, that the effect is appreciable in tlio highest degree* to all who listen . intelligently., Wagner is said, to. written i< Ti'istaft" as a. tribute to his love for Madame AYeisendonck. wile oi aliene-factor who, had presented hini with' a lovely homo oft tijo shores of Lake Lucerne, and tlio theme of the 3'rchide is said' to bo the conflict of liis soaring love and the despair oi' its utter■ hopelessness.. The ar-urcent .of tlio opera, concerns Tristan, a CbroisJi kiiiitin. and the Princess Isolda, who, is Irisli, ho is bringing across, the-seas to marry Mark;., tho King oi' Cornwall. Whilst on the voyage tho two, accidentally, drink a love potion, which .fetters their hearts together forever. . After a life of delirious joy and deepest woe, tho, lovers aro buried in a coiru'non grave, and from tho grotmd sprang the jvjr. and tlio vims so cir.-ionsiy intertn istcd that. none may ever sever them.

The programme will also ii;c!udo the '''Overture" and ' Trias Song"- from J'Dfo Moistersingcrs," the .ovefttire. to '"J'annhauser" mid "0 . Star. of. Eve," W-olfra m's solo from tho same, work, and, the I'rchnlw and Good Friday 'limbic from. ''Parsifal.'' 1 ...

©the? \t;Wan- tJio : <jpfevatic irn.Mbo.fS:, tlio. orckfeiiral idyll, ''&eng{rkKs, y ' composed in honour of tlw birth of. Ms son of that name, and "Tra-Unio," another oiEenitg to the Woisejidongk -sbraiie, will also disclose'the beauties of tlio ntanymooded master.

"Faust" by Strauss', Tho latest sensation in Europe's realm of music; is tho promise of a new opera founded oil Goethe's "Faust" by Richard Strauss. It is to be- produced bv Max R-iuchart. It almost sofinds Kko sacrilege to . hear of anyone attMnptmE to write another "Faust 5 ' opera with Gounod's work enshrined. in tho hoit-rt ;ind Blind of ft© world Ms the most popular of all grand operits. It .is safo to say that tho amazf-jig Kirhard Strauss, with all -his Wtau're im-eivtfen., will not disturb the eminence of. the regard. m Trljicli Cfo-Uiiod's gloriously jnrfo» (iious wai'U is held, hut -caix conceive of a' combination. of Strauss aji# lynehai't giving the world a, nntsicil spsctaelo of a sensational -character, It remains to bo .

Misclia Elman and Practice, It is tho belief of' Misc.ii.a- Mi-nan, the famous • violinist, that much of his success is -due to Ms marvellous physical olid" menial euduianre. Although lw practises religiously fox hours every day, he seld-e-In feels any fatigno worth naefitianing.. To stand for an hour with #ne arm sustaining the neck, of -a violin, aud the' Other being drawn back and forth is very trying.

Relatively few musicians over become distinguished, because they have not iho stamina essential for the lonj* and arduous practising lic&fissafy. Klnian has often said that, he values Ms ability to play for /extended stretches almost as highly 'as his natural musical (jilts. _

"At least-/" said the young 'Russian a short time' age-, '.'without tlits qtia'li"ties of physical aincl mental ontbtraflco, I fear I should foave had a hard f.inio .in (j'btaining tho success _ I desired, Gonitis is all right, -but gonitis dftes not havo its full pla-y unless 'a goodly portiou of tittto is set aside far work. To do wondsrfttl '.things in tho esecutTVO brand ot music demands practise; and t never forget that." . So .faithful is this groat -riolinisti to daily musical oxoreises that when lie travels arrangements ate alwjya irtrrde for li-im to hitvo a drawing-tirom oil 'lire train, - where he may spend several hours; in those endeavours wkitii have helped make -hitn the first of all violinists.

Richard Strauss, Invsntor. "Ksiiich Konst:old—no. t havo. not heard 'if him." " Siurl . Mdflfc. Antaftift Boleros when • asked had she heard -of 11-io new "Strauss in k:iic?cevs,". dismwd in Berlin recently, accordin™ to (ho cablegrams. "Wut then. tlio.ro are so maliy (rMvviiig to tho front. Richard ■Strauss—do yon know his Music? Ik !c ■n'mtdeffui-.—a great inventor! After hearing much of Strauss it makes yon befievo ih.it tiio mn>ic of Wagner is childishly simple and Ml of inelmly. Thorp is nwlodv in his music, but it is so involve;! that yon cannot discover it, 'It is all Very cloyer, 1 suppose, hut are tho sounds 110 invents ftuvsife—• I wonder!"

Speaking of tho peTfo.rrtianc& of Miss. Ethel 'Morrison as Kafeh-a in "the Mikado" with the first V* lllnmson Company iii Johannesburg aft U-nscinji Night-, tho "Traivsvaftl Loadei-" said: "Katijslm, tho elderly dame whoso nnweloomo at' tentions drive Nanki-IVo forth, to 'Wander in till? disguise of a second trombone, was {ilayod with masterly disagrepiifcle'iiess by Miss Ktlte? Morrison. Kaiisha was oho of the bright successes of tho evenings" Miss V.i 'nol Morrison .5$ a ■\VcltiMston native. anil is bettor known to many here as Miss "Ettia MaEinnitv. Site ATfts' foilmfrfly an excellent pcrfermor witii tlvo old Wellington Operatic Sxcieiy.