Dr. Sanna Pederson, University of Oklahoma
The final concert of the Stern Gesangverein, conducted by Oskar Fried, has a long, varied program, beginning with the Prelude to Die Meistersinger (which is also being performed on another concert at the same time!). The tenor Ludwig Hess has a choral work being performed called ”Frohe Ernte.” Pianist and composer Conrad Ansorge is the … Read more
Concerts of Instrumental Music The day after the Joachim Quartet’s concert, the second violinist Karl Halir is giving a concert with his own quartet, which he founded in 1893. The three works on the program are: Haydn, Quartet in D major, op. 64Gernsheim, Quartet in a minor, op. 31Schubert, C major Quintet, with Robert Hausmann … Read more
The last Joachim Quartet concert in Berlin Postponed in March due to Joachim’s illness, the last Joachim Quartet concert of the season will take place tonight in the Singakademie. Emanuel Wirth will be rejoining the group on viola for the first time this season after multiple eye operations. I wonder how many realize it is … Read more
The Monte Carlo Opera Company’s presentation of Arrigo Boito’s Mefistofele (or Méphistofélès, since it is in French) with Feodor Chaliapin in the title role sounds like it should be an exciting event! It will be the Berlin premiere of this opera, which was first performed in 1868. Chaliapin in Boito, Mefistofele, 1906 Last night the Prince of … Read more
An overabundance of opera and solo singers on stage tonight: Two extra opera events start today. The Monte Carlo Opera Company has arrived for guest appearances at the Königliche opera house. Tickets are as high as 40 marks and those attending are asked to wear formal evening dress. The first work this evening is La … Read more
The Vossische Zeitung has on this tenth anniversary of Brahms’s death a short reminiscence by the violinist and writer Franz Friedberg. The main theme is Brahms’s humorous, sarcastic, and sometimes downright rude behavior. A few examples: Friedberg relates that when Brahms was arguing a point but saw the other didn’t understand, he would give up, … Read more
Soprano Sophie Heymann-Engel is giving a concert of lieder from the “15th-18th centuries,” and what is billed as the first performance of Bach’s “Coffee” Cantata, with bass-baritone Anton Sistermanns. There is a concert in memory of Ludwig Thuille, who was remembered on the Königliche Kapelle concert last week. It includes a variety of his works: … Read more