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...responsibilities which it entails. "The world is being brought closer and closer together," he said. "that means we must either be better enemies or better friends. We must get to understand each other or there will be trouble. This meeting, in a highly entertaining way, is a very serious bit of preparation for the work which we must do in the world...
There is a bit of strangeness in her rules. For years she was the perfect lover in mimic life, the Brunhilde, the Isolde, the Norma. But now she refuses to give lessons to young women who are in love. When a girl falls in love she is ousted from Lilli Lehmann's school...
Having delved into the dramatic literature of Russia, Ireland, Scandinavia, South America, and France, nothing is more natural than that the Dramatic Club should turn toward Italy. The somewhat austere interior of Brattle Hall will be transformed for a few hours this evening into a bit of old Venice, when Carlo Goldini's comedy "The Liar", is produced in its first American revival...
Dukas' overture to "Polyenche," to be appreciated, must be recognized as an early and relatively simple work; thus recognized, it seems pleasant and ingenious music, excellently orchestrated, although perhaps a bit reminiscent...
...Monteux is a curious mixture. As conductor, he is remarkably even, polished un "temperamental;" as program maker he is proving himself brilliant but erratic. At Friday afternoon's concert he played what in most cities would be an exceptional program, including Dukas and Ravel, a bit of Wagner, a piece by John Knowles Paine, and the Brahms second concerto. Next week he purposes to present a concert almost as usual, save for one factor, and certainly as interesting, as today's was interesting. Beethoven's hackneyed, if beautiful, Egmont overture, Schumann's Symphony in D minor, than which there...